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I have the 2017 x800e. 55 inch. So disappointed In the android TV audio handling. No Kodi passthru. Spotify either. Only Netflix passes thru audio, and only in DD for me (my receiver can handle DD+, but seemingly not over ARC)
Paid $1700 Canadian for this and all I'm getting is good picture. Audio and features are a downgrade. I will be returning this set and getting a "dumber" 55" TV and continue using my Nexus Player with Kodi.
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Was hoping someone can help as it's kinda down this threads path.
Girlfriends tv is a Sony Android based tv and I got kodi on there and she adds stuff onto a USB and just updates the library.
Everything was fine until recently which seems to be either a tv thing or kodi I'm not sure, but now every time she unplugs the hdd and back in again it changes the hdds ID and then errors out with the library updates. She has to go back in re add the new directory path and start again. Only seemed to happen we think with new kodi update.
Anyone have any idea how to solve this issue at all?
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2017-06-13, 17:03
(This post was last modified: 2017-06-13, 17:25 by cwh060.)
On my Sony, I use the "remove hdd" method through the user interface. I know it's a PIA, but seems to work.
Also, I use SPMC 16.6.0 instead of Kodi. I find SPMC on Android just works better and it usually detects the HDD. Occasionally the Sony tv will not detect the device. Unplug and replug in and wait. Or, do a reset on the television. I have had some strange issues on the television (like no audio output, CEC not working) to the receiver, which was only corrected by a reset. Go to Home=>About and reset. Your settings will be fine.
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Yes, with SPMC or with Kodi. Through the television's interface. Make sure when you plug the hdd in, the television detects the device.
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Yeah it always detects it. It just always seems to add a different character before the HDD every time it's unplugged and plugged back in. Will suss out the safe eject thing tho
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Strange for sure, on my HDD's I have set a "name". ie "Patriot D:" or "UHD Drive" SPMC always detects the same device and scans in new content.
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2017-06-18, 17:45
(This post was last modified: 2017-06-24, 19:33 by Oibaf.)
II made several tests to investigate the KODI support for the hardware video codecs of the Mediatek MT5890.
The Mediatek MT5890 soc has 9 hardware codecs implemented but not all seem work properly.
I have a 2015 full HD android TV with Android Lollipop.
Here the results:
- MPEG2: Good support. All the tested video are hardware decoded.
- H263: Good support. All the tested video are hardware decoded.
- AVC/H264 : Good support. All the tested video are hardware decoded.
- HEVC/H265: Good support. All the tested video are hardware decoded.
- MPEG4 part 2 (MP4V-ES): Bad support. Almost all tested the video are software decoded (Xvid, DivX, SEDG). Looking at the Kodi code I found out that Kodi disables the hardware decoding for files with a width smaller than 800.
- VP6: Bad support. KODI forces the use of the VP8 hardware codec and fails to render the video and it goes into an infinite loop.
- VP8: Good support. All the tested video are hardware decoded.
- VC1: Bad support. According to the mime description WVC1 (Advanced profile) is not implemented in the soc. Only the simple profile and main profile is implemented (WMV3) but KODI fails to render the video and it goes into an infinite loop.
- MJPEG: Bad support. All the tested video are software decoded.
No VP9 hardware support (there is not the hardware codec).
No H264 HI10p support.
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Great report. But, are these TVs really powerful enough for H265? Can you share the specs of the file you tested?
