Posts by EloyFarina

I'd like to provide a conclusion to this matter. At the time I captured the last screenshot, where vc4-hdmi-1 is recognized as YMH HTR-3064, the TV audio settings were configured as "Optical" (it's just a label).
Pros:
-In Kodi, the sound is send to AVR
Cons:
-In applications like YouTube, the sound is neither send to the AVR nor to the TV, resulting in no sound at all.
-I have to use the Yamaha remote control to handle the volume.

I managed to achieve my desired setup by configuring the TV as "Optical + Internal Speakers."
Pros:
-In application as Youtube, the sound is send to TV
-In Kodi, the sound is send to AVR

Subsequently, I aimed to control the AVR volume using the LG Magic Control. I connected the AVR output to any TV HDMI input and initiated the TV CEC wizard, which was automatically recognized and of course it turn off the AVR. Afterward, I turned the AVR back on. At this point, I could successfully manage the AVR volume using the LG Magic Control.

After testing and confirming that it worked well, I rebooted the system. Both the TV and AVR were turned on before the boot. Upon checking, I noticed that the EDID was now identical to HDMI-0, probably because the AVR and TV are connected via HDMI.

Although I wasn't concerned, I connected via SSH and ran "getedid create".
It's fine for me, I can live with that.

Thanks Da Flex for all your support. It is greatly appreciated.
I will mark this thread as resolved.

Of course, I have 2 more days to test it thoroughly, and I agree that this is not a LibreElec issue. I have a suspicion about why the issue happened, but I need more time to confirm it. In a few days, I will confirm how everything concluded. Thank you very much for your time.

MikeKL I will continue troubleshooting in the other post to keep both threads separately.
Finally I could get video just turning on the AVR to the electricity and using the same HDMI connections that previous troubleshooting, at this point I'm not sure if it's working thanks that I've added drm.debug=0x04 to cmdline.txt but now it's working as expected.
If you are interested, you can continue monitoring the other thread.
Thanks a lot for your support, buddy!!!!

The user MikeKL that he helped me on the previous post and who faced with a similar issue, he recomended to create a EDID and based on the logs that I've shared here, he wrote the following

Video

m_deviceName      : hdmi:CARD=vc4hdmi0,DEV=0
m_displayName     : vc4-hdmi-0 (vc4hdmi0)
m_displayNameExtra: GSM LG TV SSCR2 on HDMI

Audio

m_deviceName      : hdmi:CARD=vc4hdmi1,DEV=0
m_displayName     : vc4-hdmi-1
m_displayNameExtra: MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0

Then I noticed something. I remembered that I took a screenshot when everything was working fine, just to document it in case that I need it in the future. "YMH HTR-3064" is not in my previous logs

Reason is that when I pulled the logs, the AVR is not connected to the electricity as I showed in the video.

Since now I will have the AVR plugged to the electrictiy to took logs and troubleshoot, and I will create an EDID with YMH HTR-3064 and for m_displayName I will set vc4-hdmi-1 (vc4hdmi1)

I will keep you posted shortly

I just connected the AVR to the electricity and with exactly the same connections than before... and it worked.

I'm totally out of ideas why booted showing video this time.

Here are the logs of everything working

-Using pastekodi via SSH:
https://paste.libreelec.tv/bold-cattle.log

Using modetest | pastebinit via SSH
https://paste.libreelec.tv/giving-seahorse.log

Regards

MikeKL, thanks for continue helping me. When I saw your message I put the focus on MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0, I'm pretty sure that It's not the Yamaha EDID. Let me show you this screenshot that I took when everything was working fine days ago:

Now keep in mind that to make simple the troubleshooting, the AVR is not connected with electricity. That's why the EDID is not showed, so should I connect to electricity the Yamaha and replace "MAI PCM i2s-hifi-0" to "YMH HTR-3064"?

after add drm.debug=0x04, plug HDMI to AVR and turn reboot
https://paste.libreelec.tv/factual-moth.log

modetest | pastebinit
https://paste.libreelec.tv/viable-dolphin.log

Hi MikeKL

Is this the same issue that you faced off?

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Suddenly, my Raspberry Pi 4 can't display video when both HDMI ports are in use

Hi community!

After achieving the use of one HDMI for video and the other for audio with the Raspberry Pi 4B, I used it for a couple of days without any issues.

However, now when I turn on my Raspberry Pi and both HDMI cables are connected, I can't get video, or I have it for only 1 second when the color palette appears.
After that, I can't see the boot process, but I know that it boots correctly because I can manage Kodi from the Kore app to turn it off correctly.

I have to unplug the HDMI cable…

EloyFarina

February 11, 2024 at 12:07 AM

Sure, thanks for help me!

Funny that the HDMI-1 is still connected to the AVR and I can get video disconnecting the USB Drive.

For that reason I bought a better Power supply for the Raspberry Pi 4 (5v 4a) because I thought that the power was not enough.
AVR is still without electrical connection.

Perfect. I've removed vc4.force_hotplug=1.

My steps were
1) Enable debug logging
2) Plug the HDMI in the AVR
3) Reboot

Here are the logs:
https://paste.libreelec.tv/quality-garfish.log

Thanks for replying Da Flex .

I can confirm that HDMI-0 is connected for video and HDMI-1 for audio.
This is my cmdline.txt modified:

usb-storage.quirks=152d:1561:u boot=UUID=1108-5701 disk=UUID=3542a3ff-9e05-4d2b-80ce-0438958f4de6 quiet vc4.force_hotplug=1

However, issue persists

Thanks for the reply, Reddirt!
All that info it's in my previous thread, also as reference I put the link in a comment in this thread.
If I use the audio output jack it only pulls stereo PCM sound, I want use the raspberry via HDMI to pull audio because I want that AVR decode DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital +, DTS HD Master Audio and Dolby True-HD.

Let me clarify something, the HDMI that has the adapter is only the output used for video, I always used that adapter with the HDMI, it's true that now I have the other HDMI output connected. In my town everything is closed until Wednesday by Carnival here in Argentina, I would like to resolve this at the same way that it was working days ago.

I think that this video can help to understand my issue:

Sorry for my bad english, my natural language is spanish.

After hours of testings, I've noticed that if the HDMI cable is not connected to the AVR, Raspberry display image, but if I connect the HDMI to the AVR, even if the AVR is not plugged to the wall socket there is no image.

Something that I didn't mentioned before is that now I'm using HDMI adapters or extensions for the HDMI used to pull audio.

Is that a root cause of the issue? Should I buy a micro HDMI to HDMI 3 or 5 mts. cable?

I've tested with and micro HDMI adapter to HDMI and a HDMI cable 3 mts but didn't work.

I've tested with an micro HDMI to HDMI 1.5 mts cable but it was to short so I used an extensor adapter HDMI and then an HDMI 1.5 mts cable, but didn't work.

I've put the Raspberry pi and AVR closer to reuse the same micro HDMI ro HDMI 1.5 mts cable, that worked days ago and didn't work.

I'm out of ideas. Can i fix this modifying the config.txt file?

Reddirt check my previous thread:

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Can I use one HDMI output of the Raspberry Pi 4B for video and the other HDMI output for audio?

Hi community!

My setup is:
Raspberry Pi 4B (4K)
LG OLED BX (4K, Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos)
Yamaha HTR-3064 AV Receiver (1080p, Dolby Digital, Dolby Surround, Dolby TrueHD, DTS Digital Surround, DTS Express, DTS-HD High Resolution Audio, DTS-HD Master Audio, etc)

Currently the Raspberry Pi 4B is connected with my TV via HDMI.

I understand that if I use TV's e-ARC, it will send only Dolby Digital to Yamaha AV Receiver.
If I connect the Raspberry Pi 4B to Yamaha AV Receiver it will send 1080p video to…

EloyFarina

February 4, 2024 at 7:09 AM

Hi community!

After achieving the use of one HDMI for video and the other for audio with the Raspberry Pi 4B, I used it for a couple of days without any issues.

However, now when I turn on my Raspberry Pi and both HDMI cables are connected, I can't get video, or I have it for only 1 second when the color palette appears.
After that, I can't see the boot process, but I know that it boots correctly because I can manage Kodi from the Kore app to turn it off correctly.

I have to unplug the HDMI cable used for audio and turn on the Raspberry Pi to get video.
Even if the home theater is turned off, just with the HDMI plugged into the Raspberry Pi, I can't get video.

I initially thought that it was related to the power supply I was using (5V 3.1A), so I bought a better one (5V 4A), but the issue persists.

Is this a configuration issue or a hardware issue? How can I fix it?

Thanks in advance.

Finally, I could manage the Yamaha AVR with LG Magic Control.

I had to connect Yamaha AVR HDMI output to any LG TV HDMI input, I ran Connection - Setup Universal Control, selected the HDMI output ID where I connected the AVR, it recognized it as "Optical", then I had to select the brand, Yamaha in my case, and after click in Test button, it turn off the AVR. Confirmed clicking the button. At this way, it was properly configured.

Then from TV's Sound settings, I had to select Optical output. Now when I can handle the Yamaha AVR volume using the LG Magic Control.

Thanks again MikeKL for your support.

In your case makes sense because the TV and AVR were connected directly, but in my case, I'm not sure if is possible.

I can manage Kodi with the TV remote control, but there is a direct connection by HDMI. Do you think that is possible manage the AVR volume using TV remote control? I was thinking connecting the TV to the AVR via HDMI just for CEC purposes. I will test it and I will share an update