[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DancesWithChickens:
Feedback EmbER on TLBBv2

Installed EmbER yesterday and did some testing with it.

First up:

Congratulations, this is the best/most stable firmware i've tested yet on any TLBB (1.0, 1.1, v2), especially when it comes to file playback. :)

That is even more impressive, considering that this is the first published version.

Users coming from any other firmware than EmbER:

Download "-EXTRACTME_EmbER-Amlogic-G02REF_TLBBM6-update_v1.0.1" and do as told in the read me file.

I used a freshly formatted micro-SD card for installation and was done in less than 2 minutes.

I would advise to start completely from scratch and not using "XBMC Backup" (now just called "Backup") to restore addons.

I had some issues trying to restore backed up video addons (e.g. freezing/insta-reboot when trying to access a restored "TV shows" folder in Genesis).

It might be more of a Gotham vs. Helix incompatability thing due to code changes and how addons are handled in Helix.

Only backup/restore your favourite repositories, install addons fresh from there and you should be fine.

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I did not find any major bugs, this is mostly nitpicky stuff or features which are new with KODI 14.x

and are either not implemented yet/finetuned, so no complaints at all here.

The setup guide is very well made and should be of great use for first time KODI users, experienced users can simply skip it.

Small thing: after setting up time zone/country, the time & date won't adjust until a reboot.

Settings/System/Audio output:

There are no settings for "Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) capable receiver",

"TrueHD capable receiver" and "DTS-HD capable receiver" - have these been removed?

Testing files:

- Xvid (SD/HD), x264 (1080p + DD 5.1/DTS), DVD isos... all played flawlessly

- no x265 support yet (black screen during playback)

- Dolby TrueHD not supported (black screen, audio only 2.0)

- Dolby Digital Plus not supported (audio only 2.0)

- vob files with HQ audio (DD5.1, DTS) play sluggish

- one DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 test file played flawlessly,

one movie with the same audio format was a slideshow of dropped, pixellated frames

- 1080p x264 file with DTS 96/24 plays (has to catch up when skipping ahead, but not an issue)

Some of the test files i used are from here:

wwwDOTdemo-worldDOTeu/2d-demo-trailers-hd/ (cannot post links yet, replace DOT with .)

Remote:

- Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, FAV buttons are not mapped/cannot be mapped with Keymap Editor :(

- Power button = instant shutdown/reboot

But: imho, it would be more convenient if the power button opened the shutdown menu

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"Page up/down" behaviour in Playlist editor & Favorites window:

These buttons normally jump up/down an entire page (hence the name, d'oh).

In playlist editor/favourites window, the same buttons normally move an item up/down, which is very convenient, especially when editing a music playlist.

(Corresponding to KODI default keyboard controls: D and U- kodi.wiki/view/Keyboard_controls )

With EmbER though, the page up/down buttons behave the same way in playlist editor/favourites window as they do in any other window - scrolling the page.

I could not fix this with the Keymap Editor addon. :/

A nice touch which most users won't even notice:

Audio is instantly there. :good:

With all previous firmwares, there was a slight audio delay when starting a file/stream (slow audio engine start?).

With EmbER, the audio is instantly there when the file starts.

It is noticeable e.g. when playing a YouTube video which begins with someone instantly talking.

To summorize:

If you have a TLBBv2, you should be running EmbER on it.