Openelec Build for OPI PC and 2 now with HW decoding

giaur500

It seems CEC not working with any LG tv. Not even recognized and that's end the story. I can't remember exact model, but it has never worked with any image on my parent's LG tv, while Raspberry PI works like a charm. HDMI cable is the same. I guess LG there are multiple CEC standards and RPI uses other than OPI.
P.S. on LG TVs CEC is called "SimpLink", with OPI connected all items are grayed, so OPI is not recognized. As far as I remember, RPI is visible as HDD (but I'm not sure here)

om4gus

it can't play wmv file. is it known issue? how to fix that?

jernej

om4gus replied at 2016-11-28 15:48
it can't play wmv file. is it known issue? how to fix that?

To answer your question, I need much more information. Provide kodi log after you try to play a wmv video. Describe in detail how this issue looks like.

jernej

giaur500 replied at 2016-11-28 10:05
It seems CEC not working with any LG tv. Not even recognized and that's end the story. I can't remem ...

SimplLink is just another name for CEC. And while it is true that there could be some difference between implementations, it should be possible to resolve issues in driver. We just need someone with LG TV and skills to fix driver.

IanPH

@Jernej: It has been a while since I've tested my Orange PC box. Yesterday I burned the latest (26-10-2016) image to an SD card and updated it with openelec-h3.arm-7.0-devel-20161116180910-r23118-g2d34c98.tar testbuild you posted earlier. I connected it to my Samsung UE40KU6020 TV. After booting up, CEC TV was recognized and I was able to control it for a minute then it suddenly stopped working. Unfortunately, connecting a Microsoft IR receiver did not help or is not recognized somehow. I could control it with the Android app "Yatse" though! So it did not crash obviously.

Can I help you somehow with some logs?

Another thing I would like to ask, is it possible to implement this patch: pp02-disable-autoscrolling-on-screensaver.patch
It pauses the RSS ticker when the screensaver is active. I think it will greatly reduce the power usage when the device is left on 24/7.

jernej

IanPH replied at 2016-12-2 09:01
@Jernej: It has been a while since I've tested my Orange PC box. Yesterday I burned the latest (26-1 ...

I will add patch if it works without modification. It is recommended to disable RSS on home screen anyway due to lesser heating.

I don't know nothing about MS IR. I pulled some patches some time ago, which may fix that. You can build your own image, test it and report.

om4gus

jernej replied at 2016-11-29 00:39
To answer your question, I need much more information. Provide kodi log after you try to play a wm ...

Here is kodi log,
01_KODI.log

Here is sample file i tried to play,
Syn1FingerClickDrag.wmv

when play, there is audio, but no video display. I hope this is enough.

om4gus

jernej replied at 2016-11-29 00:39
To answer your question, I need much more information. Provide kodi log after you try to play a wm ...

Here is kodi log,
01_KODI.log

Here is sample file i tried to play,
Syn1FingerClickDrag.wmv

when play, there is audio, but no video display.

PlintuZz

jernej Hi, can you compile new images with corrected? as well as to build the image of the addon pvr.iptvsimple with support for multiple playlists https://github.com/AndreyPavlenko/pvr.iptvsimple

chaszim

[B] Fun with DHCP [/B]
In my usual stumbling, I may have found something interesting. For whatever reason my Lan drops out (power glitch, whatever) & my OPI-PC running OpenELEC's the NTP server, drops out, leaving it stuck reporting, 07:30 31, December 1969. Well short story, the PI's DHCP setting, fails to re-up, the NTP server on restart. There's the rub, I've added a separate line, with a different NTP server, and it really didn't help much. Now also, all this time, I've got buffering & dropout issues on IPTV streams. But, the NTP server issue is what I was chasing. So I decided to try the Pi Lan in "Static IP" settings mode, because of the above issue, and this is the weird part, when it does fail, it's tossing the PI's DHCP IP outside my Routers IP settings (to about the 169. range, Why??). There's a task here for somebody to tackle, if you understand & your up to it. So, in playing with static, I accidentally found an improvement in both stability & speed, by playing with the DNS server setting. Change DNS, run to Speedtest.net app, (courtesy of Arnubox repo @ http://arnuboxota.com/repo/addons) & back & forth, till you get the ping low & the speed high, should be pretty good, right? I'm paying for a 75mbs cable connection, yet, I'm only seeing roughly 35 to 40mbs tops. (Free DNS servers https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062 ) But, my guess is the basic lan settings in OpenELEC still needs a lot of work. This could well be where your seeing at least part of buffering & dropout issues (despite the kodi cache settings) were having. I think maybe better user education, is in order here, cause I'm really stumbling.   Sorry for being so long.
Oh yea, this is all done on IPv4, with IPv6 set to auto. I don't see where IPv6 really does anything at all on or off, does it?