Login at Kodi Home

movie78 · 2014-11-10, 20:20

(2014-11-10, 18:18)hdmkv Wrote: Hey movie78, Chromebox is perfect for XBMC and playback of full 2D BD rips (3D ISO's and MKV's will be rendered as 2D) and HD audio. It does proper 23.976, 24 and 59.94. Basically, if you don't need frame-packed 3D support, Chromebox is really hard to beat for the price-to-performance ratio.

Thanks!

Going to get one just for regular streaming for MKV and M2ts file..

boomhower · 2014-11-10, 23:39

(2014-11-10, 20:10)furii Wrote:
(2014-11-10, 03:26)boomhower Wrote: I've been using this for the last several months and it's been great. Lately my Smart Control FLIRC combo has been on the fritz. One button press turns into 20 or so. Judging by the FLIRC forum I am not alone in this issue. Don't know if it's occuring as they get some age on them or what. At any rate I need a remote ASAP before my wife orders sattelite again. Is the PS3 remote working now? If not I guess I'll go with the Rosewill from the wiki.

since you have a smart control i'd suggest just hooking it up to the chromebox via bluetooth. i've been using it like that since matt's bluetooth fix hit OE in 4.1.2.

I'd love to but when I go to the bluetooth section it says "no bluetooth adapter found". How do I go about getting that straightened out.

Matt Devo · 2014-11-10, 23:53

(2014-11-10, 23:39)boomhower Wrote: I'd love to but when I go to the bluetooth section it says "no bluetooth adapter found". How do I go about getting that straightened out.

Settings-->OpenELEC-->Services-->Bluetooth-->enable BT

movie78 · 2014-11-11, 02:49

(2014-11-10, 19:02)dgoins Wrote:
(2014-11-10, 02:45)Matt Devo Wrote:
(2014-11-10, 02:41)dgoins Wrote: Hello,
I believe I have the same problem as murilofla and JonniMR. My HDMI will drop out occasionally. Changing out HDMI Cables, and adjusting frame rates etc dont help. It seems like people have determined that its an HP Chromebox Hardware problem. Is that true? Is it verified that replacing the device fixes the problem? Mine is bad enough that it is basically unwatchable.
Thanks,
David

JonniMR had an Asus, not an HP. If the problem persists under ChromeOS using multiple HDMI cables across multiple displays, then it's likely a hardware issue. While it could be a HDMI handshaking issue as well, it's not likely that multiple displays/cables would exhibit the same issue.

(2014-11-10, 17:10)Matt Devo Wrote:
(2014-11-10, 16:10)dgoins Wrote: Im trying to boot chromium on to the hp chromebox in order finally end up with chrome os. All I can get is a black screen when I select the USB drive.. Ive tried the latest daily img and also the latest weekly img. Any ideas? Id like to RMA this chromebox in original condition..

I'm using Camd64OS-20141030010101.img.7z without issue

Thanks for the suggestion Matt. I still cant get it to show up on my monitor. Took it to my TV and I could see chromium there for a second. I think this box really has a manufacturing defect with HDMI.. But now I cant get ChromeOS back on it. Any other ideas for a command line type thing on a stripped down linux distribution? Or how to get it going with a low resolution driver?
The good news is Openelec is working well on my zotac atom box. No HDMI problems or anything.. Thanks again!

Matt.

All my questions are answered by you on a deals website. ..

Thank you!

randy37 · 2014-11-11, 04:39

Hi all, thanks to this thread I have recently purchased an HP Chromebox, ran the script and managed to get Openelec and XBMC up and running. After a couple weeks my Chromebox just shut off on it's own and when I tried to power it back up I got nothing...no light, no fan, no power at all. After it sat for a couple days I was going to open it up and see if there was something obviously wrong I could fix and just for kicks I tried to power it up before tearing into it and it worked again. I left it powered on for several hours sitting on my desk not hooked to a monitor and it seemed fine but when I hooked it up to the t.v. it shut off again after a short time. This seems to be the pattern now...let it sit for a long time and it will power up but shut down on its own after a short time of watching anything. Has anyone experienced anything like this? Would this indicate a bad drive or cpu or could it be software related?

Any help/advice is appreciated, thanks.
Randy

Matt Devo · 2014-11-11, 05:03

Randy, does this happen with ChromeOS as well, or just OpenELEC? Sure sounds like a hardware issue (overheating?) to me

boomhower · 2014-11-11, 05:20

(2014-11-10, 23:53)Matt Devo Wrote:
(2014-11-10, 23:39)boomhower Wrote: I'd love to but when I go to the bluetooth section it says "no bluetooth adapter found". How do I go about getting that straightened out.

Settings-->OpenELEC-->Services-->Bluetooth-->enable BT

Thank you sir, just saved me $20 on a new remote.

randy37 · 2014-11-11, 05:23

(2014-11-11, 05:03)Matt Devo Wrote: Randy, does this happen with ChromeOS as well, or just OpenELEC? Sure sounds like a hardware issue (overheating?) to me

Hi Matt, thanks for the quick response, I did a standalone install of OpenELEC. The fan runs when the unit is on, what do you think would cause the overheating? It is in a cabinet with other components but it worked that way for a couple of weeks before shutting down.

Matt Devo · 2014-11-11, 05:29

(2014-11-11, 05:23)randy37 Wrote: Hi Matt, thanks for the quick response, I did a standalone install of OpenELEC. The fan runs when the unit is on, what do you think would cause the overheating? It is in a cabinet with other components but it worked that way for a couple of weeks before shutting down.

hmm, best I can suggest is to monitor the temp via the system info screen and see what it idles at when it's been sitting a while. I'd also assume if it is shutting down due to thermal issues, that there would be some evidence of such in the system log

randy37 · 2014-11-11, 05:54

(2014-11-11, 05:29)Matt Devo Wrote:
(2014-11-11, 05:23)randy37 Wrote: Hi Matt, thanks for the quick response, I did a standalone install of OpenELEC. The fan runs when the unit is on, what do you think would cause the overheating? It is in a cabinet with other components but it worked that way for a couple of weeks before shutting down.

hmm, best I can suggest is to monitor the temp via the system info screen and see what it idles at when it's been sitting a while. I'd also assume if it is shutting down due to thermal issues, that there would be some evidence of such in the system log

Ok I will give that a look. Thanks again

buckslayr · 2014-11-11, 18:29

I need some quick help! I'm trying to dual boot chrome os and openelec. The recovery / USB stick gets inserted prior to running the script for the first time? Does is get removed prior to running the script for the second time? Or after? Thanks!!!

Matt Devo · 2014-11-11, 18:38

(2014-11-11, 18:29)buckslayr Wrote: I need some quick help! I'm trying to dual boot chrome os and openelec. The recovery / USB stick gets inserted prior to running the script for the first time? Does is get removed prior to running the script for the second time? Or after? Thanks!!!

the USB recovery media is removed at the end of the recovery process (as the on-screen instructions indicate) before the script is run, and is not needed again.

buckslayr · 2014-11-11, 18:41

Awesome. Thanks.

**hdmkv** · 2014-11-11, 23:27

(2014-11-10, 23:53)Matt Devo Wrote: Settings-->OpenELEC-->Services-->Bluetooth-->enable BT

Can a Harmony Ultimate be used to control Chromebox this way? What device do you choose under Harmony when setting up remote? Thanks.

Matt Devo · 2014-11-11, 23:53

(2014-11-11, 23:27)hdmkv Wrote:
(2014-11-10, 23:53)Matt Devo Wrote: Settings-->OpenELEC-->Services-->Bluetooth-->enable BT
Can a Harmony Ultimate be used to control Chromebox this way? What device do you choose under Harmony when setting up remote? Thanks.

Assuming it's used in conjunction with the Smart Hub (which actually handles the BT duties), then I'd expect so, just program it as a Sony Playstation 3. The remote itself is IR only, and would need a USB IR receiver if not used with the Smart Hub - one of the MCE ones listed on the wiki would be my recommendation.