[bleep42]

The improvements in HEVC you have managed are astounding.

I would imagine the recent performance improvement may also help keep temperatures in check, too.

Yes quite likely, :-) though if you move the work from the CPU to the GPU, then the work is still being done, just being shared out more, so who knows, but from my experience the chip temp does seem to be lower now, (while playing HEVC) especially if you are not particularly stressing it, which in my case is most of the time, my test files are way above the quality setting I would normally use for every day use, normal usage will now only prompt 50-60% CPU max usage, which is almost bound to help with temperatures.  ;-)
Kevin.

[smp1]

One of my HEVC 10-bit 1080p videos stopped working with build #1010. I can upload a sample if needed.

[conx]

Since version #1002 my TV doesnt switch to 3D Mode when i playback a 3D MKV-Movie

+1

[dantist]

I'm currently ripping a Bluray series to MKV files so I can watch it with Kodi. It's all working well, but I have one episode so far where LibreELEC uses the second audio stream (English) instead of the first one (German). Other players like VLC handle the file correctly. The VLC codec informations are 100% identical. I also scanned the files with "MediaArea MediaInfo" which also gives identical results.

Any idea what could be the reason for this?

Edit: Rescanning the library did fix this. I guess you can't just replace older files with new ones. Maybe Kodi uses the audio track information it found during the initial scan and ignores the actual audio track information when starting a video?

[J_E_F_F]

The improvements in HEVC you have managed are astounding.

I would imagine the recent performance improvement may also help keep temperatures in check, too.

I upgraded from #0922 to #1010 and watching a HEVC concert today, saw the overheat icon for the first time in a long time. It only lasted a minute, but it is not something I have seen recently with these beta builds and not on that specific file in a long time.

[popcornmix]

One of my HEVC 10-bit 1080p videos stopped working with build #1010. I can upload a sample if needed.

I have a file that now requires more gpu mem than before. Can you check if increasing gpu mem fixes your issue?
If it still fails with, say, gpu_mem=512 then post a sample.

I have asked John to look into the increased memory usage to see if it can be avoided.

[popcornmix]

I upgraded from #0922 to #1010 and watching a HEVC concert today, saw the overheat icon for the first time in a long time. It only lasted a minute, but it is not something I have seen recently with these beta builds and not on that specific file in a long time.

ffmpeg normally achieves multi-core parallelism by decoding multiple frames in parallel.
But sometimes due to dependencies this is not possible (e.g. frames depending on an I frame that is currently being decoded).
In this case you may see kodi dropping frames even though cpu is much less than 400% (4 cores maxed).

The last update added some within-frame parallelism for files encoded with tiles or wpp (wavefront parallel processing) which can help this situation.
But it may make the 4 arm cores busier for short periods which may increase temperature.

Really the only solution is to improve cooling. The Flirc/Kodi case is highly recommended.
You may also find that decreasing arm_freq / over_voltage will keep temperatures down (and with the continued performance improvements that may be feasible).

Keep the sdram and core/v3d overclock as they don't affect heat as much as the arm and do provide a useful performance benefit.

[smp1]

I have a file that now requires more gpu mem than before. Can you check if increasing gpu mem fixes your issue?

Increasing gpu mem to 320 fixed it.

[J_E_F_F]

I upgraded from #0922 to #1010 and watching a HEVC concert today, saw the overheat icon for the first time in a long time. It only lasted a minute, but it is not something I have seen recently with these beta builds and not on that specific file in a long time.

ffmpeg normally achieves multi-core parallelism by decoding multiple frames in parallel.
But sometimes due to dependencies this is not possible (e.g. frames depending on an I frame that is currently being decoded).
In this case you may see kodi dropping frames even though cpu is much less than 400% (4 cores maxed).

The last update added some within-frame parallelism for files encoded with tiles or wpp (wavefront parallel processing) which can help this situation.
But it may make the 4 arm cores busier for short periods which may increase temperature.

Really the only solution is to improve cooling. The Flirc/Kodi case is highly recommended.
You may also find that decreasing arm_freq / over_voltage will keep temperatures down (and with the continued performance improvements that may be feasible).

Keep the sdram and core/v3d overclock as they don't affect heat as much as the arm and do provide a useful performance benefit.

Thanks, I've commented out arm_freq=1300 and over_voltage=4, and I do already have gpu_mem_1024=320
My Pi's are mounted vertically in open air with heart sinks installed.

What were the ssh commands to show how many times the heat/governor has kicked in, and also to show how many dropped frames?  

[dantist]

Really the only solution is to improve cooling. The Flirc/Kodi case is highly recommended.

Just ordered one, thanks for the tip!

[Milhouse]

What were the ssh commands to show how many times the heat/governor has kicked in

You can use "bcmstat.sh y" to monitor undervoltage, frequency cap and thermal throttle events.

and also to show how many dropped frames?

You can enable the PlayerDebug overlay from ssh with:

Code:

kodi-send --action=playerdebug

or map "PlayerDebug" to a button on your remote.

Alternatively, add "<loglevel>1</loglevel>" in advancedsettings.xml, restart Kodi, then:

Code:

tail -F /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | grep drop:

Total dropped and skipped frames will be reported when playback is ended. This has the advantage of not wasting CPU time displaying the overlay which can itself be the cause of dropped frames.

[J_E_F_F]

I upgraded from #0922 to #1010 and watching a HEVC concert today, saw the overheat icon for the first time in a long time. It only lasted a minute, but it is not something I have seen recently with these beta builds and not on that specific file in a long time.

ffmpeg normally achieves multi-core parallelism by decoding multiple frames in parallel.
But sometimes due to dependencies this is not possible (e.g. frames depending on an I frame that is currently being decoded).
In this case you may see kodi dropping frames even though cpu is much less than 400% (4 cores maxed).

The last update added some within-frame parallelism for files encoded with tiles or wpp (wavefront parallel processing) which can help this situation.
But it may make the 4 arm cores busier for short periods which may increase temperature.

Really the only solution is to improve cooling. The Flirc/Kodi case is highly recommended.
You may also find that decreasing arm_freq / over_voltage will keep temperatures down (and with the continued performance improvements that may be feasible).

Keep the sdram and core/v3d overclock as they don't affect heat as much as the arm and do provide a useful performance benefit.

Thanks, I've commented out arm_freq=1300 and over_voltage=4, and I do already have gpu_mem_1024=320
My Pi's are mounted vertically in open air with heart sinks installed.

What were the ssh commands to show how many times the heat/governor has kicked in, and also to show how many dropped frames?  

OK, this is really weird, if I comment out arm_freq and/or over_voltage, and reboot, Kodi just freezes, I cannot control it via remote (phone or usb/bluetooth)  if I set arm_freq=1200, the same thing, Kodi freezes and can't be controlled.  Is some other setting here linked/dependent on my arm_freq being 1300?

[pi3]
arm_freq=1300
core_freq=500
gpu_freq=500
dtparam=sd_overclock=83
over_voltage=2
sdram_freq=580
over_voltage_sdram=5
sdram_schmoo=0x02000020

[Milhouse]

New LibreELEC.tv Leia build #1012: RPi / RPi2
(Supercedes previous build)

Code:

# uname -a
Linux rpi512 4.13.5 #1 Fri Oct 13 00:42:00 BST 2017 armv6l GNU/Linux

# vcgencmd version
Oct 11 2017 23:27:47
Copyright (c) 2012 Broadcom
version e5ad4a8e9f183413eb4f7fc4a7687886c715f739 (clean) (release)

# lsb_release
LibreELEC (Milhouse): devel-20171013004051-#1012-gcc8ff85 [Build #1012]

# Kodi version
(18.0-ALPHA1 Git:9c21b99). Platform: Linux ARM 32-bit

Based on tip of LibreELEC.tv master (cc8ff85, changelog) and tip of XBMC master (9c21b99, changelog) with the following modifications:

• Includes newclock5 patches
  
• Excludes the LibreELEC linux-01-RPi_support patch in favour of sourcing these and possibly more recent patches directly from kernel branch rpi-4.13.y
  
• Includes latest bcm2835-driver master (a88e126, ahead +3)
  
• Includes latest kodi-platform master (36fb493)
  
• Includes latest libcec master (8adc786, ahead +26)
  
• Includes latest libnfs master (2911afe, ahead +103)
  
• Includes latest p8-platform master (a822e19)
  
• Includes latest addons: inputstream.adaptive (dde3921), inputstream.rtmp (26260c9), peripheral.joystick (a5cc154, +5), pvr.argustv (23cc0e8), pvr.demo (122dedd), pvr.dvblink (816f90c), pvr.dvbviewer (9765663, +1), pvr.filmon (7a9af25, +1), pvr.hdhomerun (ddfe2cb, +1), pvr.hts (0530971, +15), pvr.iptvsimple (ac4f4bd), pvr.mediaportal.tvserver (fa1069d, +1), pvr.mythtv (8965048), pvr.nextpvr (5b7caa2, +1), pvr.njoy (cc1cb56), pvr.octonet (e9b4c05), pvr.pctv (549f690), pvr.stalker (e15edca), pvr.teleboy (1cf8e96, +2), pvr.vbox (56052da, +1), pvr.vdr.vnsi (f3f80d5), pvr.vuplus (c53478d, +1), pvr.wmc (02edba6, +1), pvr.zattoo (e941bae, +6)
  
• Include [env] compare: dmidecode: initial package
  
• Include [env] compare: kodi updates
  
• Include [env] compare: RTL8812AU: switch repo to aircrack-ng, build RTL8814AU
  
• Include [env] patch: RPi/RPi2: enable Broadcom WiFi debugging (see details)
  
• Include [env] patch: libcec: don't link non-existant libtinfo
  
• Include [env] patch: rev hack for kodi
  
• Include [env] patch: tvheadend42: fix makefile patch
  
• Include [env] patch: media_build: disable due to conflicts
  
• Include [env] patch: Add experimental splash video for RPi
  
• Include [env] patch: Bump included addon versions to prevent online updates
  
• Include [env] patch: HACK: Disable multiple PVR addons during migration. Always enable inputstream.* and os.*
  
• Include [env] patch: Add kodi binary addons (pvr, adsp, inputstream, vfs, other)
  
• Include [env] patch: pvr addons: disable broken addons
  
• Include [env] PR:1776: Don't cause system to hang on halt/reboot when net-booting
  
• Include [env] PR:1791: nss/nspr: include in main image [rfc]
  
• Include [env] PR:1978: linux: update to linux-4.13.5
  
• Include [env] PR:2002: linux: include HBR and ELD fixes for Intel
  
• Include [env] PR:2055: boost: update to 1.65.1, add chrono, date_time, python and random
  
• Include [env] PR:2080: buildsystem: more optimisations
  
• Include [env] PR:2096: RTL8188EU: update to c5113ff
  
• Include [pkg] patch: skin.estuary: reduce system info font size (kodi)
  
• Include [pkg] PR:234: implement intensity compensation for VC-1 decoding for Ivybridge and better (intel-vaapi-driver)
  
• Include [pkg] PR:260: Fix Seeking with VC1 after 6702b01ee3598017f05374bfc7956493f790361c (intel-vaapi-driver)
  

Build Highlights:

1. New firmware
   
2. Add RTL8812AU and RTL8814AU from aircrack-ng; update RTL8188EU
   
3. Update LE service wrapper
   

Build Details:

1. Firmware (Oct 11):
   • firmware: pwm_sdm multi-write support. See: link
     
2. LibreELEC.tv:
   • hyperion: update to 1c21232 (PR:2082, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
     
   • OC2,WH,WP2: Allow updates between aarch64 and arm (PR:2070, 1 commit, 3 files changed)
     
   • add addon broken support to addon building (PR:2068, 2 commits, 3 files changed)
     
   • AArch64 projects: add 32-bit userspace support (PR:2087, 1 commit, 35 files changed)
     
   • tools/docker: add build container (PR:2077, 2 commits, 3 files changed)
     
   • scripts/mkimage: rename gpt partitions and use generated serial number (PR:2076, 2 commits, 2 files changed)
     
   • add support for optional kernel modules in image and from addons (PR:1835, 10 commits, 39 files changed)
     
   • linux: fix PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET (PR:2093, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • kodi: correct URL in service addon wrapper header (PR:2094, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • added EFI 32bit support via GRUB2 (PR:2061, 6 commits, 5 files changed)
     
   • game.libretro: but PKG_REV to 104 (PR:2095, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
3. XBMC:
   • Joysticks: Fix accelerometers preventing screensaver (PR:12892, 2 commits, 5 files changed)
     
   • Several compiler warnings and code improvements (PR:12883, 10 commits, 17 files changed)
     
   • drm rework and atomic prep (PR:12911, 7 commits, 12 files changed)
     
   • VideoPlayer: keyframes (PR:12912, 3 commits, 9 files changed)
     
   • Estuary: Add game add-ons widget to homescreen games tab (PR:12909, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • [PVR] Handle addon enabled|disabled via CAddonMgr events. (PR:12905, 1 commit, 8 files changed)
     
   • [PVR] Make EPG database threadsafe. (PR:12906, 1 commit, 7 files changed)
     
   • RetroPlayer: Fix black screen on OpenGL (PR:12907, 3 commits, 7 files changed)
     
   • Revert "VideoPlayer: keyframes" (PR:12916, 1 commit, 9 files changed)
     
   • fixed: fix multitrack support for audio decoders (PR:12870, 3 commits, 7 files changed)
     
   • VideoPlayer: render gui layer on first frame (PR:12915, 1 commit, 2 files changed)
     
   • estouchy - remove HP icc profile (PR:12914, 1 commit, 1 file changed)
     
   • Update game client selection dialog (shown before game) (PR:12908, 3 commits, 6 files changed)
     
4. pvr.zattoo:
   • Add missing categories (e941bae)
     
5. newclock5:
   • Commits no longer in build:
     • [demuxer] Avoid memcpy on every demuxer packet (41c760ec)
       
6. Additional commits/pull requests/changes not yet merged upstream:
   • Added: [env] compare: kodi updates
     
   • Added: [env] compare: RTL8812AU: switch repo to aircrack-ng, build RTL8814AU
     
   • Added: [env] PR:2096: RTL8188EU: update to c5113ff
     

[Milhouse]

Weekly Linux 4.14-rc4 build #1012x: RPi / RPi2

[Milhouse]

Could you modify the driver for RTL 8814AU to include the device id 0bda:8813 which is for EDUP EP-AC1621?

Please test #1012 as this now includes the RTL8814AU driver. I just hope nothing new is broken with RTL8812AU.