Posts by Mario77

  • Tvheadend nightly builds for LE

    Quote from CvH

    AML S905 does not have the horsepower to do "proper" transcoding. AML has a GPU encoder but no driver for it because AML does not care :D

    remuxing ofc is easily possible, so *.ts -> *.mkv etc is no problem

    On rpi it just works for few minutes then it just stops

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    [  ERROR] spawn: Exiting normally, received signal 15.

    when it works it works fine no buffering or any issues

  • Tvheadend nightly builds for LE

    Quote from olivluca

    No, it's not an rpi, it's a tv box based on the amlogic S905D

    You can probably transcode too but don't use the codecs profiles cause I m sure CVH told us they are broken on some post few months ago..

    Use FFmpeg pipe options..

    Just create new streaming profile choose mpeg-ts spawn/ built-in and add your ffmpeg command in their or by a script..

  • Is there an autostart script that will run if LE doesn't detect a monitor?

    I don t own a Rpi 4 yet but your issue might easily be an unsupported resolution the rpi is trying to change to on boot as no monitor is detected...can you try to whitelist some commonly used resolutions like 1920x1080 60hz in the video settings and try to reboot again

  • Tvheadend nightly builds for LE

    Quote from olivluca


    so it's not just me ;)

    If you r using rpi that wont work..just delete that libx264 profile..you are supposed to create new codec profile with omx_h264..then set that when you create new transcoding profile but even that is not working..only audio is transcoded and no video..I m sure it used to work before with older builds..As I understand it..Tvheadend uses it s own ffmpeg build and something is broken there as Omx h264 works on Ffmpeg provided with Libreelec

  • Tvheadend nightly builds for LE

    Quote from olivluca

    Sorry, I was referring to (what I think is) real time transcoding of live tv (stream profiles/codec profile) in order to serve lower bitrate content to mobile devices connected to cellular data. I never managed to configure that in tvheadend, I'm not sure it's possible at all on a tv box (e.g. the "webtv-h264" codec profile is disabled and cannot be enabled).

    Not sure what you mean by disabled but the last time I looked it was a bit confusing..I am on Rpi but codecs available for transcoding in tvheadend for rpi don't work with Rpi..like libx264 encoder...I only managed to get OMx to work but not with stream transcoding....just with recordings and that was not through codec profiles but through ffmpeg command..so something is broken or Im doing something wrong..

    Regarding transcoding I did manage to make it work with tvheadend stream urls and ffmpeg pipe but rpi struggles so I gave up...was more for experimenting then that I need transcoding..

  • Is there an autostart script that will run if LE doesn't detect a monitor?

    Quote from TomB19

    I can confirm that /storage/.config/autostart.sh does not run when the Pi is started before the TV is powered up.

    Is there a way to launch a script that is not blocked if LE doesn't find a monitor? Also, if LE is going to block on a no monitor event, how come it doesn't keep trying to discover a monitor every few seconds and then launch the platform if it discovers one?

    You need to pass the monitor EDID file to your RPi...

    try this

    ssh

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    /opt/vc/bin/tvservice -d /storage/edid.dat

    ssh

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    #mount -o remount,rw /flash

    take the edid.dat from storage and place it in the flash directory

    then add this line to config.txt

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    hdmi_edid_file=1

    ssh

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    #mount -o remount,ro /flash

    restart

  • Is there an autostart script that will run if LE doesn't detect a monitor?

    Quote from TomB19

    Thank you, Mario. That would be brilliant if there were a running process that could execute my script. I'm trying to find that process. This is the root of my question.

    You can always start script with autostart.sh..until while loop breaks and monitor is on startup will be paused as script loop will be running..not tested tough..that was just an idea..

    My advice = leave RPi on 24hrs

    Or have a look how to create EDID for Rpi..that might help

  • Is there an autostart script that will run if LE doesn't detect a monitor?

    Quote from TomB19

    Here is what it looks like when it works.

    Quote from TomB19

    For various reasons, it takes my TV 15 seconds to turn on and LE thinks it is not connected to a monitor until that time. At the moment, I have to unplug the Pi4 and then reconnect when the TV turns on before starting the system or it won't come up. It's hugely annoying.

    Here is what it looks like when it works.

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    HTPC1:~/.config # tvservice -s
state 0x120009 [HDMI CEA (95) RGB lim 16:9], 3840x2160 @ 30.00Hz, progressive


    Is there a script that won't get blocked waiting for monitor discovery? Even better, is there a way to have it retry every few seconds until it finds something?

    Don't think there are ready made scripts but you can always create something...perhaps a while loop comes to mind..

    something like

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    TVCHECK=$(tvservice -s && { echo "tvon" ; } || { echo "tvoff" ; }) 
while [[ "$TVCHECK" == "tvoff" ]]; do
    TVCHECK=$(tvservice -s && { echo "tvon" ; } || { echo "tvoff" ; }) 
    if [[ "$TVCHECK" == "tvon" ]]; then
    break
    fi
    sleep 1
done

  • Tvheadend nightly builds for LE

    Quote from olivluca

    Please, tell me more (the only stream profile I ever managed to use is "pass")

    A way to do it is to create your own small script...not sure how your setup is but you might need to create 2 profiles...1 for your MPEG2 streams that will run the script to transcode,comskip or whatever you want to do with your recordings and another for your h264 streams to leave as is...

    If it was for my personal usage I will go another way...just leave 1 profile for all recordings and set script to do what you want...using ffprobe...ex if video_codec = MPEG-2 video then continue script and run ffmpeg command else exit script..

  • Mtp devices question

    Quote from linuxuser

    so bluetooth is currently broken on libreelc to transfer files from android device to libreelec and i want to transfer files from libreelec to android device by some way and not the opposite,plus bluetooth transfers are very slow

    I know what you mean..I have no idea how you can do that offline without network then besides an sd card or root your phone so you can find an apk like "SD card as USB drive" that enables the beloved usb mass storage device we had before as standard on old phones..saying that old phones should still work fine when you connect...

    Otherwise you ll have to go online..then you ll have many options

  • Mtp devices question

    Quote from linuxuser

    Is there any way that I can transfer files from libreelec (raspberry pi 4b) to a mobiles devices like a smartphone through mtp drivers or other ways offline? I am not interested online but only offline ways.

    Thank you all a lot for your time

    What you mean by offline?Is it cable only what you want?

    Did you try bluetooth?

  • Automatic cleaning library on all players.

    Quote from Zygmunt

    Mario, I have to do it in one of players/clients, right?

    yes running Libreelec

    Just in case you missed my other post..if you manage to do it this way you can do the job from 1 box across all your boxes..

    Option 2 is you install Watchdog addon from Kodi repo..it's listed as a service addon..it does the job same way for you and it's ready made..you don t need any scripts..slight problem is that you will have to install this addon on every box..only takes few seconds anyway..you don t even have to set it up as it watches your video library paths automatically..

  • Automatic cleaning library on all players.

    I have no idea with batch files..that script you run as service with libreelec and it monitors your movie folder...

    so let me try to explain

    create directory

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    /storage/.config/scripts

    create a file in

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    /storage/.config/scripts/inotify.sh

    with the below code and name it inotify.sh , could be anywhere under storage this is just an example

    then create another file in same directory /storage/.config/scripts and name it "paths"

    in this file put the paths to your movie/shows folder..just one under the other...you can monitor how many folders you want..

    as you can see the script above points to this file with the following line --fromfile

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    --fromfile  /storage/.config/scripts/paths

    contents of paths file example;

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    /var/media/HDD/Tv_Shows_Recordings
/var/media/HDD/Movies
etc
etc
etc

    Then you need to start inotify.sh on startup either with autostart.sh or service via system.d

    Now if your movie folders are on a remote location you might need to mount that path to the box you will be running this script from..

    You need to install virtual.system-tools addon from LibreElec Repo for this to work

    Also you basically don't need the part

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    datetime watched_filename

    I m using that in my script as my script is much more then just that and has logging..but don t complicate things for now.you can leave as is..still works.