[ROM] OpenELEC for Amlogic-based TV boxes (M8, MXQ, TV110, MX2/G18)

[lowsum]

Put the .tar file in the openelec update folder and reboot openelec then updates itself.

Thanks for the heads-up!

BTW. Anyone have erratic movement with the spinning color bars visualizations?

[polys]

I just need to swap:

1. Home with Volume Up
2. Menu with Volume Down

Anyone?

[warlock09]

Thanks very much codesnake ..success installing on my M8N pcb no. M9&M8 V1.0 2104/07/07 with black round remote ...very quick installation...this box will never be the same again..need to test some more..give feedback tomorrow ...one question , anybody here know how to copy my .xbmc file on android from here is it compatible ?saves me from setting up again one by one if its possible..thank you again.

[Bogart7777]

Sd drive location?

I am trying to do a backup on my sd card. Code snakes rom show the sd drive in the system but I cannot find its location when I want to do a backup when I browse the folders in xbmc backup. Can anyone help me locate where it is .thanks in advance. Very nice rom

[codesnake]

I am trying to do a backup on my sd card. Code snakes rom show the sd drive in the system but I cannot find its location when I want to do a backup when I browse the folders in xbmc backup. Can anyone help me locate where it is .thanks in advance. Very nice rom

It is mounted under /media diectory.

[snelsy]

Thanks very much codesnake ..success installing on my M8N pcb no. M9&M8 V1.0 2104/07/07 with black round remote ...very quick installation...this box will never be the same again..need to test some more..give feedback tomorrow ...one question , anybody here know how to copy my .xbmc file on android from here is it compatible ?saves me from setting up again one by one if its possible..thank you again.

I used my xbmc backup from android by installing xbmc backup app and then using that to restore the existing android backup,it installed fine i just had to reset mashup and the urls for live tv by vdub had to be added.

[al8782]

I am trying to do a backup on my sd card. Code snakes rom show the sd drive in the system but I cannot find its location when I want to do a backup when I browse the folders in xbmc backup. Can anyone help me locate where it is .thanks in advance. Very nice rom

Go to OpenELEC settings and do a back first even if and it will make a backup folder. From what Ive noticed there is no backup folder until you actually do a back up.

If you do a new box do a backup on it right away which takes 2 seconds since there's nothing on it.

[Bogart7777]

Thank you

[al8782]

I noticed that when I shutdown the box it powers off but when I turn it back on with the remote it loads right into xbmc. It doesn't load first to openelec logo then gotham logo but straight into xbmc.

[codesnake]

I noticed that when I shutdown the box it powers off but when I turn it back on with the remote it loads right into xbmc. It doesn't load first to openelec logo then gotham logo but straight into xbmc.

That's because it doesn't gets turned off, but goes to sleep.

[polys]

Everything working perfectly on my M8N except the remote (as expected). Some of the keys are wrongly mapped (e.g. Volume, context menu etc).
I copied the original remote.conf found in the stock rom to /storage/.config then rebooted but that messed the remote mappings even more. What is the best way for remapping the keys?

This is the remote:



For example, the Menu (context menu) button is swapped with the VOL-

What do I need to change in the following remote.conf (taken from /etc)?

# ZAP-A10 NEC remotefactory_code    = 0xfe010001
work_mode       = 0
repeat_enable   = 1
release_delay   = 121
debug_enable    = 1
reg_control     = 0xfbe40


key_begin
        0x4e 2          ;NUM_1
        0x0d 3          ;NUM_2
        0x0c 4          ;NUM_3
        0x4a 5          ;NUM_4
        0x09 6          ;NUM_5
        0x08 7          ;NUM_6
        0x46 8          ;NUM_7
        0x05 9          ;NUM_8
        0x04 10         ;NUM_9
        0x01 11         ;NUM_0
        0x42 111        ;DEL
        0x51 105        ;LEFT
        0x16 103        ;UP
        0x50 106        ;RIGHT
        0x1a 108        ;DOWN
        0x13 28         ;OK
        0x10 46         ;MENU
        0x41 66         ;MUTE
        0x11 78         ;VOL+
        0x4c 74         ;VOL-
        0x18 1          ;HOME
        0x19 14         ;EXIT
        0x40 116        ;POWER
key_end

Edit: Even if I copy the exact same file from /etc/remote.conf in /storage/.config and reboot, the remote does not work at all.

@codesnake Any idea about this. Is it possible that the auto load of remote.conf from /storage/.config doesn't properly work. It definitely does something but even if i copy the same file from /etc/ the remote doesn't work at all.

I hate to have to go back to Android just because of the remote.

[codesnake]

@codesnake Any idea about this. Is it possible that the auto load of remote.conf from /storage/.config doesn't properly work. It definitely does something but even if i copy the same file from /etc/ the remote doesn't work at all.

I hate to have to go back to Android just because of the remote.

Try to configure the remote manually by running amremote_config /path/to/your/remote.conf from terminal. Also, are you sure you use correct remote.conf?

[codesnake]

Everything working perfectly on my M8N except the remote (as expected). Some of the keys are wrongly mapped (e.g. Volume, context menu etc).
I copied the original remote.conf found in the stock rom to /storage/.config then rebooted but that messed the remote mappings even more. What is the best way for remapping the keys?

This is the remote:



For example, the Menu (context menu) button is swapped with the VOL-

What do I need to change in the following remote.conf (taken from /etc)?

# ZAP-A10 NEC remotefactory_code    = 0xfe010001
work_mode       = 0
repeat_enable   = 1
release_delay   = 121
debug_enable    = 1
reg_control     = 0xfbe40


key_begin
        0x4e 2          ;NUM_1
        0x0d 3          ;NUM_2
        0x0c 4          ;NUM_3
        0x4a 5          ;NUM_4
        0x09 6          ;NUM_5
        0x08 7          ;NUM_6
        0x46 8          ;NUM_7
        0x05 9          ;NUM_8
        0x04 10         ;NUM_9
        0x01 11         ;NUM_0
        0x42 111        ;DEL
        0x51 105        ;LEFT
        0x16 103        ;UP
        0x50 106        ;RIGHT
        0x1a 108        ;DOWN
        0x13 28         ;OK
        0x10 46         ;MENU
        0x41 66         ;MUTE
        0x11 78         ;VOL+
        0x4c 74         ;VOL-
        0x18 1          ;HOME
        0x19 14         ;EXIT
        0x40 116        ;POWER
key_end

Edit: Even if I copy the exact same file from /etc/remote.conf in /storage/.config and reboot, the remote does not work at all.

I have exactly the same remote with my MXQ box. And I can confirm that some buttons doesn't work as intended. Will try to make it work today or tomorrow.

[polys]

Try to configure the remote manually by running amremote_config /path/to/your/remote.conf from terminal. Also, are you sure you use correct remote.conf?

Well this is the original that I got from /etc/

# ZAP-A10 NEC remotefactory_code    = 0xfe010001work_mode       = 0
repeat_enable   = 1
release_delay   = 121
debug_enable    = 1
reg_control     = 0xfbe40




key_begin
        0x4e 2          ;NUM_1
        0x0d 3          ;NUM_2
        0x0c 4          ;NUM_3
        0x4a 5          ;NUM_4
        0x09 6          ;NUM_5
        0x08 7          ;NUM_6
        0x46 8          ;NUM_7
        0x05 9          ;NUM_8
        0x04 10         ;NUM_9
        0x01 11         ;NUM_0
        0x42 111        ;DEL
        0x51 105        ;LEFT
        0x16 103        ;UP
        0x50 106        ;RIGHT
        0x1a 108        ;DOWN
        0x13 28         ;OK
        0x10 46         ;MENU
        0x41 66         ;MUTE
        0x11 78         ;VOL+
        0x4c 74         ;VOL-
        0x18 1          ;HOME
        0x19 14         ;EXIT
        0x40 116        ;POWER
key_end

If I want to swap VOL- with HOME and VOL+ with MENU, how do I need to modify it. But even without modifying it and copying it as is in /storage/.config/ and rebooting, none of the keys work at all.

[polys]

I have exactly the same remote with my MXQ box. And I can confirm that some buttons doesn't work as intended. Will try to make it work today or tomorrow.

That would be great As I said in my previous post, the main issue that I noticed is with the volume, home and menu buttons.
From what I noticed, ENY/Acemax now sell the M8/M8N box with this square remote control. Not sure if they will completely discard the roundish one.