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Hi everyone,

I've already searched the net for that "Connection refused"-error when trying to establish a connection between my Kodi (Aeon Nox, Raspberry Pi3+RetroPie) and my Win10-PC. To no success. Made a Home Network on my PC and set everything so that different folders are available for other devices on the local net (tried it with password request and without it). Whenever I try to add e.g. video-files in Kodi, the system is able to find the Home Net but I cannot connect, thus having that "connection refused"-error. No password request popping up. PC is connected by LAN to the Router. Raspberry is connected by WLAN and LAN-cable (but I'm not sure if it uses the LAN-cable or how to enable LAN).

Strangely I am able to get to my folders over the UPnP-function in Kodi. What's the difference here? People are recommending the SMB-connection so I am unsure if UPnP does the trick, too. So I can play music- and video-files over UPnP but some clips are stuttering or I am missing audio. Is this related to some DRM within MKV-files? How to avoid that?

Some more questions:
1. I like to play my music-folders randomized. Is there a plugin which makes playing music over the local network more comfortable, displaying album-artwork etc.? Maybe with some animations because Kodi runs on my Plasma-TV and there's still the risk that pictures burn in.
2. I've set the menu to a "low" position but I am not able to switch off that annoying RSS-bar on top of the screen. How to get rid of it in Aeon Nox?
3. When starting up Kodi a little Video-Splashscreen is played via PartyMode-Addon. Problem here: I get to see the Kodi-menuscreen first for 1,5 seconds, then the video starts while there's a message popping up: "Pulse Eight CEC-Adapter". I dont want to see the menu before the clip starts and I want to get rid of that CEC-message. Any way to do this?

Thanks for any help. I am still a noob, I know ...

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Hi all

I’m reaching out to you guys because I’m starting to doubt that my issue with Kodi / OpenELEC / LibreELEC is a software issue and it might be a hardware issue and I have to replace my hardware :-(. I have been searching the web for some days now without any luck, so I hope that you might be able to help me before I have to spend money to replace my only 3 years old hardware.

I have a home build HTPC with the following specifications:

Motherboard: Gigabyte H87N-Wifi rev 2.0 (latest Bios)
CPU: Intel core I3 4130
RAM: Corsair Value Select - 4GB DDR3 1600MHz PC3-12800 CL11
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB
Case: Streamcom FC8 EVO
PSU: Streacom nano PSU 150W

OS tested with the problem: OpenELEC 7.0.1, OpenELEC 6.0.3 and LibreELEC v7.95.2 BETA.

CPU temps are always below 60 degrees Celsius and the CPU has never been overclocked.

The HTPC is connected to my TV with a HDMI cable, running 1080P @ 60Hz.

The problem is that irregularly the video signal disappears and the TV screen goes black and gives the “no signal” message. The HTPC is still running and there is still sound, so it’s only the image which blacks out and everything else seems to be working as intended. Sometimes the picture is blacked out in a few seconds and then it comes back again, other times it’s blacked out until I shut down the HTPC, wait a few seconds and I start it again. It seems like the problem occurs after 1-2 hours of usage, and after that, it happens again after a few minutes when I have rebooted the system.

It seems like the problem is getting worse with the time, 6 months ago it happened a few times every months, now it happens every time the HTPC has been running for 1 – 2 hours.

I have had problems with a bad connection on the 12V plug to the PSU on the case which I solved by removing the 12V plug and assembled the wire without any plug.

If it’s the hardware, I suspect that it might be the PSU, the CPU or the chipset which is faulty but I don’t know for sure how a faulty PSU will impact a PC, and I have never heard of a 3 years old failing Intel CPU before.

Can anybody help me with this problem? Have you heard about this problem before? Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Best regards
Nicolai

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