Tronsmart TV Box Ara X5 in August with Cherry Trail Z8300 Windows 10

[Myst3r]

We have got the new stock for ara x5 ,and your order will be fulfilled very soon. Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the delay.

Eric

Thanks for the information

[pasteko]

Wake On Lan is advised on the specifications, how can we make it work ???

I've bought this box for that :-(

[elim]

Which BT SPORT site are you trying? show with us, we will test, and report to them.

thanks

its just bt sport online stream not 4k,

https://sport.bt.com/ss/Satellite/bt...0?site=btsport

you need to be bt sport customer to access streams, will let trusted members use my login for testing purposes. pm me

[clarkss12]

will someone try Emby server on this Windows box and report....
thanks

[bluesmanuk]

will someone try Emby server on this Windows box and report....
thanks

Never tried Emby but installed it on both the server and Kodi client side and it makes the connection easily enough but trying to share anything was a complete failure and seemed to stem from the fact that to do anything of any real use you have to subscribe to their bonus features, which is not something I would do until I could see something practical working first.

Just seems to me to be a crippled product that you can't really try before you buy, so removed it all.

[clarkss12]

Never tried Emby but installed it on both the server and Kodi client side and it makes the connection easily enough but trying to share anything was a complete failure and seemed to stem from the fact that to do anything of any real use you have to subscribe to their bonus features, which is not something I would do until I could see something practical working first.

Just seems to me to be a crippled product that you can't really try before you buy, so removed it all.

OK, thanks. I tried it for the first time today on my desktop Windows computer, just to see how it works. I hear people say it is better than Kodi, had to see for my self. I will not use my power hungry desktop for a server, because it uses to much electricity. That is why I wondered if it would run on this device.

[bluesmanuk]

OK, thanks. I tried it for the first time today on my desktop Windows computer, just to see how it works. I hear people say it is better than Kodi, had to see for my self. I will not use my power hungry desktop for a server, because it uses to much electricity. That is why I wondered if it would run on this device.

Oh it will run.

But for the parts that I needed to try it was subscription only.

I just spent a couple of hours streaming files from my laptop to Kodi on the box and vice versa, with all playing without issue on that front.

So I think it's just a case of finding the right solution for the money that you might want to pay.

[Eclecticon]

Just got a mail. It has been shipped.

[bluesmanuk]

Managed to use Macrium Backup free to create an image of the 4 internal partitions to a USB 3 flash drive with an average transfer rate of around 300 Mb/s, so quite zippy.

[bluesmanuk]

Looking at the BIOS it was interesting to see an Android section in the Advanced area.

[bluesmanuk]

Hello,
Just received my Ara X5, has anyone found the way to enable "wake on lan" on this box ?
Tried various settings in bios but without any success.

I could not see any settings in the BIOS for wake on Lan.

[bluesmanuk]

Some drivers posted over on the Tronsmart site.

I don't know whether they are updated drivers or not but will test them out later to see.

http://www.tronsmart.com/?p=4200

Update - I've gone through them all manually but all seem to be those that were supplied with the X5.

Useful to have should you ever need to carry out a clean install though.

[alwaysbless]

Looking at the BIOS it was interesting to see an Android section in the Advanced area.

Its also interesting that the box mentioned it on the back. Wouldnt be surprised to see dual booting cherry trail boxes hitting the market soon too. Has anyone tested out any form of game streaming yet? e.g. From an Xbox one or using steam in home?

[kurt6916]

hi. would anyone here happen to know if it is possible to use a ps3 or xbox controller on a device such as this running windows? it would be only used for kodi and netflix. can you use kodi and netflix with these types of controllers just like i do with my android device? due to an injury to my hands from work its very hard to use a keyboard and mouse. i've tried all types but a ps3 or xbox controller is comfortable to use i just wanted to try kodi with a windows os rather than android thanks

[kurt6916]

hi. would anyone here happen to know if it is possible to use a ps3 or xbox controller on a device such as this running windows? it would be only used for kodi and netflix. can you use kodi and netflix with these types of controllers just like i do with my android device? due to an injury to my hands from work its very hard to use a keyboard and mouse. i've tried all types but a ps3 or xbox controller is comfortable to use i just wanted to try kodi with a windows os rather than android thanks