Hyperion - Leds doesn't work with mkv on 8.90.3

Kodi Add-ons
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Hi all, I am running CE 8.90.3 with Hyperion installed from the CoreElec repo.

In my configuration I have dissabled the framegrabber because I don’t want to turn on the leds in menus, and enabled the amlgrabber to turn on the leds in LiveTV and movies.

The hyperion.config.json is the same I was using time ago, and running well.

I can see the rainbow effect when Hyperion is enabled, and works well in LiveTV, but when I play a mkv, or torrent, the leds doesn’t work… whith h264 codec. In previous releases, all was OK with same configuration.

And the slowdown is still there with the new OSMC kernel.

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Hello,

Thank you for the feedback, unfortunately I’m not able to provide support for Hyperion, only for hyperion.ng.

To my knowledge nothing change on Hyperion so I can’t find a reason for it to not work. Also a lot of OSMC users do use Hyperion so it’s not a kernel issue.

And I personally use hyperion.ng also with no issues, the grabber is the same.

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Does anyone else having the same issue?

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On 8.90.2 it works OK, using the same config file.

I tried Hyperion.ng on 8.90.2, will try again on 8.90.3, but I don’t know how to turn off the leds in menus…? How can I do it in Hyperion.ng? I am a bit confused with new configuration and don’t know how to configure the grabbers, I tried with the web config interface.

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Are you using Hyperion or Hyperion.ng? I had the same issue and it took me a bit to find this. In Hyperion.ng you have to use Hyperion Control Kodi addon for disabling Hyperion ie. in menus or when pausing. You can download it here: https://github.com/hyperion-project/hyperion.ng/issues/474 The addon is still WIP so expect that it might not work 100% properly ie. I had to modify it to support Live TV.

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I am currently using Hyperion, because the lights in menu.

Will try again hyperion.ng and the addon Hyperion control.

What have you modified? I use a lot Live TV

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You can see my reply in that GitHub issue with explanation.

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Today I’ve discovered that if I pause the movie then the leds turn on and work ok… strange…

In livetv they work directly…

Tonight I’ll try with hyperion.ng and the control addon

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How to install Hyperion.ng? Is there an installation script? Install the addon you need?
Amlogic S905X.

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Hyperion.ng it’s available in coreelec repo

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Is it enough to install an addon from the CoreELEC repository? Is there anything else I need to install in CoreELEC for backlighting?

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You need addressable leds, an arduino and the addon hyperion or hyperion.ng with your config file

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I use Hyperion.NG with auto grabber selection, and the slowdown is still there on 8.90.3.

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In the Hyperion.ng config in hyperion.config.json need to use AML Frame Grabber?
Or should I use the Internal Frame Grabber?
Which path should the hyperion.config.json file for Hyperion.ng be placed on?
How to view Hyperion.ng logs?

My device: Nexbox A59X Amlogic S905X CoreELEC 8.90.3 installed.

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For grabber - use Auto - works fine for me. Hyperion.ng config differs from the original Hyperion config. It’s best to use the online admin to configure everything at <your-box-ip>:8090 ie. 192.168.1.100:8090

The only part of the config that I’d really consider copying from old hyperion.config.json is the LED number and positions.

Config can be found at .kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.hyperion.ng/config/

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Do you have slowdown issue with watching a video with Hyperion.ng running?
Will Hyperion.ng work correctly with the Amlogic S912 processor?

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Yes I have the slow down. Devs said on the forums that they will look into this.