mackodi/macspmc: KODI and SPMC on LINUX for rockchip devices

[MAC_L1]

mackodi/macspmc V0.1.1: KODI Isengard 15.2 and SPMC Isengard 15.0 for LINUX on RK3188, RK3288 and RK312X
(testrelease: i only tested this on my own devices - mk809iii, firefly, radxa rock2, ugoos ut3s and fireprime (the latter: sound only through audio jack))

See: http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-...ckchip-devices

It runs very well on my mk809iii RK3188 device. However I dont know about any other RK3188 devices, so you are very welcome to test it! Would be great if it runs on other RK3188 devices too!

Have fun!

And if you like my work: please get me a faster computer by giving a small donation; it will benefit my impatience during compilation/building, my nails and future releases; any help is welcome!

Donate..

Cheers -- mac-l1

[MAC_L1]

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[veclinux]

May I ask what linux version are you using..........debian slackware ubuntu or is this openelec?

Thanks,
Vec

[MAC_L1]

i used ubuntu 14.04 rootfs from radxa; however should also work on ubuntu 14.10 and 15.04; and on jessie 8.x... i have made seperate releases for each of these 4 distributions...
hope it works...

[veclinux]

next question is curl normally in most android installs or does it need to be added from the playstore or side loaded. I know i can get a terminal app from the play
store

Thanks
Vec

[MAC_L1]

hi vec,
my install only works when executed from a terminal on linux that runs on your device, so cannot be started from android. so you should already have installed linux on your device (on nand or on bootable SD).
and then linux distribution should be ubuntu 14.04, 14.10 or 15.04 or debian jessie... dont know if linux is supported for your device?

[MAC_L1]

wonder what is the most popular linux distrib / version for rk3188 devices? 12.04 or so? really don't know, but if so then could try to cook some 12.04 support...

[Shadi86]

Hi I have a rk3188 device, and I want test Linux Wich file do I need download?

[MAC_L1]

Hi I have a rk3188 device, and I want test Linux Wich file do I need download?

Hi Shady86,
First get a recent linux distribution running on you device. Dont know what recent linux distribs/imgs are around to download for RK3188 devices except radxa ones...
Seems rk3188 community isnt that alive anymore... Hope somebody can help you out here...

[BalintBanyasz]

Thanks MAC_L1, excellent work! Works perfectly on iMito QX1 / Debian Jessie.

Is it possible to switch between native linux Mali and machybris/Android Mali dynamically?

[MAC_L1]

Thanks MAC_L1, excellent work! Works perfectly on iMito QX1 / Debian Jessie.

Is it possible to switch between native linux Mali and machybris/Android Mali dynamically?

Don't know if it is possible or not for RK3188. During development of machybris on RK3288 it worked sometimes however not always. For RK3188 basically you need to rmmod the mali/ump (probably also drm modules) and insmod the other ones you need. Probably also need to stop X11 first and restart it afterwards...

[BalintBanyasz]

Don't know if it is possible or not for RK3188. During development of machybris on RK3288 it worked sometimes however not always. For RK3188 basically you need to rmmod the mali/ump (probably also drm modules) and insmod the other ones you need. Probably also need to stop X11 first and restart it afterwards...

Hi MAC_L1,

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, after executing rmmod on the loaded Android modules, I couldn't insmod any mali.ko again (not even the Android one). I've received a bunch of kernel error messages.

I've created two scripts to reboot into gaming mode (native Mali) and media mode (machybris) and they seem to work well:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByzOR23A8tIATGl4WlVielpqUWM/view?usp=sharing

Now I can play Jedi Knight II & III and after a reboot play some HD videos on my rk3188/Debian device Thanks again for your work.

[Udayakiran]

Hi MAC_L1,

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, after executing rmmod on the loaded Android modules, I couldn't insmod any mali.ko again (not even the Android one). I've received a bunch of kernel error messages.

I've created two scripts to reboot into gaming mode (native Mali) and media mode (machybris) and they seem to work well:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByzOR23A8tIATGl4WlVielpqUWM/view?usp=sharing

Now I can play Jedi Knight II & III and after a reboot play some HD videos on my rk3188/Debian device Thanks again for your work.

Hi BalintBanyasz,

Could you please upload an SD card image for iMito QX1/Jessie. I have been trying to build the kernel and create an image from your repository for the last 1.5 weeks, but I am not familiar with the linux environment, so I have been unsuccessful. I tried your Debian Wheezy image and works well, but I have not been able to get Kodi running on it.

Thanks for your help.

And thanks for your effort, guys. It is amazing how much you are contributing to the community. I was hoping to help, but this stuff is clearly beyond me.

[BalintBanyasz]

Hi BalintBanyasz,

Could you please upload an SD card image for iMito QX1/Jessie. I have been trying to build the kernel and create an image from your repository for the last 1.5 weeks, but I am not familiar with the linux environment, so I have been unsuccessful. I tried your Debian Wheezy image and works well, but I have not been able to get Kodi running on it.

Thanks for your help.

And thanks for your effort, guys. It is amazing how much you are contributing to the community. I was hoping to help, but this stuff is clearly beyond me.

Hi Udayakiran,

I'm planning to release a complete Debian Jessie LXDE image, hopefully this weekend. I need to clean it up a bit first.

Regards,
Balint

[Udayakiran]

Hi Udayakiran,

I'm planning to release a complete Debian Jessie LXDE image, hopefully this weekend. I need to clean it up a bit first.

Regards,
Balint

Thank you! Thanks a lot! I had almost given up trying and am now trying your android image. Still linux (and Debian at that) would be the best solution. If I can get Kodi running on this, I would have achieved my goal.

I am unable to express how excited I am now.