Mecool M8S PRO L 4K TV Box Amlogic S912 Bluetooth 4.1 + HS

[mirbg]

Guys, is M8S Pro L any better than M8S Pro (when both have L1 Widevine)?

[Floki]

No, it locks up while using it. Yesterday, I was playing a live TV stream, using Emby, and I left the house for about half an hour. After I returned, my "L" was frozen, had to reboot. This happens quite often, but I think it is because of some of the apps I have running in the background. I have never taken the time to find the cause, but, I do think it is caused from some bad app coding that this box does not like.

Always had that issue, not heat related indeed, happens with every custom rom available (I tried them all). Currently I'm not using this box, using M8S Pro+ and no such problems.

[clarkss12]

Heat issues?

No....... too many apps installed.....

[mirbg]

No, it locks up while using it. Yesterday, I was playing a live TV stream, using Emby, and I left the house for about half an hour. After I returned, my "L" was frozen, had to reboot. This happens quite often, but I think it is because of some of the apps I have running in the background. I have never taken the time to find the cause, but, I do think it is caused from some bad app coding that this box does not like.

Heat issues?

[P.X]

No, it locks up while using it. Yesterday, I was playing a live TV stream, using Emby, and I left the house for about half an hour. After I returned, my "L" was frozen, had to reboot. This happens quite often, but I think it is because of some of the apps I have running in the background. I have never taken the time to find the cause, but, I do think it is caused from some bad app coding that this box does not like.

Ah, two different issues then. Not seen your one.

[clarkss12]

Won't Wake From Off issue.
It happens occasionally, possibly not going to Off Mode correctly. The other day I noticed my box was warm even though it had been "Off" all night. Wouldn't wake, and needed a power cycle. Normal box is cold when Off.

No, it locks up while using it. Yesterday, I was playing a live TV stream, using Emby, and I left the house for about half an hour. After I returned, my "L" was frozen, had to reboot. This happens quite often, but I think it is because of some of the apps I have running in the background. I have never taken the time to find the cause, but, I do think it is caused from some bad app coding that this box does not like.

[P.X]

I have this problem, even running Magendanz's ATV mod. I got tired of unplugging/plugging so I use a voice controlled switch to turn it off and back on. Never figured out what causes it to hang.

Won't Wake From Off issue.
It happens occasionally, possibly not going to Off Mode correctly. The other day I noticed my box was warm even though it had been "Off" all night. Wouldn't wake, and needed a power cycle. Normal box is cold when Off.

[clarkss12]

Question? does everyone that has this M8S PRO L get the issue where the box becomes unresponsive. Blue LED is on but the TV is getting no signal & remote doesn't seem to wake it up? only fix is to pull the power?

I have this problem, even running Magendanz's ATV mod. I got tired of unplugging/plugging so I use a voice controlled switch to turn it off and back on. Never figured out what causes it to hang.

[bayard0]

Question? does everyone that has this M8S PRO L get the issue where the box becomes unresponsive. Blue LED is on but the TV is getting no signal & remote doesn't seem to wake it up? only fix is to pull the power?

[Freaking]

I see. Looking forward it to then!
Do you think that running Libreelec instead of Android Kodi might have a chance to give a better performance and stop this issues?

It's only available at this point on my M8S PRO threads, since I don't have Widevine L1 support working yet.

[Freaking]

I am playing movies, both x264 and x265 hevc through the android Kodi version and every now and then the box stops working. The image just freezes like that I the only thing I can do is unplug the power cable to get it working again. Is this normal? Or do I have a faulty box and need a replacement?

Do you think its due to heat? Where can I find the Shinningworth base firmware?

I'm seeing this too. Fortunately, it's pretty infrequent, maybe once a week. It should be fixed if we switch over from VideoStrong to the Shiningworth base firmware.

[Freaking]

I am playing movies, both x264 and x265 hevc through the android Kodi version and every now and then the box stops working. The image just freezes like that I the only thing I can do is unplug the power cable to get it working again. Is this normal? Or do I have a faulty box and need a replacement?

[drmhussein85]

whenever I change the display size to large or extra large.. the navigation bar and icons in the home screen get distorted.. navigation bar and dock will be aligned to the right side of the screen instead of the bottom.. any work around???