Kikat - Wasser Firmware for Beelink R89

[Mario023]

Skype

Skype still not working for me.

[Mouflon]

Hi Wasser!!

2.0.7 is perfect firmware!!
HDMI pass-through fixed and with advancedsettings.xml, lan cable cat6 (to Giga switch TPlink) no stutters at all from local (USB HDD or Network HDD or Internet streaming) with SPMC 14.1 beta 1!!

<advancedsettings>  
  <network>
    <buffermode>1</buffermode>
    <readbufferfactor>20</readbufferfactor>
    <cachemembuffersize>157286400</cachemembuffersize>
  </network>
</advancedsettings>

If only i could make the tronsmart remote to play with it i would realy appreciate it!!
Any ideas on how to?

If you still have the original remote it works

[sweup]

You can copy paste mine few posts above in to a file named advancedsettings.xml.
then put the file under
For KODI: /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata
For SPMC: /sdcard/Android/data/org.semperpax.spmc/files/spmc/userdata (if i remember correct)

Thanks. Do you know if there is similar approach to this in Plex?

[orionas21]

Ah ok, thx

You can copy paste mine few posts above in to a file named advancedsettings.xml.
then put the file under
For KODI: /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata
For SPMC: /sdcard/Android/data/org.semperpax.spmc/files/spmc/userdata (if i remember correct)

[sweup]

It's not in the play store. It's a program add-on for XBMC. I'm not sure which repo you can get it on bc I have so many installed.

It's probably on tvaddons.ag, TotalXBMC, possibly others as well.

Cheers,
-SB

Ah ok, thx

[sawbones999]

I recently successfully replaced original firmware with Wasser Firmware 2.06 using the AndroidTool 2.3.

Now I wanted to update to the latest 2.07 Wasser firmware. However AndroidTool 2.3 doesn't detect the device anymore ("No device found") and the Winows PC detects the device as Nexus 10.

On the Android device under settings->usb "Connect to PC" is enabled. The required windows drivers are installed properly.

How can I upgrade from wasser firmware 2.06 to 2.07?

Do you have ADB enabled in developer options? Should work if it's on. Use adb reboot-bootloader from command prompt.

Also, with nextxeon based board you can get to loader by unplugging the power, plugging the USB into your computer, then press the small button inside the bottom of the A/V jack and hold it while plugging in the power. This will boot it right into loader mode.

Cheers,
-SB

[sawbones999]

I'm not able to find easy advanced settings, can you plz link to Play store?

It's not in the play store. It's a program add-on for XBMC. I'm not sure which repo you can get it on bc I have so many installed.

It's probably on tvaddons.ag, TotalXBMC, possibly others as well.

Cheers,
-SB

[gismo112]

I recently successfully replaced original firmware with Wasser Firmware 2.06 using the AndroidTool 2.3.

Now I wanted to update to the latest 2.07 Wasser firmware. However AndroidTool 2.3 doesn't detect the device anymore ("No device found") and the Winows PC detects the device as Nexus 10.

On the Android device under settings->usb "Connect to PC" is enabled. The required windows drivers are installed properly.

How can I upgrade from wasser firmware 2.06 to 2.07?

Press the On / Off-Button on the Remote a few Seconds and then on the Menu click
the Fastboot-Feature.
Then the Box Reboot and Android-Tool find a Loader-Device an you can Flash Firmware.

Greets Gismo

[gismo112]

Hi all,

i built new test kernel and uploaded here. Could please all of you (only have problem with hdmi audio output on some receiver) test this kernel if the nosound issue with HDMI audio output on some receivers is fixed?

If you want this issue will be fixed in the future please test and post your feedbacks, it's very important for me!!!

Thanks

Wasser

Hi Wasser,

i have the Problem, that´s no Sound over HDMI with 2.04-2.06. Not in Android not in SPMC.
My R98 is over HDMI on a Pioneer VSX AV-Reciver.

With your Test-Kernel and the 2.06 i have Sound in SPMC (Stereo, DolbyDigital and DTS)
With the Stock-Player Stereo and DD work, DTS is loud Noise-Sound.

In MX-Player the same withe DTS, all other work fine. When i use the h+-decoder, i have no Sound.

Edit: The same with 2.0.7.

Thank you so mutch for your nice Work.

Greets Gismo

[sparomba]

Nexus 10 ?

I recently successfully replaced original firmware with Wasser Firmware 2.06 using the AndroidTool 2.3.

Now I wanted to update to the latest 2.07 Wasser firmware. However AndroidTool 2.3 doesn't detect the device anymore ("No device found") and the Winows PC detects the device as Nexus 10.

On the Android device under settings->usb "Connect to PC" is enabled. The required windows drivers are installed properly.

How can I upgrade from wasser firmware 2.06 to 2.07?

[sweup]

For those who are experiencing bad stutter, have you tried changing your cache settings in advancedsettings.xml to the one that mo123 posted a couple of pages back? That really helped out my system. Basically it makes SPMC/KODI use a nice big fat cache buffer in RAM instead of using a smaller buffer in eMMC. RAM is much faster than eMMC. Made a HUGE difference for me.

If you don't know how to create an advancedsettings.xml file there is a program add-on available called easy advanced settings which allows you to enable/disable settings and just enter values without having to edit or create the actual config file.

I even changed my ADT-1 to that advancedsettings.xml and it made a big difference there, too.

Also try disabling mediacodec altogether, and then maybe try alternating whether you are using rklibstagefright or libstagefright. In some instances one may work better than the other.

If none of that helps and you're streaming from a USB drive, try a different port, maybe even OTG port. Also, the filesystem type and the block size may contribute to some degree. I haven't noticed it in this particular platform but I have an mstar based DVR, and one guy was having a lot of problems with recordings and playback. It ended up being because he had his disk formatted as NTFS and when he formatted it he set the block size to 16mb thinking that larger chunks would give better performance, but actually it caused a lot of problems. After he reformatted with default block size there were no issues.

That may be a platform specific issue, but it might be beneficial to switch to a non journaling filesystem such as fat32 or ext2 to reduce overhead (I realize that this may not be practical if you are using very large files which may exceed the maximum file size).

If you are streaming across your LAN and having issues still after changing advancedsettings.xml, you might want to look into tweaking your tcp buffer settings.

Was the constant reading and writing to external drives which was discovered a couple months ago ever sorted out and properly fixed? I may have missed it when that got resolved.

Cheers!
-SB

I'm not able to find easy advanced settings, can you plz link to Play store?

[orionas21]

Tronsmart remote control

Hi Wasser!!

2.0.7 is perfect firmware!!
HDMI pass-through fixed and with advancedsettings.xml, lan cable cat6 (to Giga switch TPlink) no stutters at all from local (USB HDD or Network HDD or Internet streaming) with SPMC 14.1 beta 1!!

<advancedsettings>  
  <network>
    <buffermode>1</buffermode>
    <readbufferfactor>20</readbufferfactor>
    <cachemembuffersize>157286400</cachemembuffersize>
  </network>
</advancedsettings>

If only i could make the tronsmart remote to play with it i would realy appreciate it!!
Any ideas on how to?

[bluesmanuk]

That alone could be causing stutter for some.
Cheers,
-SB

Yes that is a good point.

[sawbones999]

The constant reading and writing to external drives is unresolved at the moment.

That alone could be causing stutter for some.
Cheers,
-SB

[man]

BTW, do you plan to do a Dual boot ROM? There are already roms with the new GPU driver for linux and Kernel. Would that be possible to add this to your ROM? It would be just the cherry on the cake!