Openelec Build for OPI PC and 2 now with HW decoding

igor2053

Is this the right file? The last part of the file:
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running database version Addons20
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running database version ViewModes6
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running database version Textures13
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running database version MyMusic56
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running database version MyVideos99
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running database version TV29
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running database version Epg11
20:50:38 T:3035676672  NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
20:50:38 T:3035676672 WARNING: CSkinInfo: failed to load skin settings
20:50:39 T:3035676672 WARNING: Previous line repeats 1 times.
20:50:39 T:3035676672 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "Setting.Details.SettingList"
20:50:39 T:3035676672  NOTICE: ActiveAE DSP - starting
20:50:39 T:3035676672  NOTICE: initialize done
20:50:39 T:3035676672  NOTICE: Running the application...
20:50:39 T:3035676672  NOTICE: starting zeroconf publishing
20:50:39 T:3035676672  NOTICE: WebServer: Started the webserver
20:50:39 T:3035676672  NOTICE: starting upnp client
20:50:39 T:2813412256  NOTICE: ES: Starting UDP Event server on 0.0.0.0:9777
20:50:39 T:2813412256  NOTICE: UDP: Listening on port 9777
20:50:40 T:2930766752  NOTICE: ## OpenELEC Addon ## 0.6.8
20:50:40 T:2930766752 WARNING: CSkinInfo: failed to load skin settings
20:51:03 T:2855355296  NOTICE: PVRManager - starting up
20:51:05 T:2737914784   ERROR: PVR - Add-on 'PVR IPTV Simple Client' is using an incompatible GUI API version. XBMC minimum GUI API version = '5.10.0', add-on GUI API version '5.8.0'
20:51:05 T:2737914784 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to create add-on PVR IPTV Simple Client, status = 6
20:51:05 T:2737914784 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to load the dll for add-on PVR IPTV Simple Client, disabling it
20:51:24 T:3035676672   ERROR: GetDirectory - Error getting addons://disabled/xbmc.pvrclient
20:51:24 T:3035676672   ERROR: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory(addons://disabled/xbmc.pvrclient) failed
21:52:06 T:2973758368   ERROR: CCurlFile::FillBuffer - Failed: Timeout was reached(28)
21:52:06 T:2973758368   ERROR: CCurlFile::Open failed with code 0 for http://feeds.openelec.tv/news

igor2053

Why is not  PVR IPTV simple client in  Openelec is  part so as to Android system ?
(PVR IPTV Simple Client' is using an incompatible GUI API version. XBMC minimum GUI API version = '5.10.0', add-on GUI API version '5.8.0)

jernej

That confirms it. You need a newer version of plugin.

igor2053

Where to get it?
Problems also with Croatia on Demand.

lymon

PVR addons (and some other addons as well) are no longer included with the newer versions of Kodi.
You will need to compile these addons yourself, using this method: http://www.orangepi.org/orangepi ... &fromuid=154314

...you can find (the name of) the addons that can be manually compiled in the  folder  /packages/mediacenter/kodi-binary-addons/

If you can not compile yourself, maybe someone else on here can compile the addons you need for you. (ask)

igor2053

When loading Kodi in Windows or Android system PVR Client is always part of the system. Why would  in Openelec differently? We are not all experts.

jernej

There are differences in building Kodi for different operating systems. We are not the right people to ask that kind of questions. Try OpenELEC or Kodi forum.

I can tell you that newer versions of Android don't allow to load binary library (PVR addons are binary library) from untrusted sources. That means that on newer versions of Android, you are allowed using only build-in PVR addons. Of course Android provider may change settings to allow that, but any reputable company won't change that.

If you want, we can help you with building standard addons like hts or iptv simple. Others you must compile yourself or ask author of the addon. You can also wait that Kodi 16 is released in a few weeks. Then most of addon providers will have Kodi 16 compatible addons.

Unoqueva

Yesterday compile OpenELEC , I wanted to try if you recognize my wifi usb, and effectively this works now perfectly. but what I have noticed is that from time to time, approximately every 10 minutes, the colors of the image are altered completely, has happened in the main menus, and playing video in different formats.
Everything starts showing green screen for one second and then the picture becomes clear, the black looks like blue.
When this occurs in the main menus soon turns to the color correction and image goes well when playing video happens not always corrects itself, ever taking the menu of video information is correct but does not always happen.

The previous times I've compiled OpenELEC this has not happened.

jeevasv

Today I was able to do couple of tests to confirm the dram_clk in the script .bin.

I can confirm that just changing the dram_clk to 624Mhz  solves the wifi instability issues.

With the current settings the idle cpu usage fluctuated around 5-10% where as cpu usage during playback fluctuated around 2-3% and idle temperature fluctuated arounzd 73-76C and temperature during playback fluctuated around 53-56C(at room ambient around 25-26C).  So OPI is lot more efficient at playing video than while gpu rendering and this behaviour confirms with many other dedicated hw video decoding platforms including RPi and Intel boards.

For those who want to test the lowered dram clock I have updated those at the below location.


https://mega.nz/#F!Yx40iB5K!yZlGjLIffmDv0vc1t_eRIw


Jernej: Could you please update the dram_clk to 624Mhz in the fex files  for all platforms. Probably we can decide on the governor change after further testing and use case analysis.

jernej

Done! I didn't really check if it works. Can you do that?

Probably I should also update U-Boot to the latest version which also sets dram clock to 624 MHz instead of 672 MHz.