Posts by osxanalyst

I'm having trouble connecting to VYPRVPN. I put in the correct user and pass and I get the below error in the log.

I tested my credentials logging out and logging back in on my PC app for VYPRVPN and they work fine. Can you help?

Instead of UDP, when i switch to using TCP no VPN servers are pulled to select from. My only choices are "Switch between location and server views" and "Cancel connection attempt." Selecting the switch option does nothing.

solved. I wiped out the downloaded files, and selected giganews account instead of the top two vyprvpn options. I got my access thru giganews.

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Preamble:

I have used Kodi oriented Linux spins on various ARM devices.

I have thousands of movies on a Synology NAS.

Accessible by both NFS & SMB shares. The shares have no security.

Movie scraping worked.

File naming convention used : Moviename (MovieYear).mkv

Movie names & Year derived from manual check of TMDB.

Findings:

I Installed LE 8.02 on an intel NUC6CAYH & observed that TMDB & Universal Movie Scraper both stop within a few seconds, No Movie info..

Actions:

Checked plugins are at their newest version.

Tried Kodi on Xubuntu : Scrapers stop after a few seconds. No Movie info.

Tried Kodi 17.3 on Windows 10 : Scrapers stop after a few seconds. No Movie info.

Tried Kodi 16.1 on Windows 10 : Scrapers stop after a few seconds. No Movie info.

I'm at a loss.....

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I use MediaCenterMaster to pre-load my metadata for my massive NAS library. It works really well - give it a try. No need to scrape in Kodi, but you can do so manually if you want. You can set it to put every movie in its own folder as well as rename the ovice and directories with info it scrapes from the video, etc.

Media Center Master

Hugepants, thanks for the instructions earlier in the thread on how to use your addon and integrate the latest plexpass server version. It worked like a champ! Two thumbs up.

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My media folders are on a Synology NAS. I can add them from a plex server on my Win10 notebook under \\DISKSTATION\films.
When I try to add the same folder on my NUC plex server, the library remains empty.
What is missing, please?

You need to mount the network drives. see: Mounting network shares - OpenELEC

Did you set audio output channels to 2.0? then enable passthrough. That works for me. I had problems in the past on an older NUC when channels not set to 2.0.

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Could you please share which modded build it is and a link.

Thanks.

I used Fritsch's mod. Index of /openelec/hevc10

Thanks!

So I bought the same NUC and followed your directions. However, I'm having stuttering issues with 10 bit 4K video. I am stunned. All four cores are maxed out almost as if its not using the hardware to decode. Is there a setting or something I should check? VAAPI is enabled.

edit: I found the modded build and it works great.

I updated to latest release and all is great! Thanks again HugePants

Quote from lrusak

yes thanks

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10:52:35 T:140104080844544 INFO: ffmpeg[7F6C85F86700]: Stream #0:0: Video: hevc (Main 10), yuv420p10le(tv, smpte170m/bt709/bt709), 3840x2160 [SAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 23.98 tbc (default)

so hevc isn't supported by your hardware, it is trying to software decode the video and that cpu probably doesn't have enough horsepower

weird. i'm playing a different hevc video right now. One where I reencoded the audio from DTS to AC3. Also, the video size is smaller on that one. That must make just enough difference that it can software decode.

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4k should "probably" work if vaapi is enabled.

Can you get a kodi debug log for me after playing some content that doesn't play correctly?

will do
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will do

log file

did I do this right?

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Code

xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 3840x2160 --rate 30.00

that command should kick it into 4k.

Im not sure why kodi isn't detecting it.
Can you post the output of

Code

kodi-xrandr | pastebinit

after swapping to a straight HDMI cable it works. no need to manually code. somehow LE didnt like my mini DP - HDMI pup cable, while OE had no problems with it.

still have major lag issues though (also on OE). Would love to make this work, but thinking my NUC is underpowered.

Quote from lrusak

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ just trying to help

Care to send me your unused NUC? [emoji13]

thanks. appreciate it. why cant things just work? IM still using my NUC for plex media server. will try to make LE work too.

let me figure out ssh
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Here's the output.

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1220mm x 680mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.94 30.00 24.00 29.97 23.98
4096x2160 24.00 23.98
3840x2160 30.00 25.00 24.00 29.97 23.98
1920x1080i 60.00 59.94
1600x900 60.00
1280x1024 60.02
1280x720 60.00 30.00 59.94 29.97 24.00 23.98
1024x768 60.00
800x600 60.32
720x480 60.00 59.94
720x480i 60.00 59.94
640x480 60.00 59.94
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

note: this was after swapping out HDMI cable and miniDP pigtail for mini hdmi to hdmi cable straight to tv. THe resolution now works. However, the LE box is really laggy playing 4k content. unwatchable.

Quote from lrusak

can you post the output of the following command via ssh?

Code

xrandr | pastebinit

I bought a ROKU premiere+. Was easier than trying to figure out how to ssh. It plays 4K movies seamlessly from my NAS.

Bueller? Bueller?

So I took the plunge and upgraded from OE to LE (V7.90.008), and everything went great with one small exception. I no longer have 3840x2160P available as a resolution option. The resolution is not available to select.

I have tried changing the refresh rate to 30 fps before trying the resolution, but no luck.

4K worked fine with OE, but I cant make it work in LE. Nothing has changed in my setup or cabling.

setup:
Intel NUC 54250WYK
miniDP-HDMI pigtail + High speed HDMI cable to HDCP2.2 port on sony TV (Video 4)
Sony XBR55X850A

Any tips or advice?

Thanks.