Posts by chris2024

    If Amlogic S905 can play 4k it will be helpful to point a video sample that works because so far while most of them play in stock Android in LibreELEC nothing that is 4k plays (8bit/10bit HDR/SDR HEVC/H264 ...)

    I did not see any 4k image at all (No washed or pixelate or...) I always see the Kodi screen.


    Audio ok
    TV changed display to 4k 50Hz (The video is 25FPS I guess 50Hz will do fine since it is multiple)
    No video displayed (I see the Kodi screen)


    Nothing plays (infinite progress circle)


    Nothing plays (may show infinite progress circle)


    Nothing plays (may show infinite progress circle)


    Audio ok
    TV changed display to 4k 60Hz
    No video displayed(show progress circle when reaches 100% it stops for one or two secconds)


    Audio ok
    No video

    Dolby Vision needs a device with a dedicated license. To my knowledge, only one device has such a license, and can run Kodi as an independent OS, and that's on CoreELEC (go to CoreELEC forum for details).


    I see no reason to consider running Kodi as a dedicated OS if you have Shield. LibreELEC or CoreELEC won't improve anything. These dedicated Kodi OSes are good for the Chinese Android boxes that have invaded the market and we've all bought them only to find that they all have software issues that make them unusable.

    An interesting box is Xiaomi TV Box S (2nd Gen). It is $60 and besides DV adds AV1, HDR10+ (Note: Shield does not have HDR10+). I think I will buy this next because it is one of the few with good reviews on Amazon.

    Here is my further investigation:

    WiFi is of no interest to me as it is a slow old version. I tested your firmware anyway and it detected WiFi and I was able to see my network and connect to it.
    There must have been a problem with my WiFi6 network. It allowed me to connect to 2 different AirMesh nodes having the same SSID and ended up with 2 IP addresses on the same SSID. This caused LibreELEC to crash and restart several times. It was only resolved when I deleted the connection and only connected to one of the SSIDs.

    I tested other 4K samples, this time only HEVC. None worked.

    I swapped the HDMI cable and port with the Nvidia Shield (This box adjusts the refresh rate for all videos including 23.976 fps) and the behavior is the same 23.976 fps won't change the TV FPS from 60 fps to 24 fps like the Shield does.

    My TV supports all HDR standards and I don't think it uses HDR to SDR unless it is something wrong with HDMI EDID. I don't see any setting at all about HDR in Player or System..

    My TV is Hisense (65H9G, 2020 Model)

    I am trying to setup LibreELEC on Megogo MVX 4K (Amlogic S905 1G/8G Gigabit Lan)
    There are 3 issues: Remote, LAN and the bigest problem is that the 4K videos will not play with none of the dtb files.
    I tested all the dtb files and found two of interest:
    - meson-gxbb-kii-pro (This one wil make a perfectly functional remote/power/led but no LAN and no 4K)
    - meson-gxbb-vega-s95 (Remote does not work properly but LAN work. 4K not working)

    Here are some insights:

    STOCK ANDROID 5.1.1 firmware
    Kodi won't change resolution based on video size
    Kodi works only on system set resolution and that can't be changed from within Kodi. 4k video looks good when sys set res is 4k60hz
    No video player adjust display to video
    Most 4k video works in vlc without changing res/refresh rate (maybe it does resampling). The image looks better when device is set to 4k60Hz
    Some 4k sources are pixelated
    Hardware acceleration: MediaCodec

    LIBREELEC firmware
    In HD some videos will not adjust refresh rate.(a video with 23.976fps will not adjust refresh rate or resolution while a video with 24.000fps will adjust both and work fine)

    Common to all dtb:
    -ok CEC
    -wifi none
    -Hardware acceleration: DRM PRIME (when this is disabled it will use SW codec)
    -4k video not working
    -No render method to choose

    meson-gxbb-kii-pro
    -ok remote works all
    -ok power on off
    -ok status led
    -lan detected with wrong ip

    meson-gxbb-vega-s95-meta
    meson-gxbb-vega-s95-pro
    meson-gxbb-vega-s95-telos
    -partial remote
    -ok lan