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[Miscellaneous Android Development] angusb:
Installed RC1 yesterday and I have found that where on beta 0.20 the TVCatchup plugin's BBC HD streams had audio and video way out of sync, under RC1 they are now perfectly synced. Nice work and thanks very much for this. I still can't attach to any wifi networks but thats a minor issue for me.

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] juakime:
g02refdongle

hello, i have a droid stick a2. the stick boot, but not connect to any wifi or wired net.

any avance?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Means it is using broadcom wifi, i am working on fixing this please hold tight i hope to have it working soon.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] juakime:
Ok, I'm subscribed at thread, thank u!

Enviado desde mi GT-I9505 mediante Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shlomicthailand:
couple of problems

Hi

first thanks for this great project , as you said in the opening , many people want this , so thanks for sharing

i have couple of problems

1. as mentioned before by dhead666 , i also suffer from sound problem with Tvheadend client with AAC encoding.

2. i cannot winscp to /etc/xbmc - i get an error , although logged in as root

3. for some reason xbmc would not respect advanced_settings.xml at /root/.xbmc/userdata -

EDIT : fixed by converting to ANSI

4. i have some overscan issue - the picture is getting wider than TV

EDIT: fixed by calibrating with XBMC settings - system ->video->calibration

thanks for any help

Shlomi
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
Can't u use the zoom and calibration functions of xbmc to fix that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mbtsm:
NetworkManager pligin not work after install script error i need to help me please

my ssid hidden
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shlomicthailand:
Solved

thanks i didn't know XBMC had this option - as most of my devices /TVs didn't had this problem

thank you

Shlomi
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mbtsm:
wifi after restart not connect auto and same time freezes
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Hi, I can use the wireless and after reboot it auto connects! But one of my friends it won't connect to his wireless.. anyone know why? Is it to do with different types of routers or different security wep wpa etc.. trying to figure out why its fine on my wireless but not on my friends!! Thanks :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
Wifi seems to have issues with WEP, hidden SSID, and SSID that are very long... eg. my SSID is 6 characters long and security is WPA2 (this setup is working)

im looking at wifi issues aswell as a couple others, please hang tight and fixs will come in time.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Hey,

Thanks for the response! Least that gives me an idea of why it works for me and not him :)

No worries at all regarding fixes, appreciate all the work you do anyway! So fix is ready when ever its ready :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] elboby:
I'm unable to save settings on the xbmc...:eek:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mrdally204:
Please be more specific. What box do you have, what build you are using, and what setting specifically you are talking about? The more information you provide the better help you will receive :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] elboby:
I'm using a GBOX Midnight MX2 and the RC.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mbtsm:
i have same problem after restart GBOX Midnight MX2:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
Make sure you chose the right MTD version of the build. Coming from 1.1.6 Android, you need the new MTD layout.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] elboby:
Solution GBox MX2

I got a solution.

First I downgraded to GBox MX2 1.1.5 firmware and then flash the MX_LINUX_v1.00-RC1-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip

Working great! No problems.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stingraycrazy:
cnx-software.com/2013/12/08/geniatech-releases-xbmc-linux-image-for-aml8726-mx-based-media-players

Have you seen this yet? Will this boot on a Bluetimes MX5? :D I'm going to give it a shot tonight...

Frank
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stingraycrazy:
Nope wont boot it trys and then say wrong build..

Any news on MX5 linux?

Frank
[Miscellaneous Android Development] niabi:
does anyone know if this would work on STVMX boards? ATV120/ATV1200 from Geniatech?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ilanad:
Just loaded RC1 on a brand new MX2, a few little things...

.. well maybe one not so little... but on the whole good! Running wired connection to a 32tb UNRaid server...

1080p MOSTLY plays good, I've got one file that gives it fits.. but then it did that on a quadcore AM2/GT430 card.. so that's an encode problem I say.

however.. it's feeding a 47"

1) When it starts up, the "MX Linux" splash is full screen the XMBC splash(s) are in the upper left corner, look like they are not being scaled up right (cosmetic)

2) Noticed some delay on starting up playing videos off the server.. about 2 seconds of freeze frame and then they play fine

3) a few files are cutting off about 2 seconds early on playback.. this may be encode specific, so I need to dig deeper to that.

ok here's the real problem

Have a 16gb USB Stick in USB0, named USERDATA (all caps)

I can start up and see the 'copying USERDATA' message on the XBMC Splash

I can go thru and set everything (screen to 1080p, time zone, internet (wired, it's not picking that up), etc, etc, etc...

I do a POWER DOWN, thru the interface.. it will sit for a few minutes and then power up

all setting are GONE and it's back to the default. and it says 'copying USERDATA' again..

ok this may be user error, but how should I have the stick formatted? any other precautions, etc?

Other than that, smooth :) I haven't installed any addons yet but it's looking pretty good so far, some glitches but nothing that looks insurmountable :) WELL DONE!

ADDENDUM: OK it's not saving the setting without the USB Stick in either :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] adamzfun:
Network Connection Failure and XBMCHUB Wizard

First, thanks for making this build, I have the generic MX box and I really like it.

This is an issue I have tested twice now and verified. When you install something like XBMCHUB Wizard and use it to set up your box, you reboot and then you cannot access the network connections. It simply will not let you click to choose the network.

Given the ease of using the wizards, I would like to find a work around for this. Also it seems you cannot install 1Channel anymore unless you use the wizard. Catch22.

Perhaps this has been discussed already but there are so many pages in this topic already.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gibgareth:
Superb work!!! Just have one issue, i cannot install any addon, any ideas?

As for SMB 720P and all my mkv files works perfectly even over wifi!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lb4406:
Thanks

ATV1200 (sunvision Cyclone) works brilliantly much better than it did with android on it. Hardware on/off button works on mine and all remote buttons afaict.

Also plays a 1080p file that I've never managed to play smoothly over the network on any of my other xbmc systems so far.

Only minor flaw is I can't seem to install addons - Youtube for example downloads then at around 85% says Installation Failed. I tried a couple of others and had a similar result - Not looked at the log file yet.

Also overnight it appeared to have "died" was displaying no output. Rebooted it and there were no wifi options seen and it wasn't on the network. Rebooted again and it hung on the inital boot screen for ages, yanked the power, it rebooted again and is ok now.

That aside thanks its excellent - Is there a way to exit down to the linux CLI at all or remote into it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] desmondo1:
wired network seems very slow

My Ethernet on a 120mb connection is very slow using the g18ref rc1. I have an OEM g18ref which was running the droidtv firmware well. The box is very snappy on Linux and much quicker in general. Strangely the WiFi seems much faster than the ETH. I have tried a few 1080p vids and they start of well but start buffering very quickly under either connection. SD stuff is fine, just really the 1080p additionally like others wireless settings are dropped after reboot. When I did the ssh stuff my mtd differed slightly so I will try the other version for new MTD and report back. Xunity etc installed no bother. Excellent work in general and I will keep an eye out for new builds, also like some others the network settings seem a little buggy not allowing changes until ETH removed. Is it wise to flash to android again before reflash and do a wipe etc in recovery?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] desmondo1:
Mainly networking issues

Ok I have now flashed both rc's on my OEM G18ref.

My internet connection 120mbps down and 11mbps up checked on speed test. I am using cat6 cabling with gigabit ethernet switch. Wired works well on android 80-90mbps down on android speed test.

RC1 old mtd works best for me - Only issue ethernet connection and loss of network settings after reboot. UI itself extremely fast, fusion and xunity appear to work for me just fine. I was able to play full 1080p over wireless and the pic was awesome however lots of buffering. Typical speed for downloads 250kbps over wired network with no other traffic on. Possibly a driver issue?

RC1 new mtd - Wifi is a little better in this one but ethernet is awful 50kbps almost dial up levels so no good for 1080p. Random crashes and loss of all addons on reboot.

In addition i wanted to add a 1st and secondary vpn dns in settings but there is only room for one under system settings, is this normal on xbmc. I know of openvpn but no idea how to configure this with a dns or where to get a config file.

Hope my feedback helps for future releases..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gibgareth:
Sorted the addon issue

All you need to do is power on with the toothpick in the av port or upgrade button and then wipe all data / format.

Boot back up into XBMC and add the addon's. You might need to force a refresh for the addon's to show as not broken.

THANKS FOR THE HARD WORK!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ilanad:
Any guidance on downgrading to the 1.15 rom? The 1. 16 just won't save any settings (yes I wiped cache /data) tried to flash 1.15 and get installation failed.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mr. ya-di-da:
Please help !!!!! I flashed this on my gbox midnight mx2 and now its stuck on a glowing red xbmc screen and it does nothing !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Try factory reset and wipe cache.. then reflash and reboot!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] elboby:
You have to unzip the 1.1.5 firmware on the SD card.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mr. ya-di-da:
I did..now it aborts the install ! Am I suppose to unzip anything. I didn't the first time and it installed but now froze on glowing red xbmc screen

---------- Post added at 09:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:48 AM ----------

After you unzip it which file do you flash. Because on the SD card in the recovery doesn't show the unzipped files in the ext unless they are .zip ? Plus mine doesn't ever do an automatic install. Just always boots to the recovery only but doesn't do anything automatic.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ilanad:
I did.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cngdxd:
where is the prebuild kernel's source and the config file?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] roy8846:
will this box be able to use this linux version of xbmc?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TV-Box-MX...ternet_TV_Media_Streamers&hash=item4acd49a089

After a cheap box for the bedroom ;)

Thanks!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Yes the same box I use! And this firmware works fine
[Miscellaneous Android Development] -lukin-:
I've been using Geniatech's release of Linux-based XBMC (http://www.geniatech.com/down-eng/androidtvbox/MX_BOX-Linux_XBMC20131205.zip) on MyGica Dual Core ATV520 (http://www.mygica.com/product.asp?id=166). It's up and running pretty good over the past week. If you're interested, there's a discussion here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=170791&pid=1567386#pid1567386

I don't want to take away from all that Corey et al. have been doing. Thanks very much.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mr. ya-di-da:
I flashed this on my midnight mx2..twice and it stays froze on the xbmc screen and does nothing. Did factory reset,wiped cache . Had to flash back to original 1.1.6 firmware
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Hi,

Anyone know how to make a backup on this? So dont need to keep setting up everything from scratch? Nandroid backup wont work will it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] davidkhan:
Hi , what is the SSH password?

cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Openelec

---------- Post added at 10:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 AM ----------

Is there anyway of setting up a VPN within this firmware? Thanks in advance
[Miscellaneous Android Development] davidkhan:
Is "Openelec" passsword? cant make it work

username : root , password : ???

cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Username is root and password is openelec.. no capitals..

If that ain't working then you must not have an original image and password has been changed
[Miscellaneous Android Development] davidkhan:
Thanks for your info , i installed again

MX_LINUX_v1.00-RC1-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip 97.90 MB

MD5: b92e8a0d757832b227bb759e7d7ea1b6

from first page of this topic using root and openelec for password but still "access denied" and not work

cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
That's 100% the password so you must be doing something wrong, what are you actually trying to do?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] davidkhan:
Hi just installed and connect internet and use PuTTY , then it ask for username

login as: >>> i type root

root@192.168.0.13's password: >> i type openelec

Access denied

What i am missing?

cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shlomicthailand:
i believe the password is: letmein
[Miscellaneous Android Development] davidkhan:
Yeap , cool , that is the one , thanks to both shlomicthailand and braders2k

cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
That's my mistake.. getting confused with another box I got which is running openelec..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] maormark:
Can't change the dhcp setting it's locked on automatic.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jacksmind:
My current problem is that when I scrape an external usb drive and then REBOOT the info doesn't save. I go to 'movies' or 'tv shows' and it's completely blank. It was works great before the reboot. I've flashed about a dozen times. I've tried:

* started with jaybobs rom and it would lock up too often

* I purchaed my box from amazon, it was not the 'newer version' (whatever that means).

* tried both newmtd and the other rc1 rom

* upgraded to 1.1.6 android rom first and flashed the newmtd build

* I wipe cache, factory reset, install rom each time I try

* I've installed from usb but then purchased an 8 gig sdcard and installed from there

* all movies work fine off of usb drive, it's just remembering the settings after reboot (paticularly scraping info)

I'm at my wits end. My box is basically unuseable if I can't show coverart and the scrapped info (it's for my mom who needs the easiest setup possible).

Any help would be great!

Thanks

jack
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wulfnuts:
i'm getting an Installation aborted error

-- Install /udisk ...

finding update package...

extracting update package...

extract update package error.

installation aborted.

anyone know what the deal is? i doubled checked my box and system info says its the g18ref board amlogic meson6 g02 customer reference

so it should work right?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] heham:
i have two tv box with aml 8726-mx

1.

dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00800000 00200000 "logo"

mtd1: 00800000 00200000 "aml_logo"

mtd2: 00800000 00200000 "recovery"

mtd3: 00800000 00200000 "boot"

mtd4: 40200000 00200000 "system"

mtd5: 20000000 00200000 "cache"

mtd6: 10000000 00200000 "backup"

mtd7: 8c600000 00200000 "data"

mtd8: 00060000 00001000 "bootloader

mtd9: 00010000 00001000 "ubootenv"

2.

dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00800000 00400000 "bootargs"

mtd1: 00800000 00400000 "misc"

mtd2: 00800000 00400000 "baseparam"

mtd3: 00800000 00400000 "logo"

mtd4: 01000000 00400000 "aml_logo"

mtd5: 06000000 00400000 "fastplay"

mtd6: 01000000 00400000 "recovery"

mtd7: 01000000 00400000 "boot"

mtd8: 20400000 00400000 "system"

mtd9: 20000000 00400000 "cache"

mtd10: 40400000 00400000 "userdata"

mtd11: 71800000 00400000 "NFTL_Part"

mtd12: 00400000 00001000 "bootloader

mtd13: 00008000 00001000 "ubootenv"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wulfnuts:
ok so my MTD looks like this... but i tried to flash anyways and keep getting the install error

is it possible the device needs to be rooted?(if its not)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
According to the xbmc wiki video with AAC streams wil be converted to ac3 if the receiver only supports ac3. But this doesn't seem to be happening on this box. It used to work with xbmc4xbox. Is this a limitation of the box or the ROM?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] haiishq:
data Not presisting

I wiped, installed MX_LINUX_v1.00-RC1-NEWMTD-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip booted into system, everything worked fine. I tried to install addon, noting was available form the repo. I did a manual addon from zip. Worked fine. I reboot my addon is not persisting?

I wiped and tried MX_LINUX_v1.00-RC1-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip with exact same results.

Also when I tried to winscp I got error (connection close 127 I think) . Putty connected fine

Please help on the persisting issue, and also repo addons

Thanks

---------- Post added at 05:08 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:57 AM ----------

I flashed MX_LINUX_v1.00-RC1-NEWMTD-G18REF_MX2REF-update and then tried to restore to original firmware I downloaded from

http://matriserver.com/files/MX2/firmware/MX2-full-1.1.6-firmware-RC.zip

After "Verifying update package...." I got Installation Aborted :( please help restoring back to android as I had problem with MX_LINUX_v1.00-RC1-NEWMTD-G18REF_MX2REF-update Data not persisting

I resolved this by

First I downgraded to GBox MX2 1.1.5 firmware and then flash the MX_LINUX_v1.00-RC1-G18REF_MX2REF-update.zip

---------- Post added at 05:30 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:08 AM ----------

I resolved Reverting by unzip it to your PC, then copy the the files to your SD Card
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
[MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION] I see that Amlogic is supported in Android nightlies from now on. Does that help the linux development as well?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] braders2k:
Anyone having issues with device not saving settings after reboot.. install 1.1.5 from following link, needs to be done from SD card.. then flash RC1 as normal and all will be fine as stated in post a few pages back...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=45502307&postcount=12
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dhead666:
[MENTION=3484100]croniccorey[/MENTION]

Now that XBMC is officialy supported under Android I believe we can open an issue in XBMC Trac system about the the bug of Tvheadend with AAC audio.

On the latest Android nightlies the PVR addons are incompatible and disabled so we still need to wait a bit before submitting the issue.

I will report this soon when the Tvheadend addon can be tested on XBMC Android nightly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Biatsch:
ATV 1200

for atv 1200 users watch on this Forum http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=150342&page=110
[Miscellaneous Android Development] heham:
dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 00800000 00200000 "logo"

mtd1: 00800000 00200000 "aml_logo"

mtd2: 00800000 00200000 "recovery"

mtd3: 00800000 00200000 "boot"

mtd4: 40200000 00200000 "system"

mtd5: 20000000 00200000 "cache"

mtd6: 10000000 00200000 "backup"

mtd7: 8c600000 00200000 "data"

mtd8: 00060000 00001000 "bootloader

mtd9: 00010000 00001000 "ubootenv"

modify a little it works ,but eth and usb can not work,evry time shart up must wipe data and cache before ,if not can not start up

sorry for my english
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daddylicious:
What did you modify to get it working

Grtz
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
http://d-h.st/g9F - Here is a test build of the new buildroot branch (2013.11-Amlogic) it is for oldmtd g18ref, please test and leave feedback
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
ssh/putty logon info:

logon: root

password: letmein

i will make note of this in OP so it is not a repeated question :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
No worries, there build is a fork of my repos so only major difference is kernel probably.

i have got atv1200/520 booting with my builds now just working out a few more issues then it will be posted but will require the android uboot not the linux one geniatech released.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dimskom:
Hope you didnt forget us with the blutimes mx5 :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daddylicious:
Untill a linux version is available, i'm using a android xbmc nightly from 30-12-2013. It's working oke for me. Including smb and nfs shares.

Grtz
[Miscellaneous Android Development] duall:
Can someone confirm if any similiar PVR plugin like tvheadend is working ?

If yes which one
[Miscellaneous Android Development] croniccorey:
It is on the TODO list :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dimskom:
Great. :thumbup:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wason92:
Flashed on generic MX box from ebay ~£50

Board name: HD18 v2.22

mtd layout

dev: size erasesize name
mtd0: 00800000 00200000 "bootloader"
mtd1: 00400000 00200000 "ubootenv"
mtd2: 00800000 00200000 "logo"
mtd3: 00800000 00200000 "aml_logo"
mtd4: 00800000 00200000 "recovery"
mtd5: 00800000 00200000 "boot"
mtd6: 40600000 00200000 "system"
mtd7: 20000000 00200000 "cache"
mtd8: 10000000 00200000 "backup"
mtd9: 18c600000 00200000 "userdata"

Not tested much yet, though all playback works fine.

Thanks for the hard work

Would it be possible to enable local tty switching?

So one could ctrl+alt+f2 into another tty, rather than having to connect over ssh.

I also think it would be a great idea to see if you could setup sleep or hibernate. I know hibernate would sacrifice some space for swap, I'm not even sure if that would work with the lack of hardware switch though. Just a suggestion