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

[Finless]

Does anyone know why I cannot edit my first post in this topic?

Codesnake, since your are contributing here and provided people lots of help, I have changed your permissions to allow you to edit your posts forever.

Bob

[codesnake]

Codesnake, since your are contributing here and provided people lots of help, I have changed your permissions to allow you to edit your posts forever.

Bob

Thank you very much, Bob!

[Tyler Durden]

What box do you have?

It's an M8.

Thanks for your response, but I have worked it out. Just extracted the .zip file to an sd card and booted while holding the reset button for 3 seconds.

The install happened automatically.

I believe that previously I had extracted the upgrade .zip instead.

[Daaave]

292e?

Hi there

Still enjoying your great release which is still working perfectly.

I am just wondering if there's any hope for my USB DVB dongle...

The driver for my USB DVB stick (PCTV Triplestick 292e) is apparently part of the 3.17 Kernel but not 3.10. Does this mean that my DVB stick is useless for the time being or is there anything I can do about it? (I have no clue about Linux)

Thanks for your help and all your hard work

[codesnake]

Hi there

Still enjoying your great release which is still working perfectly.

I am just wondering if there's any hope for my USB DVB dongle...

The driver for my USB DVB stick (PCTV Triplestick 292e) is apparently part of the 3.17 Kernel but not 3.10. Does this mean that my DVB stick is useless for the time being or is there anything I can do about it? (I have no clue about Linux)

Thanks for your help and all your hard work

Unless you or someone else will build the driver for your device, it will be unlikely supported while kernel 3.10 is used for Amlogic.

[IMFan]

An alternative maybe?

Hi there

Still enjoying your great release which is still working perfectly.

I am just wondering if there's any hope for my USB DVB dongle...

The driver for my USB DVB stick (PCTV Triplestick 292e) is apparently part of the 3.17 Kernel but not 3.10. Does this mean that my DVB stick is useless for the time being or is there anything I can do about it? (I have no clue about Linux)

Thanks for your help and all your hard work

Hi there,

like you, i purchased the PCTV 292e dongle, and was planning on running it in my MX2 directly, which i'd like to say, has pretty much come alive once i got rid of the Android firmware (Thank You Codesnake!)

Anyway, i found a really nice way which works perfectly for me.

It seems that DVBLink is a perfect match with this tuner; i just downloaded the latest BDA drivers from the PCTV website and went and installed DVBlink components on a (any) Windows backend. Plugged the tuner in; let it scan and installed the DVBLink client in XBMC. Works really great and all recordings are on my laptop to watch when i am away from home ;-) You could also run the backend on a NAS for example.

Only one ' downside' as it's not free, but you can activate a 20 day trial.

[codesnake]

OpenELEC for Amlogic 5.0 Beta2

OpenELEC for Amlogic 5.0 Beta2 with Kodi 14.0 Helix Beta2 is available now:

Download links for M8:

• for updating the exisiting installations: https://github.com/codesnake/OpenELE...arm-4.95.2.tar
• for new installations from recovery: https://github.com/codesnake/OpenELE...arm-4.95.2.zip

Download links for MX2/G18:

• for updating the exisiting installations: https://github.com/codesnake/OpenELE...arm-4.95.2.tar
• for new installations from recovery: https://github.com/codesnake/OpenELE...arm-4.95.2.zip

[robotin]

rk3188 support

will ever be an open elec suport for rk3188 like q7?

[codesnake]

does ever be an open elec suport for rk3188?

I'm not planning to do that, though maybe someone else will do.

[foz]

hi codesnake
will the update over write userdata file? do we need to back our settings up first?
and how do we update with .tar sorry if been asked before
any release notes codesnake whats been updated?
foz

[codesnake]

hi codesnake
will the update over write userdata file? do we need to back our settings up first?
and how do we update with .tar sorry if been asked before
any release notes codesnake whats been updated?
foz

http://wiki.openelec.tv/index.php/Updating_OpenELEC#Manually_Updating_OpenELEC

Updating using an update TAR file will preserve your settings, addons etc.

[Deezel]

links not working for beta2
404 error

[foz]

I did do that put .tar in update folder using samba and it showed it updating on left of openelec splash screen but system summery is still showing beta1 is this correct?
I downloaded OpenELEC-CodeSnake-Meson8-K200-4.95.1-update.tar from the link above wrong link?
thanks

[trebor]

OpenELEC for Amlogic 5.0 Beta2 with Kodi 14.0 Helix Beta2 is available now:

Wifi Not showing under OpenELEC Network ?

Used Update v.2 from xda

[Deezel]

Wifi Not showing under OpenELEC Network ?

Used Update v.2 from xda

go into openelec settings and turn wifi on first bud