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

[Norin]

Yes reinstall m8 version with sd card. Lucky u did not totally bricked your box.

I am back in the game, just copied the files, insert sd, and powerup and i am back... so lucky eheeh

[Sooperfly]

Does your box look like this? This is my box.

Nemsis72 sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. My box is the GBOX Branded version like yours.

[jopereira]

Has anyone tried H265 (HEVC) on this (v6.0.3)?

Got some material, from internet, in 1080p that cannot be played correctly and just tried my own 1080p (16Mbps) and UHD material (46Mbps), both using H265 from Premiere Pro CC2015, with more or less the same results: sound is fine, video with big issues (as if it can only decode parts of the stream).

I'm editing my home videos in UHD and, in complement to a 1080p version, I would like to leave a UHD output version already made for future use. Right now, I would like to test it to see if it serves.
My projector only does 1080p but I expect OE to decode UHD (and 4K) and play it through without a problem.

Same problem occurs with a Tronsmart MXIII+ box with Jarvis (v16.1).

[Friffy1]

Hello! Hope somebody can help me out here!

I've got MX2 boxes. Finally decided to switch back to Linux and found this thread.

I started with CodeSnake's 4.2.1 build in the form of OpenELEC-G18REF_MX2-4-2-1. Worked great! So after a little testing I decided to up to a newer version. Let's face it, there hasn't been anything called XMBC in quite a while now. Need Kodi to support newer addons, etc

I found Nemsis' OpenELEC-Amlogic.MX2.arm-Nemsis72.tar and upgraded with it. It completely froze after a couple of minutes after Kodi launched. I bounced it a few times and every time it would end up freezing. Always in less than 5 minutes. Sometimes within just a few seconds of Kodi launching. So I thought maybe I should stick with CodeSnake's build.

I found CodeSnake's 6.0.3 build as OpenELEC-Amlogic.MX2.arm-6.0.3. First I tried "updating" from my Nemsis build. Once again, frozen every... single... time. So I wiped the cache and the entire box manually and reflashed using the files from the 6.0.3 zip and toothpicking. I was shocked to find the same exact thing. Freezes up every time.

To be clear here, the only changes I've made each time is to set the Time Zone, gone to 1080p, connected to my network (wirelessly), and sometimes installed/configured the Yahoo! Weather addon. In essence, this is as clean as it gets.

Anybody have any ideas here?


Thanks in advance!


ADDITIONAL: I've got 4 MX2 boxes. 2 test, 2 in-use. I've had the same exact result on both of my test boxes.
ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL: I just wiped one of the boxes fresh again with 6.0.3. This time it froze immediately after connecting to WiFi. In other words, I didn't even get a chance to set my resolution, let alone make any other changes.

Thanks!

So here's yet another update... It turns out it really IS simply connecting to the network that's causing it to crash! I disabled the wireless and just let it sit there for half an hour or so. No issues at all. Menu responsive, etc. So I switched on the wireless. Within about 1 SECOND of it connecting to the network, it froze. What the heck's going on here?

Thanks!

[startreksuite]

I currently have 5.95.5 installed on my gbox mx2. Can I put Nemesis's build for Jarvis on my box? I am hard wired, so the wifi issue won't affect me. Or do I have to go through the steps of starting from the first version of the matricom firmware on upwards? Thanks in advance.

[Giorgos100]

Please anyone know if there is any openelec rom which working with M8 wifi(Ap6212) ?

[Nemsis72]

I currently have 5.95.5 installed on my gbox mx2. Can I put Nemesis's build for Jarvis on my box? I am hard wired, so the wifi issue won't affect me. Or do I have to go through the steps of starting from the first version of the matricom firmware on upwards? Thanks in advance.

yes you can... drop my update tar file into your update folder and reboot...

[Nemsis72]

Hello! Hope somebody can help me out here!

I've got MX2 boxes. Finally decided to switch back to Linux and found this thread.

I started with CodeSnake's 4.2.1 build in the form of OpenELEC-G18REF_MX2-4-2-1. Worked great! So after a little testing I decided to up to a newer version. Let's face it, there hasn't been anything called XMBC in quite a while now. Need Kodi to support newer addons, etc

I found Nemsis' OpenELEC-Amlogic.MX2.arm-Nemsis72.tar and upgraded with it. It completely froze after a couple of minutes after Kodi launched. I bounced it a few times and every time it would end up freezing. Always in less than 5 minutes. Sometimes within just a few seconds of Kodi launching. So I thought maybe I should stick with CodeSnake's build.

I found CodeSnake's 6.0.3 build as OpenELEC-Amlogic.MX2.arm-6.0.3. First I tried "updating" from my Nemsis build. Once again, frozen every... single... time. So I wiped the cache and the entire box manually and reflashed using the files from the 6.0.3 zip and toothpicking. I was shocked to find the same exact thing. Freezes up every time.

To be clear here, the only changes I've made each time is to set the Time Zone, gone to 1080p, connected to my network (wirelessly), and sometimes installed/configured the Yahoo! Weather addon. In essence, this is as clean as it gets.

Anybody have any ideas here?


Thanks in advance!


ADDITIONAL: I've got 4 MX2 boxes. 2 test, 2 in-use. I've had the same exact result on both of my test boxes.
ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL: I just wiped one of the boxes fresh again with 6.0.3. This time it froze immediately after connecting to WiFi. In other words, I didn't even get a chance to set my resolution, let alone make any other changes.

Thanks!

So here's yet another update... It turns out it really IS simply connecting to the network that's causing it to crash! I disabled the wireless and just let it sit there for half an hour or so. No issues at all. Menu responsive, etc. So I switched on the wireless. Within about 1 SECOND of it connecting to the network, it froze. What the heck's going on here?

Thanks!

You should have done a clean install from openelec 4.2.1 to openelec 7.0...not upgrade from tar file.. different system sizes openelec system img is larger now than older versions... hence the fu#$k up... you can try to revert back to android then reflash openelec again.

[Friffy1]

You should have done a clean install from openelec 4.2.1 to openelec 7.0...not upgrade from tar file.. different system sizes openelec system img is larger now than older versions... hence the fu#$k up... you can try to revert back to android then reflash openelec again.

Thanks for the reply! If not upgrading from a tar file, how do I do the clean install to OE 7.0? I've only seen your tar file for it. I haven't seen a zip to toothpick with.
And, are you saying I now need to go back to Android, then go to OE 4.2.1, then OE 7.0?

Thanks!

[Nemsis72]

Thanks for the reply! If not upgrading from a tar file, how do I do the clean install to OE 7.0? I've only seen your tar file for it. I haven't seen a zip to toothpick with.
And, are you saying I now need to go back to Android, then go to OE 4.2.1, then OE 7.0?

Thanks!

no u dont have to go to 4.2.1 just clean flash OE 7.0 after flashing ember zip.

Here it is: https://mega.nz/#!8cgXjRhI!mu8wGyY14...ujItOf8HdrXS2E

Extract all 3 files to a fat32 formatted sd card not usb...
But before you do atemp to clean flash my zip u are going to have to flash this ember zip.. here: https://mega.nz/#!hN5mWShZ!Qnp3RB-Ub...3kgwYBxqjJEzo0

To format your nand to proper sized filesystem after making a mess with ur tar update fiasco.
After a clean boot from ember, turn off then flash my zip file.

And if you want to revert back to stock android you are going to have to flash this zip. https://mega.nz/#!QUhiEQiS!wY-E2uWBk...KOkIkvNHLhBwBc
In order to reformat those same partitions for its included android zip.... Goodluck!!!

[startreksuite]

yes you can... drop my update tar file into your update folder and reboot...

I may give it a go tonight. One of my addons says it requires Jarvis.
Thanks again!

[Friffy1]

no u dont have to go to 4.2.1 just clean flash OE 7.0 after flashing ember zip.

Here it is: https://mega.nz/#!8cgXjRhI!mu8wGyY14...ujItOf8HdrXS2E

Extract all 3 files to a fat32 formatted sd card not usb...
But before you do atemp to clean flash my zip u are going to have to flash this ember zip.. here: https://mega.nz/#!hN5mWShZ!Qnp3RB-Ub...3kgwYBxqjJEzo0

To format your nand to proper sized filesystem after making a mess with ur tar update fiasco.
After a clean boot from ember, turn off then flash my zip file.

And if you want to revert back to stock android you are going to have to flash this zip. https://mega.nz/#!QUhiEQiS!wY-E2uWBk...KOkIkvNHLhBwBc
In order to reformat those same partitions for its included android zip.... Goodluck!!!

Appreciate your assistance! Here are my results...

Ember: Everything worked great. Wireless, 1080p playback, everything.
Your ROM: Still experiencing the same issue as I've been experiencing. Flashed fine, as always, everything worked up until the point where I connected to my network. Then Kodi completely froze.

Any ideas?

[Nemsis72]

Appreciate your assistance! Here are my results...

Ember: Everything worked great. Wireless, 1080p playback, everything.
Your ROM: Still experiencing the same issue as I've been experiencing. Flashed fine, as always, everything worked up until the point where I connected to my network. Then Kodi completely froze.

Any ideas?

Wich one is you box ... The purple or black?

[Friffy1]

Wich one is you box ... The purple or black?

Purple. The good ol' Matricom Gbox MX2. I bought 4 of 'em a couple of years ago from Amazon.

[startreksuite]

I tried updating with your OE 7, and received an error message saying that there were some missing files, something like a m5 checksum.