Posts by Poida

Quote from zed85

Do you advice to step over to 8.0.0e right now?
I don't think the mentioned issues in post #1 are a problem for me.

If you have no problems with 7.0.3.012j, then absolutely.
Make a backup first, so that if you do find any issues then you can re-install 7.0.3.012j and then restore

Quote from sYCO

I changed up last week and find Libreelec 8 way inferior to 7.

That really is a matter of opinion.

Quote from sYCO

With Jarvis I had no crashes and buffering problems and the response time was brilliant.

With Krypton I've had no crashes or buffering problems and the response time doesn't seem any different to any other build. I guess conclusions would depend on individual hardware setup and usage.

Quote from sYCO

Unfortunately, I cannot go back without doing a new installation, which is just too much work again.

I suppose it's pretty obvious to you now, but it's best to backup before trying any major version update

Quote from cptchezza

So I've created a new fresh install on a separate usb. I have now booted to that, and ssh'd in to see my drives.
I only have one of the mmcblk1p2 (as opposed to 2x similar mmcblk). the disk one here exists; I have renamed that to libreelec_disk.

If you have correctly performed a fresh install of LE 8.0.0x, you shouldn't have to rename either partition.
You should have LIBREELEC and LIBREELEC_DISK

Quote from cptchezza

So I just copy one "disk" partition to the other "disk" partition and that is enough?

You'd be copying from the "disk" partition to the newly created LIBREELEC_DISK partition (on my USB sticks the partition name is all UPPERCASE, might make a difference)

There's no point in copying anything from the old boot partition, since doing so would be overwriting your new LE build with the files you are having difficulties with

Quote from cptchezza

Is there a lower level way to rename the partitions?

I'm a Windows user (so a bit baffled with the Linux stuff). If nobody else can help, and you have a previous backup, you could install that build to your SD and restore, then try again with the upgrade. It happened to me a while ago and I think I did a clean install of LE 8 and then manually copied the .kodi folders from a backup. Then I updated each add-on.

Quote from cptchezza

I would partly assume disk = libreelec_disk, and boot = libreelec

Yep
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Quote from RayW

Thsi was fine until I restored, using the LibreELEC restore feature, my KODI 16.1 earlier backup of all my add-ons and settings, then same result it would not boot up into KODI adn after tgeh LibreELEC boot up screen was left with a balnk black screen. So had to assume that it is not possible to restore your settings and add-ons from an old KODI 16.1 LibreELEC 7 setup ???

Bingo!

Quote from RayW

I would love simply to be able to update with all the add-ons and settings a LibreELEC 7.0.3.012x box to LibreELEC 8 if this is possible. Anyone ?

Do a clean install of your old KODI 16.1 LibreELEC 7 version and restore your backup. Then update to the latest version using the .update folder

Quote from RayW

Much prefer the old Confluence skin (can that be installed on KODI 17?)

Yes it can

Quote from Akir4d

I think that is a good idea make black and white list of devices that can run amlogic libreelec without surprise.

It will work - Just plug in an external WiFi adapter

Quote from alxx

It would be awesome if you could find a way to make it work.

You can make it work, by using a USB WiFi adapter (like others have mentioned)

netbuild Do you use the normal build, or the one with temp sensor disabled?

Quote from bazsee89

Which device tree do you use?

Just left the default one. ( gxl_p212_2g.dtb also worked with SD card install )

Quote from Tim_Taylor

Now it´s the time of Krypton in the future it will be Leia.

Good point

Quote from bazsee89

I have a Beelink Mini MX III II (s905x 2\16gb). . .
. . . I would like to try LibreELEC-S905.arm-8.0-8.0.0d but it's realy slow on my device. . .

Hmm. Something's up there, works fine on mine. Have you tried a clean install?

Quote from kostaman

Sorry i use a Mac OS so i will let others help you with this.

LOL - Not much point in posting then

Quote from Hans Gruber

I don't think I can use NFS shares as my "server" is running Windows 10 Home which I don't think supports

Correct, Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise do have native support, but not home edition (although free 3rd party versions of both server and client can be found using Google)

Quote from kostaman

Read This as well #1

Not very conclusive eh?

Seems to follow the trend we already know of these cheap boxes. Some report great results with a particular type, whilst others don't and vice versa. That's why I'd only pay rock bottom price for them.

Quote from kostaman

Supplier asked for me to send them back to "Shenzhen Sally" who will get her Engineer "Hong Kong Harry" to tell me what happened?

LOL

Quote from Pelican

I've never seen an S905X box with gigabit lan.

You probably still haven't . . .

Quote from Bruur

It works using the default device tree but also with gxl_p212_2g_nand.dtb. I'm guessing it's actually an S905x box because of this.

Quote from kostaman

I'm DONE with the the S905X Chip Boxes.

I don't really think we can tar every S905X box with the same brush, because you have had two (from the same Manufacturer) that have failed

Have you tried shorting the nand pins to erase / reset it?

Quote from archercj

At the moment I am streaming via a Windows share.

I also used to get occasional buffering using SMB as source source. I changed the source to NFS and haven't noticed it since. No changes needed to the Windows system, just edit the existing kodi source and browse back to the folder via Network File System. Worth a try

Quote from archercj

Cheers for the info Poida. The Minimx is rated at 1Gb and I installed the correct 1Gb driver from the start of this post. I have most my house Ethernet wired back to a router that as 1Gb ports (it's even Cat 6!). And I am not streaming using the Plex app on my s905 device.

Perhaps it would be worth checking if you get the same buffering issue using Android kodi, to rule out a hardware problem? I use two MiniMX boxes myself and have no problem at all. Mind you, they may have different HW to yours, even though they have the same name

archercj
As far as I can recall, Plex transcodes the streams it sends to your TV, whereas the same series (unless also streamed via Plex, which is not apparent in your post) may be received by your Libreelec device at a much higher, unchanged, resolution / bitrate, thus causing the buffering that you are experiencing. Incidentally, your Ethernet speed would be 1Gb - not 1GB.

You also need to remember that, if your Libreelec device is only capable of a 100Mb ethernet connection then that is the max speed your Gb Ethernet system will deliver data to that device.