SPMC Gotham 13.3

[mike808]

Hi, guys, just got my first s82b in the mail, and first thing I did is install the latest finless 1.9 rom. Everything seems to be working good. I tried a few difference versions of xbmc, oman and stane, and they work good, they ask for superuser permission after install. I also installs the latest spmc 13.3 which didn't ask for any supersu permissions and it worked fine initially, however, i think after a reboot, if i try to play something using spmc it shows no video. Could it be it needs some special permissions etc,. and if so how do i go about doing it.

[mike808]

Hi, guys, just got my first s82b in the mail, and first thing I did is install the latest finless 1.9 rom. Everything seems to be working good. I tried a few difference versions of xbmc, oman and stane, and they work good, they ask for superuser permission after install. I also installs the latest spmc 13.3 which didn't ask for any supersu permissions and it worked fine initially, however, i think after a reboot, if i try to play something using spmc it shows no video. Could it be it needs some special permissions etc,. and if so how do i go about doing it.

Ok, an update, is I install stane's xbmc and start it up once and it asks for supersu permission and I grant that and then I just exit. Now, doing this brings the video back in SPMC. The reason I want to use SPMC is that it plays some 1080P movies flawlessly, with Stane's or Oman's xbmc the video freezes after 10minutes, which doesn't happen with SPMC. However, after reboot, there's again no video in SPMC.

Is there something I can do to fix this instead of installing stane's xbmc? Are there any permissions etc., that I need to change? Please help. Thanks.

[oman]

    // certain aml devices have 664 permission, we need 666.    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/video/axis");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/video/screen_mode");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/video/disable_video");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/tsync/pts_pcrscr");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/audiodsp/digital_raw");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/ppmgr/ppmgr_3d_mode");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor");
    CLog::Log(LOGINFO, "aml_permissions: permissions changed");

In xbmc,it will change the permission of these node to 666...I guess in SPMC it didnt do that..

[mike808]

    // certain aml devices have 664 permission, we need 666.    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/video/axis");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/video/screen_mode");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/video/disable_video");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/tsync/pts_pcrscr");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/audiodsp/digital_raw");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/class/ppmgr/ppmgr_3d_mode");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq");
    system("su -c chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor");
    CLog::Log(LOGINFO, "aml_permissions: permissions changed");

In xbmc,it will change the permission of these node to 666...I guess in SPMC it didnt do that..

Is there a version of XBMC that fixes the 10 minute problem with 1080p movies? please let me know, I will install that one. Otherwise I will use stane's build for now. Thanks.

Also, I went to the latest stock 108 firmware for this device, the new finless rom has some problems, the mouse doesn't work after waking up from sleep. I added the clock widget to homescreen and it woldn't let me change the position of the widget afterwards, only after a reboot. Also, there is too much weird logos and advertising for geekbuying, etc. looks like a freakshow. lol!

P.S. No disrespect for finless, i love his roms, it's just that i like the stock look (start up screen, animation etc.,) for these android tv players better. You have to have an acquired taste for the looks of finless roms.

[mike808]

I installed the latest nightly version of xbmc and that does solve the 10min freeze on 1080p videos, however, it has some other quirks.

Isn't it possible to implement this in the Oman or Stane versions of xbmc? This would make them perfect, there would be no need for the SPMC or nightly version if this could be achieved. Also, the latest version of xbmc for minix also solves this issue as well as the audio sync issue, but i guess there's no way to install it in s82b? Or is there?

[no_spam_for_me]

NO...
(You are right, it isn't able to install the minix xbmc)

[oman]

video freezes after 10minutes with the stock xbmc(108k4)?

Did you test many of 1080P videos or only one?

[mike808]

video freezes after 10minutes with the stock xbmc(108k4)?

Did you test many of 1080P videos or only one?

If you go into mashup and under hd movies go to Demon88, all movies are true 1080p and most of them if not all will not go beyond 10 minutes for some reason, this doesn't happen with the latest spmc gotham or the nightly build or the latest minix build which I think was developed by the same person who makes spmc.

I have the latest spmc installed on my mk808b and the same movies play flawlessly without any freezing. However, with stock xbmc on 108k4, and also with oman's xbmc and stane's xbmc, the same movies freeze, no video, only audio plays.

[no_spam_for_me]

Yes, both are by koying...
Are you able to use the minix xbmc at a non minix device?

[TMx]

If you go into mashup and under hd movies go to Demon88, all movies are true 1080p and most of them if not all will not go beyond 10 minutes for some reason, this doesn't happen with the latest spmc gotham or the nightly build or the latest minix build which I think was developed by the same person who makes spmc.

I have the latest spmc installed on my mk808b and the same movies play flawlessly without any freezing. However, with stock xbmc on 108k4, and also with oman's xbmc and stane's xbmc, the same movies freeze, no video, only audio plays.

+1
Issue is there... minute 10 boom Picture Pauses but audio running ok
Movie host is billionuploads ... Other Hosts are ok if you check Hackermill 1080p section...

[mike808]

Yes, both are by koying...
Are you able to use the minix xbmc at a non minix device?

No, I haven't tried this, however, I'm pretty sure it will check minix hardware and not install.

[no_spam_for_me]

OK, but you wrote "... this doesn't happen with the latest spmc gotham or the nightly build or the latest minix build ..." so I understand that you are able to test it at this device and that's what I'm wondering in...

[oman]

If you go into mashup and under hd movies go to Demon88, all movies are true 1080p and most of them if not all will not go beyond 10 minutes for some reason, this doesn't happen with the latest spmc gotham or the nightly build or the latest minix build which I think was developed by the same person who makes spmc.I have the latest spmc installed on my mk808b and the same movies play flawlessly without any freezing. However, with stock xbmc on 108k4, and also with oman's xbmc and stane's xbmc, the same movies freeze, no video, only audio plays.

Ok,I'll look into it.

[dankec]

Ok,I'll look into it.

Just to add: It's not happening with Stane's linux XBMC fw. All tested hd movies in mashup work fine.

[mike808]

OK, but you wrote "... this doesn't happen with the latest spmc gotham or the nightly build or the latest minix build ..." so I understand that you are able to test it at this device and that's what I'm wondering in...

The latest minix xbmc is installed on a friend's x8-h, not on my s82. I opted for the s82b over the x8-h and I'm quiet pleased, haven't had a single reboot or freeze in a couple of days and the stock remote works pretty well. I'm using the latest nightly kodi build which also doesn't have the 10min freeze problem. I'm using the latest 1084k stock firmware on it right now. Tried finless 1.9 but there were problems when it awoke back from sleep mode, mouse would no longer work. Also, with finless I added the clock widget to the home screen and it froze up the home screen, wouldn't let me change the position of the widget or get into wallpaper menu until I did a reboot. I'm surprised because it's also based off of the latest 1084k firmware.