Fix for kodi 15.2

[itsmeedoofer]

What exactly does this fix? lol....I have a MXIII-G 2gb it seems I am having quite a bit of problems with constant buffering even though I have a 20Mbps connection which should be plenty....

This just fixes file permissions that will then allow Kodi to do what it needs with regards to screen modes and HW acceleration, if you are seeing buffering issues I suggest you should look elsewhere, I dont think this will help you...

[Doggyofone]

If you search "buffering in Kodi" Google will find lots of posts in forums that tell you how to fix. It seems that just about everyone is seeing stuttering playback, audio sync problems with 1080p video because of the firmware on this box. This thread tells you how to smooth things out.

[FreshYuk]

First of all, thank you very much!

Second of all, I don't get it I have a Rikomagic MK12 (s812), which is rooted btw, and I have no problem with SPMC 14.2: 'dc: am-...', drop: 0, skip: 0... With Kodi 15.2, it shows 'dc: am-...', but I get a lot of dropped/skipped frames. With or without the init.d script(s), and regardless of the definition/framerate, although it gives its worst with 23,97fps (unsurprisingly, I guess...). So, it looks like Kodi knows the codec to choose, and probably the codec itself "fails". Nevertheless, if SPMC 14.2 works like a charm, then Kodi 15.2 could work just the same, right?

Is there anything I could do, besides hoping and praying for a firmware update (or a custom rom)?

[dtsexpert]

The above didn't work for me. Have no idea why, but I used the below script and it worked. Now shows "dc:am-...". After trying for an hour to get the above to work I found the below script and at the same time changed the file name to kodifix, rebooted and it worked. So not sure if it was beacuase of the script or renaming the folder, anyways I'm all sorted now.

#!/system/bin/sh
chmod 666 /sys/class/display/mode
chmod 666 /dev/amvideo
chmod 666 /dev/amstream*
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/axis
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/screen_mode
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/disable_video
chmod 666 /sys/class/tsync/pts_pcrscr
chmod 666 /sys/class/audiodsp/digital_raw
chmod 666 /sys/class/ppmgr/ppmgr_3d_mode
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

Just got the Beelink Mini MX S905, I'd like to confirm the above script work perfectly with Kodi 16 beta4.
One again thanks so much

[Steve-o]

What exactly does this fix? lol....I have a MXIII-G 2gb it seems I am having quite a bit of problems with constant buffering even though I have a 20Mbps connection which should be plenty....

Hi Chris, have you managed to find a fix for this? Strangely I only have buffering issues with some (most) sources. YouTube and HD movies on Phoenix work perfectly

[moraesgyn]

The above didn't work for me. Have no idea why, but I used the below script and it worked. Now shows "dc:am-...". After trying for an hour to get the above to work I found the below script and at the same time changed the file name to kodifix, rebooted and it worked. So not sure if it was beacuase of the script or renaming the folder, anyways I'm all sorted now.

#!/system/bin/sh
chmod 666 /sys/class/display/mode
chmod 666 /dev/amvideo
chmod 666 /dev/amstream*
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/axis
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/screen_mode
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/disable_video
chmod 666 /sys/class/tsync/pts_pcrscr
chmod 666 /sys/class/audiodsp/digital_raw
chmod 666 /sys/class/ppmgr/ppmgr_3d_mode
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

Guys,

this saved my Tronsmart MXIII 2G 115k4 from going to the garbage. I had all sorts of issues on KODI, freeze after pause, freeze on buffer... the specs are the same of my mini and my minix never had issues... I cant believe this actually fixed it... I am using the latest Kodi and its all perfect, being testing for 2 weeks now.

THANK YOU!!!!!!

-Antonio

[johandutoit2000]

Hi All,

I have the Beelink M8/S82 (round one with red bottom and black top).
I have been experiencing the problem that the video stops, but the audio continues. Carduling's solution above solved this problem.

I still have the problem the box cannot handle any 1080p streaming in Kodi. Playback is not perfectly smooth.
I always have the latest stable Kodi build installed and I have played around with the hardware acceleration and screen refresh settings. Nothing seems to work.
This box is supposed to be able to do 4K, so I am frustrated. I will be more than happy with just 1080p.

Does anyone have any ideas. If you have a similar box and have 1080p running smoothly in Kodi, then please advise your firmware and kodi build versions. Take note I have to be able to use Quasar for streaming.

Perhaps someone has some experience with Openelec on this box. Does it work? Where can I find the latest build?

Really looking forward to your replies,
Johan

[johandutoit2000]

All my problems are solved. I used this script below.

#!/system/bin/sh
chmod 666 /sys/class/display/mode
chmod 666 /dev/amvideo
chmod 666 /dev/amstream*
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/axis
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/screen_mode
chmod 666 /sys/class/video/disable_video
chmod 666 /sys/class/tsync/pts_pcrscr
chmod 666 /sys/class/audiodsp/digital_raw
chmod 666 /sys/class/ppmgr/ppmgr_3d_mode
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
chmod 666 /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor

[javlar]

I'm very new at this and completely inept at unix/ubuntu/android/whatever so please bear with me

I have a Matricom G-Box Q and it is doing exactly the sort of stuff (dropping/skipping frames, freezing, stopping playback etc) discussed in this thread. When I look at the Kodi overlay it says that it is running in dc-am-h264.

I tried to do the fix mentioned here, however when I initally run Init D it says that my kernel does not support it, is this the problem?

If it's any help I'm running the box with the latest firmware (2.1.1) and I've tried it on Kodi 16.1, SPMC Old and SPMC 16.3.

I bought the box like 5 months ago and due to work havent been able to fix it, still I think I've spent like 20hrs with it, none watching movies but trying to figure out this crap

Any help would be very appreciated.