You should just be able to do a backup in LE, save the backup to another location, reinstall and then restore your backup. This has worked for me to transfer.
Alternatively, you can manually transfer your library by saving the db files.
The LE backup/restore process is fairly painless. I should point out, I have never tried to use it with different LE versions.
I just managed to locate an "old" copy of LibreELEC - 01/06/22
Compare the kodi versions between those LE builds. It seems much more likely to be related to the kodi version than the the LE version for skin issue.
there are many ways to interpret "don't hold up well".
Perhaps, but in addition to that not being what I wrote, when it is immediately followed by "I have had 2 fail in the last couple of years.", it seems like the meaning should be clear.
You did sound like NUC was not powerful enough for you.
I don't think I wrote that. It was the RPi4 which I noted was not powerful enough.
Either way, I found a solution which seems to meet my fairly specific needs in this case so I think all is well here.
Intel NUC 11 comes with Core i3-i7
Sure, the NUCs are faster but as I stated in my initial post, top performance isn't really the goal. Also:
* NUCs just don't hold up well to 24/7 usage. NUCs were my goto choice for media PCs but I have had two fail in the last couple of years and they are too expensive to be disposable. We also use them at work as SBCs at small remote sites and see high failure rates there too.
* I am looking for a low power, passively cooled solution.
The only 5105 option that I see in local store is essentially non-Intel version of slower NUC at the Gen7 NUC price range.
This is probably a regional difference. I paid quite a bit less than I would for even an older NUC.
Just wanted to follow-up in the event someone has a similar question in the future.
I ended up getting a passively cooled mini PC based on the Celeron N5105 which is a quad core 10w CPU.
It seems to be more than enough to handle the 1080p High 10 profile content.
I am haven't been able to get LE working on it fully yet but I will need to gather some logs on that.
I was struggling with software decoded content on an RPi4 so I decided to try a low power x86_64 CPU. The 10w N5105 seemed to be a good bet.
It shipped with Windows 11 so I tested out Kodi on Windows to see if it could handle the content or not. There were no problems. Hardware decoding and software decoding were both acceptable.
With this in mind, I installed LibreElec. The latest release version failed to load Xorg. I assumed this was drivers and so I switched to the latest nightly. With that, it booted no problem but performance was troubling. Even DVD quality avi files took one core to 100% usage and playback was terrible. Everything I tried wouldn't play consistently.
Next I tried the live image of a Linux distro. Again everything worked without issue.
Is this something that can be fixed through configuration or do I just need to wait for future support?
Here is the inxi information from the Linux live session if any of the hardware info is relevant.
System:
Kernel: 5.17.1-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
v: 4.16.1 vt: 1 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: EndeavourOS
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Mini-pc System: Fanless Mini PC product: Quieter 3 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 35 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Fanless Mini PC model: Rev JSL1 1.10 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: ML_JPL1V1.0 date: 03/15/2022
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 Plus
serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: quad core model: Intel Celeron N5105 bits: 64 type: MCP
smt: <unsupported> arch: Tremont rev: 0 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB
L3: 4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 775 high: 800 min/max: 800/2900 cores: 1: 800 2: 800
3: 767 4: 734 bogomips: 15980
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel JasperLake [UHD Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel ports:
active: HDMI-A-2 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4e61
class-ID: 0300
Display: server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver: X:
loaded: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x381mm (26.65x15.00")
s-diag: 777mm (30.58")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI2 model: Dell S3220DGF serial: <filter>
res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93 size: 700x400mm (27.56x15.75")
diag: 806mm (31.7") modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (JSL) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.0.1
direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Jasper Lake HD Audio vendor: Realtek driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:4dc8 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.17.1-arch1-1 running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.49 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:4df0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp1s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-8:3 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 174.86 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/mmcblk1 model: A3A442 size: 115.23 GiB type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 0x8 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: Lexar model: USB Flash Drive
size: 59.62 GiB type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 10 GiB used: 259.6 MiB (2.5%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 186 Uptime: 13m wakeups: 2 Memory: 7.52 GiB
used: 1.27 GiB (16.9%) Init: systemd v: 250 target: multi-user.target
Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 Packages: pacman: 921 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.14Hello all,
I am looking to see if there is a passively cooled solution that can play 1080p h.264 High 10 profile content.
I was using NUC's previously but they just don't hold out to 24/7 use over a long period of time. I have had 2 fail in the last couple of years.
I recently switch to an RPi4 which works great until it hits Hi10 content which needs to be software decoded. Then it falls apart.
Thanks in advance for any recommendations.
It was the cable. Thank you for the help. I appreciate it.
Does Raspberry Pi OS run in 4K mode? If not, then it could be an HDMI cable issue. Make sure it's conform to HDMI 2.0 or 2.1 standard.
That is an interesting point. All my high-speed cables are upstairs where my wife is sleeping so I will have to wait a bit to test that.
It occurs to me that I am currently connected to a 1440p monitor. Could that be an issue?
I am having trouble installing on an RPi4. When I boot I get no HDMI output at all.
Here is what I have tried so far:
* Writing the image to the microSD manually - No video
* Downloading and writing the image using the USB-SD Creator - No video
* Writing a MicroSD with Raspberry Pi OS - Works fine
* Installing NOOBs - NOOBs works but once LibreELEC is installed there is no video
It seems likely the issue is not with my install method but something else.
Since I am getting no output at all, I am not sure what steps to take to troubleshoot further.
If anyone has any ideas I would be grateful.
