yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
You can't flash the matricom Firmware. Spdif is located next to HDMI, it should be next to usb-4. You might be able to flash an stvmx image from first post.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dhead666:
For anyone who ask about the "cloned" g18ref device with the revert spdif-analog outputs:

The device is called [also?] CMX AML8726-MX and the NAND layout is probably identical to NEWMTD so it supposed to be compatible with MX-Linux NEWMTD builds and codesnake's OpenELEC builds.

See

http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/07...-tv-box-runs-android-4-2-supports-xbmc-linux/

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread....IEW-THE-BEST-XBMC-MEDIA-PLAYER-UNDER&p=207199 (at the bottom of the page after the the original g18ref board there's a board photo)

http://blog.geekbuying.com/index.ph...x-and-openelec-best-raspberry-pi-alternative/

p.s.

I don't have it and don't plan to buy it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lollo78:
Box compatibility?

Hi guys, the specs of my Droid Box:

http://www.plunk.it/tvbox/pro/caratteristiche.php

Here you can find some photos of the board and others: http://goo.gl/mheqMM (sorry for the bad quality).

As you can see on the motherboard the reference is “M6 v1.1” but the installed Android 4.2.2 recognize it like an "MBX reference board (g18ref) - JDQ39".

This box have a particularity: 4GB nand flash instead of 8GB of a standard g18ref, and a LED front panel.

This is the cat /proc/mtd:

dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00800000 00200000 "logo"
mtd1: 00800000 00200000 "aml_logo"
mtd2: 00800000 00200000 "recovery"
mtd3: 00800000 00200000 "boot"
mtd4: 40000000 00200000 "system"
mtd5: 20000000 00200000 "cache"
mtd6: 10000000 00200000 "backup"
mtd7: 8c000000 00200000 "data"
mtd8: 00060000 00001000 "bootloader"
mtd9: 00008000 00001000 "ubootenv"

And now the obvious question... :D

Can I install this ROM?

Thx a lot :good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
I think you can install NEWMTD
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Methanoid:
Can someone share the URL of the Repo for this Linux... I want to see what packages I can add to the basic install? Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lollo78:
The flash procedure is the same also in my mtd situation?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Josh.5:
Just wanted to gather interest in tvheadend, sabnzbd, couchpotato, sickbeard, headphones and transmission....

Anyone here interested in these services running purely on your amlogic box?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Methanoid:
Yes, from me.. but I dont see any of the necessary files being their (eg Python for SAB,Couch,Sick etc)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Hey, I got few questions regarding this software:

1) Does it support CVBS+Audio and/or YPbPr on ATV1200?

2) Does this ROM include IPTV Simple PVR addon?

3) Where to download latest version for ATV1200? I need image for migration from Android, or 2 images - for migration and then upgrade to latest version

4) Where can I find build instruction?

Questions 3 and 4 are mostly due to the fact, I found all previously provided links to be dead :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] napster100:
Dead download link :(

I cant download the zip, the link opens and the page loads, but no download button exists, no auto download and if I click the file name it just refreshes the page. :(

And has support for this ROM died? It appears a quite thread now.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Same here. As i written, all links seem to be dead, unfortunately :(

Also repository on github is not updated for 2 months already.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tchodz:
Hey guys, I do all the steps, but when I turn off and turn on the box doesnt come alive, just black screen. Please help me?

My box came with this conf:

kernel 3.0.50 ubuntu@ubuntu.desktop

build number jdq 39.20131203

model hd18s2 mbx-s2

android 4.2.2

cpu aml8726-mx

The motherboard has HD18t-s2 v1.1

And i dont do a back up from my firmware, so what do i have to do now?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Download

Has anyone got a download link for MX_LINUX_v1.00-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip ?

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Select it from here

https://goo.im/devs/CronMod/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tchodz:
Do you have the stock firmware for this box? i´m looking for this and dont find it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
main()
{
printf("hello world");
}

08/24/2014 - Marks 1 year since MX Linux's first release, Aswell as a long awaited update.. stay tuned :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrBungle67:
Awesome Corey!! Can't wait for the release... Is it gonna be Kodi (Hellix)? :) Thanks for all the great work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Please answer to my questions ;)

Thank you!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dimskom:
Great job over an year.

Still waiting for version for my dying bluetimes mx5:D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
So which version can I flash to MyGica ATV1200 to migrate from stock Android?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bobones:
Look at this thread http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=180446&page=52

I've put up a G02REF build (for the ATV1200) of the latest branch (Gotham 13.2) on page 52.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Thanks I will take a look at it.

BTW: Have you already tested it?

Can you tell me if it includes PVR IPTVSimple addon and support for CVBS output?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bobones:
I have installed it on my box and it works just fine; however, I don't use PVR stuff or CVBS so cannot say if they work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Can you just check if IPTVSimple addon is available?

Please go to System -> Settings -> Addons -> Disabled addons -> PVR clients and check if there is "IPTV Simple" on the list.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bobones:
Yes, it's there and I can enable and configure it. Is this something I should play with? :)

BTW, I don't have a simple composite video input on my tv to test, but component video is working so I'm guessing composite will work too. (I normally use HDMI)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
I have only EURO (SCART) in my TV, so I'd like to connect CVBS via adapter to it.

I also have a monitor with HDMI, but thats rather temporary solution just for flash purposes ;)

Thank you very much for information about iptvsimple.

Its addon i use with xbmc on my pc, to watch TV. It uses M3U playlists and supports external EPG sources. Perfect solution for me with mumudvb as a backend ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Armada M8 Linux XBMC Teaser Video :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pigbait:
Will the news be posted here for this build?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
New 1.0.1 version! Yay!

You are truly a man of you word. A new version has arrived at it's Gotham 13.2! Yay!

Thank you Croniccorey for putting the effort into this great box. I'm looking forward to giving this version a spin today!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
Nope, I haven't looked into this issue ever since I posted this.

But I'm hopeful it will work on the OpenElec build: See here for details: http://xdaforums.com/android/development/rom-openelec-amlogic-based-tv-boxes-t2832289/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Next build I will fix cvbs support.. (Did not have enough time to properly test fix in this build)

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lollo78:
new version for 4GB ROM box?

Please croniccorey see my pv.

Thx
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
All builds support 4/8 GB nands

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
I have the first issue to report for MX Linux 1.0.1:

The default IR remote of the box doesnt work with this build for me, except from the red power button to power the box on and off. The only way to control the box is to use an aftermarket RF remote.

Furthermore, I noticed that the audio settings are limited. Gone are the settings for 5.1 etc.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] polys643:
Should 1.0.1 be installed above fw 1.1.5 or 1.1.6?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
1.1.5 (old mtd)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
thanks i must have mixed remote.conf up, if you drop your remote.conf into /root/.xbmc it will work.. i will fix it up and post a patched build in next few days, audio settings are all preconfigured in advancedsettings.xml for Amlogic HW.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] polys643:
So which remote.conf should we place in /root/.xbmc? I mean where do we find it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
remote.conf - This needs to be placed in "/root/.xbmc" and named "remote.conf" to fix remote for G18REF/MX2REF build 1.01
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
Yep. Remote works again after I renamed this file and ftp'ed it to /root/.xbmc and rebooted the box.

Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] polys643:
Thanks. That worked :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lollo78:
Thanks!

Please, could you tell me which ROM I have to flash?

dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00800000 00200000 "logo"
mtd1: 00800000 00200000 "aml_logo"
mtd2: 00800000 00200000 "recovery"
mtd3: 00800000 00200000 "boot"
mtd4: 40000000 00200000 "system"
mtd5: 20000000 00200000 "cache"
mtd6: 10000000 00200000 "backup"
mtd7: 8c000000 00200000 "data"
mtd8: 00060000 00001000 "bootloader"
mtd9: 00008000 00001000 "ubootenv"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
You don't have the old MTD (1.1.5 and earlier). Because this should look like this:

[root@amlogic /]# cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00400000 00200000 "ubootenv" or "bootloader"
mtd1: 00800000 00200000 "logo"
mtd2: 00800000 00200000 "aml_logo"
mtd3: 00800000 00200000 "recovery"
mtd4: 00800000 00200000 "boot"
mtd5: 40400000 00200000 "system"
mtd6: 20000000 00200000 "cache"
mtd7: 10000000 00200000 "backup"
mtd8: 18c800000 00200000 "userdata"

Anything else must be new MTD (1.1.6 and later).

Flash to 1.1.5 before installing MX Linux 1.0.1
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lollo78:
My Android TV box is a 4GB Rom, not 8GB like the "normal" box...

Are you shure that I can flash "Matricom 1.1.5 firmware" without brick it?

Thx
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
To be honest: nope. I'm not sure. Simply because I've never worked with a 4GB Rom version. If it is a g18ref board I'm fairly sure it will work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lollo78:
On the motherboard the reference is “M6 v1.1” but the installed Android 4.2.2 recognize it like an "MBX reference board (g18ref) - JDQ39".
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
[MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION]: Please add CVBS support to known bugs ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] s0ulreaver:
For Pivos, there are user maintained updates and releases, see here:

http://www.pivosforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=4747

Hydra did a great job and right now the Pivos M3/M1 are running the latest Linux XBMC 13.2.

Check his sources, it will surely help:

https://github.com/the-hydra/buildroot-linux/commits/13.2-Gotham-pivos

https://github.com/the-hydra/xbmc/commits/13.2-Gotham-pivos

[IMG="logo"]http://www.teamburns.com/xbmc/Splash-gotham-13-2.png[/IMG]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sag:
Please, could somebody compile and post MX_LINUX-1.01-G18REF_MX2REF-NEWMTD-update.zip? I tried to compile it without success. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

make: *** [/root/buildroot-mx_linux/buildroot-mx_linux/output/build/xbmc-13.2-Gotham/.stamp_target_installed] Error 4

Another one: Unable to access jarfile signapk.jar.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] belliash:
Is the fix you mention already merged into sources on github?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Geordie Boyo:
Wondered if anyone could help me out here.

Ive gone to flash the update, ive put the MX_LINUX_v1.01r2-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip file onto the root of my usb stick, booted into recovery, but when i choose EXT and goto UDISK there is nothing there to flash.

Tried formatting drive to FAT32, FAT and NTFS and still no good. any ideas? Just wondering if its the usb stick, or possibly a bad download of the firmware.

EDIT:

Ok, so tried re-downloading the zip file, used a different USB stick (8gb this time), put zip file on root of the stick, tried all 4 usb connections, but still when i select from UDISK, there is still no zip file to select to flash.

Those flashing from usb stick what format is your usb stick formatted in - FAT32?

I get flashing lights from the usb stick when i plug it in, and i have no problems accessing from the usb stick via xbmc so the usb ports on the box are working ok.

tried leaving usb stick in whilst booting into recovery and tried leaving stick out when booting in then plugging in stick when in recovery mode.

Am wondering if am attempting to flash the correct firmware also? Not sure of the model number of my box but its the one with A9 splash screen on boot-up with the red XBMC logo when loading up xbmc on boot-up.

The only thing i have not tried is putting the zip file onto a sd card and trying to flash it that way, but would that make any difference?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
As far as I can tell you are doing nothing wrong. A stick formatted FAT32 should work. Maybe your USB sticks have silly partitions on them. Try another one, different make. Avoid cheap give away USB sticks. I'm using a 16GB Sandisk and didn't have any problem so far. All files and folders on it show up when I go in the recovery menu to UDISK.

Try! Your USB sticks seem to be dodgy.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Geordie Boyo:
the only usb sticks i have tried are Philips brand.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
It may be the recovery on the box with a bug reading USB sticks.. I recommend just trying an sdcard if that don't work you can send me a PM and I can try to help more.

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sag:
No one compiled for New MTD? I would like to try it on two CMX boards (kind of cheap g18 PCB). But I need new MTD. No way to change MTD. Recovery is quite special.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ndxtg:
RTMP streams have sound broken during playback (cracking noises)

This didn't happen in Frodo version but this 1.01 one (24/08/2014 version). Is anyone having the same issue?

e.g. this stream

rtmpe://112.197.2.154:1935/live//sctv2_2 swfVfy=1 live=1 token=1b#K8!3zc65ends! playpath=sctv2_2 flashVer=LNX_11,2,202,233 pageUrl=http://tv24.vn/LiveTV tcUrl=rtmpe://112.197.2.154:1935/live//sctv2_2 swfUrl=http://tv24.vn/getflash.ashx
[Miscellaneous Android Development] loskarlitos:
I flashed the 1.01 version on my ATV1200 yesterday and I am very happy with it ! I was even able to connect an USB DVD reader and play a DVD discs. I can throw my old DVD player in the garbage now, nice !

I wonder how can I mount the internal filesystem under linux (Ubuntu). SSH works like a charm, but I am missing Midnight Commander and I was not able to find working ARM binaries yet. Also GCC seems to be missing on the box.

I tried sshfs, but the box rejects my connection (although) normal ssh works nicely. Is there samba running on the box ? I found some entries in /etc/samba/smb.conf but again, I was not able to mount the /root/.xbmc. I would like to tweak some skin XML files and use some nice editor.

These are the commands I tried:

$ sudo sshfs root@192.168.178.136:/root/ /mnt
[sudo] password for karlitos:
The authenticity of host '192.168.178.136 (192.168.178.136)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is 40:35:fc:92:b3:30:25:0d:9d:f7:a3:70:23:14:b5:af.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
root@192.168.178.136's password:
remote host has disconnected

$ sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.178.136/root/.xbmc /mnt
[sudo] password for karlitos:
Password for root@//192.168.178.136/root/.xbmc:
Retrying with upper case share name
mount error(6): No such device or address
Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lollo78:
quote, please release the NEW MTD...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
You should be able to set up samba shares on the box, may have to enable it under xbmc. But you can use ftp

Don't know why sshfs doesn't work, winscp works on windows
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Thanks will look into it must still be a lingering glitch.

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] awaldram:
I get it on MP3's as well, it as if the bit rate isn't right either from track decoding or hdmi feed.

The external 13 package that was posted earlier also had the same issue and I experimented a little so my findings may help you to debug

1 when crackling starts it continues across tracks

2 altering settings (optimised,best,fixed) sample rate will fix crackling for that track once hdmi resyncs

3 no particular setting (optimised.best.fixed) is free of crackiling only choosing a different setting when crackling starts resolves for the rest of the track.

12 series package = no crackling

13 series external to your builds = crackling

13 series your build = crackling
[Miscellaneous Android Development] marios96:
Anyone managed to install an emulator on the linux? There is the Rom Collection Browser addon that could be helpful.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
Hi,

I own Amlogic Aml 8726-m3 meson3 reference board

f16ref. Is there any chance I can install Linux on it?. Curently its stuck in recovery and I cant find any firmware that flashes successfully
[Miscellaneous Android Development] loskarlitos:
I will look into the XBMC for the samba settings. Ftp would be great and would completly solve my problem, is ftp-server preinstalled on the box?

EDIT:

So SAMBA works like a charm now somehow. I opened Nemo file browser under the latest Linux mint and I could see the MX as network device and log in using root/letmein. I also see second network with the name MX (remote login). After I try to open it using root/letmein it shows "SSH program exited abnormaly". Which could also be fault of the SSH client in Linux mint.

But SAMBA works and I can now edit settings on the box much more easier.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kozmo2k4:
Head on over to xbmc.org forums, there is a MX Linux build for the M3/g16ref by [MENTION=423163]dhead[/MENTION] it works great
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
Thanks, I'll take a look. The problem is that everything I tried cannot be installed using stock recovery.

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Send me a PM with errors you get when flashing, from there I'll try to help.

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
I FINALLY found the build that works!! yay M3_LINUX_GBOX-update-Frodo-20140507.zip

The only problem is... mouse, keyboard and the remote for tje tv box dont seem to control anything. Any hint?

Oh and when I plug Usb stick, nothing shows up. Dunno if thats normal.

Maybe usb ports arent working.

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
Yep, USB ports not working. IR not working. No way to control it. And I have no idea how to enter recovery mode to flash something else.

Any help appreciated

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
Anyone?

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kozmo2k4:
Wrong forum. This is for the M6/MX Dual Core AmLogic box, not the M3...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
Does that mean no one cant help me here?

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
This started as a M6/MX forum however the ROM now supports xios/geniatech M3's (stvmc) aswell.

[MENTION=4974544]xfim[/MENTION] what model box do you have?

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] f1ux:
I'm trying to revert to android to try the latest 4.2 rom but the stvmx revert file link doesn't work on here. ( times out when you click download)

I tried the revert files from the atv1200 wiki but it just says assert failed .

Has anyone got a mirror of the revert files from the OP please?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
I will upload to a better host soon, you could use wget to DL it recursively.

Edit: Link works fine for me on in chrome and IE, make sure your not clicking one of there fake download buttons (ads)... I will move file to a new host asap to avoid future issues.

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] f1ux:
Thanks, where can i recursively download it from though? cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
I have a no-branded Amlogic Mbx meson3 reference board f16ref.

G-box midnight xbmc flahed successfully and booted successfully but I cant use USB ports at all nor the IR. Also I cant get into recovery.

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
All links updated on OP for anyone who had issues.

Big thanks goes to [MENTION=2645378]AndroidFileHost[/MENTION]

-------------------

At this time i only support Geniatech/MyGacia/XIOS M3's (STVMC), you might want to check out the J1nx fourms for F16REF builds.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] AndroidFileHost:
Very welcome. Files are being synced to all the servers now :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
Thanks. Btw do you have any hint how to navigate current xbmc without USB or IR or how to get into recovery (I tried hold reset + plug power)

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bruur:
Try with a smartphone and a xbmc remote app.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
I would try to ssh to the box and run "reboot recovery" then flash proper FW .

You can PM me for details if you don't know how to use ssh or I'm sure someone in fourms will help if needed aswell.

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kozmo2k4:
I have had installed [MENTION=431241]lufti[/MENTION]es 13.1 build (from Matricom's forum, found here https://forum.matricom.net/index.php?topic=11717) and it ran without any issues.

Decided to update to 13.2 v1.01r2 (OP) yesterday, so I flashed it right over it. Booted fine, however, after another reboot, it got stuck at the "XBMC 13.2 loading" logo. Shut it off, rebooted to recovery (toothpick), wiped /data and got stuck at the same upon reboot.

Reinstalled original (not Matricom) firmware,, rebooted all ok; tried to reflash 1.01r2, same problem. Reverted back to stock, reflashed [MENTION=431241]lufti[/MENTION]es 13.1build3 without a problem.

I did check the md5 of the downloaded file after I transferred it onto the SD Card and it checked out. I know [MENTION=431241]lufti[/MENTION]e's build is forked off of yours, [MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION]. Any idea why it would take one build, but not the other one?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Mx boxes can load recovery from an sd card and follow instructions in an aml script to flash.

If you have original firmware you could try that you'd need to find a recovery image though.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] xfim:
I already tried recovery sdcard for M3 but it booted normally. Ill try another one soon.

Sent from my GSmart Sierra S1 MT6589T
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Try this

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45502307&postcount=12

I should be able to take any build then
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kozmo2k4:
Installing 1.1.5 should not make any difference, as the Partition (MTD) layout is the same, whether on 1.1.5 or the Stock ROM...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
On new MTD (1.1.6) there is 2 differences from old MTD (1.1.5), nand key is enabled (results in different size data partition) also userdata partition is named "data" instead of "userdata"

Sent from my HTC One M7 GPE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kozmo2k4:
Right, but the main post/download is for Old MTD, if understand it correctly ... My MX/g18ref box was never on New MTD...