Hdmi_edid_file=1 and hdmi_force_hotplug=1 does not work

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I’ve posted this on the Kodi forums earlier:

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I’ve installed OSMC on my Raspi 3 and can control it via my LG TV’s remote when it is plugged into the power strip when the TV is already on. However, if the Raspi is already plugged in before the power strip is switched on (from being off all night), both devices turn on simultaneously. In this case, however, the TV is set to its internal DVB-S tuner and shows the channel it was set to before being turned off. Switching over to HDMI 1 (ARC) does not show any OSMC or Raspi boot screen but simply a black screen reading ‘no signal’, also when given ample time to boot properly. I’ve switched from OSMC to LibreELEC but to no avail, same symptom.

Curiously enough, the sooner I switch from TV to Raspi during boot, I occasionally do see the RASPI being connected with SIMPLINK (LG’s version of CEC) but on HDMI 2 instead of HDMI1 where it’s actually plugged in. So when I switch from satellite to HDMI1 (which shows no SIMPLINK) I get no signal as well as when switching to HDMI2.

I logged in via SSH to check Config.txt which has the line hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 but no hdmi_force_hotplug=1 which according to Google might help. Unfortunately I cannot write to the file, not even from the GUI’s ‘My OSMC’. Any suggestions? [/quote]
where somebody suggested this solution. So I added these lines to the config.txt and the edid.dat to the FAT32 partition of the SD card. Unfortunately it still doesn’t work on OSMC but it does work on LibreELEC. How come?

And why can’t I edit the config.txt from ‘My OSMC’? I can add the lines but when I click on DONE, it asks me again if I want to edit the file. After a reboot the new lines are gone. Thx.

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Did you use the same card for both OS?
Are you using NOOBS?

If the lines disappear then the card might not be retaining the changes you are making.

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Yes, I’m using the same card and I do not use NOOBS. I simply used Win32DiskImager to write OSMC_TGT_rbp2_20170504.img and then LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-8.0.2.img to the SDcard and then manually edited config.txt.

Like I said, when trying to change config.txt via ‘My OSMC’ shouldn’t clicking on DONE end the editing and bring you back to the file list rather than immediately asking whether you like to edit the file?

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Since you asked about the SC card being used, I simply formatted the card and reinstalled OSMC and then copied over the files and edited the config.txt and it works fine now! One question though, are episodes from TV shows marked as watched, even when the library is not used?

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Probably not.

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I think video files are tracked, but the duration isn’t.