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

[Charbs]

Hey guys. Small problem with my MXIII+ When I put the OE files onto an SD card and insert it. Then try to boot with toothpick it just shows the tronsmart logo then tv turns blue (no signal). So having the card inserted wont let me get to the recovery menu. If I try with the card out it works. But then once I put the card in and try to access the update files it wont recognize the card.

Tried a few times then all of a sudden booting up with toothpick just showed the android logo and boom. OE v6 was installed. Im really confused by how this happened, and I cant reproduce it.

Why wont the recovery console let me access my sd card to update OE to v7?

[red-i]

libreelec latest build is working great for me. no difference really as 6.0.1e was also working great.

I did a direct update via copy to update folder. on reboot it did hang on the openelec logo, so I waited a good 10 mins, rebooted the box and libreelec loaded right away.

props to wilro!

[ukmark62]

? for Wilro.

What controls the led colours (on, off, standby) for a tv box? Is it the kernel or the system partition - if it's the system, do you know where it can be changed?

I have used your great rom on CX-S806 device and it works flawlessly - apart from the colours being the wrong way round - blue when it should be red and vice versa.

If it's something that can be done quickly, great, otherwise it's fine to be the wrong way round as everything else works 100%.

Many thanks for any assistance you can provide.

[ukmark62]

Stupid question but how do I convert tar.xz to tar so that openlec update recognizes it? Is .xz compressed or something?

I use 7-zip program to decompress all compressed files.

[Bruur]

Yep... I wanted to see if I could salvage it with the 201L and go back to android on it for the time being. I bought 5 and only one had the 201L the others flashed fine.

Well, I have good news and bad news. I managed to unbrick the device (kinda), read details about it here. But the remote doesn't work (you need to connect a usb mouse or keyboard to control it), nor does Ethernet. Clearly I've revived it with not the original firmware, but it gives a hint in where to look. I've opened the box up to see if I could find any other clues, see the attached pictures. Do you have the same?

I've also asked help here to identify the board / box (my apologies for double posting). Maybe somebody knows which box this exactly is and firmware belongs to this box?

[ilfrance]

Stupid question but how do I convert tar.xz to tar so that openlec update recognizes it? Is .xz compressed or something?

xz -d filename

[red-i]

Stupid question but how do I convert tar.xz to tar so that openlec update recognizes it? Is .xz compressed or something?

[hscotty55]

I didn't know about LibreElec before I read your post.
I understand that Libreelec isn't build for Tronsmart MXIII Plus, correct?
Or did you mean I can install only the CEC drivers from Libreelec? (apologize if it's a stupid question)
Thanks

Yes, it runs great on the Tronsmart MXIII PLUS.

[ukmark62]

What's the best way to upgrade to libreelec from the 6.0.1e firmware?

You can use the .tar file as suggested by ilfrance, or you can use the dual boot method described in post #425, to have openelec on nand and libreelec on sd card.

[ilfrance]

What's the best way to upgrade to libreelec from the 6.0.1e firmware?

I've simply put the tar file into the .update folder and rebooted

[chewb]

Hi guys, and especially Wiro.

I just want to take few minutes to thank you for this amazing job ! I was a little bit frustrated with my MXIII 4K android box as it was slow and not as efficient as expected.
I've decided yesterday night to look at the problem more carefully, and after few research I've found this topic to load openelec (libelec in my case) into the box. After some hours of read I've finally understood how everything works and installed the 7.0.0.2 version on SD in one attempt (not errors/mistake/bugs at all !).

The box is now totally different and works as expected when I bought it. Thank you for this work !!

In order to give my personal contribution, here two issues I've encountered after having spend some time with this version :
- HD sound are not supported. I don't know if it's a restriction of the chipset (S812), from Kodi or from the libelec distribution but DTS-HD and Dolby True-HD doesn' t work with Passthought (only the standard DTS version is received by my onkyo receiver) and can only be decoded in 2 channels (stereo) without passthought.
- Some configuration I've made on Kodi have disappear after a reboot of the box. Especially configuration of the Aeon Nox home menu (I've created custom button to cartoons | films HD | etc...). I've not retried those setup to see if it's a reccuring glitch or not

I'll continue to enjoy my "reborn" MX3 -4K TV box and share my feedback if I discover new issues. I'm also considering a new remote controller as IR is really crappy, I'll share with you feedback when I'll test it.

Have a nice day (it's the morning here in France!)

[Aldan68]

ukmark62, thank you very much for your explanation . I'll test it soon

[red-i]

What's the best way to upgrade to libreelec from the 6.0.1e firmware?

[ukmark62]

I didn't know about LibreElec before I read your post.
I understand that Libreelec isn't build for Tronsmart MXIII Plus, correct?
Or did you mean I can install only the CEC drivers from Libreelec? (apologize if it's a stupid question)
Thanks

LibreELEC (LE) is a transition from OpenELEC (OE) - info here:- https://libreelec.tv/

Wilro created an MX3G version of LE. If you download the "img.xz" file, extract it and burn on to SD card, you can try installing and running it via the micro SD card (this is what I have done). If I leave the micro SD card out, my box runs OpenELEC, and with the card inserted, it boots into LibreELEC. Post #2 on Page 1 of this thread explains how to dual install. I'm not sure it will work on the MXIII plus, but it might be worth giving it a try.

Get the "img.xz" file from here:- http://5.189.137.29/Openelec/MX3G/ks...7.0.0.2.img.xz

I don't believe that you can install the driver separately - install Wilro's LE to get it. There's no real difference (yet!) between OE and LE (LE has a prettier boot up logo!!). The new Amlogic CEC driver that pauses playback if you switch source is great.

The driver is configurable ( From Kodi -> Settings -> System -> Input -> Peripherals and hit enter on the popup window. By default it turns off the TV and box if you power off your box, but you can easily change it here to not turn off your TV if you don't want it to.

[Aldan68]

One great feature of libreelec's new amlogic CEC drivers is that if you flip over to watch some TV, the video on LE automatically pauses, and then continues when you flip back to LE from watching TV.

I didn't know about LibreElec before I read your post.
I understand that Libreelec isn't build for Tronsmart MXIII Plus, correct?
Or did you mean I can install only the CEC drivers from Libreelec? (apologize if it's a stupid question)
Thanks