Posts by chewitt

Using an overlay is probably the "more technically correct" way to do things but I wouldn't worry about that until you have a working set of changes. Patching the kernel source will have an easier dev workflow as you figure those changes out.

It's been a while since I used a VIM3L for anything but the general state of the AMLGX image on SM1 boards should be the same as for G12A/B and I use an N2 (G12B) as part of my test regimen. If you read current LE11 release notes there's a long explanation of the general state of Amlogic things (LE12 doesn't change much). If you need 10-bit HEVC media (or 4K) then CE will be more feature complete, but if your media collection is more simple (mostly H264 and 8-bit HEVC, some VP9) then AMLGX can be an option too, and I see a slow but steady increase in users on "newer" Amlogic boards running AMLGX these days.

Official LE12 nightlies are a little behind my test branch (will be updated once some visiting relatives go home and I have some time to spend on it). Until then https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreE…as-vim3l.img.gz is available if you want to experiment.

I made a mistake when updating the image last time so the firmware file wasn't included. If you update to the same file again, this time it has the firmware inside. Then share a log again.

Kodi feature requests should be made to Kodi developers via the Kodi forum.

Put the .tar file in /storage/.update and reboot to update.

See: https://wiki.libreelec.tv/support/update

I have a hunch anonymous auth just means "accept whatever is given" so set user = kodi, pass = kodi and see what happens.

Merged

I have a hunch the AMLGX image is missing the firmware for the card. Please update to this (LE12) image and test again:

https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreELEC-AMLGX.aarch64-11.80.0.tar

Feb 16 18:11:03.067888 LibreELEC kernel: r8188eu: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned.
Feb 16 18:11:03.212474 LibreELEC connmand[513]: wlan0 {create} index 3 type 1 <ETHER>
Feb 16 18:11:03.212608 LibreELEC connmand[513]: wlan0 {update} flags 4098 <DOWN>
Feb 16 18:11:03.212657 LibreELEC connmand[513]: wlan0 {newlink} index 3 address 14:EB:B6:A9:5E:BF mtu 1500
Feb 16 18:11:03.212695 LibreELEC connmand[513]: wlan0 {newlink} index 3 operstate 2 <DOWN>
Feb 16 18:11:03.214879 LibreELEC connmand[513]: Adding interface wlan0 [ wifi ]
Feb 16 18:11:03.223865 LibreELEC kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver r8188eu

It looks working from a driver perspective but the interface is in a <down> state. What happens if you do "ifconfig wlan0 up" ?

Quote from sergiodbx

Dune Hd Magic 4K on Amlogic S905X3

It is possible, but with limitations (read the release notes on the main website). Install instructions for AMLGX image are in the wiki.

The OS and Kodi itself downgrade fine, but add-ons do not auto-revert to earlier versions and this may/will cause issues, so I would stop Kodi, copy the contents of /storage/.kodi to /storage/.kodi-backup then update. Then if you later choose to go back, stop Kodi, delete /storage/.kodi, rename the backup folder to /storage/.kodi and restart .. and you're back to where you started. If you choose to stick with LE12 (which is nearing an official beta..) just delete the backup folder. I've been running nightlies (albeit my own builds not official ones) since last summer with no problems.

HEVC is software decoded on G12A/B and SM1 and there's no 10-bit decoding path. If you play 1080p 8-bit media it should work.

H264 should play, but the 'VDEC' driver was written for GXBB/GXL/GXM boards and is technically the wrong driver so you might see artefacts at playback start, but things should sort themselves out normally (depends on what the problem is though). G12A should be using the (confusingly named) 'HEVC' driver which doesn't currently exist.

There's more info on current status in release notes on the main website.

Update to https://chewitt.libreelec.tv/testing/LibreE…h64-11.80.0.tar and enable debug logging.. repeat the test and if the issue persists, run "pastekodi" and share the log URL generated.

I assume you've read the comments about status of things on G12A/B hardware in the LE 11.x release notes?

PROJECT=Generic DEVICE=wayland ARCH=x86_64 make release

That ^ will result in a Wayland image. In theory the same can be done on ARM targets if device "options" files are adjusted.

The Kodi repo is the most appropriate place for discussion and you already found that ticket.

Please update to a current LE12 nightly to see if newer kernel, drivers, firmware, etc. helps?

LE will use DHCP by default so the IP address the RPi4 receives from the router will change over time. The easiest way to solve that is creating a static address reservation in the router. You're still using DHCP but the IP that's dynamically received will remain the same so any links you make will remain the same.

The UK is listed as "Britain (UK)" not United Kingdom. The timezone country list is populated from OS timezone content which is pulled from some international standard so it's not a Kodi internal list that can be changed or patched.