Posts by chewitt

I replied to the other thread you created. Don't cross post please.

LE is dependent upon upstream sources to write/merge code for that kind of thing. Pulse recently merged some initial LDAC support, but reading the merge requests on their GitLab instance this appears to be written entirely around gstreamer which we currently don't use or package - and wouldn't really want to add. So "support" for LDAC probably needs to percolate through the software ecosystem around pulse a bit more before we'd be able to do much about it - we have no current plans and it's not really on anyone's radar (AFAIK).

LE will package whatever support is available in the upstream kernel, backported if necessary, but we're not going to write kernel audio driver code to add support. So best to ask that Q to Intel audio devs - who will write the code.

You have banned add-ons installed. There will be no support until you come back with a clean system.

Best to ask bite_your_idols who creates/maintains the Gamestarter repo.

Kodi already has lots of great skins for people to choose from, and a small army of skinners who slave away at their creations; it's not a small task to create and then maintain a skin over time. LE staff are not skinners .. so best we don't take on that task.

No change. I'm sure 3D will get done (one of the Pi Devs has a compatible TV and likes it) but it's not the highest priority.

IIRC the RPi3B/3B+ are the only Pi models with fully functional 3D support. There are IP differences in the RPi4 video pipeline which were never fully accounted for under the legacy codebase (LE 9.2) and 3D is not yet implemented under the new GBM/V4L2 pipeline (LE 10.0): there are plans to add support but things like 4K60 playback, HDR, and hardware deinterlacing which have a broad audience appeal (3D is quite niche these days) have a higher priority with the Pi Foundation devs doing the work.

IIRC the waipu.pvr add-on is a recent addition to the Kodi repo and has been developed against Kodi Matrix so there is no Leia version.

To clarify "not possible" .. the OMX and MMAL decoders no longer exist in Kodi, hence you cannot use them

See drop omxplayer by Rechi · Pull Request #16080 · xbmc/xbmc · GitHub and RPi: remove platform by lrusak · Pull Request #16321 · xbmc/xbmc · GitHub

Developing GBM/V4L2 without gutting the old methods first would be a) more complicated, b) take several years longer because experience shows quite clearly that developers never invest the huge time/effort required to implement new methods when the old ones are still around.

You can try the AMLGX "box" image here: Index of / - edit uEnvi.ini to use device-tree files with "sm1" in the name. Удачи.

You haven't shared any details of what kind of crappy Android box it was (Allwinner, Amlogic, Rockchip, etc.)?

Quote from havhav

I know it is H3 and not aml..

^ devices using GBM/V4L2 (Allwinner, Amlogic, NXP, Raspberry Pi, Rockchip, etc.) do not support VNC and that's not likely to change anytime soon.

Quote from ghtester

I know, maybe I am wrong but I still believe in this case these commands should not be queued.

autostart.sh is run at the very start of usespace boot, so the network is not started, kodi (which runs docker via an add-on) is not started. So running the docker command at that point will *allways* fail, and (backgrounding)& is the correct approach.

The case statement ^ above was incorrect, not sure if it was copy/paste typo or what but I edited it to be correct.

As lrusak says, look at systemd logs

It's not trivial and there are other things with a higher priority right now.

Try setting DRIVER_ADDONS_SUPPORT="yes" but then (lower down) set DRIVER_ADDONS=" " (null)?

Quote from Andrew_K

is it possible to use the "sm1_s905x3_4g.dtb" device tree from the LibreELEC project in the Armbian project to add device support?

If Armbian = Linux 4.9, then probably it can be used, because that filename is from a Linux 4.9 vendor kernel. It is *not* from a LibreELEC image because we use Linux 5.11 and the filenames for A95XF3-AIR in LibreELEC images are:

meson-sm1-a95xf3-air-100.dtb

meson-sm1-a95xf3-air-1000.dtb

Stats show 4GB is the most popular choice but from a pure technical perspective 2GB is all you need for LE use. Avoid the 1GB model unless you only plan to use 1080p media. I find running from an SD card perfectly fine (and nothing extra hanging off the case).