Vero V not updating

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My Vero V is running OSMC 2024.10. I believe there is a newer version available. When I go to ‘My OSMC’ and choose Updates, it is scanning for updates and tells me after a few seconds that no updates are available.

I have already tried to update using the command line, sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. That does update some packages, but does not install a new OSMC version.

What can I do to make it install the newest version? Is there any website where I can check what’s the newest available OSMC version?

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That is currently the newest stable release…

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We are waiting to receive Kodi 21.2… but it can be loong as new release will probably be when Kodi 21.3 or 22.x will released…

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I think Sam put 21.2 in testing a couple days ago if you wanted to be a guinea pig. If you look at the first post of the big Dolby Vision thread that has instructions on how you can get those updates. But yes, OSMC does generally lag quite a bit behind the main Kodi releases as the goal is to have the stable releases as stable as possible which means waiting a bit.

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Thanks everybody for the responses. Looks like there is nothing wrong with my Vero.

In the meantime, I installed the Dolby Vision test release, which seems to work. I have yet to find a P5 file to test with, I replaced them all in my collection last year with HDR ones because there was no way to play them correctly, until now :slight_smile:

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Speaking of dolby vision content, does Vero V with the latest osmc even play dv? I filter out all that content and play only hdr material and I was wondering should I even filter it out…Thanks

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It does, if you install the test build as is explained in this thread. I’m using a LG OLED G4 series TV. In the past, it would only pop up ‘HDR’ and a Dolby Vision profile 5 movie would show completely wrong colors. With this test build, my TV pops the balloon ‘Dolby Vision’. I have yet to find a release that contains a profile 5 video track to test if the colors are OK now.

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Kodi v21.2 should come next Sunday. It will include DV support on Vero V.

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I love the DV support, it seems to work correctly even with a profile 5 movie.

But it seems the IR receive functionality is severely b0rked in the DV test build. It only reacts to the remote one in 20 times or so. Especially multiple keypresses in rapid succession are very bad. Was there a change to this part of the code?

Running 4.9.269-78-osmc on a Vero 5.

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No change to IR. Have you checked to see whether remote response is only problematic during playback?

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It’s fine when scrolling through te menus, but during playback it’s bad. I noticed when I tried to select a different subtitle, paused the movie and tried to make my way through the subtitle settings.

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Known issue with IR. Hopefully we can improve this with the next kernel. This has been an issue since we moved to 4.9 due to how IRQs work for video playback: but low priority as the remote isn’t often used during playback beyond play/pause and very few users use IR remotes.

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Thanks, good to know it’s a known issue. Could it be that playback of DV content is more demanding on the cpu? Because the problem is definitely worse…

I wonder if it would be possible to use another device to receive the IR, transform it into api requests and send them to OSMC.

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No. The response should be the same as before.

Have you been using the IR remote the whole time?

If it is worse that would be interesting.

CPU usage isn’t the issue and playback doesn’t really tax the CPU.

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I have been using the same remote for years (Logitech Harmony). On the Vero 4K it worked perfectly. On the Vero V it was usable, but not that good. Since the DV release it’s very bad.

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When did you last use it on the Vero 4K?
There were big changes between 3.14 and 4.9 kernel.

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No api requests needed. USB IR receivers typically just present themselves to the operating system as a generic keyboard.