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Nachteule · (This post was last modified: 2014-12-20, 19:11 by Nachteule.)

Hi,

is it possible to connect two Raspberry Pi's to one TV via HDMI and control them alternatively via CEC?

For test purposes i want to connect a second Raspberry to my TV in living room. However, if both are connected, I can not control either the first nor the second one.

Btw, if only one of my Raspberry's is connected, control via CEC works very well.

Thanks for your help

dandnsmith · 2014-12-16, 09:02

How are you connecting them - switch or splitter?
If splitter, then I can see how the returns can get mixed/annihilated.
If switch, then it may be down to the switch properties.

Nachteule · 2014-12-16, 16:03

@dandnsmith

None of them. My TV supports 4 HDMI Ports - the 1st Raspberry is connected to HDMI3, the 2nd one to HDMI4. The other ones are currently not used

dandnsmith · 2014-12-16, 22:12

Got my question wrong through misreading what you posted - sorry for that.
Looks like there may be a problem with the TV - and perhaps somebody else has experience enough to comment effectively

**popcornmix** · 2014-12-16, 22:52

Are all the CEC settings default?
I think I needed "Make Kodi the active source when starting" enabled to use two Pi's.
(although for me, without that they both responded to the button presses).

Nachteule · (This post was last modified: 2014-12-20, 19:09 by Nachteule.)

No, everything is configured correctly.

The reason for this issue was an outdated libcec (I'm using XBian). After correcting this, it works perfectly. Unfortunately I got a new issue which the libcec v2.2.0, but this I have already workarounded (is OT here, seems to be XBian specific).

Thanks@all for your help