Posts by cosmos

Thread resolved btw

Thanks for the replies fellas, I did not receive any mail notifications for them somehow.

bkiziuk: I don't know what your temps are, but if you remove the jumper near the usb connector and power the odroid via the circular plug, you should notice lower temps. Just a FYI!

Just noticed that running top, load is around 1.1 to 1.25. Is that "normal"? Just trying to figure out whether something is broken, and I want to avoid a re-format if possible.

Thanks, will check.

This is an old setup that now runs at my dad's home. Used to have Openelec, then libreelec (now 8.2).

The issue is that now when TV powers up it switches directly to the HDMI channel where the RPi/Libreelec is installed. This confuses my 80-year old dad a bit, can I switch this behaviour off?

I believe that there was a config.txt option to do that, but utilising it made some functionality (CEC remote support I believe) go away, so I had to revert the change. Not sure though.

Any help will be appreciated.

Odroid C2 with fresh official LE 8.2.2 installation, connected over HDMI to 10+ year Samsung.

On my C2 at times I'm encountering either clicks (similar noise to the one heard when adjusting volume on headphones with a physical volume knob) or even worse sounds that becomes mechanized, when playing video material. These clicks are overimposed on the sound for some seconds and then go away. After some time they are heard again and again.

In the latter case there seems to be a periodicity of around 5-6 minutes, I don't recall the exact time period. Audio sounds as though as quality starts deteriorating rapidly (ie there is an increasing quality loss) and then it sounds perfect again. As I said, this behaviour is exhibited every 5'-6'.

Has anyone encountered something like that?

PS: It is amazing that even though my RPi2 on the same position felt much slower in GUI navigation etc, its playback was flawless! Not a single hitch in audio. With the C2 I've not managed to have this decent audio quality. Adding the inability to have perfect 24p playback is starting to push its lack; I'm starting to consider giving it for an RPi3...

PS2: Why is word ph enomenon (had to split it) censored?

Thanks. I followed a workaround described in the link above, and worked fine. Consider this thread solved as well.

kszaq I've already enabled expert settings. With age I'm losing my powers of observation though

Would you be kind enough to tell me where exactly I can locate this setting?

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Check my last post:

pcf8563_get_datetime: read error

That seems to do the trick rfegarding this warning, thanks!

No, it doesn't.

Possibly a bug, see: pcf8563_get_datetime: read error

Apologies for hijacking this thread, but I had the exact same errors with official 8.2.2 running on C2, my thread: [Odroid C2]: Repeated errors in dmesg, bug or feature?

Executable /usr/lib/libreelec/odroid-rtc does not exist and I do not have an RTC battery. Which would be the recommended command(s) to run?

EDIT: Running systemctl status hwclock produces a

Unit hwclock.service could not be found.

I presume you might have exhausted all possible propositions to solve this, but in case you haven't I'm more than eager to give any thought a try

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One more thingie: I've got an old pinnacle remote control (MCE). Any idea why it doesn't work with LE on C2? Having read a couple of threads, it seemed like it was a plug and play proposition.

RTFM: disabling and enabling LIRC under Programs -> LibreELEC, followed by a reboot did the trick

buky is your system a Pi2 or 3?

I have been using a Pi2 for years and I have never encountered any over-temperature warnings when playing back HEVC material. I do have a 3-piece heatsink set installed (2 on top and a copper at the bottom). Additionally I am using the (official) case with the upper part permanently open.

Pi3 has increased temperatures, if you do not have means of active cooling (fan) I believe it would be easy to observe this.

I am receiving a lot of errors constantly repeating every second or so on my Odroid C2/official LE 8.2.2, when running dmesg:

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[ 7694.416298@1] rtc-pcf8563 1-0051: pcf8563_get_datetime: read error

[ 7695.415998@1] i2c i2c-1: [aml_i2c_xfer] error ret = -5 (-EIO)

[ 7695.416012@1] i2c i2c-1: token 1, master_no(1) 300K addr 0x51

[ 7695.416064@1] i2c i2c-1: [aml_i2c_xfer] error ret = -5 (-EIO)

[ 7695.416069@1] i2c i2c-1: token 1, master_no(1) 300K addr 0x51

[ 7695.416120@1] i2c i2c-1: [aml_i2c_xfer] error ret = -5 (-EIO)

[ 7695.416125@1] i2c i2c-1: token 1, master_no(1) 300K addr 0x51

[ 7695.416133@1] rtc-pcf8563 1-0051: pcf8563_set_datetime: err=-11 addr=02, data=36

[ 7695.416194@1] i2c i2c-1: [aml_i2c_xfer] error ret = -5 (-EIO)

[ 7695.416199@1] i2c i2c-1: token 1, master_no(1) 300K addr 0x51

[ 7695.416250@1] i2c i2c-1: [aml_i2c_xfer] error ret = -5 (-EIO)

[ 7695.416255@1] i2c i2c-1: token 1, master_no(1) 300K addr 0x51

[ 7695.416305@1] i2c i2c-1: [aml_i2c_xfer] error ret = -5 (-EIO)

[ 7695.416311@1] i2c i2c-1: token 1, master_no(1) 300K addr 0x51

[ 7695.416315@1] rtc-pcf8563 1-0051: pcf8563_get_datetime: read error

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Is this normal behavior?

No, it does not have anything to do with HEVC requirements, it is an undervoltage warning, see Under-voltage warnings - Raspberry Pi Forums

It used to be a rainbow square icon, but it has been replaced with a yellow lightning bolt icon in more recent versions. Bad USB connections with the power charger can also produce this.

You cannot use just any power supply. For RPi2 (RPi3) you need a power brick that can provide constantly a 2Amp (2.5Amp respectively) supply current. Having a supply that simply states 5V/2A doesn't simply cut it; I've seen a lot of power supplies (even brand ones) not being able to cope with the power needs of an RPi...

Hello,

I've got an older MCE-type remote hanging around (Pinnacle PCTV). I know it worked just fine some time ago with my PC-based Openelec (at the time) Kodi. I've lost the IR sensor, but got an Odroid C2 device for which I made a fresh LE 8.2 install. C2 seems insensitive to me leisure watching needs (read: does not work). Is this a bug or a feature, ie should I perhaps switch/configure something first in order for this to work?