Openelec Build for OPI PC and 2 now with HW decoding

jernej · Published in 2015-12-29 18:54:50

lymon replied at 2015-12-29 10:25
https://github.com/lymon66/ORANGEPI-PC/raw/master/openelec_logs/kodi_crashlog_20151229100928.log

It seems that I assumed too much. This bug will be fixed when proper renderer will be implemented. Meanwhile, don't switch channels directly

lymon · Published in 2015-12-29 20:23:34

Edited by lymon at 2015-12-30 02:31

ok, no problem

PS: I also compiled this exact same version of openelec and pvr.hts plugin for the RaspberryPi-2 and it has a very similar issue when switching channels.
However on the RPI kodi itself doesn't crash and the "crashed" videostream can be stopped and restarted.

jmhunter240 · Published in 2015-12-31 05:26:22

How can I have both analog and hdmi audio output in Openelec? So far, I have only been able to choose 1 or the other. Thanks.

chaszim · Published in 2015-12-31 07:13:21

Edited by chaszim at 2015-12-31 08:03

jmhunter240 replied at 2015-12-31 05:26
How can I have both analog and hdmi audio output in Openelec? So far, I have only been able to choo ...

I can agree with the above. Why couldn't we have both, the 3.5mm audio out & the HDMI audio, if necessary both active at the same time. I like the video quality of my TV, but not it's speakers so much. I've got an external 3 watt amp,
I use with my main PC (running Kode), with a pair of Sony speakers, that beats the TV's sound quality.

JokinenK · Published in 2015-12-31 22:59:48

I'm not sure about OpenELEC's way for handling the audio. If they use plain old ALSA then you should be able to combine audio outputs like in this: http://www.6by9.net/output-to-multiple-audio-devices-with-alsa/
That way the audio is fed to both devices simultaneously.

jacer · Published in 2016-1-2 00:00:31

jernej replied at 2015-12-29 18:54
It seems that I assumed too much. This bug will be fixed when proper renderer will be implemented. ...

For using systemd you should set CONFIG_FHANDLE=y in kernel config file. Please check this link below.
http://linux-sunxi.org/Bootable_SD_card#Rootfs

jacer · Published in 2016-1-2 00:01:54

If you must use a kernel without CONFIG_FHANDLE, try using a Debian rootfs with sysvinit.

bodrick · Published in 2016-1-2 00:48:51

So I just installed the latest image and tried streaming from my HDHomerun Prime which had been working before if I turned off deinterlacing. However now it seems I just get a blank screen, I get the audio but no video. I've tried before turning on and off deinterlacing with no effect. When I view the video info the decoder is cedarx-mpeg2 and it certainly seems like its decoding the video but nothing is being displayed. I tried some other videos I have and it seems I'm not getting and video output from those either, so i guess something broke. Or maybe its me, I'm going to do a little more digging around and verify for sure.

hojnikb · Published in 2016-1-2 01:11:15

is kswap 100% bug fixed yet ?

jernej · Published in 2016-1-2 02:05:50

jacer replied at 2016-1-1 17:00
For using systemd you should set CONFIG_FHANDLE=y in kernel config file. Please check this link be ...

This option was always enabled from my first github upload. You can check all configs. Why do you think it's not?

@jmhunter240, @chaszim,
ALSA things have low priority. I have a lot of troubles to get it working properly. You can try with JokinenK suggestion and put alsa config in /storage/.config/asound.conf

@bodrick,
did you compile image for yourself? Please check problem with a black screen few posts back. It should be same problem and same solution (update to latest commit and rebuild everything).

@hojnikb,
not really. Someone suggested using ext3 instead of ext4, but I didn't test it. Issue usually goes away after few movies played (few seconds is enough), especially after h264 ones, but sometimes it reapperes. Do you have same issue with other distributions?