As noted subtitle and telextext are different. Here is your sample playing in CE https://imgur.com/a/dP7S3v1 from the teletext option. v then 888 also will work.

Martin

I am not sure it matters but where you using the extracted ova file or the generic image?

Yes AFAIK using streamlink is the best way to stream many streams from plutotv because of the ad break discontinuity. That is how I do it with the NextPVR backend but I haven't tried anything on arm32 so I can speak to the rpi3

In North America the majority of ATSC 1.0 HD ATSC broadcasts are MPEG2/AC3 720p or 1080i.

Martin

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I know the hardware functions as I have this working flawlessly on kodi under windows.

??? Kodi doesn't support the h/w tuners, and TVHeadend doesn't support Windows.

Does it work if you remove the unsupported addons?

There will be some natural confusion on python 3.11 because on Window python is only 3.8.15 and not all Linux versions will be at 3.`11 either so some addons will work OK and some won't.

In this case the issue could have been avoid since the call in question has been deprecated for a long time.

Martin

I still have not found the source for the unofficial LibreElec build on Quartz64a so I cannot do my own build or code review. I feel any discussion on the security of what AMD or Intel might be doing on on the LE x64 platform is rather amusing.

For the Quartza I just had to install it on SD card. You can also try Armbian and see if it works too. I did have to add a missing jumper that my vendor Ameridroid didn't provide.

Martin

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Did you look at Sundtek. One of their development staff is quite active on this forum and reports on Linux support looks quite positive. Just a suggestion.

The X692 is ATSC and even MyGiga don't mention Linux support. I contacted Sundtek about their discontinued ATSC tuner but they didn't respond, I'd still like to get one.

For a bit more context on your ticket I found on Kodi Windows these CC's work in 19.4 but not on the Matrix nigthtlies which equates to the 10.0.2 working and failures on 10.0.3

I reverted this PR https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/pull/21414 and the file does play closed captioning again.

Martin

If you want to rule out TVHeadend altogether you can install NextPVR Server (available on the LE11 repo under Services). It reads from /dev/dvb too so TVHeadend will need to be stopped Scan, but don't bother with the OTA EPG update for the test.

Martin

In general it would be ok for broadcast, but using s/w decoding is not why I buy nextgen boxes especially as x64 mini PC pricing and aarch64 pricing start to overlap.

I am happy to test the new version. Currently I am using an older Armbian build on SD card and it quite good on Quartz64a so I like to keep the two separate but usable, and I haven't worked out which I prefer. I very much appreciate your work on this platform. I hope you can get an Rock5 B one day.

Thanks for the information, is it possible to force s/w decoding of only specific formats?

Martin

petediscrete have your tried to build a MyGiga device on Linux? They are a disaster, they require a specific kernel, they don't provide binary objects for all platforms and their support is nothing like what b-rad offers. While the Hauppauge approach to building the linux-media TV works on generic Linux, it doesn't fit the LE model, which is why you should stick with the many kernel supported device.

Note that today NextPVR server for LE was released for LE11 and the LE10 release should be soon. It uses the base server .Netcore software you are using on Windows with an interface to Linux's libdvbv5 for local tuner devices and you can judge for yourself whether or not you need SAT>IP or an external backend. I agree with you that local tuners generally work nicely (Windows supporting far more tuners), but I do find most users who don't want to pirate IPTV are now buying SAT>IP or Silicon Dust HDHR devices.

I am confused since Kodi on Windows 10 or any platform won't support tuners, you need a backend for that.

I am running a backends on several SBC's RPi's and a Pine Quartz 64a for LE, and also on CE devices and for kernel supported tuners they normally work fine. Powering the USB devices and of course using SD cards are the biggest issues.

Martin

The problem isn't firmware, the problem is MyGiga "drivers" are compiled to a specific release of the kernel for Ubuntu so you need to build and install specific v4l media tree. On OSMC it is a little bit easier but still a pain, and you'd need to redo it for each build.

You are better off using a tuner supported in the kernel.

Here is a video showing the issue to help understand what I mean

. Both Live TV channels are mpeg2video but the one that only has audio and flickering video is SD. Here is the SD recording of that same show https://uploadnow.io/f/C2J3Kyd You will likely find that it will crash LE.

The question about the emmc install was about the stability. Each of your builds has a new OS and new Kodi which is fine. In the past I have had trouble with the bootloader changing so I couldn't just put the current tar file in .update. Is that now possible? I am reluctant to do this because the emmc stops works and I have to then flash Armbian to SD, write to emmc then load LE then copy LE to emmc.

Martin

chewitt, that is a fair statement in general for RPi users but Intel users can benefit much more.. LE is a good platform for hosting headless servers including PVR backends and the work of installing the backend is done for the user via packages (TVHeadend, VDR and NextPVR, anyway) and many users don't have to hunt for drivers or firmware.

There is also a class of users that simply want legal live tv, and for them a USB dongle, or even a remote SAT>IP or HDHR device will work ideally. It is certainly better to by a stable USB device, Geniatech is one of the worst vendors, even on standard Linux.