Posts by smp

Quote from HomerJau

Should this be ok on an Intel NUC?

Sure.

Quote from porkchop999

Works but no audio

HDMI audio should work. There could be an issue with the bluetooth audio - I had a problem compiling BlueZ with the new kernel.

I compiled this LibreELEC Generic build:

- GBM/OpenGLES, X11 removed

- linux-next-20190510 kernel with HDR patchset rev.9

- Kodi 19 with VideoLayerBridgeDRMPRIME: set HDR metadata PR.

Anyone wanna try it? I tested it on my Asrock J4105 board and it works ok. However, I can't test the HDR functionality because I don't have a HDR capable display yet.

Note that some Kodi addons that use OpenGL will stop working and will have to be recompiled for OpenGLES.

Try this image.

Run a few passes of memtester.

Ok, it worked with UBOOT_SYSTEM=LePotato

Quote from kszaq

add UBOOT_SYSTEM=lepotato to build command

I get this build error:

UNPACK      u-boot
BUILD      u-boot (target)
TOOLCHAIN      make (auto-detect)
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/a/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-AMLGX.arm-9.1-devel/u-boot-2019.01'
Makefile:474: *** multiple target patterns.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/a/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-AMLGX.arm-9.1-devel/u-boot-2019.01'
FAILURE: scripts/install u-boot has failed!
[069/239] [FAIL] install u-boot


The following logs for this failure are available:
stdout: /home/a/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-AMLGX.arm-9.1-devel/.threads/logs/62/stdout
stderr: /home/a/LibreELEC.tv/build.LibreELEC-AMLGX.arm-9.1-devel/.threads/logs/62/stderr


parallel: This job failed:
package_worker 4 62 239 'install u-boot'
Parallel build failure - see log for details. Time of failure: Thu May  2 18:39:36 MSK 2019
Makefile:12: recipe for target 'image' failed
make: *** [image] Error 1

A board with 1gb should be more than enough for tvh server. If you encounter a condition which trigger a memory leak in tvh - a 2gb board will not help you.

Does anyone have an idea how to make kernel 5.1 images boot on Le Potato? I built from current LE Amlogic branch, edited uEnv.ini (dtb_name=/dtb/meson-gxl-s905x-libretech-cc.dtb) but it does not even attempt to boot up.

Post your kodi.log

With my J4105 board I see video stuttering when "Sync playback to display" is enabled.

Quote from griffindodd

so far limiting the kodi resolution to 1080p/30hz seems to give the best performance

This makes no sense and 30Hz mode should never be used.

What refresh rates are listed as available for 3840x2160p?

Does it switch to a correct matching refresh rate when you play a video?

gpu_mem_512=160

Set this to 256.

I don't use any scrapers ever. For me kodi.bin RAM usage increase at around 1% per hour when playing a high bitrate full HD video. And it's even worse when playing a 4K video.

Quote

kodi.bin process use something like 16% of memory (without playing anything). Pass some time this process increase more memory.

Same here. At first I thought it is a memory fragmentation issue but it looks more like a memory leak in Kodi.

I reported about this on Kodi github here.

Quote from infoalter

Too soon to speak about memory and hangs, BUT, it LOOKS LIKE your solution has fixed for me another problem

It couldn't possibly solve that problem. The artifacts in the upper part of the screen can be easily fixed by disabling Intel's useless power saving feature called FBC.

mount -o remount,rw /flash

nano /flash/syslinux.cfg

and add i915.enable_fbc=0 to APPEND boot=

e.g.:

APPEND boot=UUID=5CA6-42E1 disk=UUID=16d1002a-d80a-49ba-a930-a09f0d426664  quiet i915.enable_fbc=0

Quote from infoalter

do i need to create one and add this line?

Yes.

Just run in ssh:

echo "MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_=131072" > /storage/.config/kodi.conf

There is something seriously wrong with the way Kodi manages memory (at least the x86_64 Linux version). I reported a similar issue here. The only addons I use are VDR and VNSI.

MALLOC_MMAP_THRESHOLD_=131072 make things somewhat better but it is not a proper solution.