Posts by Klojum

No, it does not work on a Shield TV.

Use SPMC for specific Kodi usage on a Shield TV.

Have look at the Kodi website for some of the changes: Kodi 17.0 | Kodi | Open Source Home Theater Software

7.95.3 is in the making in the coming days, hold on to your hat a little longer.

"Latest" is never a version number.
The easiest way of handling of log files can be found here.

Quote from ozolli

Yes. In fact it's a build with an old nvidia driver for some people needing it.

Which old Nvidia drivers are those? LibreELEC already packs both legacy and new Nvidia drivers.
Sometimes the legacy drivers needs to be forced as the new drivers has a problem with the suspend modus because of a driver bug.

Quote from bam

Hi, could somebody clarify to me the situation with old Estuary skin, or confirm this is a bug here?
Maybe I just don't catch some aspects of firmware build..
Please, see here: thread-4567.html
Thanks

I just deleted the new topic you created, which was uncalled for as this topic here is not even 24 hours old.

We did notice this topic but are not magicians, nor are we online 24/7. So a bit more patience would be nice.

Doesn't VM allow you to resize partitions?
Did you allocate too little disk space before installing into VM?

Via SSH, try to rename your guisettings.xml file to something else and reboot.

Quote from Strantford

At least 6 boxes I have tested and setup for family and friends with s905 and s905x are working without an issue both in Kodi and in other activities (like browsing, youtube, light gaming etc.).

The memleak problem seems to affect the 1GB devices more than the 2GB devices. We're still working on the problem.

Have you considered the fact that such an addon simply does not (yet) exist for LibreELEC?

Testing is a step-by-step thing. Try using an alternative PSU, and see what happens.
If the rest of the hardware is still running with the current PSU, I doubt the PSU or the CPU will be a problem.
If you have a voltmeter, you can doublecheck the various voltages coming out the PSU.

One option is to put in a dedicated low profile PCIe video card. I take it you are now using the i3 4130's internal gpu?

Alternatively, try a different HDMI cable. Also try a different HDMI port on your TV if possible.
Also, run a Linux live distro like Ubuntu and run some programs. See if that triggers the same problem.

Having so many system freezes with so many different operating systems, you could also do an extensive test of your memory module(s), just in case.

If the internal GPU is the problem, and a discrete graphics is a solution, you better get a simple Nvidia card as support is much better than for AMD cards. A passively cooled GT520/610 etc will be fine.

Another option is to get a Asrock Apollo Lake board, you'll be ready for the next 2-3 years (depending on your personal wishes and use case).

There have been a number of changes within CEC the last couple of months, things could change for you.

Also, that popup lasts only 2-3 seconds... Is it really that bad to know CEC things are still working?

Android boxes are an option of course. But some have there own issues. There is still an unsolved memory leak problem on s905 devices for example.

10bit HEVC support is not yet implemented in Kodi Linux, it's planned for Kodi 18.

Quote from Strantford

But how is that even possible if it runs flawlessly on a Radeon HD4225, on an HD6850 which are both older graphic cards and the former also only an onboard one and fails to recognize an RX480?

Computers are complex things, including their drivers for all types of devices. In other ways, the solution could be simple if the GPU manufacturers provided good quality support via drivers for Linux. And frankly, AMD has not been the best forthcoming company for years when it comes to (video) driver support in Linux. The best example for now is perhaps that even in the new Ubuntu releases there is no proper open-source video support for AMD RX cards. Drivers are kept in binary blobs, documentation on the inner workings are withheld, and all cannot be reverse-engineered that easily. The same goes partially for Nvidia cards as well, although their proprietary drivers are at least available and updated regularly for Linux. Intel graphics could became a problem too in the future, for different reasons.

In short, AMD hasn't provided proper graphics drivers to the Linux community for the last 5-6 years now, and reverse-engineering is a b!tch. Also, your GPU is in a way still quite new. It takes a bit of time to come up with 100% open-source solutions. Which takes us to the fact that Kodi developers do not have unlimited financial resources for aquiring new hardware for their hobby. Developing Kodi without proper hardware is not easy to begin with, even more difficult when the basic resources (Linux drivers) are not available.

I suggest you use Windows 10 and Kodi for now. AMD has proper video drivers for Windows. Them keeping Linux at bay is simply their corporate decision. Graphics cards are also not supported infinitely. Nvidia recently stopped Linux support for their GTX9xx series pretty quickly and put all focus on the GTX10xx cards.

Quote from elfurbe

TV set to limited, X output set to full, Kodi set to limited

Call me stupid, but why would you limit your devices when they are probably capable of doing full colors? Limiting the black colors will give you a washed up greyish layer over your display. I would disable the limitation and always go for full colors, on the htpc as well as the TV.

You may have to up the brightness/contrast on your TV, but in the end the colors come out better.

According to the RaspberryPi forums:

echo 0 >/sys/class/leds/led0/brightness #Turn on
echo 0 >/sys/class/leds/led1/brightness #Turn off


led0 = green one
led1 = red one

Put the echo lines in .config/autostart.sh and "It should work!" (tm)

Other than that, there is nothing that a roll of duct tape cannot fix.