openelec for MXIII-G (amlogic S812) ?

[stannoplan]

Can anyone provide some feedback on how this is working? are the same issues found by markthepig prevalent? Kamik from amlinux.ru i think compiled this from kerbers git but he hasnt been active on that forum for a month. i would love a working version as my MxIII-G comes Friday . Also, what flavour of kodi do people use (when not openelec) eg: spmc, stock or the amlogic one from stane1983

cheers

[markthepig]

Can anyone provide some feedback on how this is working? are the same issues found by markthepig prevalent? Kamik from amlinux.ru i think compiled this from kerbers git but he hasnt been active on that forum for a month. i would love a working version as my MxIII-G comes Friday . Also, what flavour of kodi do people use (when not openelec) eg: spmc, stock or the amlogic one from stane1983

cheers

After more testing i managed to have all working (wifi, lan, AC3, DTS, AAC 5.1 in h265 and h264). the only problem i have is with ir remote control (multimedia computer remote control) this one (http://www.wholecheap.com/Sku/114611...-pc-tth-116578) does not work under this open elec build. Under mk808b plus openelec works like a charm. Also on mxiii-g build of openelec i encouter image flashes. I have my box hooked thru my avr (denon 1311). These flases are not happening with mk808b+ on same setup. Hope this help.

[Haba]

After more testing i managed to have all working (wifi, lan, AC3, DTS, AAC 5.1 in h265 and h264). the only problem i have is with ir remote control (multimedia computer remote control) this one (http://www.wholecheap.com/Sku/114611...-pc-tth-116578) does not work under this open elec build. Under mk808b plus openelec works like a charm. Also on mxiii-g build of openelec i encouter image flashes. I have my box hooked thru my avr (denon 1311). These flases are not happening with mk808b+ on same setup. Hope this help.

Did you try bypassing the Denon, is flashing still an issue without the Denon? Does the Stock remote work o.k. with this version of openelec?

[markthepig]

Did you try bypassing the Denon, is flashing still an issue without the Denon? Does the Stock remote work o.k. with this version of openelec?

Flashes are happening when open elecboots, after i change the resolution to 60 hz in openelec apparently it stops. I will test some more this weeken throu out a movie. I forgot to mention that shutdown command in openelec restarst the player (so you will have to shut it down from on/off switch).I didnt try stock remote because i use an air mouse. I will try tonight and let you know.

[markthepig]

Did you try bypassing the Denon, is flashing still an issue without the Denon? Does the Stock remote work o.k. with this version of openelec?

Remote works very nice, all buttons works except (the colored ones from the second row -media,music,web,app).
Im comparing now brodwell intel nuc vs mxii-g (as a media palyer), smoothnes etc and will report back. Both test will be done on openelec.


LE: Test done. For what is worth mxiii-g is a decent mediaplayer. I encouter no differences between the nuc and mxiig playing some content (x264,x265 only 8 bit DTS AC3, AAC5.1 ). Where mxii-g falls short in DTS TRUE HD, ATMOS,ETC. No passtrhu only downsampling to stereo. I played also with some skins where mxiii-g dind't fall behind of the nuc, there where some small speed differences(1fps, 2fps) on the very demanding skins.
So stay on this openelec as is stable. The only downside exept HD-Audio passthrough is the power off button that only restarts the player.
I think when wetek core will be launched maybe we will be able to test their build of openelec (wetek core has almost same configuration, i dont know about the hardware). Wetek is a sponsor of kodi and openelec and i expect openelec for wetek core to be spot-on.
Mark

[xangt]

hi. anyone have upgraded the version? i try with the tar files from http://amlinux.ru/image/, however the ir doesnt work. any ideas or link?

[Haba]

hi. anyone have upgraded the version? i try with the tar files from http://amlinux.ru/image/, however the ir doesnt work. any ideas or link?

I am not sure what files you are looking at but that repository appears to be for different devices m8, m8s.

[Haba]

Remote works very nice, all buttons works except (the colored ones from the second row -media,music,web,app).
Im comparing now brodwell intel nuc vs mxii-g (as a media palyer), smoothnes etc and will report back. Both test will be done on openelec.


LE: Test done. For what is worth mxiii-g is a decent mediaplayer. I encouter no differences between the nuc and mxiig playing some content (x264,x265 only 8 bit DTS AC3, AAC5.1 ). Where mxii-g falls short in DTS TRUE HD, ATMOS,ETC. No passtrhu only downsampling to stereo. I played also with some skins where mxiii-g dind't fall behind of the nuc, there where some small speed differences(1fps, 2fps) on the very demanding skins.
So stay on this openelec as is stable. The only downside exept HD-Audio passthrough is the power off button that only restarts the player.
I think when wetek core will be launched maybe we will be able to test their build of openelec (wetek core has almost same configuration, i dont know about the hardware). Wetek is a sponsor of kodi and openelec and i expect openelec for wetek core to be spot-on.
Mark

I can't thank you enough for the comparison 👍I also have an Intel Celeron 2957U Zotac box on Openelec that plays everything up to 1080 p/i without issue. I will order an MXIII-G for testing soon. Since the MXIII-G has a very good Android 4.4.2 implementation, it would be nice to dual boot but I have no idea how, that's not a deal breaker.

[wilro_6276]

Howdy All,

Picked up one of these devices when they first came out, installed the openelec posted elsewhere in this thread (kerber based)

After a bit of poking around, I was able to build my own & fix a couple of issues I had with the original:

1. Fix poweroff (kszaq)
2. Make the power button shutdown instead of suspend (suspend resume usually required a "reboot" to get network back anyway
3. Rollback to Kodi 15.1 (kszaq)

This can be downloaded from my server here (copy to /storage/.update dir):

http://5.189.137.29/Openelec/MX3G/kerber/Op...G-5.95.5.3.tar

Anyone wanting to build their own version can grab my addon's for kerber's git tree here:

http://5.189.137.29/Openelec/MX3G/kerber/kerber-mx3g.tar.bz2

(This is my first custom build of openelec - Feel free to point out anything I stuffed up

[al8782]

Howdy All,

Picked up one of these devices when they first came out, installed the openelec posted elsewhere in this thread (kerber based)

After a bit of poking around, I was able to build my own & fix a couple of issues I had with the original:

1. Fix poweroff (kszaq)
2. Make the power button shutdown instead of suspend (suspend resume usually required a "reboot" to get network back anyway
3. Rollback to Kodi 15.1 (kszaq)


This can be downloaded from my server here (copy to /storage/.update dir):

http://5.189.137.29/Openelec/MX3G/OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-MX3G-5.95.5.3.tar

Anyone wanting to build their own version can grab my addon's for kerber's git tree here:

http://5.189.137.29/Openelec/MX3G/kerber-mx3g.tar.bz2

(This is my first custom build of openelec - Feel free to point out anything I stuffed up

Very nice. I'm curious would you think this build work on the M10 MXQ S812? I just ordered one today.

[markthepig]

Howdy All,

Picked up one of these devices when they first came out, installed the openelec posted elsewhere in this thread (kerber based)

After a bit of poking around, I was able to build my own & fix a couple of issues I had with the original:

1. Fix poweroff (kszaq)
2. Make the power button shutdown instead of suspend (suspend resume usually required a "reboot" to get network back anyway
3. Rollback to Kodi 15.1 (kszaq)

This can be downloaded from my server here (copy to /storage/.update dir):

http://5.189.137.29/Openelec/MX3G/OpenELEC-Amlogic.arm-MX3G-5.95.5.3.tar

Anyone wanting to build their own version can grab my addon's for kerber's git tree here:

http://5.189.137.29/Openelec/MX3G/kerber-mx3g.tar.bz2

(This is my first custom build of openelec - Feel free to point out anything I stuffed up

Thank you for the fixes and posting this up.
Will you update to kodi 15.2 final ?
Do you know if your release implemeted 23.976fps videos stuttering fix?
Im playing now with kodi 15.2 final release to see what is this 23.976fps videos stuttering fix that they implemented in android.
I think for this to take effect you have to go to seetings-videos-playback and set ajust display frame rate refres to (on start/stop).
Thank you again and looking forward for more updates.
Yours
Mark

[wilro_6276]

Very nice. I'm curious would you think this build work on the M10 MXQ S812? I just ordered one today.

Not sure - If Kamik's build works, I'd expect my one would (Mine's just using the latest git from kerber + kszaq's kodi ) - Originally, I found kerbers S82 build to work pretty well for the MX3G, with the exception of the GIGE port, & the the M8SP worked giving me GIGE, but no wireless - If the MX3G build doesn't work, you may have better luck with kerber's M8S/M8SP builds for the M10 ( http://amlinux.ru/image/ )

[wilro_6276]

Thank you for the fixes and posting this up.
Will you update to kodi 15.2 final ?
Do you know if your release implemeted 23.976fps videos stuttering fix?
Im playing now with kodi 15.2 final release to see what is this 23.976fps videos stuttering fix that they implemented in android.
I think for this to take effect you have to go to seetings-videos-playback and set ajust display frame rate refres to (on start/stop).
Thank you again and looking forward for more updates.
Yours
Mark

Hi Mark.

I currently follow both kerber's & kszaq's build tree's for openelec (I have MXQ-S85, HD18Q & the MX3G) - kszaq runs "stable" kodi releases, while kerber merges more regularly with the latest openelec - I expect they'll both move to kodi 15.2 release once they consider it stable - As it stands, I found kszaq's kodi more stable, which is why I downgraded it for the MX3G build (I also want to keep the same kodi ver across all 3 boxes here - I'll certainly be releasing new builds for the MX3G at least, as there are still a few "quirks" with it that I want to hammer out.

The 23.976fps thing I've been following for quite a while (80% of what I watch is @23.976) - I've seen 3 things that produce this occasional stutter:

1. Movie quality too high over wireless (not a prob over Gig lan)
2. Poorly encoded movie/audio (ie. does it on my PS3/Showtime device as well)
3. Upscaled Movie src file (ie. 576p->1080p, etc - the MXIII does FAR better upscaling the original file itself

I've watched several of my BR movies (35-45Gig files, 1080p/23.976fps) flawlessly on the MXIIIG over gigabit lan.

When using "adjust display frame rate refresh to (on start/stop)", I get the following:

src: 25fps Disp: 50Hz
src: 23.976fps Disp: 24Hz
src: 30fps Disp: 60Hz

I found leaving it fixed @ 60hz, combined with disabling all the TV's picture enhancing options (motion+, edge smoothing, etc) produces the best playback quality overall (My TV's are all older samsung display's)

That said, I'd be interested to hear if android + kodi 15.2 does resolve this issue (esp. for No.2 above) - My PS3 is my "Gold standard" for comparing playback quality - If it could handle H.265/HEVC I probably wouldn't be dabbling with these amlogic boxes

[Haba]

wilro_6276 thank you for this new build of Openelec for the MXIII-G. Your efforts are very much appreciated!

[xangt]

wilro_6276 thanks. that is what im looking for. a update/upgrade. i will try it