Official NEO U9-H: 008FW

Is this FW008 Nougat working well? Any bugs, issues? Do you recommend to update from FW007 (MM)?
Thanks.
 
To bad that android from minix don't use the Audio drivers of Coreelec.
I don't understand how it is possible that the official rom of minix have a lot of troubles with pass-through the audio.
Ist it possible to install that drivers on Android?
 
To bad that android from minix don't use the Audio drivers of Coreelec.
I don't understand how it is possible that the official rom of minix have a lot of troubles with pass-through the audio.
Ist it possible to install that drivers on Android?
What kind off audio problems you have
I tried both coreelec and libreelec and to be onest didnt find any difference on audio quality
I have 5.1 Denon X1400 with Jamo mid class speakers for suround and SW and upper mid class for front and Center speakers
 
no problems with coreelec and libreelec

but with android fimewire from minix:
no true hd en dts hd passthrough available on kodi
dolby digital and dts has audio drops on my setup

all audio formats only works when i set kodi to :
5.1 speakers and audio configuration to fixed
then the avr receive all audio formats like PCM 5.1 signal
i think it's not a big difference on audio and surround quality
but ist a little disappointing that a media box not can handle passthrough

and with a not official os (coreelec) its works without problems)
 
Hi,

I have to power down my Minix Neo U9-H (remove power plug) with FW008 at least twice per day, because it becomes slow as time passed or when Kodi crash (Krypton 17.6)

Thanks

Regis
 
Hi,

I have to power down my Minix Neo U9-H (remove power plug) with FW008 at least twice per day, because it becomes slow as time passed or when Kodi crash (Krypton 17.6)

Thanks

Regis
Thats not usual for the minix....i have mine running continuously for weeks ( even months) at at time with just putting to sleep overnight and using kodi 17.6 more or less every day

i would suspect a rouge app somewhere causing your issues.

probably best if you can to factory reset ( which will wipe everything), and at the worst case to reinstall firmware and then load apps you need and use one at a time to monitor performance.
 
no problems with coreelec and libreelec

but with android fimewire from minix:
no true hd en dts hd passthrough available on kodi
dolby digital and dts has audio drops on my setup

all audio formats only works when i set kodi to :
5.1 speakers and audio configuration to fixed
then the avr receive all audio formats like PCM 5.1 signal
i think it's not a big difference on audio and surround quality
but ist a little disappointing that a media box not can handle passthrough

and with a not official os (coreelec) its works without problems)

It's really odd that you're experiencing these issues as you are. I'm using Minixs' stock Marshmallow (FW008) on my U9-H & my Sony AVR handles audio passthrough from Kodi absolutely perfectly. It is now truly decoding Atmos & DTS:X after I added my height speakers although I had to ensure certain settings in my AVR were correct as well. There is the possibility that the U9-H & Kodi are working as intended & it's actually our specific AVR's that could be playing a large part with this issue!!??!!??!! (Unfortunately, AVR's aren't exactly cheap so it's not like you can grab a spare & see if it all works with another make/model lol ;).)

However, my AVR essentially isn't even being recognised by Windows on my Neo N42C-4 at the moment. (Does Windows see your AVR correctly for example?). Kodi won't passthrough Atmos on that device & it's defaulting down to TrueHD 7.1 is now correctly passing through Atmos! (Windows sees my TV as the audio device instead of the AVR & oddly ignores the AVR even being there altogether.). It's a real head scratcher but the AVR itself is definitely a factor!!! (Sorry to go off topic, but it seems to be relevant.)

In Kodi on the U9-H (obviously) I enable passthrough for ALL available audio streams; otherwise:-
Output config - best match
Keep audio device alive - 2 minutes
Send low volume noise - enabled
Stereo upmix - disabled
Maintain original volume on downmix - disabled.
I've arbitrarily set the number of channels to 7.1 but it isn't used as all audio is being passed through normally & my set up is actually 5.1.2.

I suppose one way you could test it is if you have friend/family that has a different AVR to you?? Hook your U9-H up to their AVR/TV & see if the audio starts to correctly passthrough or behaves differently.

What settings are you using in the Minix audio settings as well?

Hi,

I have to power down my Minix Neo U9-H (remove power plug) with FW008 at least twice per day, because it becomes slow as time passed or when Kodi crash (Krypton 17.6)

Thanks

Regis

My U9-H also went through a phase of requiring a restart every day a several months ago after updating to FW008. I couldn't trace the problem to a specific app I installed. (Same problems as you, something was using resources & then it wouldn't clear memory cache afterwards & a hard reset was required.) With the exception of the last 3 weeks where I've been experiencing issues with the Google App/Assistant & my a3 remote, like @pusb87 I also only need to restart my U9-H every few weeks. FW008 also fixed some stability issues for me as well.

As @pusb87 already advised, can you remember this issue starting after a specific app was installed that's constantly doing something in the background??

You can check on what apps are running simply by going into Settings --> Apps, & look through the running apps. If you feel comfortable doing it, you can also use the built in Developer Options to easily check on Running Services & Inactive Apps. (It would be a start rather than installing even more apps to monitor your apps lol ;).) Having said that, if it's of any use to you as well, at times I find TinyCore (£1.39) a very useful app to tell me if something is suddenly using a lot of system resources on the U9-H &/or if the system/apps aren't idling as intended. You can configure small visual monitors for your CPU & RAM usage that sit in your status bar or other areas of your screen if you wish, (you can enable/disable them at anytime & TinyCore itself uses very little resources.) It might give you some extra clues to tracing your problem before resorting to a full system wipe if it is required.

hope you track the problem down :)!!
 
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I also have problem with Audio drop outs in Kodi when playing Dolby Digital or DTS.

Have tried different settings but still get audio drop outs approx every 30-60s. Have Minix connected to AVR Onkyo 626.

Anyone having any workaround for this issue?

Have tried both Kodi 17.6 and new Kodi 18rc2.

Br
Kristian

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I also have problem with Audio drop outs in Kodi when playing Dolby Digital or DTS.

Have tried different settings but still get audio drop outs approx every 30-60s. Have Minix connected to AVR Onkyo 626.

Anyone having any workaround for this issue?

Have tried both Kodi 17.6 and new Kodi 18rc2.

Br
Kristian

Skickat från min SM-G960F via Tapatalk
Unfortunately there does not seem to be any guaranteed resolution of audio droputs with the U9-H with the current firmware. It may of course be a hardware issue, I dont know.

In my case i use passthrough to an amp/decoder which can handle up to DD or DTS like yourself.

Audio droputs for me are much more random than every 30-60 secs when they occur but usually at a much longer timescale. Sometimes I may get no droputs for a week or so and then they will just reappaear. I cant seem to tie it down to anything I do. I use kodi 17.6.
 
I also have problem with Audio drop outs in Kodi when playing Dolby Digital or DTS.

Have tried different settings but still get audio drop outs approx every 30-60s. Have Minix connected to AVR Onkyo 626.

Anyone having any workaround for this issue?

Have tried both Kodi 17.6 and new Kodi 18rc2.

Br
Kristian

Skickat från min SM-G960F via Tapatalk

my AVR Onkyo has the same problem.
only solutions so far on my setup: coreelec works perfect
 
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