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Mini Tool or something like that claims to be able to migrate NTFS to EXT4 with their premium version and recover all your files after the reformat. I was skeptical and took the long road of moving all data to a different drive and reformatting EXT4 then moving it all back. Slow and tedious but data is safe and no further issues with NTFS (Not Too Funky Safe) file system.

Normal fan operation for RPi5.

Sounds like a pretty painless way to update and restore a happy system. Thanks chewitt. I saved your recipe for future use.

You're beyond my understanding with the Library issues. I keep my system very simple and have all of our movies ripped from our DVDs on a hard drive in a folder named "Movies" and of course TV shows in a folder named "TV Shows". They all are right there in alphabetical order when we want to watch them. Not elegant I know but simply works for us. I've never had a need for the Library functions (so far) and unless I'm missing something important all works fine.

Regarding overclocking you might look on the Raspberry Pi website. I have friends who like to brag about overclocking their Rpi's and how fast they are just before they ask me for help with their software issues. Good Luck.

The choice is pretty simple. Fresh install with accompanying headaches or chase unkownn maybes. Trust me I get it and have been on both sides as most of us have been. Today it's so easy to load up a complete working LE system on a thumb drive and test out everything before building a semi permanent system to me is a no-brainer. I think the average user does this for the love of the hobby and new discoveries. Chasing a perfect bug free bit of software with so many variables seems a little foolish.

Live TV streams? I think my first RPi was almost 10 years ago. I have yet to find a service that is without an occasional hiccup or stutter. Not only the RPi but my ethernet wired HTPC as well. First and foremost is your ISP speed. All the tweaking in the known universe can't fix a slow or intermittent internet connection. I currently am blessed with 300Mbps wired cable. Filtered through a VPN and roughly half that. I still experience some blips and bumps and freezing. The last time we had stellar TV service was a big ass roof mounted antenna with 7 channels total in the big city. I think we have to acknowledge there are a few limitations with digital service from time to time but it looks like your wifi is job one.

Depending on the brand/type of wifi router you use some offer a USB port to share on your network. Not exactly what you're looking for but worked well in my setup. A powered HD or array connected would be available to your entire network with a minimum of fuss and additional software.

Just a thought here. Over the years some of the older TVs we've owned had settings to adjust the picture size/AR and many times I recall needing a few tweaks when using LE and or Kodi. As for porting from old versions I've never had any luck and found that a fresh new install removes all doubt about artifacts from old builds. LE12 on my RPi5 is also been solid and trouble free (after saving the EDID setup).

Points taken.

It could be interesting to see just what percentage of LE and or Kodi users would be interested in support for dedicated web browser addon. Just thinking out loud here.

It sounds like a really large project to tackle. Perhaps with the performance enhancements of the RPi5 someone will take interest and get a ball rolling.

Just out of curiosity would it have to be Chrome? Possibly a light weight plain jane browser? Having access to a web browser makes LE a very special and useful system IMHO. Just some thoughts here.

Are there any plans in the future to replace X11 with a more up to date window system?

Oh my what a can of worms. I did some checking and found this list which seems pretty complete for Linux and Windows however I also found left and right parenthesis are allowed in filenames KODI file manager dosen't like them and will cause errors. So possibly KODI's file manager has it's own set of filename rules. Here's the list I found:

The forbidden printable ASCII characters are:

Linux/Unix:

/ (forward slash)

Windows:

< (less than)
> (greater than)
: (colon - sometimes works, but is actually NTFS Alternate Data Streams)
" (double quote)
/ (forward slash)
\ (backslash)
| (vertical bar or pipe)
? (question mark)
* (asterisk)

I believe the character rules are defined in the general Linux filename vocabulary. I have had a few file errors pop up mostly with addons inserting ( and ) in mp3 filenames and sometimes in mkv files as well. Sometimes they cause no issues in LE or Kodi until I attempt a copy/move with the Kodi file manager. Maybe one of our Linux gurus can point us to the list of verbotten characters for future reference.

I used ssh and followed the link from DaFlex to create an EDID file. 1st time ever I rebooted my RPI5 on our old Sony with no issues whatsoever. You're the man D and thanks. Also kudos to Harry for a quick education on the how and why of EDID. Since this old Sony is the only TV with a RPI5 issue it's likely an aged TV firmware issue and nothing to do with LE.

Thanks for the detailed explanation. That explains why we sometimes have issues with HDMI connected devices. Also good to know I could create a file to work around the auto config although I understand why it's done this way.

I had no idea the order in which devices were powered might be an issue. If I understand correctly the RPi5 system will record all necessary EDID info on it's 1st run and save in a permanent file for future boots?