Posts by mrremo

To be honest, I have no idea how to update the Kernel within LE.
But for testing, just install an up to date linux distro like openSUSE thumbleweed or Fedora rawhide and then install KODI.
It's maybe worth to test it.

Iridium Thanks for sharing your experiance with me.
But as I wrote couple times befor, the buffering basically works great for other addon and for local streamed content over WLAN. No problem so far.
Only the SRF Podcast addon doesn't cache data.

Maybe somebody can confirm that the SRF Podcast addon doesn't work as expected.

vitorp07 I've tried you code. It make no difference.

Iridium Thanks for your comment. But to increase the buffer works great with all other video stream addons which i use, except SRF Podcast.

Quote from vitorp07

Your advancedsettings file is still a bit messy, try with this:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<advancedsettings>
    <videodatabase>
        <type>mysql</type>
        <host>192.168.0.2</host>
        <port>3306</port>
        <user>****</user>
        <pass>****</pass>
    </videodatabase>
    <musicdatabase>
        <type>mysql</type>
        <host>192.168.0.2</host>
        <port>3306</port>
        <user>****</user>
        <pass>****</pass>
    </musicdatabase>
    <videolibrary>
        <importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>
        <importresumepoint>true</importresumepoint>
    </videolibrary>
    <cache>
        <memorysize>1073741824</memorysize>
        <buffermode>1</buffermode>
        <readfactor>20.0</readfactor>
    </cache>
</advancedsettings>

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Thanks for your effort, but it's basically the same. I have intentionally not deleted the comments.
You changed the amount of memory and changed the buffer mode to 1. Is that correct?
I will give it a try on the weekend.

Quote from vitorp07

If you've put that into advancedsettings.xml it won't work, as that is an example of settings.

Your advancedsettings.xml file should look more like this(use your settings);

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<advancedsettings>
    <cache>
        <memorysize>536870912</memorysize>
        <buffermode>1</buffermode>
        <readfactor>20.0</readfactor>
    </cache>
</advancedsettings>

This is just the "cache" part of my advancedsettings.xml file. I have some more stuff in it. The code works for other addons but not for the SRF Podcast addon.

Here is the complete advancedsettings.xml:

<advancedsettings>
    <videodatabase>
               <type>mysql</type>
            <host>192.168.0.2</host>
            <port>3306</port>
            <user>****</user>
            <pass>****</pass>
        </videodatabase>
    <musicdatabase>
        <type>mysql</type>
        <host>192.168.0.2</host>
        <port>3306</port>
        <user>****</user>
        <pass>****</pass>
    </musicdatabase>
    <videolibrary>
        <importwatchedstate>true</importwatchedstate>
        <importresumepoint>true</importresumepoint>
    </videolibrary>
    <cache>
        <memorysize>1394606080</memorysize>  <!-- number of bytes used for buffering streams in memory
        When set to 0 the cache will be written to disk instead of RAM Now: 1.3GByte -->
        <buffermode>0</buffermode>  <!-- Choose what to buffer:
        0) Buffer all internet filesystems (like "2" but additionally also ftp, webdav, etc.) (default)
        1) Buffer all filesystems (including local)
        2) Only buffer true internet filesystems (streams) (http, etc.)
        3) No buffer -->
        <readfactor>20.0</readfactor> <!-- this factor determines the max readrate in terms of readbufferfactor * avg bitrate of a video file.
        This can help on bad connections to keep the cache filled. It will also greatly speed up buffering. Default value 4.0. -->
    </cache>
</advancedsettings>

Hello

I'm very often using the Addon SRF Podcast.
Sometimes when the Wifi is not very stable then the buffer is running out of data.
I modified the video cache as shown in the Kodi wiki How To.

I put the following code into the advancedsettings.xml:

<cache>
        <memorysize>1394606080</memorysize>  <!-- number of bytes used for buffering streams in memory
        When set to 0 the cache will be written to disk instead of RAM Now: 1.3GByte --> 
        <buffermode>0</buffermode>  <!-- Choose what to buffer:
        0) Buffer all internet filesystems (like "2" but additionally also ftp, webdav, etc.) (default)
        1) Buffer all filesystems (including local)
        2) Only buffer true internet filesystems (streams) (http, etc.)
        3) No buffer -->
        <readfactor>20</readfactor> <!-- this factor determines the max readrate in terms of readbufferfactor * avg bitrate of a video file.
        This can help on bad connections to keep the cache filled. It will also greatly speed up buffering. Default value 4.0. -->
    </cache>

Unfortunately it's not working with this addon. It works with other addons.

Quote from DJ 1

Look here showthread.php?tid=2286

Thank's for this link.

I solved the problem pretty easy:

I create the file /storage/.kodi/userdata/autoexec.py which contains the following python code

#!/usr/bin/env python


import xbmc


xbmc.executebuiltin("XBMC.AlarmClock(shutdowntimer,XBMC.Powerdown(), 90)")

After the boot it starts the buildt-in function AlarmClock().

Quote from lrusak

why not just use the built in sleep timer?

Because I don't want to set every single evening the same sleep timer manualy.

Hello

Is there a possibility to set the sleep timer by a command?
I would like to start the timer by a script on boot (cronjob @reboot). But it should be still possible to edit/interupt the timer in the power menu on kodi gui.

Thanks.
mrremo

Unfortunately a reinstall of LE didn't solve the problem. I already created a custom EDID, but it didn't work either.
Does any body have a good idea? Should I reinstall OE for test purpose?

Quote from bsta

Hi mrremo,

have you tried changing the resolution through the system settings?
Some TVs can be a little bit picky with the supported resolutions.

Cheers

Thanks for this imput. Yes, I already played with resolution and frequency. Unfortunately it make no difference.

Quote from DaVu

Yesterday a team user tried the exact same way like explained in the wiki I linked you to. He doesn´t use a xorg.conf and it works perfectly for him So, either you made something wrong, or you have a very special case. I´ll be a bit busy today, so I can´t test myself. But I will do over the weekend and then migrate that how-to to our Wiki and let you know how far I got.

Thanks DaVu! I didn't use the xorg.conf at my first attempt. I tried the xorg.conf after two unsuccessful attempts with the custom EDID.
I'm going to make a clean LE install at the weekend. If it's not working out of the box, I will try the create a custom EDID again.

I will post my results in here.

Ok, I see. Thanks for the input. Do you have maybe another idea where the problem could be?
I will reinstall LE tomorrow and hopefully everything is back working.

Quote from chewitt

The xorg.conf you are/were using will only work on an nVidia GPU not Intel.

The xorg.conf is almost the same as show in the wiki for Intel.
Configuring a Custom xorg.conf - OpenELEC
Could you tell me, whats wrong in my version of xorg.conf?

Quote from DaVu

You could try ofc.

You are sure, that HDMI-A-1 is the connected HDMI?

What means "ofc"?

Yes, I am sure, HDMI-A-1 is the connected HDMI. Btw: There is a Mini-HDMI to HMDI adapter in between the NUC an th TV.

Here is the Link.
Does it make sense to reinstall LE? Because it was working on OE.

I followed all the step. The edid.cpio file is saved in /flash.

LibreELEC:/flash # ls -la
total 210668
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 .
drwxrwxr-x 15 root root 228 Jun 25 07:28 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 14 2015 EFI
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10711968 Jun 25 06:33 KERNEL
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 204787712 Jun 25 07:33 SYSTEM
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1000 Oct 19 19:48 edid.cpio
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 122308 Oct 14 2015 ldlinux.c32
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 69632 Oct 14 2015 ldlinux.sys
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 178 Oct 19 19:59 syslinux.cfg

Yes, I think there is no xorg.conf needed. I just tried this as a other possible solution.
Did you found something in the log?

Thanks for the explanation.
This is a pretty cool way to provide logs.

Log conditions:

-Custom EDID created
-NO custom xorg.conf (I removed that file again)
-NUC is booting but TV is not yet ready

Here is the Link to the debug logs.