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

[Santos954]

Can anyone tell me which brand M8 works best with these builds? Is there a real difference in performance between the originals and the clones? And is it possible to use acestream/ sopcast with these? Thank you in advance, id appreciate any help.

[HAK25]

Hello,

Im trying to compile openelec that i got from codesnakes git. im getting:
OpenELEC.tv/build.OpenELEC-Amlogic.M8.arm-6.0-devel/linux-amlogic-3.10-9df7905/arch/arm/include/asm/timex.h:18:24: fatal error: mach/timex.h: No such file or directory
can anyone please help me.

Thank You

[SacoPanchez]

Hi everyone. I have been running Megatron Android for some time on my Amlogic S-802 TV Box (OTT, 2GB, square M8, round remote). I know Codesnake's ROMs work great on this device, and I would like to have a try on his imminent OpenElec 6, preferably by running OE from SD card (or USB stick) while keeping Android on NAND untouched. Could any experienced user please post a detailed procedure for the preparation of such a bootable SD card (or USB stick), aimed at running OpenElec for M8 directly from removable media, starting from Codesnake's ZIP or TAR files for M8, and not affecting the Android system residing in the unit?

[whositwhatnow]

It is not released yet.

haha maybe thats why ahaha thxs.

just have to say awesome work on it. wish i had your know how

[codesnake]

where can i get codesnakes 6.0 release, i dont see it on his github

It is not released yet.

[whositwhatnow]

where can i get codesnakes 6.0 release, i dont see it on his github

[codesnake]

The drivers can be backported and poking around in the kernel all the files required are there:

dvb-usb-cxusb.ko
si2157.ko
si2168.ko
dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw
dvb-tuner-si2158-a20-01.fw

According to the link the modules can be built using media_build for older kernels.

Then if you have all - just do it. Note though that TV110 build you mentioned is not from this thread.

[TheLegendOfMart]

You said yourself that the tuner is supported only since kernel 3.19. So because your firmware has kernel 3.10, it is not supported.

The drivers can be backported and poking around in the kernel all the files required are there:

dvb-usb-cxusb.ko
si2157.ko
si2168.ko
dvb-demod-si2168-b40-01.fw
dvb-tuner-si2158-a20-01.fw

Drivers are included in kernel 3.19. They can be built with media_build for older kernels.

http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Geniatech_T230

[codesnake]

Can someone please help me, I've been trying for a week to get this TV tuner working.

You said yourself that the tuner is supported only since kernel 3.19. So because your firmware has kernel 3.10, it is not supported.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Can someone please help me, I've been trying for a week to get this TV tuner working.

[MALditoNica]

I have 2 M8 boxes from different manufacturers. I flashed them both. One is running great with Openelec (thanks codesnake) the other is bricked. I've tried everything to unbrick the last one. Any help would be much appreciated. I attached some photos.

[TheLegendOfMart]

Can someone help me please.

I'm using OpenELEC-Amlogic.TV110.arm-5.95.5.2 on my S805 device.

I have a Mygica T230 TV tuner which is only supported on Kernel 3.19, since this is Kernel 3.10 it needs drivers. I looked at the drivers seem to be there but tvheadend doesn't see the tuner.

http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Geniatech_T230

[ 4814.995650@2] usb 2-1.4: new high-speed USB device number 9 using dwc_otg
[ 4815.096587@0] usb 2-1.4: New USB device found, idVendor=0572, idProduct=c688
[ 4815.096619@0] usb 2-1.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 4815.096632@0] usb 2-1.4: Product: USB Stick
[ 4815.096644@0] usb 2-1.4: Manufacturer: Max
[ 4815.096656@0] usb 2-1.4: SerialNumber: 080116

OpenELEC:/var/media/mmcblk0p1-mmc-SD02G_0xa7060d97/test # lsusb
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 0572:c688 Conexant Systems (Rockwell), Inc. Geniatech T230 DVB-T2 TV Stick
Bus 002 Device 004: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

OpenELEC:/var/media/mmcblk0p1-mmc-SD02G_0xa7060d97/test # lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
si21xx                  8360  0
cbc                     2022  0
dhd                   626113  0
cfg80211              204928  1 dhd
wifi_dummy               594  0
mali                  162645  5

That is all it says when I plug the tuner in, what am I doing wrong?

Also why am I getting massive amounts of screen tearing in the UI?

[Tedly002]

@Codesnake,

Can't wait to breath some new life into my M8n with a new upgraded build from you. I will donate to you again when you get it completed and posted on here. I am sure many others will donate to you as well. Glad to see you coming back to life on here again.

[Blindseyed]

Sure.

You're awesome codesnake!

[codesnake]

Awesome! Will the 6.0 work with the M8 too?

Sure.