Posts by smp

Yes.

I forgot to mention that if you want to compile a custom 9.2.6 (stable) build run

"git checkout libreelec-9.2" before making changes.

Otherwise it will compile from a master branch (kodi 19).

You can add the rtl88x2bu driver to the LE build system and compile an image.

e.g.:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv
cd LibreELEC.tv/packages/linux-drivers
mkdir RTL88x2BU
cd RTL88x2BU
touch package.mk

add this to package.mk:

PKG_NAME="RTL88x2BU"
PKG_VERSION="439c7dbd9e43acd91d5704a50b68647716c52505"
PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
PKG_SITE="https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu"
PKG_URL="https://github.com/cilynx/rtl88x2bu/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain linux"
PKG_NEED_UNPACK="$LINUX_DEPENDS"
PKG_LONGDESC="Realtek RTL88x2BU Linux driver"
PKG_IS_KERNEL_PKG="yes"

pre_make_target() {
  unset LDFLAGS
}

make_target() {
  make V=1 \
       ARCH=$TARGET_KERNEL_ARCH \
       KSRC=$(kernel_path) \
       CROSS_COMPILE=$TARGET_KERNEL_PREFIX \
       CONFIG_POWER_SAVING=n
}

makeinstall_target() {
  mkdir -p $INSTALL/$(get_full_module_dir)/$PKG_NAME
    cp *.ko $INSTALL/$(get_full_module_dir)/$PKG_NAME
}

Edit distributions/LibreELEC/options file, add RTL88x2BU to "ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS=" :

ADDITIONAL_DRIVERS="RTL8192CU RTL8192DU RTL8192EU RTL8188EU RTL8812AU RTL88x2BU"

Build an image:

cd ~/LibreELEC.tv

PROJECT=RPi ARCH=arm DEVICE=RPi2 make image

Salych

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdbwurzpga0i7q7/LibreELEC-GBM.x86_64-9.80-devel-20201121180445-3325d42.img.gz?dl=1

^ This is only for Gemini Lake.

Set the "HDMI Black Level" setting on your TV to Low or Auto. It's in General -> External Device Manager.

Could be a hardware issue with the DVBSky. I had S960 tuner which gone bad after about 3 years.

Quote from Master One

the disadvantages

There are no disadvantages. That Arch Wiki is outdated and makes no sense.

Quote from Master One

So is there supposed to be any benefit to running this on my i7-10510U laptop instead of the latest official nightly?

No idea. I suggested that build for troubleshooting purposes.

FYI: X11 will be deprecated and replaced with GBM in future versions of Generic LibreELEC (probably after LE10).

- Kodi-GBM instead of Kodi-X11

- Open-GLES instead of OpenGL

- Mesa 20.2.0

- Linux 5.9-rc7

- Experimental HDR patches (currently known to work only on Gemini Lake hardware).

Try this build.

Quote from Master One

something bare-bone (without RAM/HDD/SSD) would be preferred, but I'm open to any suggestions.

I can suggest one of the Asrock Gemini Lake ITX boards. J4105B-ITX or J4125B-ITX will do just fine. It can do 4K@60Hz (native HDMI 2.0) and HDR already works with experimental LibreELEC GBM images.

That's a passive adapter. You need an active DP to HDMI 2.0 adapter.

Quote from fab233

But when booting official release without HDR patches/advanced, I can choose my HDMI display and blank the laptop panel.

Standard Generic builds are very different, they use X11 windowing system. HDR-enabled builds don't use that. I suppose something needs to be fixed in Kodi in order to enable output to an external display on your laptop.

Quote from fab233

There is no Prime DRM option to activate on Kodi Player windows config...

DRM PRIME is a Linux thing.

HDR will not work in Windows on GLK. No HDR support in Windows driver AFAIK.

WinSCP will reveal a lot more folders

Quote from fab233

So again SMP, is there a way to boot from a GLK laptop

I'm not familiar with this hardware, so no idea.

Use WinSCP or something similar.

Copy /usr/share/kodi/addons/skin.estuary to /storage/.kodi/addons. Then you can edit the xml files.

Quote from ramya5606

Is there a way i can replace the firmware in LibreElec from commandline?

Copy it to /storage/.config/firmware and reboot.

Quote from mrsix

Chroma subsampling : 4:4:4 on the one that won't play - maybe the pi's decoder doesn't support it?

No hardware decoder would support it. It should be playable with software ffmpeg decode though.