[ROM] Unofficial OpenELEC for MXIII-G & Tronsmart MXIII+

[silicon]

There is a bug somewhere in the PVR module. Your build comes with MythTV and VDR PVR add-ons installed. Have your ever tried deleting them? Deleting the add-on works only briefly and then they magically reinstall themselves upon rebooting. Also 2 PVR add-on should work simultaneously but do not. I'll do more testing but you should be able to replicate the inability to delete the PVR add-on described above. Considering that the Openelec add-on repository includes all the PVR add-ons, it would be preferable for the default to be no PVR add-on installed and let the end user choose which PVR add-on(s) they wish to install to reduce unnecessary conflicts.

[clarkss12]

There is a bug somewhere in the PVR module. Your build comes with MythTV and VDR PVR add-ons installed. Have your ever tried deleting them? Deleting the add-on works only briefly and then they magically reinstall themselves upon rebooting. Also 2 PVR add-on should work simultaneously but do not. I'll do more testing but you should be able to replicate the inability to delete the PVR add-on described above. Considering that the Openelec add-on repository includes all the PVR add-ons, it would be preferable for the default to be no PVR add-on installed and let the end user choose which PVR add-on(s) they wish to install to reduce unnecessary conflicts.

You are not the only person that uses the PVR add-ons, I just select the one I wish to use and not worry about the others. For you to make a determination on what everyone else need or uses, is very inconsiderate.

[wilro_6276]

There is a bug somewhere in the PVR module. Your build comes with MythTV and VDR PVR add-ons installed. Have your ever tried deleting them? Deleting the add-on works only briefly and then they magically reinstall themselves upon rebooting. Also 2 PVR add-on should work simultaneously but do not. I'll do more testing but you should be able to replicate the inability to delete the PVR add-on described above. Considering that the Openelec add-on repository includes all the PVR add-ons, it would be preferable for the default to be no PVR add-on installed and let the end user choose which PVR add-on(s) they wish to install to reduce unnecessary conflicts.

Hi silicon,

I will remove them from my next build (Unfortunately, quite a few of the addon's in the repo don't work correctly on this box, which is why I included the ones that I know are broken - In theory, disabling the included ones should have stopped them from conflicting with any other addons - As this doesn't appear to be the case, I'll remove them (I personally have no use for any of them with my normal setup

[silicon]

You are not the only person that uses the PVR add-ons, I just select the one I wish to use and not worry about the others. For you to make a determination on what everyone else need or uses, is very inconsiderate.

mr clarkss12, please don't jump to conclusion or make accusations which are simply untrue. the entire point of post was to inform the DEVELOPER that there is a bug which prevents the add-on from being deleted. as stated above, ALL kodi PVR add-ons are available via the openelec repository, to randomly select 2 pvr add-ons to include with the base installation is unnecessary. Whether the default install includes 2 PVR add-ons of Wilro's choosing or ZERO PVR add-ons has no impact on determination on what you or anyone needs or uses whatsoever when whatever you or I need is available via repository. the only person being inconsiderate is you.

[wilro_6276]

You are not the only person that uses the PVR add-ons, I just select the one I wish to use and not worry about the others. For you to make a determination on what everyone else need or uses, is very inconsiderate.

Hi clarkss12,

I am kinda stuck between a rock & a hard place here - I know that *some* plugins work better when compiled into the system, & I know that some certainly don't work *unless* I compile/include them in the base build (basically all the binary plugins). My real problem was that when I included them all (ala kerber's builds), that I saw regressions in the overall functioning of the device (despite "disabling" all of them), which is what I'm trying to avoid here.

I can build/include the plugins that are known to be problematic on the MX3G (the mythTV & simple are 2 that I've been advised don't work well, which is why I include them by default) - My concern is if they cause problems while disabled (Which I haven't seen personally), then I have a much larger problem.

I can build the addons into zip files for those who have problems with the ones in the repo's, but this is pretty much a blind effort, as in most cases I can't even test what I'm building, let alone sort out any problems with them.

The first step is to identify any addon's that are problematic, & as long as the source code for them is available, try doing a build against my OE tree to see if that fixes them.

[silicon]

Hi silicon,

I will remove them from my next build (Unfortunately, quite a few of the addon's in the repo don't work correctly on this box, which is why I included the ones that I know are broken - In theory, disabling the included ones should have stopped them from conflicting with any other addons - As this doesn't appear to be the case, I'll remove them (I personally have no use for any of them with my normal setup

hi wilro, unfortunately the included pvr add-ons went into a loop where they could not be disabled or deleted. thank you for your build.

[silicon]

thank you.

[chaosengine]

Hi Wilro and everyone!

I just wanted to register and say thank you I've recently got a MX111-g 2gb with LP rom as standard.

It refused to consistently playback using amlogic hardware acceleration. Sometimes using am, other times ff-mpeg.

After faffing around with a KK rom, and some root workarounds by first running SMPC to get the permissions, then kodi 15.2 combined, I did get it to work as intended. Although after a restart, it needs to be faffed with again. So after getting annoyed with that, I went on the hunt for a decently openelec rom.


Then I managed to find this forum post! And so glad I have! Active development as well, which is amazing. I installed 6.0.1d using the toothpick and sdcard method. I didn't use dual boot, as I just wanted OE and no android....

My little Mx3 is night and day better for using Wilro's openelec build. Its fast, and stable. Connected to my WIFI first time, and within minutes I had it setup just how I like it with apps, FTP sources etc.

I cant tell you how chuffed to bits I am. Keep up the great work

[wilro_6276]

Howdy Folks,

Sorry my internet connection has been more pathetic than normal - I managed to upload build 6.0.1e, which reverts a few problem patches - I have dropped the backport patches for now, as they are causing more problems than I have time to address, I have included a few patches from kszaq's kernel, including a fix for bluetooth (as limited as it is in OE) - I'm fairly busy with (paying) work at the moment, so it's getting the lion share of my time - There are some fairly big updates in the pipeline which I will pump out as soon as they are mature enough in my test environment...

[vn800art]

Will try and report back the soonest! Thanks for your time and good work-time!
Edit: everything back to normal! Yeahhhh! As with Kszaq builds BT pairing but not connecting, even if devices exchange pairing codes!
More than happy till here!
Thanks for your work, Wilro!

[snoof]

first of all THANK YOU for the great port to openelec
this project run perfect in my mxiii-g AND in my beelink ubox i 818 (exept the tv box controler )- (s802 1gb ram) ! (sdcard method)
a small noob question , can i update from my exist installed version 6.0.1d to 6.0.1e with out loose everything ?

[kabise]

@snoof
just download .tar file and put to update folder, i've done this method many times and i donot loose my setting

regards,
kabise

[snoof]

kabise
this worked for me , thank you very much

[red-i]

Hey guys forgive my newbness. I have the 2g tronsmart box. If I flash openelec on it, is reverting back to Android ad simple as putting the factory firmware on a micro SD and rebooting with the toothpick?

[kabise]

red-i

Just download the zip file given on the first page then extract , put the 3 files on your microSD . Then do the toothpick install and your good to go.

regards,
kabise