Homatics Box R 4K Plus

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4813

Hi!

I just bought a Dune Box R 4k Plus. I want to use it with Plexkodiconnect addon and want to use Dolby Vision. If I’m correct, I have to use latest Nexus nightly for DV support and PKC support (PKC doesn’t support Kodi 21 yet).

Do I have to set Player led on DV settings oder is TV led (switch off?) the better choise?

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4815

Thanks, if the app simply sends a command to android, maybe it would be possible to change the command to shutdown? I don’t think there’s an easy way to shut down the box from android :slight_smile:

4816

Hi!
Sebo

Due my member trust level Im unable to sent a PM link to you,

Could you upload the file here.

And sent the link here:

The link will expire in 6 days, i will notify you when you can remove the link here.

Thanks, Sebo

4817

Here you go:

https://filebin.net/bbeysxol0fz94a49

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4818

Many thanks I have downloaded this now! Just need to testi it :slight_smile:

4819

Hi!
I now have the file, but how i do copy it to the storage and where?
I removed the usb stick and copy the file root in there where is the devicetree file, but not luck.
Im using windows, do I somehow need to mount the ext filesystem in the usb stick?
it seems that coeelec shares the storage root as windows samba share but the root itself seems to be write only.

I would not like to mess with the embeded android system if possible.

What I should do?

4820

Actually i maged copy the file and now core elec 21. beta 2 does not complain the file, but it also does not switch to DV mode when using DV/HDR hybrid material

How to debug?

4821

So why you don’t connect the running CoreELEC with smb or sftp from your pc with total commander?

4822

Thats old kernel, dolby vision will not work with that, in CE 21 ne beta nightly.
You need talk with Nokia for update the Atv version.

4823

Hi!

Thanks for reply.

I just managed to upload the dovi.ko to root of the storage, via filezilla sftp and the kodi startup error went awat but as you mentioned it doesnt work. Should it work with CE20 stable version?

Should this dovi.ko file work with the CE20 stable version?

Br, Sebo

4824

As far as I know DV works only since CE NE 20.3 nightly… No 20 stable.

But I don’t know it for sure…

4825

Hi guys,

quick question - what’s better 8bit RGB or 12bit 4:2:2 for DoVi ?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

4826

No tv support 12 bits, so just 8 bits

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Mediainfo app on PC usually reports 10 bit for dolby vision files, so I use 10 bit, leaving the subsampling setting on auto.

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4829

Hey, quick question regarding an install on this device. I am attempting to install the v21 nightly on the Dune HD Homatics Box R 4K plus. The device boots to the CE installer, then it seems to hang on the step “resizing file system … /” (note the / style progress indicator is moving). As of writing, it’s been stuck there for about 30 minutes. Should it really be taking this long? The flash drive is a 256GB Sandisk. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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That size drive, I will take a while.

4831

ALL UHD TV support 12 bit input signal from HDMI,it’s HDMI 2.0 specification.
Like all FHD support 10 bit input signal from HDMI.

10 or 8 bit panel no matter.

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4832

Hi everyone,
i have a Nokia 8010 running with coreelec and for the most part everything is working as expected.
Since im running the box in germany and its running pre-5310 build android, im currently running amlogic-ne nightly 20230627 to preserve dolby vision support.

The “issues” im having are two:

  1. Even with disabled everything in coreelec the box still shuts off with the TV. After some time, it does not start up with the TV anymore and i have to powercycle it. What can i do to prevent this from happening ?
  2. After some time (mostly after it was in standby/off and coming on again after switching on the TV) it seems like audio-passthrough is broken in some way. The TV is showing dolby atmos, but the soundbar is switching between ARC and Atmos and after some back and forth is staying in ARC-“mode”.
    This could just be a standby-issue as well.

Also with amlogic-no being available, and the nokia probably supported via Homatics/Generic, is there any news about DV being supported for older builds of android ? Im still waiting for the newer ones, but wouldnt count on it beeing available soon.

Thanks!

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