2025-11-08, 03:20 PM
To avoid potential confusion LibreELEC and CoreELEC updates for Omega final and Piers alpha starting today now could include a new 7.0.4 version of the NextPVR service. This is a legitimate version that sub authorized me to send out and it will be distributed to other platforms when he has the time to publish the full release.
7.0.4 is definitely a patch release and most of the changes have already been released on the forum. For LibreELEC users this is notable as that release for various reasons had been frozen on 7.0.1. Note for 7.0.3 users reading this there was a notable issue with devices with multiple tuners creating multiple copies of the EPG table. This was fixed early on but you may have missed it It also included in this most recent patch https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid604286 if you want to have close to 7.0.4 functionality today.
It was not really the patches that prompted me to ask sub to release 7.0.4 early though. The current LE updates include a ffmpeg build that has software encoding of h264 enabled on aarch64 for use by the NextPVR web player. I had asked them for this thinking that the RPi5 and another new SoC the RK3588 were capable enough and it turns out I was right they play nicely As bonus even older RPi4's and the new S905X5M based boxes can transcode fast enough (especially within the ultrafast configuration) leaving room for local Kodi playback recording etc. The Odroid N2 works as well, but ultrafast is also better. The CoreELEC repo may not have all the pieces just yet, but if anyone needs them let me know.
Speaking of the S905X5M CoreELEC boxes while they do some limitations with USB I consider it a milestone that these new chips are capable of doing h264 transcoding and doing it cheaply ($60) and silently without a fan. Since they can do 4K too, for me this is really up there with the MVP and PCH doing MPEG2 or H264 better than a PC. The same chip is being used in the latest generation xiaomi box which dual boots CE and Android. It is also in the latest Walmart ONN which sadly cannot boot CE. So props to the LE and CE teams that keep developing for these platforms, things can only get better.
Martin
7.0.4 is definitely a patch release and most of the changes have already been released on the forum. For LibreELEC users this is notable as that release for various reasons had been frozen on 7.0.1. Note for 7.0.3 users reading this there was a notable issue with devices with multiple tuners creating multiple copies of the EPG table. This was fixed early on but you may have missed it It also included in this most recent patch https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.ph...#pid604286 if you want to have close to 7.0.4 functionality today.
It was not really the patches that prompted me to ask sub to release 7.0.4 early though. The current LE updates include a ffmpeg build that has software encoding of h264 enabled on aarch64 for use by the NextPVR web player. I had asked them for this thinking that the RPi5 and another new SoC the RK3588 were capable enough and it turns out I was right they play nicely As bonus even older RPi4's and the new S905X5M based boxes can transcode fast enough (especially within the ultrafast configuration) leaving room for local Kodi playback recording etc. The Odroid N2 works as well, but ultrafast is also better. The CoreELEC repo may not have all the pieces just yet, but if anyone needs them let me know.
Speaking of the S905X5M CoreELEC boxes while they do some limitations with USB I consider it a milestone that these new chips are capable of doing h264 transcoding and doing it cheaply ($60) and silently without a fan. Since they can do 4K too, for me this is really up there with the MVP and PCH doing MPEG2 or H264 better than a PC. The same chip is being used in the latest generation xiaomi box which dual boots CE and Android. It is also in the latest Walmart ONN which sadly cannot boot CE. So props to the LE and CE teams that keep developing for these platforms, things can only get better.
Martin