Rasberry pi4 question

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#279575 24-Oct-2020 09:49

I have just bought a RPi4 with the sole purpose to run Kodi, as I have 3b running Kodi and I thought the 4 would be a bit quicker with the 4gb model but have been a disappointed the sound doesn't work. I searched but can't seem to find an easy fix.

Has anybody else resolved this if not might have find another use for my new pi4 any suggestions?

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#2591220 24-Oct-2020 10:43

Have a look at https://libreelec.tv/ instead of installing it via the OS. For sound on the default Raspberry Pi OS you can configure this using “sudo raspi-config”

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#2591235 24-Oct-2020 11:43

For the Pi 4, there are 2 micro HDMI Ports. Make sure that you connect to the port closest to the USB-C Port to get HDMI Sound. Had a similar issue

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#2591260 24-Oct-2020 13:29

Buy a Xiaomi Mi Box. Since we got that I don't bother with Pi for our main media center, though we rarely use Kodi now, it's mostly Netflix and Disney. I still have a Pi for my second TV, I have one running Pi Hole for network wide ad blocking.

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#2591274 24-Oct-2020 13:59

xyeovillian:

I have just bought a RPi4 with the sole purpose to run Kodi, as I have 3b running Kodi and I thought the 4 would be a bit quicker with the 4gb model but have been a disappointed the sound doesn't work. I searched but can't seem to find an easy fix.

Has anybody else resolved this if not might have find another use for my new pi4 any suggestions?

presently Kodi will perform better on a Pi 3 than a Pi 4.

There will be no hardware video decoding on the Pi 4 until Kodi 19 is released - which is still in alpha testing mode (so probably early 2021)

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#2591328 24-Oct-2020 15:12

farcus:

xyeovillian:

I have just bought a RPi4 with the sole purpose to run Kodi, as I have 3b running Kodi and I thought the 4 would be a bit quicker with the 4gb model but have been a disappointed the sound doesn't work. I searched but can't seem to find an easy fix.

Has anybody else resolved this if not might have find another use for my new pi4 any suggestions?

presently Kodi will perform better on a Pi 3 than a Pi 4.

There will be no hardware video decoding on the Pi 4 until Kodi 19 is released - which is still in alpha testing mode (so probably early 2021)

LibreELEC will do hardware decoding with the Pi4, main feature missing is HDR support.

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#2591489 24-Oct-2020 18:40

kinginvercargill:

For the Pi 4, there are 2 micro HDMI Ports. Make sure that you connect to the port closest to the USB-C Port to get HDMI Sound. Had a similar issue

Yes that worked thank you.