Posts by PANiCnz

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Some positive news. Reset the splitter and set it to 4k, and turned the HTPC on with the TV turned off, and now the passthrough options have returned and are working. Not sure if it'll survive a reset of the HTPC but its working for now!

Tried some samples with Atmos, DD+, TrueHD & DTS-HD and they all worked as expected.

Closing this out for anyone who finds this and has similar problems. The above solution didn't persist after a reboot. Upgraded the firmware on the splitter to v1.73 and that appears to have fixed the problem, has survived a reboot. EDID set to 4K rather than 2K or COPY1.

Some positive news. Reset the splitter and set it to 4k, and turned the HTPC on with the TV turned off, and now the passthrough options have returned and are working. Not sure if it'll survive a reset of the HTPC but its working for now!

Tried some samples with Atmos, DD+, TrueHD & DTS-HD and they all worked as expected.

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Because your HDMI splitter is programmable, you should be able to add HD audio formats to EDID.

Thanks for your help! I'll start investigating down that route. Looks like since I bought the splitter they've release a new firmware, I'll start with that and see if it makes a difference.

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Does your TV have HDMI ARC or HDMI eARC?

ARC only unfortunately.

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Then LE gets supported audio formats from TV, not from AVR. Is there no chance to go HTPC --HDMI--> TV --S/PDIF--> AVR?

There are a few alternatives, ARC works and I can go S/PDIF from the HTPC to the AVR, but I don't think any of these will achieve TrueHD & DTS-HD passthrough?

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Can you confirm that HD audio is working, if you go HTPC -> AVR -> TV (no splitter)?

Yup working, all the option reappear in the Kodi GUI.

I've recently dusted off my Gemini Lake HTPC (ASRock J4105-ITX) after using an Odroid C4 with CE for a few months. With a clean install of LE 9.2.6 I can't get Kodi to show the options to enable TrueHD & DTS-HD passthrough, and only have the options for Dolby Digital and DTS.

I have a slightly convoluted setup that is obviously part of the problem. My soundbar (Sony HT-CT660) supports passthrough for TrueHD & DTS-HD but is limited to HDMI 1.4, so I'm using an HDMI splitter (EZCOO HDMI Splitter) like this:

HTPC

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HDMI Splitter
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TV AVR

I'm assuming LE is setting the passthrough options based on the TV rather than the soundbar, is there anyway to get LE to enable TrueHD & DTS-HD passthrough? If its any help the splitter is programmable and allows for manually selecting EDID modes.

When using the Odroid C4 in place of my HTPC passthrough was working fine.

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Updated image with HDR for Gemini Lake hardware (Tiger Lake and DG1 probably work too, if anyone has that already).

- Current Kodi master (a2b4a43)

- Current LE master (7badb00)

- Linux kernel 5.10.11

- Kodi and ffmpeg HDR commits from here and here

The option to select the de-interlacing mode is greyed out, is this by design?

I had a problem with no sound on my RPi4, turned out the kids had turned the volume right down on the TV.

Is there any hope for HDR support making it into LE10 for Gemini lake or is that wishful thinking?

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So looks like under windows my ODROID H2+ won't enable HDR at all. States my display is not HDR capable. Enters HDR mode in LE but has the audio issue .. got to love intel

I just purchased a DP -> HDMI cable. Will see if the audio issue is present via that connection too.

Pretty sure Intel have intentionally nerfed the Windows drivers for Apollo Lake

If you’re willing to lose the 2.5” drive you could get a pretty comparable product by pairing the standard RPi4 with an Argon One case.

Odroid N2 or a Raspberry Pi 4 in a Argon One case (preferably the new verison with builtin IR and SSD support).

Logitech Harmony remotes work great with FLIRC, wouldn't use any other type of IR receiver. personally went as far as getting a Streacom case for my HTPC because it has an integrated FLIRC receiver.

This page seems to suggest the USB model is at least supported in Ubuntu. Support for LE might be a bit trickier...

More info from further testing:

• Issue also arises when switching between inputs i.e. from HDM1 to HDMI2 then back to HDMI1.
• Have tried different refresh rates i.e. 30Hz, 50Hz, and 60Hz, makes no difference.
• Have tried a RPi4 with 9.2.3 and its fine, can switch between inputs etc. without issue.
• Have tried an Xbox One and its fine, can switch between inputs etc. without issue.
• Have tried a Odroid C4 with similar an OS similar to LE and the screen goes blank when Kodi is loaded.

I've recently upgraded from a 1080p Samsung to a 4k Panasonic, and now I'm having an issue where the screen is blank/black after turning the TV off then on again. If i turn the TV off then turn it on again quickly Kodi is displayed as expected, but if I leave a 5-10 minute gap (or longer) between turning off and then on nothing is displayed. The only way to get Kodi back is to reboot the HTPC.

Screen is a Panasonic TH-55GX850Z, and LibreELEC (9.2.3) is installed on a ASRock J4105-ITX.

So far I've tried a new HDMI cable, and setting a Custom EDID (per the instructions in the wiki).

Does this release include the latest firmware required for USB boot?