Openelec Build for OPI PC and 2 now with HW decoding

jernej · Published in 2016-5-11 13:27:33

chaszim replied at 2016-5-11 03:34
@jernej
I'll gladly try in on unit 2 tomorrow, after I get back from the doctors office.
I as a rul ...

This "shutdown override" to do actually suspend is normal thing in OpenELEC. I think most, if not all, boards behave the same. This is the same behaviour as basically all set top boxes, when you press power button on your IR remote. Maybe I could add some "filesystem sync" command before sleep.

And yes, starting from last release (5/10), there is pretty safe way to update without losing any setting. You can download tar file instead of image and in the FAQ you can read how to upload this file to board to update itself. From this image on, there is an experimental option to enable auto updates or to just manually click update from Kodi to automatically download update (tar) file so you don't have to bother and keep all settings.

xonex · Published in 2016-5-11 14:24:44

OK, I will try again with fresh image and waitaing a little bit longer to see if anything changes

Dima · Published in 2016-5-11 18:51:58

Edited by Dima at 2016-5-11 19:45

On latest image I noticed occasional tearing of the screen (once few minutes). In video and in gui. Anyone else same problem?
It looks as if it shows a wrong frame from the past. Maybe something up with frame buffer?

chaszim · Published in 2016-5-11 21:57:41

jernej replied at 2016-5-11 13:27
This "shutdown override" to do actually suspend is normal thing in OpenELEC. I think most, if not ...

The second part I really like, the ablity to upgrade, without loosing setting, is a great time savings, which lowering my frustration with upgrades (but, keep the word, frustration in mind).I still have issues with the first part though. Starting with, what does this change do, to OrangePi's yearly power consumtion estimate? With the unit not retaining customer settings, on power loss, I don't see much advantage. Reminding you, it use to retain these settings on power loss, what changed? But now, what happens when the electric goes off, or, when I need to move the unit from room to room? You'll say you can always do a full backup, before moving the unit, adding user steps, instead of retaining ease of operation, but, this isn't much help on power interuptions. It maybe necessary to lose a little, form for fashion, to gain the availibility for the remote to function. But, were only emulating a STB, when we're really much much better than that.

Dima · Published in 2016-5-11 22:33:01

Again, there's something wrong with your config. I don't know what, but I have never lost any setting. And my OpiPC is rebooted at least 3x per week by unplugging the DC jack and plugging it back in. (without shutting down properly)
The 3rd party apps that I use also don't loose any settings upon power loss.
Can you provide any specific user settings that you loose that don't have anything to do with specific 3rd party apps? Then I can test.

jernej · Published in 2016-5-11 23:23:55

Dima replied at 2016-5-11 11:51
On latest image I noticed occasional tearing of the screen (once few minutes). In video and in gui. ...

I noticed that too. Only possible explanation is updated mali driver. I will revert it back.

jernej · Published in 2016-5-11 23:32:55

chaszim replied at 2016-5-11 14:57
The second part I really like, the ablity to upgrade, without loosing setting, is a great time sav ...

As Dima already said, data loss can happen, but it is usually minimal if at all. There is probably something wrong with your board, but since I don't have OPiPC I can just guess.

Power consumption in suspended state is minimal, much lower than when in operating mode. But AFAIK nobody bothered to measure. I also can't do much about sudden power losses. Not yet written data will be lost, same as on PC.

chaszim · Published in 2016-5-12 11:32:23

jernej replied at 2016-5-11 23:32
As Dima already said, data loss can happen, but it is usually minimal if at all. There is probably ...

Well, if it were one unit, I might agree, that it's something wrong with my board. But, since I have "two" OPI PC, and they're both producing the same symptoms, exactly the same way, (and this is the last 2 images), I believe that theres a problem other than the board. And, it worked before, retaining the customer settings on "power off" (either normal shutdown, or by pulling the plug), with earlier versions of the image. This first popped up about 4 images back. If it's not corrected, every time it's unplug, the power burps, or to move it to a new loction, the customer will have to spend time re-loading their customer settings they already had. I'm sorry that's just not right.

Dima · Published in 2016-5-12 13:45:18

chaszim replied at 2016-5-12 11:32
Well, if it were one unit, I might agree, that it's something wrong with my board. But, since I ha ...

I also have Orangepi PC.I have tried the main functions of user settings: configured some addons like Quasar, changed time zone, changed active services, added a keyboard layout, .. And the just pulled the plug and put it back in again. All the settings I've just set remained. None of them were lost.

So I'll request it from you one last time: can you please provide a step-by-step to reproduce the problem? Then I can debug a bit and maybe help find where the problem is. By just complaining without any real logs or even steps to reproduce, your problem can't be solved.

BTW: are you sure that your SD cards isn't full?

jernej · Published in 2016-5-12 23:43:05

chaszim replied at 2016-5-12 04:32
Well, if it were one unit, I might agree, that it's something wrong with my board. But, since I ha ...

I will upload new build soon (few days) to fix some things and one of them will be wifi driver crash on OPiPC (don't even ask, reported almost by accident). That could be the reason why you lost your settings. Actually, if you notice some strange things in dmesg output, please report. This helps a lot in kernel crash/bug fixing.