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hi all,
I'm getting a yellow square fading in and out at the corner of my screen, does anyone know what this means? i've only ever seen the rainbow icon before.
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thanks for the quick reply, that makes sense, i will get a heatsink
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I would also recommend not keeping the Pi inside a TV cabinet that's closed for example... There are certain cases that are better than others. What kind of case are you using and where is the Pi placed?
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Ah. What kind of media were you playing? h.264/h.265? resolution?
I wouldn't think that you would have any issue running Kodi in that case. Yes, I would say it's worth getting a heat sink either way.
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Have you checked the temperature from Kodi? I believe you can see it in system information or one of the sub-menus under settings.
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it was 1080p hevc that i was testing, the cpu was maxed out. I probably should have said that in my original post, sorry
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Oh, well that does explain a lot. The Pi3 doesn't hardware decode HEVC. The RPi Foundation have basically said you should avoid maxing out the CPU for sustained periods. I don't really know if a heat sink will completely solve this issue if you're watching 1080P HEVC. It can't hurt to try though.
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Yeah i was just testing to see how well it could cope, just done it again and waited to the square to appear. By the time i got into the menu the temperature was at 75 degrees.
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for what its worth, 720p hevc plays fine and doesn't cause it to overheat
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Well, I've read various users who say the temps are lowered by about 10 degrees after adding a heat sink. I will be sticking with h.264 for now, though maybe 720p hevc will be fine.
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i've just attached an old heatsink from my original rpi model b and it seems to have done the trick, I've put the top back on the case at that aswell. I'm still gonna get a more beefier one though.