p3i T3b

Maintenance bugfix release for the issues T3a introduced or didn't fix. T4 is in development.

This release fixes:

specific issues with certain skins that were introduced with T3a (missing OSD, missing elements)
very rare SDR content with BT2020 (skips VS10 SDR conversion for those) being misrepresented as BT.709
TrueHD dropout issues introduced with T3a; rare

Changelog

xbmc/Kodi:

OSD: fix conditional includes broken by texture caching
DV: bypass VS10 for SDR BT.2020 content to preserve gamut
Settings: Fix description for Reduce color banding (VS10) not representing the default
Revert MAT packer Reset on seek for standard passthrough path
Settings: Default refresh rate change delay to 2.5s

Note

If you're not initial flashing, you might want to set the Delay after refresh rate change to at least 2.5s if you're using PM4k.

CoreELEC Settings Addon:

Fix 30s reboot delay from D-Bus agent unregister

Installation

1. Dirty

Drop the update tar into your CoreELEC update folder and reboot - this can be used as a dirty upgrade from CPM A14 or any of the U3k and avdvplus builds.

Should hitting reboot result in a black screen (long standing issue with any build), wait 10 seconds to make sure this wasn't just a fluke, then unplug and re-plug the device's power. The upgrade will commence afterwards.

Reset Settings/System/CoreELEC, reboot.

Caution

Resetting Settings/System/CoreELEC to defaults after doing this is necessary. Not the CoreELEC Settings Addon!
Resetting Settings/System/Audio might be necessary for you to see the new settings (dialnorm)

2. Dirty (safe)

Drop the update tar into your CoreELEC update folder, shut down the device, pull the power plug for 30 seconds, replug.

Reset Settings/System/CoreELEC, reboot.

Caution

3. Flash

Use the provided Flash img.gz to prepare your SD card as you would with any other CoreELEC build.

advancedsettings.xml

If you'd like, you can add the following to your advancedsettings.xml, which further improves UI rendering, but is not strictly necessary:

<advancedsettings version="1.0">
  <gui>
      <fronttobackrendering>true</fronttobackrendering>
      <geometryclear>false</geometryclear>
  </gui>
</advancedsettings>

Make sure the XML format is correct, otherwise the file will not be read at all. If you already have such a file, only add the <gui></gui> parts.

Thanks

A massive shoutout to everyone involved in this build!

Full Changelog (Kodi core): https://github.com/pannal/xbmc/commits/aml-4.9-21.3_dev_T3b/
Full Changelog (CoreELEC-Settings): https://github.com/pannal/service.coreelec.settings/commits/T3b
Full Changelog (Kernel): https://github.com/pannal/linux-amlogic/commits/T3b

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