Posts by minimoe

Quote from kszaq

Hopefully this is already fixed in my development branch. Next build coming this week.

Great, thanks

Quote from kszaq

Jarvis stays at 1080p even if you play 720p video. At least for me.

Hmm...I could be mistaken. Perhaps I was thinking my S805 box or even Openelec

Quote from kszaq

minimoe Is this on S905X device? If yes, this will be fixed in a next build. If not, I need to look into this again.

Yes, it's S905X. Sorry, I forgot to mention it.

And another question: is there a problem with the resolution switching? My box stays at 1080p, regardless of the video I play.
I'm pretty sure the Jarvis release switches to 720p when I played 720p material.

I've been running the 23-12-2016 build for a few days now without major problems. Even VC-1 plays fine, even though I cannot test it thoroughly because of limited number of VC-1 videos in my library.

There is one peculiar problem with .srt subtitles though. It is something similar to the bug reported in posts #328 and #329. These subtitles sometimes appear garbled, with bits of the letters missing. It is not a regular phenomenon, the same subtitle that played fine one day, it is unreadable the next day. Also it doesn't happen in the same degree. Sometimes the subtitles are just rough around the edges and other times, as I said, they're unreadable.

This problem appears mostly with BBC iPlayer downloads (720p, 50fps H264 files) and only with HW acceleration enabled.

Here is a log: R1eMASm8
This log is from a session with normal more or less subtitles. Unfortunately, I didn't keep a log from a session with unreadable subtitles.

Any insight on this?

A programmable remote with learn function should do the trick. That's what I got when I saw how flimsy the original remotes are

Perhaps it can but, unless the driver supports HD audio, the chipset capabilities are irrelevant.
I think kszaq mentioned this driver limitation, it supports only 2 channels.

Quote from karelj

Thanks. Will the S905 be a better option then? Will that support passthrough of the Dolby Digital Plus, True HD and DTS-MA ??

One of the reasons I got a S905X box is that it can passthrough DTS-MA and Dolby TrueHD as well as multichannel PCM (AAC 5.1, for example). I haven't tested DD+. In this regard, it is a better option.

Keep in mind that LE for S905\S905X is not as mature or stable as LE for S805.

DTSHD-HR 5.1 & 7.1 works fine on my box, I don't think it's a Kodi issue, More likely to find a problem in the way the OS\hardware combination interprets the data Kodi sends.

BTW, how do your boxes handle Dolby Atmos sound?

I, on the other hand, don't have any booting issues or noticeable audio delay.

The only annoyance is subtitles embedded in video files. These subtitles don't appear unless I select the "Next subtitle" option in the video OSD.

Quote from karelj

Ugh. So I either listen to movies in stereo or use the Pro Logic 2 setting on my receiver
Unless you meant Stereo PCM *and* DD 5.1 and DTS 5.1?? *crosses fingers* *burns incense*
Thanks for taking the time to answer.

S805 and LE support passthrough of Dolby digital and DTS. You won't have problems with those.

Quote from honolulu1

Quick question I can't find an answer to:
Using (build 009) I installed to NAND, can I use the toothpick method trying out (build 011) I wrote on a usb stick? I'd like to test it before erasind all my addons and configurations.

Just make a SD card with 011 and inserted in your box. It will boot from the card without touching the NAND installation, No need for a toothpick.

Quote from honolulu1

As I understand you are using this build (11) ? So you haven't used (9) and seen the problem I described? Because every single DTSHD-HR movie is doing this DTS core extraction and I want to be sure before updating because I would have to do all my configurations again which would take me hours.

Earlier I tested the samples only with the 32bit 011 version.

Now, I made a fresh SD install and tested first with 009. No problem, DTS HR passes fine to the AVR
Then, I updated the installation to 64bit 011. Again, no problem.

There are differences between the two boxes, it seems. I suggest you install 011 on a blank SD card and test it yourself.

Quote from honolulu1

I'm still using " 7.0.3.009" on my Mini M8S II and I wondered if the passthrough issue has been mentioned or even resolved in this build or the previous one.
Dolby TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio are send correctly to my Denon AVRX1200WBKE2 but I have an issue with DTSHD High Resolution because only the DTS core is send to my AVR. Using my WD TV Streaming Media Player the same file shows DTSHD HR correctly on the display.
Has there been made progress I missed out reading about?

My box is very similar (or identical) to your Mini M8S II.
I played two short DTS-HR 7.1 samples from demo-world.eu. My Onkyo AVR showed DTS-HR on its screen and all channels sounded OK.

Quote from kszaq

7.0.3.011 (2016-12-18)
Changelog:

• fixed LIRC in 32-bit builds (thanks to Raybuntu)

Thanks for fixing the remotes. Now I can use my MCE with the 32bit LE
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Quote from redger

From memory - When the video is playing, press <m> for menu, go to the video icon, select and then select deinterlacing and set off. At the bottom of the list, click on "set as default for all videos"

Note: this works only with hardware acceleration turned off

Quote from EagleEyeX

everything works for me ( WeTeK HUB )

No problems here, either. Running the dev. release on Cooleme MB1.

Quote from vzone

But there are no 32-bit development builds ?

No, as far as I know there aren't any.

One solution is to reboot your box once a day, to clean the memory.

Quote from popo128

Hi
New box (nexbox A95X 2GB).
Installed and it works very well, except at some point, usually when not using the box for a long time, KODI freezes. I have to disconnect/reconnect power. Any of the remotes (IR, USB) doesn't work. Any way I can help debug this ?

thanks
popo

The 64bit version of LE causes a memory leak. This must be the cause of your problem.
kszaq recommends the 32bit version.

It happens to my box as well. After 24 hours, memory usage went from 17% to 65%.

Quote from w00x

I don't think that the setting is applicable when Passthrough is used. If you have 7.1 speakers and your AVR is setup to use all 7.1, and the movie you are playing supports 7.1, then you will get 7.1.

Why would you want 5.1 if you indeed have 7.1?

It is applicable. It is used with streams like 5.1 AAC or Opus (ex-Vorbis). LE sends multichannel PCM, it's just the wrong number of channels.
My AVR has 5.1 speakers and I was wondering if there is sound degradation because of this mismatch.
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Quote from kszaq

It is a current limitation of Amlogic audio driver that it can only output 2.0 or maximum supported speaker configuration, in your case 7.1.

Ah, I see. Thanks

What exactly is the problem with BT? On my box it seems to work fine. I can pair devices (tablet, laptop) but I don't have a controller or something similar to test.

And something I noticed: even though I set up the HDMI audio output to 5.1, my AVR reports that it gets 7.1 channels. Is this normal?