[ROM] Unofficial OpenELEC for MK808B+ and MXQ

[kashmoney]

kszaq I just tried the new build but sadly it gets stuck at either "Starting Kodi Hacks" on first boot or if I reboot it gets stuck at "Starting Kodi clean debug logs". I tried installed the update both ways either via the zip method as well as installing the previous 5.08 0429 version and then updating via the tar file. Both resulted in same situation.

[Dez]

kszaq I just tried the new build but sadly it gets stuck at either "Starting Kodi Hacks" on first boot or if I reboot it gets stuck at "Starting Kodi clean debug logs". I tried installed the update both ways either via the zip method as well as installing the previous 5.08 0429 version and then updating via the tar file. Both resulted in same situation.

Mine also unfortunately. It gets stuck at "A start job is running for Load Kernel Modules (xx / no limit)" no matter what I do.

EDIT: It looks like there are missing dependencies for a bunch of things.

Unfortunately, this kernel brings no fix for HD-Audio or multichannel audio support, stuttering 29.97 videos nor DVB issues.
However, please download, test and report any new issues or improvements that you observed. Thanks in advance!

What are the DVB issues? Is it only certain tuners?
Mine works perfectly well with a Sony PlayTV device (dual DiBcom 7000PC DVB-T), with 5.08-20150511.

[kszaq]

kashmoney, Dez I'm sorry for the boot issue. I will look for what have gone wrong and post a new build today evening. I must have screwed something up when rebasing the code.

If you want to revert to a previous version without losing your settings, use a toothpick method but before putting the SD card in the box edit the factory_update_param.aml file and delete these lines:

--wipe_data
--wipe_cache

so that it has only this line:

--update_package=/sdcard/OpenELEC-Amlogic.MK808B.Plus.arm-5.0.8-update.zip

Dez: about DVB, users are reporting issues with Geniatech T230 tuner and I couldn't get my IT9135-based tuner to work properly.

[Dez]

No worries with reverting back, I wanted to re-install anyway.

The DVB issue seems like it might be a driver problem. (?)
I just quickly connected my IT9135 based tuner and it didn't appear in TVHeadend.

Reconnected the PlayTV and it appears without a problem and works perfectly.

The IT9135 tuner I have worked fine in earlier versions of Openelec.

When I get a chance later, I'll try a dmesg on each and see how far they get

[kszaq]

Dez have you checked whether you can tune to a channel and watch it with no issues with the IT9135 tuner? I couldn't make that work, no matter if I used a in-kernel driver or a media-build one. With some modifications I made it work but half of image was green and the rest distorted. I guessed it is an USB driver issue since there were some messages about errors in USB bulk data transfer and also RPi users had problems with dwc_otg driver and DVB tuners among others.

I have noticed I made a stupid typo in Bluetooth firmware loader script that might have prevented the latest build from booting. I have corrected the typo and uploaded a new build: http://s805.eu/releases/5.0.8-20150528/ Note that is has not been tested, update with care. I hope this time it boots.

[Dez]

Dez have you checked whether you can tune to a channel and watch it with no issues with the IT9135 tuner? I couldn't make that work, no matter if I used a in-kernel driver or a media-build one. With some modifications I made it work but half of image was green and the rest distorted. I guessed it is an USB driver issue since there were some messages about errors in USB bulk data transfer and also RPi users had problems with dwc_otg driver and DVB tuners among others.

I could tune it, but couldn't watch it for too long without some distortion (not as bad as what you had.....just some distortion with occasional green squares).
At the time, I put it down to being a cheap tuner with not as great a frontend as the PlayTV.

I've seen a similar thing with using other media players, like a RK3288 based box with Kodi and a Celeron based one running Openelec.
5.08-20150511 does not appear to load the IT9135 drivers successfully, as it doesn't appear in TVHeadend (4.3.13) at all, whereas in earlier versions of your Openelec port it would.
The other difference could be that my IT9135 stick is actually a IT9137 and IT9133 (basically a dual IT9135).

I have noticed I made a stupid typo in Bluetooth firmware loader script that might have prevented the latest build from booting. I have corrected the typo and uploaded a new build: http://s805.eu/releases/5.0.8-20150528/ Note that is has not been tested, update with care. I hope this time it boots.

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

[kashmoney]

kszaq even with the newer 0528 file both sticks still get stuck at "Starting Kodi clean debug logs". Any chance that you could just take the 0511 version and only do the AP62x2 patch only to see if it works with that alone. then we can look into the new kernel updates and what not?

[adonebert]

I tried different version of this openelec and i can't set manual ip. Mac address change every reoot (also in 4.95) but the autostart workaround solved. I had another problem. The beelink mxq s85 freeze itself after some minutes...also if i do nothing. I solved by reverting the CPU governor to hotplug. Very strange. I use tvheadend but only frontend (backend is installed in bananapi with bananian distro), no problem at all. Now i'm using 20150511 version since some days and, with that two workaround, works perfect. I donate you some euros. My mxq is reborn with this rom! Many thanks!

[kszaq]

kszaq even with the newer 0528 file both sticks still get stuck at "Starting Kodi clean debug logs". Any chance that you could just take the 0511 version and only do the AP62x2 patch only to see if it works with that alone. then we can look into the new kernel updates and what not?

Actually adding AP62x2 support is the only change that I did not test. I have just got back home so now I can test the builds before posting. I hope to get you a working version today.

I tried different version of this openelec and i can't set manual ip. Mac address change every reoot (also in 4.95) but the autostart workaround solved. I had another problem. The beelink mxq s85 freeze itself after some minutes...also if i do nothing. I solved by reverting the CPU governor to hotplug. Very strange. I use tvheadend but only frontend (backend is installed in bananapi with bananian distro), no problem at all. Now i'm using 20150511 version since some days and, with that two workaround, works perfect. I donate you some euros. My mxq is reborn with this rom! Many thanks!

Does it freeze with 20150528 or 20150511? Can you please check if it's the box that freezes or is that only Kodi? I mean if you can connect via SSH and enter

systemctl restart kodi

then it's not the box.

Thanky you a lot for your donation!

[kszaq]

kashmoney The boot issue was caused by a typo in my build script. I re-uploaded the 20150528 and now it boots fine.

[ididmytime]

First time using this unofficial port, overall it's pretty snappy, much snappier than a Raspberry Pi 2 so thank you.

Tried the test version out, but obviously it had problems so went to the stable release.

I have an issue video scrapping, it seems limited to only 75 movies on my hard drive. If I try updating the library by looking for new content it can see all the missing videos but it won't add it to the library.

Sorry if this has been asked before, or has been fixed in a newer release.

[kashmoney]

kszaq the newest 0528 does bootup properly however it goes to a blue screen. I can hear kodi working though cuz if I press the arrows keys on the keyboard I can hear the sounds. Also if I power my tv on after I power the MK808B Plus on it will actually show me Kodi and everything but a really hazy screen. Would that have to do with the fb1 hack you mentioned for csgabe. With regards to the AP6212 though it didn't show up in the network section at all for me to enable as it does on my older unit with the AP6210. The MK808B Plus with AP6212's don't work still .

[kszaq]

First time using this unofficial port, overall it's pretty snappy, much snappier than a Raspberry Pi 2 so thank you.

Tried the test version out, but obviously it had problems so went to the stable release.

I have an issue video scrapping, it seems limited to only 75 movies on my hard drive. If I try updating the library by looking for new content it can see all the missing videos but it won't add it to the library.

Sorry if this has been asked before, or has been fixed in a newer release.

Can you tell that after deleting/moving a movie that is already indexed a new movie is added? Please provide a Kodi log, i.e. after trying to scrape additional movies enter

cat /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | paste

and paste the link here. You may also want to look at Kodi forums to see if anyone has a similar issue.

kszaq the newest 0528 does bootup properly however it goes to a blue screen. I can hear kodi working though cuz if I press the arrows keys on the keyboard I can hear the sounds. Also if I power my tv on after I power the MK808B Plus on it will actually show me Kodi and everything but a really hazy screen. Would that have to do with the fb1 hack you mentioned for csgabe. With regards to the AP6212 though it didn't show up in the network section at all for me to enable as it does on my older unit with the AP6210. The MK808B Plus with AP6212's don't work still .

Are you sure that the chip is AP6212? I couldn't find any information about it on the internet... Can you provide me a link to an Android firmware that works with your device? Can you post dmesg from Android firmware?

[Dez]

Something a bit weird with loading the IT9135 drivers.

It shows the stick being found: "usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=048d, idProduct=9135"
...but then does not appear to load the firmware at all, or the drivers properly: "New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0"

I'm guessing maybe firmware and maybe missing files, as dvb_usb_it913x, dvb_usb_v2 and dvb_core are there (however it may also need it9135x-fe and it913x to work properly).

The firmware files dvb-usb-it9135-01.fw and/or dvb-usb-it9135-02.fw don't appear to load at all, maybe because of some missing files.
This might also be the case for other tuners.

My Sony PlayTV (which works perfectly) shows:
"usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1415, idProduct=0003"
"usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3"
"usb 2-1: Product: SCEH-0036"
"usb 2-1: Manufacturer: SONY"
"usb 2-1: SerialNumber: ALROO1LNGS"

[kszaq]

Dez firmware is not missing nor the drivers, they simply do not work properly. It needs time looking into it.

kashmoney If the regular MK808B+ Android works for you, please try the new test version (just built, untested!): link removed
I modified automatic NVRAM selection to match implementation I got from Nexteon. Let's hope it works with the new chip you have...

Edit: I have just tested it and it doesn't work. I will work on it and post an updated build.