Homatics Box R 4K Plus

Thank you! Seems the stable version from the frontpage was -ng version so should be all good then.
Now to figure out why my projector doesnt like the Homatics box…
Anyone using a Epson EH-TW7000 with this box?

Just got the box but projector just says “No signal, not supported” but all other devices works, ps4, switch etc.

Hi, i prepared the USB stick accoring to the instructions. Since i will be using the reset button method, will that effect in any way my Android setup? If i want to use android i just need to remove the USB stick and it would be as before? I have the latest publicly available beta installed (6853) - will that be an issue for the install of CoreElec?

Some skins have an option to reboot to android directly, some don’t so you use a kodi app reboottoandroidtv Reboot to CoreELEC APK - #26 by Portisch
reboottoandroidtv_eng.zip (19.8 KB)

I just read the link you posted, and it says
The s905x4 needs to be running CE-NG to use this dovi.ko for DV FEL playback. DV FEL is NOT supported in CE-NE.

So DV Fel is not supported in NE version which is the one I have, also the one from frontpage

Right, you need the version from that link, and follow instructions.
Additionally you can try a version from @cpm, from this topic, which is not officially supported, but which brings into play more useful Dolby Vision options.

Thank you for taking your time to help me.
What would be the biggest downside of using the Android OS with Kodi installed from the store compared to CE? Android OS is heavy and CE is light?

you won’t be able to playback HD audio or DV FEL, Kodi on Android is not an option.

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Where can I find a Stable NG version for this box? Is it only the nightlys that is available?

Nightly is best for Homatics for dtb and Ethernet fixes.

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Anyone particular you suggest for me to use?
I experience the box to not be very stable with the NE version for some reason so would like to try the NG version instead

Use the latest nightly

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Hi!

I’m using ce-21 ne and have been using it for a while. Dolby Vision Profile 5 files no longer seem to work, although I’m pretty sure they did in the past. It might have started with 21.1.1, or maybe I messed up a setting. Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

My Sony TV switches to Dolby Vision mode, but the colours stay green and purple.

I got the latest nightly 20240928 but it has the same issue

https://wiki.coreelec.org/coreelec:ce_support

I tried the same media in MPV and it plays back fine. Other DV files play fine. The TV switches to DV mode correctly when I start this file.

It seems to be specific to Profile 5 MKV. Playing a Profile 5 MP4 sample from the Kodi samples page also works fine.

System Logs: hastebin
Disp Info: https://paste.coreelec.org/CoreyTheater
CoreELEC-Amlogic-ne.aarch64-21.1.1-Omega_nightly_20240928-Generic.img

You’ll find attached a screenshot of the player process info as well.

Need testers for performance testing for cache improvements done by @MasterKeyxda on S905x4

Users reported 25% performance gain on S922x

I have the Homatics Box R 4K Plus and am willing to test it, Please can you post the dtb? I am not capable in scripts etc. Thank you

I have not created any dtb, you can launch the script from ssh

nano script.sh //Add the script
chmod +x script.sh
./script.sh //Yes to reboot

Thanks. Will try later in the day. How to go back to the previous dtb?

You can backup dtb.img using

/bin/mount -o rw,remount /flash
cp /flash/dtb.img /flash/dtb.img.bak

//To  restore
mv /flash/dtb.img.bak /flash/dtb.img

Does anyone know why this happens when playing S&M benchmark test disc from USB?
It’s Player-led DV and playing certain test pattern shows this issue.
21.1.1 nightly 20240928.