Beelink X2 H3 box

[whatabody]

all my video playback jumps in Kodi and Spmc. tried all the settings in Kodi but still does it

[bluesmanuk]

What about the internal video player and MX Player?

[whatabody]

mx player won't install it is using internal video but it skips frames every 2 seconds

[bluesmanuk]

Won't install because of being incompatible in the Play Store?

[whatabody]

got it to install, how can I get kodi to see it as the default player ?

[mike808]

Upgraded to the new firmware today, and it looks good, i miss the windows 8 style UI however, everything else looks good, it's rooted, I was able to change the lcd density to 240 to make the text and icons look proper after setting resolution to 1080p. Also, the first thing I did was to uninstall Kodi and install SPMC 14.2 which works great, I don't have any problems like skipping etc., however, I'm strictly using SPMC. Downloaded a 4K sample video Timescapes and it played flawlessly in SPMC, same video doesn't play in my all black MxQ box, however, MxQ is great for anything upto 1080p as it plays it flawlessly.

Definitely a good box that can do 4k effortlessly will buy more of these, however, I would like to see the Mbox Style UI like other boxes (windows 8 look), I backed up the Mbox Launcher and settings from my MxQ box and tried to install it in X2 however, the installation failed.

My MxQ box is true 1080p as well and the firmware included the MBox Launcher which works great with it, I'm use It can be done on this box as well, so please try to include MBox style launcher in the next release. Thanks.

[DiZet]

TRIGTOP Thanks for 1080p firmware. Defiantly better picture quality and you can see it strait away. Feels as fast as 720p firmware.

One thing I want to ask if it is possible to add support for VPN? No vpn apps are working and installing TUN.ko installer does not help.

[amd7674]

The Draco H3 uses a Broadcom AP6212.

Not sure about the X2.

Thank you for the info :-)

Does anyone know if any non Tronsmart firmware will work with that chipset?

I don't know much about this devices but could get el cheapo USB wifi card to work with it? i.e. what chipset TRIGTOP's firmware supports? maybe I can just buy usb equivalent to make it work.

BTW... I really like TRIGTOPs firmware, my only issue there is no wifi support. :-( I think it is much better as it supports more video codecs if I understand it correctly.

Any help would be much appreciated. :P

[amd7674]

got it to install, how can I get kodi to see it as the default player ?

http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Use_external_players_on_Android

I've done it on my Draco H3 with Tronsmart 1080p firmware.

[bluesmanuk]

TRIGTOP Thanks for 1080p firmware. Defiantly better picture quality and you can see it strait away. Feels as fast as 720p firmware.

One thing I want to ask if it is possible to add support for VPN? No vpn apps are working and installing TUN.ko installer does not help.

You should be able to get a working VPN by following this.

http://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?threads/working-vpn-fix.421/

[whatabody]

http://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?threads/porting-kodi-base-on-allwinner-h3.307/

think I have the same problem with my kodi

[DiZet]

You should be able to get a working VPN by following this.

http://forum.zidoo.tv/index.php?threads/working-vpn-fix.421/

Thank you! It worked.

[n25]

Problem with upgrade. I have tried to use Local upgrade but put image not into local memory. I put it on USB memory stick. I have started upgrade process and result is rebooting with error that system can not find upgrade file.

On the screen I have next text:
"Null update package
Install failed
Wait second to reboot your system"

I have tried to USB cable upgrade:

X2 new image

2, USB cable download
steps1: download update_X2_V103k4.img and phonixsuit. prepara an A-A male USB cable.
steps2: install phonixsuit on your PC (win7 or other OS) and open it. Locate update_X2_V103k4.img in the download page.
steps3:Connect USB cable to PC.
steps4:On the bottom of the BOX and near the Power connector, there is a hole and an update key inside. Pressing the key through the hole with a pin ,and then plug the another side of the USB cable to the BOX USB port,the one nearby the power. The usb cable will supply power and the box will enter update state.

I have done with that but did not get "Then PC will pop a note ,ask whether to earse the data.Loose you hand pressing update key and selec "yes" and then download action starts."

No reaction on box switching on. And one more thing - when I pressing key through hole the box do not switching on by power key...

Maybe I do something wrong? It looks like my PC do not recognize tv box at all. I can try to change cable but maybe there are different reason?

[amd7674]

n25 try using phoenixcard method few pages back suggested by bluesmanuk . It worked for me and it is much better than usb cable method.

[amd7674]

After few days of trying new things playing with different firmware overall I'm happy/satisfied with my purchase - Tronsmart Draco H3.
I found their 1080p kernel to work best with my device. I believe it is the only firmware that supports built-in wifi chipset. The only thing I changed was the display density to 240 from 160 (in build.prop file if I'm not mistaken). Another big component was installing latest SPMC 15.0 instead of using preloaded kodi 14.2. Now all my addons are working, no more io error messages. My previous issues with SMB folders are not existent anymore.

The biggest problem I have with this device is flaky builtin wifi module. I'm not sure if new driver would fix it or not. I was getting about 2.5mbps download, which limits video /smb media streaming to SD quality, forget about 720p and above content. To see if things would improve I connected 7 port usb hub (with its own power). I put mouse usb transmitter along with my old usb-to-thernet wii adapter. It improved things drasticly as was getting 25mbps, which allowed me to play from my smb shares (including 1080p content).

My question to all android gurus, is it possible to install a usb wifi adapter that would work much better with Draco H3 (I can use another firmware if that is the case)? I'm not sure how Android OS works and if I need special drivers for it or is this something builtin into the kernel?

Also what is recommended advancedsettings.xml for Draco H3 to improve video streaming?