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[Miscellaneous Android Development] WearySky:
99% sure it was a AML8726 cpu, but can't check now since I can't boot up past the second openelec splash screen (this one) . And I don't want to pull the heatsink off the cpu to double check, at the moment. At any rate, shorting pins doesn't seem to do anything. Lol. And I *have* been creating bootable sd cards, as far as I know.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
you can check cpu by looking at specs where you bought your item from :) on my boeard there is printed words of which cpu is there and revision.

You may try getting your firmware there should be u-boot.bin (or img) file, use that, for creating boot sd card, not the one i linked. maybe yours differs.

What device you have?

PS codeSnake should put warning or something, i notified him few times about this problem.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] WearySky:
Well, I knew I was taking a risk when I flashed it - mine is branded as a VBox, from VMedia. Really, it's never intended for this use, it's supposed to be a specialty IPTV box that runs their android app for streaming TV. I was just trying to repurpose it because I don't need this one for IPTV any more. I'm getting in touch with the company to see if they'll offer any help, though they don't really have to since I've quite egregiously voided the warranty :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
well i looked at your device and can tell - Use android, use xbmc in android if you want, your interface is beautiful. you would see mine and you will be laughing :D how crappy chinese made it.

superduper sexy:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] WearySky:
Heheh... Well I'm trying to debloat it. It can already run Kodi in the VMedia interface, but I want to get rid of the VMedia interface entirely.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
root it and delete unwanted apks from system\app dir and you will debloat it :)

openelec is just 1 app - xbmc. android can have many of them you can play games browse internet and so on.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] WearySky:
Oh, I know I can do all those things if I root it. But really, this is strictly an XBMC box. Don't need anything else on it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TylerDurdenK:
This M8 box can output 4k video when it has its standard firmware installed. Why do I not have this option when OpenELEC is installed?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
Because you did not submit your code to github and nobody implemented it. You really should have at least minimal knowledge in programming then ask such questions. Because somebody have to write like thousands lines of code to make it and CodeSnake doesnt write much, as i can tell by looking in his github.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TylerDurdenK:
Sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean.

I just asked a question as to why an option that is available in the Android firmware isn't available in OpenELEC.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
Short answer is: because android is android, OpenElec is OpenElec. There is 0 similarities. (exept that both is linux) Everything what your device is capable of -needs to be recreated. from zero So no matter what is in android, it is not always be in OpenElec. Somobody have to write thousands lines of code to make this option possible. So forget it to get it fast. :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] epic1:
keyboard blank

Hi I updated from to 5.0.3 yesterday and all seemed well till I tried to search and the keyboard comes up blank and my wireless keyboard won't input anything do I have to do a whole new install. Any help is welcome .......midnight MX 2 by the way
[Miscellaneous Android Development] deepal720:
Hi Codesnake, thanks for reply to my post. I've installed openelec on my MX2 box from your post and it works great. Thanks for your hard work
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hielkio:
NAND corrupt?

Hi Codesnake,

I'm using your build for a long time now, and I'm very, very happy with it :)

Since the update to version 4.97.3 I've got 2 MX2 boxes with (I suppose) corrupt NAND.

This happened after a while, so not immediately.

I even tried to start from scratch (completely back to stock), but didn't help.

Installation is no problem, but when (as I said) I want to play a movie which needs a little buffer, you don't see the grey bufferbar increase.

Any ideas if, and how I can fix this?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
[MENTION=3905077]kszaq[/MENTION] could you build for MX2 also? I see you build for M8 and MXQ, since codesnake is so busy with Wetek it would be nice to have some recent MX2 builds!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] litan1106:
I have Xiaomi Mibox2 Pro with S812, is there any build for it? I am looking for a guide to port it as well. Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kszaq:
I made some changes that might break Meson6 support and unfortunately I don't have a MX2 to test it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
not worth it. i dont see many if any reason to choose OpenELEC. openElec is just a XBMC, Android have the same functioanlity + many others :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
Tot bad!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] usp:
some rtmp not work on Openelec but work on MX Linux

Hi, I have some rtmp links put in XML livestream add-on. It works on MX Linux but doesn't work on Openelec. Do you know why?

Thanks a lot
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
[MENTION=1821973]codesnake[/MENTION] is a Kodi 14.2 build coming? Do you have any idea when the amlogic soc's are going to be supported by official OE? I must say I don't miss Android at all since you started building the OE images for MX2, so I would really love to have official support.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Yes, OE 5.0.7 with Kodi 14.2 will be released soon. The only Amlogic-based box currently officially supported by OE is WeTek Play.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] inameiname:
Any more updates on any potential fix for those of us with the black screen at boot / hdmi / later kernel issue on our Matricom Gbox/MX2 clone boxes?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Unfortunately it is hard to fix an issue I cannot reproduce.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] inameiname:
Aww, man. I figured as much. I was just hoping for some good news as my official MX2 has become a bit of a paperweight due to being unable to update any further. I had hoped there was some progress otherwise it wouldn't have been mentioned a few months ago that there was a fix for this issue and that it would be coming soon.

Anyway, why Matricom chose to alter the hardware inside as they did which is no doubt the reason for my woes, I do not know. Hopefully it isn't just for a cheaper to manufacture part.

In all, best of luck on continuing to support this for all of us; we are very appreciative.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] plikmuny:
Hi code snake : is there any hope for S812h devices getting the blessings from your hard work?

Atleast upgrade your device to newer more powerful devices and help us with development of openelec rom Pls...

Thanks in advance. Keep up the good work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] avi1333:
hello,

OpenELEC-Amlogic.MX2.arm-5.0.3

will work on CMX(spdif next to the hdmi)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Can't say this for sure, because didn't test on CMX boxes.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] avi1333:
ok,OpenELEC-G18REF_MX2-4.2.0 work on CMX very well,so if 4.2.0 worked its mean that 5.0.3 in thoery need to work too?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
4.2.0 amd 5.0.x use completely different kernel.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TylerDurdenK:
Any news on the DTS-MA passthrough?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nhumber:
is it possible to have an option to "use software decoding for SD video content" option like in other versions of openelec for the amlogic soc(running a square m8 myself), it really helps with older content like DivX and such,. Your build of openelec runs the best for me at least and i'd like to stick with it as i find the others are not nearly as polished and nice as yours. another question is do you have an update on when 4k support is coming? are we waiting for a kernel update from amlogic or is it something else? i tried playing around a bit but go no where. Also, thanks again
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chigo58:
[MENTION=1821973]codesnake[/MENTION] will you be doing another release of openelec 507 for the mx2 by chance? Danke
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jellywobbles:
[MENTION=1821973]codesnake[/MENTION] - you mentioned that there will be OE 5.0.7 with Kodi 14.2 for the G18ref MX2 boxes on April 1st - was this genuine or an April Fools joke, as it is now nearly weeks later & still no sign? :)

Not hassling - just wondering if its now time to switch to Ember or go back to Android as 5.0.3 will not even load on my MX2 (g18ref) clone :(

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KOPRajs:
IR remote not working

Hi,

I'm running 4.2.1 on my G-Box MX2 and it is nearly perfect. The only problem I know of is that guisettings.xml gets corrupted and restored to default when pressing power button during playback. I've tried to update to 5.0.3 and it works but it seems that the kernel from 5.0.3 is missing IR receiver driver so the IR remote is unusable (it is working fine after going back to 4.2.1).

Thanks for this great work!

KOPRajs
[Miscellaneous Android Development] cougar214:
Which version of XBMC/Kodi is this Rom using? Also, I can't find a full walkthrough for flashing this to my M8 box. I am new to this and don't want to screw it up. Do I need to install a recovery? Is the factory recovery what flashes this? See?, I'm clueless....lol. Also, how do I know which version firmware I'm running on this box and if I can still put OpenELEC on it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KOPRajs:
Hi,

I've solved the remote not working problem by removing /storage/.config/remote.conf file.

Now I've got another issue. It seems that my /dev/data (/storage/) partition got corrupted in such way that writing to the device doesn't work. I've tried both formating the device manually by mkfs and by "clear data partition" option in boot loader. All seems fine but after power off for a while I always get back the original corrupted filesystem with all the data back.

Since I can't send the device for a warranty repair I want to workaround the issue by using an external device (SD card or USB flash) as my /storage/ partition. Is this possible? Or do I need to compile moddified image? This would be a nice option to have out-of-box.

Thank you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Just enter the recovery and do factory reset.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] KOPRajs:
Sorry, I should have been more precise. That's what I did but I called it boot loader instead of recovery. After factory reset and reboot I get clean /dev/data and everything is as it should be until powering the device off. Then again my old corrupted data are back exactly as they were before the factory reset. This seems to be very strange HW problem of the flash and there is nothing I can do about it. For now I simply log in via SSH, stop all services, unmount /dev/data, mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 to /storage/ and restart all services. I also tried to unmount /dev/data, run mkfs.ext4 and fsck.ext4 to get it cleaned, but again after power off everything gets back. It seems that writing to the flash is simply not permanent (though I've never seen such thing before).

So I would like to have /dev/mmcblk0p1 mounted on /storage/ after boot instead of /dev/data. I know I can probably edit some script in initramfs and compile my own image but I don't want to do this everytime there's an update if possible. Also such a feature would allow users to have faster/bigger /storage/ than the internal one. So is this possible?

I can think of two ways of doing this:

1. Changing the kernel params if possible.

2. Include simple condition in mount_storage:

If /dev/mmcblk0p1 or /dev/sda1 contains ext4 partition named "STORAGE" then mount it, else mount /dev/data

Thank you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] machinist:
Hi codesnake, this is brilliant work :)

Do you think you'll expand your openelec coding to the Amlogic S812 chip at all? They seem to be gaining in popularity.

Many thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Maybe at some time I will :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Yes, but most likley it will be > 5.0.7
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chigo58:
That would be great - thank you [MENTION=1821973]codesnake[/MENTION]
[Miscellaneous Android Development] niedi_74:
system comes always up with default after reboot

hi all , hi codesnake

if something strange with my mx2 box . at the beging al looks ok. after a while i got some msg on boot with failed to start userconfig.sercive

i've used 5.0.3 i m able to restore backup , but after when i change someting on the system the settings lost afer the reboot.

so i build my 5.0.8 by my selfe from github. after falsh the box on the first boot it looks ok, i set languge and so on ... and after the reboot i need to start again and the system ask the to select laguage .... ;(

systemctl status openelec userconfig.sercive

● openelec.service

Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)

Active: inactive (dead)

● userconfig.sercive.service

Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)

Active: inactive (dead)

is here sometink wrong with the nand , anyone an idea or a tip how to fix to use the box with openlec ?

many thanks

karsten
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lrowell:
Questions

I have a OTT M8 square box flashed openelec 5.0.3 and can not get 1080p, it is stuck on 720p. Is there a way to fix it? Also is there any way to use a MCE remote with the box?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pigbait:
Have you tired these builds? It's OE 5.0.8

http://amlinux.ru/image/5.0.8/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jatoprieto:
who is making these builds? is it codesnake?

why post it on his thread?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pigbait:
They are based on him work
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
so what's wrong with that? Codesnake not invented openelec or something. Also he is not releasing new versions months already so to get new source where to download is good.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lrowell:
Yes I have tried that firmware with the same results, it added loss of audio.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alon24:
use mx2 remote with m8

Hi,

I have an M8 - s802 and its remote does not have many buttons.

I put open elec 503 on it, and now I want to use the old MX2 remote (has more buttons on it), actually I do not have that remote, but I do have it on my harmony remote profile.

I find that the M8 does not accept the old remotes commands (like stop start, ff,rw) and I do not know how to fix.

I think there should be a fix for this with a file, but I cannot seem to find it when searching - can anyone help?

My current solution is in my harmony remote to map the numbers buttons (which do work from mx2) to the stop play,ff and such commands, and then remap these in oe keymaper plugin.

but this is not a good solution in my eyes.

Anyone know of a fix?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ibtihaaz:
Hi guys i have a Vigica C70s and would like to use openElec on this Box ... someone is already it on youtube .. but no tutorial on HOW TO's .. Can someone help check this out for me ... and there is no tutorials even if i google it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Just put this file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/c...mlogic/devices/MX2/filesystem/etc/remote.conf into /storage/.config on your box.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ibtihaaz:
... [MENTION=4402911]afigienas[/MENTION] .... did you have any luck with the C60s Box mate .. i have a C70S ... apparently there is a software for it on the Russian forums .. but its hard for me to get the right translation of how to flash it on my box ... please anyone from russia help me .. :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
hI, WELL SAD NEW.. I TRIED TO INSTALL oPENeLEC MONTH AGO-I SUCEED IN THAT BUT IT JUST NOT STABLE..IT BOOTS FW TIMES THEN HANGS. Not worth the time. android have the same stuff..well not fullhd, but there is xbmc clone (forgot name) it supports fullhd, cause xbmc shows only in 720p in vigica android.

Its easy to flash..but it's very hard to go back to stock...in my case i had to short 2 pings in chip on motherboard. so better use android images.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ibtihaaz:
Shame

Ah thats a Shame you know ... these boxes got some potential u know.. well hopefully in the near future we will get some good roms vigicas :rolleyes:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
OpenElec just limits your device and thats it :) Android is better. OpenElec is just xbmc with plugins... android have xbmc + many other good stuff :) Of course you cant use android xbmc and tvheadend..but this is not big price to pay :) Cause it's buggy and slow on openelec anyways.

There is russian website he have custom android images with fullHD and so on, asks 5euros for it :) I have not tried.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bangout82:
do you use quick support from teamviewer or do you recommend another alternative for remote support? I noticed that with quick support you can only view what the person is doing, but I don't see an option where you can actually take control.

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I'm messing around with an MX box (MBox - or the MX1) and i wanted to flash it with open elec. I only see builds that are made for wetek, raspberry pi, apple tv, and if i'm not mistaken, the matricom boxes. Does anyone have any suggestions here on if there is an official build for mx boxes ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lgmc_lgmc@msn.com:
remote desktop

I use teamviewer to Remote Desktop on the android xbmc / kodi setup. This will allow you to control the user interface.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ibtihaaz:
Hi there actually you are right about the limitations .. but yeah if someone could really develop a nice upto date kitkat that would be really genius .. 5.0 is too far fetched unless they come lollipop as stock ... Have you rooted your C60s by any chance .. ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bangout82:
Sounds good, but what box are you using? I see it allowd for only viewing the person that your remoting to, but other than that It doesn't let you control. I tried with an Mx box, fire tv, and fire stick
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
Hi, im not using this box. i bought it to resell here in my country. I just tried to install OpenElec, there is 2 ways. In flash memory (internal) and in MicroSD. MicroSD better but both of them after some time stops working (dont boot).

Nobody will make any android upgrade..this box is sooo unpopular that there is just no people who would be interested in getting the fame (so small that nobody interested in it) of doing this :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lgmc_lgmc@msn.com:
I used an mx box. Any box on android should work. What are you using to view and control the box. It can only be done from a PC. If you are really technical you can Remote Desktop you pc and control the Remote Desktop on the pc to the android box. (All from your phone)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] roycke:
M8s openelec

I used to run openelec on my old m8 box.

Now im looki g for openelec for my new m8s with amlogic s812. But i can find a working one.

I tried the roms on amlinux.ru but they dont work. It does not reboot.:crying:

Can some one pls help me?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ronison:
Hi all,

Some news about Vigica C70S/C60S support? I'm using Openelec VITMOD 1.4, but it's MicroSD only, and low development active.

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
VitMod is better than Codesnake's rom. Vitod support native remote, codesnake's doesnt.

Anyways nor codesnake or vitmods works stable on Vigica..after day or two-stops booting
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ronison:
Hi,

VITMOD is very stable. I'm using it with no problems. The booting problem is related to ext4 filesystem from microsd second partition. To solves it, you need to format using a linux tool like GParted.

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
Wow, thanks for the info! Will try.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ronison:
Hello,

What version of codesanke you have installed on vigica ? What problems did you face?

The ideal would be to have a trial version that can be used in MicroSD card .

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
i dont remember which version... 5.0.3 maybe..there were no newer versions...as i see now too...

Also when you install codesnake rom there is no clean way back to android...you have to short little circuit board to boot from microsd and flash android.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ronison:
Did you install the MX2 version?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
dont remember that was hundred years ago..but i installed right version all was working except it stopped booting after few boots.

Anyways VitMOD rom much better.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ronison:
Ok. But VITMOD will not be more actualized. I asked to your maintainer and He confirmed. =/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
So what? there is good working version and no need for any improvements. Also where is codesnake's new versions for MX2 ? half year nothing new.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ronison:
Codesnake github (source code) has few days ago commits/improvements.

Btw: OE firmware installed in internal memory would be a good improvement. =)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ronison:
Hello ,

I managed to run the Openelec 6 with Kodi 1.5 RC2 and TVHeadEnd 6.0.1 in Vigica C70S (still on the MicroSD card ).

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] chigo58:
Noticed some forum chatter on other threads too. Eagerly awaiting a new version of openelec for mx2 - even although 5.0.3 as insofar been flawless on my original box.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dragonmasterx:
i wonder if anyone have the skills to port it to this http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_193367.html

i will give to him as gift 2 steam keys random :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
WOW..how? :D i dont even understand how to use CodeSnake's github to make rom :D im programmer, but for windows and web and linux stuff is soooo freaking complicated :D

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:DDD haha.. if you knew how much work need to to do to make something you would laugh at your offer :) It takes months to do something very unstable.

Of course if there is two devices with the same hardware and one have OpenElec other dont-than porting is much easier and dont take much time. but if device is new..it may take half year.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dragonmasterx:
they are all based on same chip therefore porting isnt difficult ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] afigienas:
CPU is only one of the many chips.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lexi81:
[MENTION=1821973]codesnake[/MENTION] Ever since the switch from Frodo to Gotham I experience the problem that passthrough audio is not recognised by my tv, while it is actualy able to receive AC3. Does this have anything to do with the IEC958 patch that was comitted for Wetek? I wonder if this patch would do me any good on my MX2?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] codesnake:
Strange, ny TV recognizes AC3 just fine.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Thooky:
[MENTION=1821973]codesnake[/MENTION].

What is the actually available openelec version? I'm still on 5.0.3, but it sounds that some people are using a newer version. If there is a newer one where can I download it. Btw I'm using a mx2

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] angelos27:
Hi codesnake. Great work on the M8. Needed to ask whether an update is in progress for isengart 15.0.