Posts by r4w

rastobil, thanks for the answer. I think I got my answer, in the sense of that I have upgraded to 8.2.4.2 but I may have not realised that the TV was seeing HDR content even before (no need to force anything via the echo command or from the menu).

I have a Samsung QE65Q6F (not the new N), a Yamaha RX-A3070 and all the cables are at least HDMI 2.0. I have Matrix or John Wick in 4K HDR and both are reporting well on TV (HDR and UHD).

If I try to force '444,10bit', I'm getting a black screen, unsure why.

As far as I know, the panel is 10bit capable.

it's a bit I don't follow the forum but I have been busy with work and moving houses I have got myself a new Samsung QLED tv and I'm trying to understand how and if I can get HDR working.

My 905x box (Zenbox) is connected to my Yamaha AVR, CEC is enabled everywhere and I'm able to use a 4k resolution in the UI (but I'm keeping it at 1080p as it's faster).
However, if I do: echo '444,10bit' > /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/attr, the screen will become black and eventually the TV will show no signal.

Question: Should I keep the UI at 4k in order to run the echo command? Am I missing something else? I have tried to read most of the threads here but I'm still confused

Cheers!

That's a great guide! It's also a good method to backup the Kodi data in the eventuality the SD is going to fail!

As frequenzy mentioned, we should put an extra step on unmounting all the network shares before start the copy and the final step to reboot, so that you can test this.

I guess to revert back the change is just to revert back the labels to the original state?

Thanks kszaq!

Quote from laowhy

Thanks kszaq for the great work

I'm using a KM5 branded S905X box, everything works perfectly other than there is no WiFi.

The WiFi chip is SCL S9082C, does this have the same problem of no firmware support form the vendor as the S9082XS chip?

I think I already know the answer.

As a Chinese speaker, if there's any way I can help in contacting with the vendor then I'll be more than happy.

Thanks,

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In the first page it says: 9082xs not supported. Unsure 'C' or 'S' makes any difference but I suspect it's a no

I didn't play with keymap editor yet, but the seeking buttons don't work for me
Play/Pause seems to work now.
I'll continue to dig in.

Thanks Pelican, I believed it required some configuration.

mmpp: it's a bit that I didn't try these buttons as they didn't work for me, I will give them a try tonight.
I forgot about the Keymap editor, I'll add it and check. Thanks!

I was wondering if anybody can provide a sample of remote.conf configuration for the "generic" MX3 remote control:

I didn't spend too much time customizing it, very interested in getting the play/pause and seeking buttons to work
Thank you!

Quote from darren1963

Thanks for the responses chaps. It must be something my end then, as I have x 3 Nexbox A95x S905X boxes and all 3 freeze when trying 4k movies. Yet if reinstall SPMC on android they play 4k perfect. Weird.

If you're using NFS, I would recommend to try to mount NFS at the OS level (Mounting network shares - OpenELEC).
Without changing anything and using the same NFS server, I get sluggish performance using the native NFS implementation in Kodi while it works perfectly if I use the same server at the OS level.

Something similar: NFS (libnfs) Performance

Quote from Crucial

bytes, yo. no kilo

I have tried to play with the advanced settings but, at least for me, the issue is the NFS/SMB implementation integrated in Kodi.
Everything works just fine when my repository is mounted directly via NFS from the underlying OS.

I didn't try USB or NAND (because I want to keep Android as well) but it works fine with a Toshiba EXCERIA M302 32 GB (this is the U3 version, not U1).

I have the android box which is in my signature and so far I didn't have any issues with it. I had a NPET S905X with similar hardware but it wasn't turning off.

This is off topic, but I believed for one hour or so that I got USB3 on my box or maybe, as the say in this link Does Amlogic S905X Support USB 3.0?, maybe ports are just not wired properly. I was about to go and buy a gigabit adapter for my new box, shame!
So maximum we can get is "only" 480 Mbit.

I have returned the NPET box and boutght a Zenbox Z11 Pro, which apparently has the same characteristics but it does turn off.
Thank you for all your responses.

Quote from Koxx

On my MiniMX III (s905), I got 4.2MB/s download (~33Mb/s) over a gigabit fiber and gigabit ethernet connection.
ARM processor are not very good with encryption... and there is no hardware encryption supported with the kernel (cryptodev) like Intel can do.

Code

LibreELEC:~ # ./speedtest_vpn.sh
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
 77  476M   77  368M    0     0  3749k      0  0:02:10  0:01:40  0:00:30 4205k

According to this whitepaper, :

• Crypto Engine – AES/AES-XTS block cipher with 128/192/256 bits keys, DES/TDES block cipher, Hardware crypto key-ladder operation and DVB-CSA for transport stream encryption, built-in hardware True Random Number Generator (TRNG), CRC and SHA-1/SHA-2/HMAC SHA engine

I have to disagree that the processor can't handle properly encryption/decryption using its hardware but I would instead check that the VPN is actually using an AES based algorithm.
I can't talk about what the kernel supports or less though.

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I finally tried this and the result is truly remarkable!

My box's LAN is apparently not bad -> it runs the Sony Camp smoothly with a regular NFS share.
However the bird90 video stutters horribly via regular NFS share.

That same bird90 video runs absolutely smooth when played from the mount location!

So I stick with my initial opinion:

I did not try the 120mbit video since the LAN is only 100mbit...

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kszaq is aware of this, so I believe we need just to wait and see if they can fix this. Until then, happy to use NFS from OS.
I'm not really concerned about the maximum bitrate I can play, as I don't have UHD movies to see just now, but it's possible that Kodi is using more resources to get its internal NFS/SAMBA working.

140 Mbps is less than 20 MB/sec (17.5 to be precise).
My wireless connection is at around 180 Mbit (tested with iperf / tcp).
I'm now using NFS over udp, which goes straight to a single disk (a brand new WD Red 3 TB).
Anyway, I was using a USB2 stick which performed around 18 MB/sec, so maybe at limit, so I have tested with a USB3 stick (over 40 MB/sec read on a USB3 port with my laptop) and I have to admit that USB is the right choice for UHD and s905x is not the issue here (and yes, I believe somehow the boards are all the same )
I played without issues the 200 and 250 Mbit file.

Quote from Tim_Taylor

next test using USB3-Network adapter based on Realtek RTL8153
Adapter works oob with LE 7.95b
Iperf reports 180-330 Mbit

jellyfish-140-mbps-4k-uhd-hevc-10bit.mkv runnig smooth

BTW:
Adapter is not working with Stock Android

I'm surprised that your box based on s905x (like mine) is able to handle the 140 Mbit file. I have tried directly from a USB stick and it was lagging.
Somewhere I have read that these boxes are all created equal, so that's not true

mmpp: Unfortunately in my case when I power it off, the led in front of the box goes red for a second and then it goes back to blue and LE restarts from SD, therefore it stays in power on.
I have reached out to the seller to see if there's a firmware upgrade.
It's a kind of strange box what I have, I haven't seen many s905x with Wireless AC around yet.