PINN CEC functionality stops working with hdmi_ignore_cec_init

[edrikk]

PINN CEC functionality stops working with hdmi_ignore_cec_init

[procount]

It depends.
Look in /settings/installed_os.json for YOUR installation

[procount]

So, in the case that your RPi reboots when the TV is off and PINN gets reloaded, you don't want PINN to turn on the TV via CEC, but you still want it to work when the TV is turned on manually, is that right?

[edrikk]

Yes exactly.
hdmi_ignore_cec_init is supposed to behave exactly as you described it, with the purpose being to avoid TV from turning on / having the input switching while something else is being watched.

The current behavior behaves more like hdmi_ignore_cec which simply disables cec

[procount]

@edrikk - I have repeated your test and can confirm this is the case.
Adding hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 to the RECOVERY partition's config.txt stops the TV being turned on as it should, but it also disables all CEC controls if the TV is turned on manually..
I wonder if @maxnet has any ideas? Does Berryboot behave the same? ( I use the same initialisation code as BerryBoot)

[cmvac]

Berryboot had the same issue, but it got solved a couple of days ago. Take a look here: maxnet/berryboot#97

[procount]

That's not really a solution, just regressing back to an older image. You could probably do the same with PINN, but you may lose other functionality, like autoboot.txt no longer working.

[cmvac]

You're right, that's not the way to go. Hope you'll find a solution!

[procount]

Hoping for an update to the kernel to support CEC natively....

[d1g33k]

Since this issue was linked to mine, I decided to leave some related feedback.

hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 has the same behaviour on my TV (Samsung E series). It prevents the TV from switching on automatically while also disabling the CEC controls on PINN. When it boots to LibreELEC, the CEC controls don't always initiate automatically. However, I am always able to activate the CEC controls manually by selecting the Pi from the AnyNet+ Sources List.

On the contrary, without this option, the TV switches on automatically with the Pi boot-up; the CEC controls only work sometimes with PINN and the same behaviour extends to LibreELEC i.e. if CEC controls work with PINN, then they work with LibreELEC or they don't work at all with both. However, when CEC controls don't initiate with PINN, unlike with the hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 option, I am also unable to manually activate CEC from the AnyNet+ Sources list as it throws an error stating inability to connect with the AnyNet+ device.

Thus, I am compelled to use hdmi_ignore_cec_init=1 with my Pi, boot by default to LibreELEC and use the NOOBS Companion Add-On to boot to the other OS when only equipped with the TV remote.

[cmvac]

@d1g33k, do you know which is the LibreELEC partition? That would be two bird with one stone, since I also don't need it to boot to PINN first.