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Hi,
I recently purchased the UGOOS AM6B Plus to replace my Shield. The device is almost perfect, but Iâve encountered an audio issue thatâs very frustrating in daily use.
Configuration:
- LG C2 TV
- HW-Q990B soundbar
- Club3D HDMI cables (Ultra Certified)
- A11 CPM build (Iâve tried the latest stable and nightly versions as well)
- Setup: UGOOS â (Input1) HW-Q990B â LG (eARC)
- Audio is set to passthrough on all devices
The issue: Audio doesnât play (or sometimes plays with lip sync issues) when I switch the soundbarâs HDMI input from the UGOOS to an eARC source, such as the TVâs YouTube app or a PS5 connected to the TV, and then switch back to the UGOOS. This is reproducible 10/10 times with multiple DV 8.1/EAC3 content and occasionally with SDR content as well. However, it doesnât occur with other formats, like DV P7. In such cases, the audio starts flawlessly without any issues.
Workaround: The issue resolves if I switch to a TV HDMI input with no audio output (where the soundbar doesnât display âeARCâ) and then back to the UGOOS.
No issue with this setup: UGOOS â (Input1) LG TV â HW-Q990B (eARC)
However, this configuration doesnât support DTS, which I need.
Based on this, it might seem like a soundbar issue, but the problem doesnât occur with the Shield or Apple TV 4k using the exact same setupâonly with the UGOOS.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi, new user here; i successfully installed 21.2-Omega (generic / ng) on the Box R 4K Plus (still in v12), plugged into my SP8YA LG soundbar, itself connected to my LG Oled B1 with eARC.
So far, so good, but
- is it expected that using the TV remote using CEC feels much more laggy than with the BT remote provided with the Homatics ?
- i donât see the âreboot to emmcâ menu, will that appear when i upgrade the android to v14 (i did the request) ?
Thanks a bunch for this project !
Reboot to emmc visible under CE in atv 11/12 and 14 for me.
You use default estuary skin?
Yes, iâm using the default estuary skin
Here are my settings:
# cat /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/skin.estuary/settings.xml
<settings>
<setting id="homemenunomoviebutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="show_musicvideoposter" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="album_onclick_queue" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="tvshow_onclick_browse" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="tvshow_onclick_queue" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="osdautoclose" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="show_weatherinfo" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="autoscroll" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunogamesbutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="movieset_onclick_playnext" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunomusicvideobutton" type="bool">true</setting>
<setting id="movieset_onclick_browse" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="movieset_onclick_queue" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunotvbutton" type="bool">true</setting>
<setting id="homemenunopicturesbutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="tvshow_onclick_playnext" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="tvshow_onclick_playfrombeginning" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="circle_userrating" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="circle_rating" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="touchmode" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="show_profileavatar" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunotvshowbutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunoprogramsbutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="slide_animations" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunomusicbutton" type="bool">true</setting>
<setting id="homemenunoweatherbutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunoradiobutton" type="bool">true</setting>
<setting id="no_fanart" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunofavbutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="album_onclick_playnext" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="show_profilename" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="home_no_categories_widget" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="hide_mediaflags" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="homemenunovideosbutton" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="movieset_onclick_playfrombeginning" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="tvshow_onclick_continuewatching" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="movieset_onclick_continuewatching" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="album_onclick_browse" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="album_onclick_play" type="bool">false</setting>
<setting id="HomeFanart.name" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="MovieGenreFanart.Name" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="WeatherFanart.path" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="osdautoclosetime" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="homefanart.path" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="HomeFanart.ext" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="WeatherFanart.name" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="MovieGenreFanart.path" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="WeatherFanart.ext" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="MovieGenreFanart.ext" type="string"></setting>
<setting id="background_overlay" type="string">1</setting>
</settings>
# grep estuary /storage/.kodi/userdata/guisettings.xml
<setting id="lookandfeel.skin" default="true">skin.estuary</setting>
I do see the reference to /usr/sbin/rebootfromnand in the default skin though:
# grep -R rebootfromnand /usr/share/kodi/addons/skin.estuary
/usr/share/kodi/addons/skin.estuary/xml/DialogButtonMenu.xml: <onclick>System.ExecWait("/usr/sbin/rebootfromnand")</onclick>
I donât know if it matters, but i installed plexkodiconnect and i have the UI set in French
I tried a clean (no add-on, default language etc) cpm build out of curiosity (+ dovi.ko file), no change: still no reboot to emmc button in the power menu ! I am opening the right menu, right ?
if anyone here run CE 21.2 NG or later NG nightly, does DV FEL movies play smoothly without any stutters? want to know as I and other noticed that CPM builds A12/A13 introduced stutters on Homatics based boxes but A11 seems to work fine.
Ahh if i understand it correctly the current NG branch is EOL and this is the only one that supports FEL. The new NO branch dosent support FEL and in the future would probably work with the am6+. The main reason I would get the box is because of FEL and I would also use the cpm build. And if im correct to use it with plex I would need to use pm4k? Now I wonder if this setup could stop working in the future? Or would pm4k still get updates?
is the cpm build something completely different than the NG one? And yeah it would probably still be good for years but I would really like to use it with plex to sync my watch stats etc so I wonder if pm4k support will also end?
Hello everyone,
I have a stuttering/pausing problem when playing a 4K remux (in DV profile 7 FEL I donât know if this has an impact)
Randomly and approximately every 10 minutes the video jerks or cuts off then resumes 30 seconds later
I read my files locally on a 4TB USB 2.0 HDD
My cache settings:
- Buffer mode : all
- Read factor : adaptative (iâve try on X10 but same problem)
- Memory size :128mo
- Chunk size : 1mo
Do you know what this could come from?
I have already tried all possible cache settings
I have CPM A10, is it possible that the problem comes from CPM ?
Thank you for your help