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

[dave_leeds]

I think while Kodi is in beta stage, it is better for you to stick with Gotham, because many addons/skins are still incompatible with Kodi.
Don't remember about the issue you mentioned.

The issue was this:

That's because Stane's Linux uses software decoding for MPEG-2 videos, but OpenELEC uses hardware decoding, and I can confirm that MPEG-2 hardware decoder on S802 has problems with some MPEG-2 streams.

I'm really happy with the Gotham build, I was just wondering if your newer builds helped with that particular issue. I don't use many addons, and I only use Confluence.

[pigbait]

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

Sounds like a bad transistor to me, I had an MX2 just do the red light, couldn't recover anything though it was hard bricked, ended up being a blown transistor. So I bypassed it when I get home I'll see if I have the picture...

So this is the picture of the bad transistor. This is how I bypassed it... this is on MX2

[codesnake]

OpenELEC 5.0 RC1

OpenELEC 5.0 RC1 for Amlogic-based devices is available now. See the first post in this topic for more details.

Let me introduce a new device I have build for - WeTek Play (http://wetek.com). It is a TV box based on dual core AML-8726MX SoC. It supports dual boot out-of-the-box - you can boot pre-installed Android from NAND, or OpenELEC from an SD-card.
WeTek Play could be equipped with internal DVB-T/DVB-C tuner or dual DVB-S2 tuner, and you can easily use it in conjunction with tvhedend to watch Live TV in Kodi/XBMC.

[moontan6]

Sorry to sound like a broken record as i posted about this before, but does anyone else experience screen tearing when scrolling quickly through menus? I see this with my m8 box so just wondering is it a common issue.

[codesnake]

Sorry to sound like a broken record as i posted about this before, but does anyone else experience screen tearing when scrolling quickly through menus? I see this with my m8 box so just wondering is it a common issue.

Yes, there's such issue on both M8 and MX2.

[moontan6]

Yes, there's such issue on both M8 and MX2.

Thanks for the quick reply. Is it something that can be fixed in the future?

[trebor]

Can new 97.1 update got over older version 95.4 M8,
missing kernel or system when attempting update.

Cheers

[codesnake]

Can new 97.1 update got over older version 95.4 M8,
missing kernel or system when attempting update.

Cheers

Don't understand your question, what is missing?

[trebor]

Copy .tar to update folder
reboot
Found new tar extracting... message missing Kernal or system

Continues boot

Don't understand your question, what is missing?

[codesnake]

Copy .tar to update folder
reboot
Found new tar extracting... message missing Kernal or system

Continues boot

I updated my M8 using the same TAR without problems.

[trebor]

Ok,
Will try the .zip and do a full, attempted 3 times and re downloaded.
Weird the wonders of the M8

Cheers

I updated my M8 using the same TAR without problems.

[bobones]

OpenELEC 5.0 RC1 for Amlogic-based devices is available now. See the first post in this topic for more details.

Let me introduce a new device I have build for - WeTek Play (http://wetek.com). It is a TV box based on dual core AML-8726MX SoC. It supports dual boot out-of-the-box - you can boot pre-installed Android from NAND, or OpenELEC from an SD-card.
WeTek Play could be equipped with internal DVB-T/DVB-C tuner or dual DVB-S2 tuner, and you can easily use it in conjunction with tvhedend to watch Live TV in Kodi/XBMC.

Looks a great device. The MX dual core platform may seem old to some, but video playback is as good as most and the software is now very stable. I really hope you are getting ample reward from commercial projects like this which rely on your "many sleepless nights".

BTW, I compiled your MXQ code from master today, and it booted fine on my box (Sumvision Cyclone X4) - no wifi, but it's good to know it should work well in future!

[pajopasa]

Hi
Any news about Amlogic S805 SoC openelec ????
I've got here my box MXQ S05 waiting for it
Thanks for your effort to make those roms for all of this boxes .

[bobones]

Hi
Any news about Amlogic S805 SoC openelec ????
I've got here my box MXQ S05 waiting for it
Thanks for your effort to make those roms for all of this boxes .

It is coming

BTW, there is a good chance this will work on your box. Are you feeling brave?

[pajopasa]

It is coming

BTW, there is a good chance this will work on your box. Are you feeling brave?

Thanks for the anwser bobones
My device is this one with 1g ram

What do you think?