[ROM] Unofficial OpenELEC for MK808B+ and MXQ

[cesarpt]

I'm waiting for a mxq for testing purposes, I think that ethernet is more stable

[kamacnik1]

thanks kszag

it was my fault , I put in update folder zip file instead tar

after placing tar file everything went ok , and quick, without problem

[lxeran]

Donated you a few bucks, your work is priceless, my MK808B+ Works beautifully now! Thanks alot.

[mrdan]

Hi
Do you resolve the problem of the gray square we have in fullscreen when we put a power of 500mA ?
When the stick boot for the first time (with an AC/DC of 500mA of my tv) there is a big gray square in the top left corner when I start a video or tv (fullscreen). When I reboot Kodi, this is OK and everything work fine.
With the original 2A power, no problem.
You can test it, it's the same for all MK808B+
Thanks

[kszaq]

Donated you a few bucks, your work is priceless, my MK808B+ Works beautifully now! Thanks alot.

Thank you! And I also thank every other person who donated to me recently.

Hi
Do you resolve the problem of the gray square we have in fullscreen when we put a power of 500mA ?
When the stick boot for the first time (with an AC/DC of 500mA of my tv) there is a big gray square in the top left corner when I start a video or tv (fullscreen). When I reboot Kodi, this is OK and everything work fine.
With the original 2A power, no problem.
You can test it, it's the same for all MK808B+
Thanks

This is not something that can be fixed in software, unfortunately. You should use at least 1A power supply. Even if the grey square disappears after a reboot, it will eventually reappear when the power consumption gets higher.

[lexa500]

I have bricked mk809plus device (ustick h.256), not even recovery showint on tv. but It shows in burning tool.
is it possible to flash your rom via usb and burning tool?

[kszaq]

I have bricked mk809plus device (ustick h.256), not even recovery showint on tv. but It shows in burning tool.
is it possible to flash your rom via usb and burning tool?

No. There is no way to build USB Burning Tool compatible OpenELEC image. You should first flash Android firmware via USB Burning Tool and after that you can flash OpenELEC.

[lexa500]

No. There is no way to build USB Burning Tool compatible OpenELEC image. You should first flash Android firmware via USB Burning Tool and after that you can flash OpenELEC.

can you point to suitable generic firmware and usbburning tool files?
upd: found one

[csgabe]

Could you add support for TV110? The Beelink MXQ version works good(even the led works good: green when running, red when the box is off), but the box doesn't output any sound on HDMI( didn't test any other outputs). I've changed the device tree file with the one for TV110(with abootimg program), but still didn't have any sound.

[momo111]

Could you add support for TV110? The Beelink MXQ version works good(even the led works good: green when running, red when the box is off), but the box doesn't output any sound on HDMI( didn't test any other outputs). I've changed the device tree file with the one for TV110(with abootimg program), but still didn't have any sound.

You can check here : http://amlinux.ru/image/5.0.8/

[csgabe]

Thanks. I knew about that version, but this is better(because it's got t230 tuner driver & led coloring works). I managed to make the sound work by changing resolution to 720p with the following script which I copied to /.config/autostart.sh:

mode=720p

HPD_STATE=/sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/hpd_state
DISP_CAP=/sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/disp_cap
DISP_MODE=/sys/class/display/mode

hdmi=`cat $HPD_STATE`
if [ $hdmi -eq 1 ]; then
    echo $mode > $DISP_MODE
fi

outputmode=$mode

common_display_setup() {
  fbset -fb /dev/fb1 -g 32 32 32 32 32
  echo $outputmode > /sys/class/display/mode
  echo 0 > /sys/class/ppmgr/ppscaler
  echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/free_scale
  echo 1 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/freescale_mode

  case $outputmode in

    720*)          M="0 0 1279 719" ;;
    1080*)         M="0 0 1919 1079" ;;

  esac

  echo $M > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/free_scale_axis
  echo $M > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/window_axis
  echo 0x10001 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/free_scale
  echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fb1/free_scale
}

case $mode in

  720*)          fbset -fb /dev/fb0 -g 1280 720 1280 1440 32;  common_display_setup ;;
  1080*)         fbset -fb /dev/fb0 -g 1920 1080 1920 2160 32; common_display_setup ;;
esac

# Console unblack
 echo 0 > /sys/class/graphics/fb0/blank
 echo 1 > /sys/class/graphics/fb1/blank

Why does the sound work when this is done? I'll provide two dmesg to look at. First dmesg is when script runs, second is when it doesn't.
One annoying thing is that LAN MAC changes on every boot.
A problem I have noticed that it's slow to boot or maybe fails to boot sometimes on TV110.

[csgabe]

Here are the attachments:

[kszaq]

csgabe the TV110 may also need a different kernel config, not only a different device tree. When I find some time I will try to compile a test version for you. I will also need to setup a web server as a single release in now almost 1GB having 4 devices...

[kszaq]

As promised, I compiled OpenELEC 5.95.1 for our devices. Uploading now. This is tested only on MK808B+ as my new MXQ arrived faulty.

5.95.1-20150514

This is a pre-release test version. Don't expect it to fully work. Use at your own risk!

Make a full backup before installing. You can upgrade from 5.0.x but you can't downgrade without a clean install!

Known issues as in 5.0.8-20150511.

Unknown issues likely present.

[clarkss12]

As promised, I compiled OpenELEC 5.95.1 for our devices. Uploading now. This is tested only on MK808B+ as my new MXQ arrived faulty.

5.95.1-20150514

This is a pre-release test version. Don't expect it to fully work. Use at your own risk!

Make a full backup before installing. You can upgrade from 5.0.x but you can't downgrade without a clean install!

Known issues as in 5.0.8-20150511.

Unknown issues likely present.

Thanks for this, now I am getting cold feet and not sure I want to try it. My mk808b+ is running so good with your 5.0.3 version, I hate to mess with it.