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

[noosk]

Using Genesis addon most 'streamin' sources can provide you with this audio bug

[pajopasa]

Hi codesnake
Any news about your work for MXQ with Amlogic S805 SoC ?

[codesnake]

Hi codesnake
Any news about your work for MXQ with Amlogic S805 SoC ?

Yes, there are news. I bricked my MXQ box

[pajopasa]

Yes, there are news. I bricked my MXQ box

Dam...
Any solution to bring it to life??

[codesnake]

Dam...
Any solution to bring it to life??

Unfortunately it seems it has non-working SD-card slot, so I cannot boot it from SD-card.

[robbertvanb]

Unfortunately it seems it has non-working SD-card slot, so I cannot boot it from SD-card.

I suppose you already tried this (that worked for me when I thought my MXQ was bricked)?:

You need to create a bootable SD card using the bootloader.img file from your factory ROM (open up the zip package to get it) using the bootcardmaker tool here https://www.dropbox.com/s/m486f45yk5...maker.zip?dl=0

Run the tool as administrator and select your bootloader.img file (you'll need to rename it to bootloader.bin for it to get recognized by the tool).

The tool will write the bootloader to the start of the SD card making it bootable. Your box will try to boot using the SD first of all when you press the reset button and power it on.

Put whatever recovery files you need on the card. For example, you can put the files from your factory ROM on there (aml script, recovery.img and update zip package) and it should start to flash it or you can select the update zip package from recovery menu. If you use an aml script, just check it says /sdcard rather than /udisk for the path of the update package.

Good luck!

[IMFan]

I suppose you already tried this (that worked for me when I thought my MXQ was bricked)?:

You need to create a bootable SD card using the bootloader.img file from your factory ROM (open up the zip package to get it) using the bootcardmaker tool here https://www.dropbox.com/s/m486f45yk5...maker.zip?dl=0

Run the tool as administrator and select your bootloader.img file (you'll need to rename it to bootloader.bin for it to get recognized by the tool).

The tool will write the bootloader to the start of the SD card making it bootable. Your box will try to boot using the SD first of all when you press the reset button and power it on.

Put whatever recovery files you need on the card. For example, you can put the files from your factory ROM on there (aml script, recovery.img and update zip package) and it should start to flash it or you can select the update zip package from recovery menu. If you use an aml script, just check it says /sdcard rather than /udisk for the path of the update package.

Good luck!

Wouldn't do any good without working sdcard slot

[razdolbaev]

Usb uart-ttl cable can help.

[codesnake]

Usb uart-ttl cable can help.

I already have UART connected. But because the bootloader doesn't boot-up properly, it is not of any help.

[bignelly79]

Anything I csn do to help finish off the MXQ version?

[sukhbeer]

Unfortunately it seems it has non-working SD-card slot, so I cannot boot it from SD-card.

Have you tried connecting MXQ with USB enabled SD card reader? Maybe that will work

[JustMe]

Yes, there are news. I bricked my MXQ box

A developers dream mate, to brick a device

[JustMe]

Anything I csn do to help finish off the MXQ version?

donate box to the guy for all the efforts and time

[bobones]

Please open an issue at https://github.com/codesnake/OpenELEC.tv/issues and specify at least one example stream that suffers from the above problem.

Codesnake, I've opened an issue as you requested, but I think I might have found the problem:

In the patch 0009-aml-Change-the-sample-rates-that-are-supported-by-AL.patch, 32000 is missing from the sample rates that are changed, i.e. it needs "case 32000:" appended after "case 22050:"

+#ifdef HAS_LIBAMCODEC+  // Change the sample rates that are supported by ALSA but unsupported by HDMI to the closest supported value
+  switch (sampleRate)
+  {
+  case 5512:
+  case 8000:
+  case 11025:
+  case 16000:
+  case 22050:
+    sampleRate = 44100;
+    break;
+  case 64000:
+    sampleRate = 88200;
+    break;
+  case 384000:
+    sampleRate = 192000;
+    break;
+  }
+#endif
+

Can you confirm?

[codesnake]

A developers dream mate, to brick a device

Yeah, that's my first one