Posts by ace960

  • [unofficial] LibreElec (Nexus) 11.0.1 for RPi3

    I would like to thank you (author of the fork) for the effort. I am still running libreelec 9.2.8 on rpi3b+ mainly because of having some part of video content in hevc. I was going to try this fork for quite long time and it finally came. I performed clean install.

    The main purpose of the system is to run video add-on "skylink live tv" (side service for satellite tv). It runs pretty well on standard 9.2.8. It also runs OK on libreelec 10/11. However those lack hevc support on rpi3.

    Based on my notes, the skylink video add-on depends on:

    - iptv simple client pvr add-on - this one is not required. It is optional for extended functionality.

    - inputstream adaptive video add-on

    Unfortunately, the playback performance of the streaming is very poor on the 11.0.1.2 fork.

    I played with various settings accessible through the gui. I did not manage to break it. Unfortunately, neither I enhanced it.

    Do you plan some maintenance release of this fork 11.0.1.x or perhaps newer 11.0.x/12 with focus on performance improvements?

  • LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.2

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    RE: LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.2

    Hello. Is libreelec 10.0.2 gui supposed to run visibly slower than 9.2.8 on rpi3b+?

    I have been using 9.2.8 (and before that older 9.2.x) for quite long time and the gui was just mooth.

    10.0.2 looks much sharper but I can feel it is slower (like longer reaction time, something like fps drop, etc.).

    note: I performed clean installation of 10.0.2 without loading backup from 9.2.8.
    ace960
    March 17, 2022 at 10:33 AM

    I am staying with 9.2.8 while I can. I found out that I have more h.265 content than I thought.

    I personally do not expect performance improvement in future releases for old rpis.

    I think that rpi2/3 are no longer optimized.

    I'll maybe try newer release (newer than 10.0.2) when/if my 9.2.8 crushes or something else pushes me to upgrade.

  • LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.2

    Please check in this thread earlier...

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    RE: LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.2

    […]

    we try to ensure that the release version is stable and no additional bugs get included, so we wait a bit before we enable the autoupdate
    for example the 10.0.1 update never autoupdated because of some problems at some setups

    it is impossible to test all those setups the users actually use :)
    CvH
    March 11, 2022 at 11:16 AM

  • LibreELEC 10.0.2 on RPi3B+ and performance

    I do not have issues with playback (mostly H.264 video files up to BR 1080p remux and low quality 720p H.264 IPTV).

    When I moved from 9.2.8 to 10.0.2 then the GUI appeared to be slower.

    However, after few days it appears to be smooth. No reboot nor changes were applied.

    So either I get used to it or ...I do not know.

    H.265 - yes, I recall that. I tried to avoid H.265 on my RPi 3B+ as the performance was not consistent.

    I suppose that the previous optimization for RPi2/3 used by kodi 18 will not be reworked for kodi 19.

    I still have 1080p TV and most of the content I have is 1080p H.264.

    Most of H.265 I found was at 2160p.

    I found some 1080p H.265 which played well on RPi3B+ with kodi 18 but the picture quality looks somehow low, probably re-encoded H.264 file.

  • LibreELEC 10.0.2 on RPi3B+ and performance

    Quote from ace960

    Hello. Is libreelec 10.0.2 gui supposed to run visibly slower than 9.2.8 on rpi3b+?

    I have been using 9.2.8 (and before that older 9.2.x) for quite long time and the gui was just mooth.

    10.0.2 looks much sharper but I can feel it is slower (like longer reaction time, something like fps drop, etc.).

    note: I performed clean installation of 10.0.2 without loading backup from 9.2.8.

    Quote from Tom_W

    Same here. Have you seen the message while installing that config.txt. is incompatible as well?

    GPU MemSplit option whithin config.txt wiped out by 10.0.2 ?

    (Aehm: right place for this discussion ?)

    I have not seen such message.

    Quote from Libre888

    I can't tell the difference for GUI. However, LE10.0.2 drops frames when playing videos on my RPi 3B+.

    Interesting. Video playback appears to be OK on my system.

    So, it would be good to know if version 10.0.2 / kodi 19.4 is more performance hungry or if i just needs some polishing.

  • LibreELEC (Matrix) 10.0.2

    Hello. Is libreelec 10.0.2 gui supposed to run visibly slower than 9.2.8 on rpi3b+?

    I have been using 9.2.8 (and before that older 9.2.x) for quite long time and the gui was just mooth.

    10.0.2 looks much sharper but I can feel it is slower (like longer reaction time, something like fps drop, etc.).

    note: I performed clean installation of 10.0.2 without loading backup from 9.2.8.