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    Oman's Xbmc works best with this box. Other versions I was getting audio but no picture. I'm running Finless 1.8 btw.

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      I was using finless 1.8 with xbmc kodi alpha 3 and acceleration set to software and multi thread on. This seemed to be working pretty well. Only issues was interlace issue and occasional crash of xbmc on initial opening of xbmc. Once it has beene opened then works fine. I recently switched to the new Eny rom from Stane and haven't noticed any interlace issues.

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        Originally posted by kodaxx View Post
        What did you do to get that to work?
        Using ants script in init.d

        script is http://www.mediafire.com/download/3b....d_scripts.zip

        works great only thing you need to do apart from copying the files is set ther permissions on the files to be like the resr

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          OK as I am not a XBMC expert. Can someone tell me why the permissions need to be set to 666 on this folder tree?
          Is it to allow you to run standard XBMC instead of a modified one?
          Some plug in problem?

          Fill me in as I can actually add this in my ROM so no script is needed but I want to know what this allows?

          Bob
          "Pzebacz im, bo nie wiedzą, co czynią"
          "Прости им, они не ведают, что творят"
          "Perdona loro perché non sanno quello che fanno"
          "Vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun"
          "Vergeef hen want ze weten niet wat ze doen"
          "Pardonne-leur car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font"
          "Perdónalos porque no saben que lo que hacen"
          "Oprosti im, jer ne znaju Å¡to čine"
          "Forgive them as they know not what they do"





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            Hi Bob
            without this you only get sound and no video. The other alternative to this is to turn off all video acceleration which isn't good.

            This is due to XBMC being already modified on these boxes pre loaded. With this you can use the latest off the XBMC website without problems

            Originally posted by Finless View Post
            OK as I am not a XBMC expert. Can someone tell me why the permissions need to be set to 666 on this folder tree?
            Is it to allow you to run standard XBMC instead of a modified one?
            Some plug in problem?

            Fill me in as I can actually add this in my ROM so no script is needed but I want to know what this allows?

            Bob

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              Originally posted by muk View Post
              Hi Bob
              without this you only get sound and no video. The other alternative to this is to turn off all video acceleration which isn't good.

              This is due to XBMC being already modified on these boxes pre loaded. With this you can use the latest off the XBMC website without problems
              OK so just to be clear... this mod allows your to use the latest XBMC without modification?

              Make me wonder why Beelink or ENY did not add this to the init.rc and other boot files to set those permissions?

              Confirm and I will see what I can do... Maybe even make a update.zip to patch the ROM.

              Bob
              "Pzebacz im, bo nie wiedzą, co czynią"
              "Прости им, они не ведают, что творят"
              "Perdona loro perché non sanno quello che fanno"
              "Vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun"
              "Vergeef hen want ze weten niet wat ze doen"
              "Pardonne-leur car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font"
              "Perdónalos porque no saben que lo que hacen"
              "Oprosti im, jer ne znaju Å¡to čine"
              "Forgive them as they know not what they do"





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                Is there going to be a Finless 1.9 release for M8 square box?

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                  No idea why it's not previously been added. Seems a lot of people don't have a problem with running an old Ver of xbmc or turning off acceleration.

                  Originally posted by Finless View Post
                  OK so just to be clear... this mod allows your to use the latest XBMC without modification?

                  Make me wonder why Beelink or ENY did not add this to the init.rc and other boot files to set those permissions?

                  Confirm and I will see what I can do... Maybe even make a update.zip to patch the ROM.

                  Bob

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                    PATCH for Permissions - PLEASE TEST

                    OK so this was pretty easy. Not sure why they are making a modified XBMC to fix the permissions when it can easily be done in boot.img.

                    Please test this patch.
                    All this does is replace boot.img in my Finless 1.8 ROM for the ENY square box.
                    I have tested and check the permissions of the files after applying and they are correct. Just don't have time to test standard XBMC.

                    It does not erase or do anything else. The boot.img is a modified one to fix permissions and is to ONLY BE USED with my ENY Square box Finless 1.8 ROM


                    No instructions! Just apply the update from recovery. If you don't know how to do that then you should not be messing with it.

                    REMEMBER TO TEST THIS, Remove all the init.d script you may have added BEFORE applying this patch. If you don't then your not testing it!

                    If this works for everyone I will start to add it to all my future ROMs.

                    Let me know how it goes...

                    Download:

                    PATCH -> EM8 Tomato Square Box - Finless ROM 1.8 - XBMC Permissions Patch (8 megs)


                    Bob
                    "Pzebacz im, bo nie wiedzą, co czynią"
                    "Прости им, они не ведают, что творят"
                    "Perdona loro perché non sanno quello che fanno"
                    "Vergib ihnen, denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun"
                    "Vergeef hen want ze weten niet wat ze doen"
                    "Pardonne-leur car ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font"
                    "Perdónalos porque no saben que lo que hacen"
                    "Oprosti im, jer ne znaju Å¡to čine"
                    "Forgive them as they know not what they do"





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                      Permission patch works fine!

                      Originally posted by Finless View Post
                      OK so this was pretty easy. Not sure why they are making a modified XBMC to fix the permissions when it can easily be done in boot.img.

                      Please test this patch.
                      All this does is replace boot.img in my Finless 1.8 ROM for the ENY square box.
                      I have tested and check the permissions of the files after applying and they are correct. Just don't have time to test standard XBMC.

                      It does not erase or do anything else. The boot.img is a modified one to fix permissions and is to ONLY BE USED with my ENY Square box Finless 1.8 ROM


                      No instructions! Just apply the update from recovery. If you don't know how to do that then you should not be messing with it.

                      REMEMBER TO TEST THIS, Remove all the init.d script you may have added BEFORE applying this patch. If you don't then your not testing it!

                      If this works for everyone I will start to add it to all my future ROMs.

                      Let me know how it goes...

                      Download:

                      PATCH -> EM8 Tomato Square Box - Finless ROM 1.8 - XBMC Permissions Patch (8 megs)


                      Bob
                      Dear Bob,

                      Fantastic! I can confirm this patch works!
                      FYI, Just for testing purpose! I am using M8N with XBMC 13.2 (latest stable XBMC without modification) from XBMC.org! Of course with your ROM 1.8! Without this patch, XBMC can plays only audio (No Video)!

                      P/S: Just sent you PM, please accept my little gift for your good works!
                      I look forward to your future ROMs development! Will it be included in 1.9?

                      Thank you very much!
                      Last edited by LeMinh; 20 September 2014, 23:00.

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                        Re: NEW - Finless 1.8 for EM8 Square Box

                        Originally posted by LeMinh View Post
                        Dear Bob,

                        Fantastic! I can confirm this patch works!
                        FYI, Just for testing purpose! I am using M8N with XBMC 13.2 (latest stable XBMC without modification) from XBMC.org! Of course with your ROM 1.8! Without this path, XBMC can plays only audio (No Video)!

                        P/S: Just sent you PM, please accept my little gift for your good works!
                        I look forward to your future ROMs development! Will it be 1.9?

                        Thank you very much!
                        Hello what does the patch do that finless made. For his 1.8 version....im using finless 1.7 at the moment coz didnt like finless 1.8 many bugs.........i mainly use it for xbmc ...no gaming...plain media streamer...thanks...might try tomorrow if i get time...

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                          Originally posted by muk View Post
                          Using ants script in init.d

                          script is http://www.mediafire.com/download/3b....d_scripts.zip

                          works great only thing you need to do apart from copying the files is set ther permissions on the files to be like the resr
                          where do you copy this file to thanks ?

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                            Originally posted by branna View Post
                            where do you copy this file to thanks ?
                            Do not unzip it, just put it on your sd card and reboot into recovery and install from there.

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                              cheers will give that a go

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                                Installs but boots only to Finless bob wallpaper

                                I have just installed the finless 1.8 ROm. It installs correctly but when it reboots it just shows the Finless Bob 1.8 Rom screen and stops there....

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