Posts by chewitt

  • Wetek play 2 build

    The box image should work fairly well on WP2 except for DVB support (there is none) and some of the fancier bits like HDR to SDR conversion (also missing) and 3D support (which never really worked in the vendor kernel either). The only add-ons I'm aware of that continue to have issues with Kodi 19/20 and Python3 are pirate ones, and I think it's brilliant if those don't work.

  • Rpi 4b, Odroid N2+ or other

    Quote from Veedub

    failing that ill be going for the 4GB N2+ in hope some of the coreelec builds make their way into LE and it becomes very supported

    LE has absolutely zero interest in resuming Amlogic vendor-kernel images, so that is 100% not going to happen. I'm reasonably sure that CE will continue to maintain their fork though.

  • USB HDD standby - Can sdparm be added to the distro?

    I'd see if you can can simply copy the binary from the container to /storage and run from there. It's never guaranteed, but simple binaries without heavy runtime dependencies can often be copied over from e.g. Rasberry Pi OS to an LE install. If it works, use autostart.sh to add the binaries /storage/location to $PATH at boot time and you can avoid the complication of docker.

  • Block Russian + Byelorussian IP ranges

    This overviews the process https://docs.rackspace.com/support/how-to…p-and-iptables/ but achieving something similar in LE would need a custom image with a number of extra pacakges baked in since you cannot install packages like Desktop Linux OS. However, I'd question the value of doing this. If you're hosting something and want to deny service to Russian/Byelorussian users; you're hosting things from the wrong OS in the first place (we would strongly advise against exposing LE to the internet, it is not designed for it). And if the use-case is blocking threats; any half-competent threat actor knows not to conduct business from IPs in their nation state (basic OpSec to avoid atttribution).

  • Question: Current status/capability of Cubox-i4pro?

    It's a while since I tested one but Cubox-i devices were booting and could handle H264 decoding last time I looked. The SoC has no support for HEVC so will need to software decode that format .. I doubt with good results. I have no time for testing anything right now but you can boot from an SD card and have a look at current test images and report back.

    The OE forum link is dead for me .. I wasn't able to reacht the forum there for over a year now.

  • Long Time RPI User Considering Switch To Allwinner

    I use a Flirc case in a semi-open space (small cabinet, behind a speaker-cloth screen) and play all kinds of media. I've not seen issues with RPi4 and cooling since the early pre-production boards which were toasty warm (and before the first flirc case samples shipped). I see no problems with HDR content either (no DV, but you won't get that on Allwinner either). I run a deliberately simple setup .. default skin, Gb Ethernet to a switch and all content on a Synology box in the Network because USB drives and cables everywhere are a pain in the arse. I have cables and AVR that will do 4K@60 but the only content I can find is test media so I don't bother enabling support and leave things in the default up-to 4K@30 mode. I avoide CEC as I have too many test boards hooked up and it's not reliable and missing things I care about. I have a simple BT remote which is good. RPi4 is the least drama device I own - I think minor changes to your setup solve most of the issues.

    I'll let others chime in with advice on Allwinner and RK devices.

  • Nvidia 3070 on 10.0.1 or 10.0.2

    LE technical direction is to drop X11 and switch to GBM .. the same "run on the framebuffer" approach that we've used on RPi images for the last decade and also use (via V4L2) on all other ARM SoC platforms. This works great with Intel and AMD GPUs and is in the early infancy of working with nVidia after they recently capitulated on doing their own thing (which nobody adopted) and gained mesa support. To be clear, nVidia are slowly moving in the right direction, but there is still lots of missing stuff (NVDEC) and no guarantee that nVidia GPUs will have good/full support under GBM anytime soon.

    Our master development branch currently still supports GBM *and* X11 image types (and Wayland, which is used with Lakka) but since GBM is our main technical direction that's the only one we auto-build and publish for testing https://test.libreelec.tv/ .. but you can self-build an X11 image or hunt around in this forum to see if anyone's sharing them you can test. Currently you will need an X11 image to get the right drivers etc. to use the card.

    Again, the built-in Intel GPU on the motherboard will outperform the nVidia card for LE use. If you want the nVidia card for some other OS and use-case (Gaming, etc.) that's fine, but for LE use the nVidia card is just going to cause problems for you. Don't put a $1000 card on the shelf, sell it and use the $$ for something more meaningful.