Posts by chessplayer

  • Amlogic S905X(w) - Sundtek Media TV Stick (DVB-C/T/T2) not usable

    This is related to this thread and I opened this thread on @kszaq  's request. Other than in the aforementioned post, I believe the trouble is with the Sundtek driver and not with TvHeadend, since VDR can also not tune to a channel when using the (high quality and expensive) Sundtek stick, while both TvHeadend and VDR work just fine with the (cheap and ok quality) XBOX ONE Digital tuner.

    I would like to mention that I have been using these Sundtek Sticks for almost 8 years now. They have been in heavy use during that time (often attached to a 24/7 headless VDR on a Dockstar and now a cubietruck). So, I would really love to be able to use them with the new toy - the china boxes.

    To make this (somewhat) reproducible, here is what I did (on November 29th 2017 on a S905X 1GB/8GB EgoIggo:(

    • created a fresh SD card with kszaq 's standard image
    • used a dedicated device tree and remote.conf
    • did the usual setup steps (including enabling SSH)
    • installed addons from LibreELEC addons repo
      • - Sundtek MediaTV (vers. 8.2.104)
      • - TvHeadend Server 4.2 (vers. 8.2.112)
      • - VDR PVR backend (vers. 8.2.105; this will automatically install VDR VNSI client (vers. 2.6.23.1))
      • - TvHeadend HTSP client (vers. 3.4.27.1)

    I then disabled VDR (backend and client) and also TvHeadend server in order to be able to copy over the respective configurations so as to be able to use them right away. Of course, I enabled debug logging in Kodi.

    Then, I checked whether the Sundtek sticks were found (locally and over the network):

    So, the sticks were visible the way they should be.

    After copying over the configuration, I re-enabled TvHeadend server, headed over to the Web-If and attached the DVB-adapter to the DVB-C network and enabled it. Here, it can already be seen, that something is not quite right, because TvHeadend only sees the DVB-C part of the tuner, not the DVB-T part (on the left you can see the situation on the Wetek Play (as it should be) and to the left the situation on an AML S905X):

    Then, I turned the box off, power-cycled and turned it back on. Then, I went to TV and tried to watch the first channel (not encrypted). This gave me a message form the TvHeadend HTSP Client saying "No free adapter available". I then stopped TvHeadend server via the command line.

    This lead to the following logs: dmesg | paste and Kodi log: log-2017-11-29-12.22.24.zip

    Then, in for TvHeadend server, I activated TRACE Debug setting Debug Value #1 to "all" first and to "dvb" second and tried watching the channel again. This gave the following two debug.txt files: tvheadend_debug.zip

    I would like to mention, that

    • it does not make a difference whether the Sundtek stick is attached locally or accessed in network mode (i.e., attached to a different device, where it works perfectly well).
    • the same issue arises on another S905X box as well as on a S905W box (which I sent back)

    As GDPR-1 mentioned in the related thread I linked above, all this must be due to the 64bit kernel mixed with the 32bit user space.

    Anything else I can do like provide similar info for devices where the Sundtek sticks work (Rpi3, Wetek Play) or test something specific on the china box, please let me know.

  • remote.conf repository

    Hi,

    the one for the ANTSIR Box is actually already available in this post over at kodinerds. That is where I got it from (copy & paste) in the first place, but meanwhile I also have the original from my box. It is in the attachment. Also, there is a file remote_gen.xml, which will allow you to use the button with the browser symbol down left for play/pause and the delete button down right for stop (which you otherwise have to do via OK and choosing the corresponding option).

    You do realize that remote.conf needs to go to /flash or, if you want to put it on the SD card/USB-Stick directly, on the LIBRELEC partition along with the device tree and such (I believe, you can also put it in /etc instead). The file remote_gen.xml has been generated using the Keymap Editor addon and needs to go in /storage/.kodi/userdata/keymaps.

    Hope this will help!

    ANTSIR.zip

  • [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X

    Thank you very much, kszaq !

    Now, the reason I was anxious to test was the problem with Sundtek-Sticks described here. Are you aware of this? Because I have the exact same issue with my Sundtek Media TV Home/Pro Sticks, which is quite annoying. Fortunately, the cheap XBOX ONE tuner works with your build, so I can test with that, but it has nowhere near the quality of the Sundteks. And, since those are "sunk cost", I would very much like to be able to use them with the China-Boxes ...

    If you want, we can take this up further in the linked thread and I would be happy to provide any information you might want.

  • [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X

    Thanks for the quick reply. I guess that means that the S905W box which exhibits the problem will really have to go back (a pity, since at 28€ for a 2/16 box, there was so much hope ...). Or should I keep it just for the heck of it ... anyway, that is for me to decide. Looking forward to all your great upcoming releases :)