S802/S812-Libreelec images for 7/8/9

Quote from kingsombra

Hey it sounds like you have the exact same device I have.

Could you let me know how much success you have and if you can stop/fastforward/rewind a playing video without a system lockup?

Thanks.

EDIT: After reading some obscure posts here and there, I found the lockups seem to ONLY occur when the refresh rate is set to 60Hz

One of my TVs allows for 50Hz and that one works if I use that. But the other only has 60Hz and 24Hz. Using 24Hz is supper jumpy in the menus and durring playback. So I really cannot use the 50Hz solution. Either someone needs to fix 60Hz or I need to stay at LE 8.2.3 or I need to just abandon my Tronsmart MXIII-Plus boxes and get new ones. If I go the new box route, it is highly likely that I will not need LE at all.

The only use case I see going forward for LE is to get KODI working on hardware that generally does not run KODI well in the first place. I am fairly certain that newer boxes will have better implementation of MediaCodec and thus will not need LE.

When it comes to music I use to use open software called RockBox. That project is pretty much dead because who uses MP3 players anymore? I think LE could eventually head down the same path.

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did you try the "refresh rate on " and a "white-list"?

you need to run your device without these settings only with a really old TV.

the "50hz" solution is only for old TV not supporting "refresh rate on" and a "whitelist"

Quote from gthebest

Ok I will try to explain

1.Well first of all I make a format to my SD card with the SD formatter to my pc

2. Then with the Win32DiscImager I install the ".img" file to the SD card

3. I power on my TV box without put in the SD card

4. The TV box will open to Android

5. Then I put in the SD card to my TV box

6. I open the "update&backup "app. In local update we check the select button

7. After a while the files appears in the screen. We select the "aml_autoscript.zip" from the SD card and then select to update.

8. The TV box will restart and then it will install the Libreelec firmware

I notice again than everything is working fine except the power off selection not working (the TV box is restarting) and there is no "Boot to Android" selection in power menu!

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I tried this method, however the aml_autoscript.zip never appeared in the update&backup list. Didn't seem to pickup the SD card. So I tried the toothpick method. The box booted to the Google splash screen, sat there and eventually the screen went blank. I then tried booting to Recovery, but I could not install the script from there. Tried twice, no go. Then I booted without the toothpick and as soon as the Google splash came up I inserted the toothpick. The Libreelec boot came up and installed 18.2. So I am up and running on an MXIII-G 4K.

Have to say, this box is still fast and runs great. Definitely worth the effort.

Thanks again Demetris.

Quote from doggyofone

I tried this method, however the aml_autoscript.zip never appeared in the update&backup list. Didn't seem to pickup the SD card. So I tried the toothpick method. The box booted to the Google splash screen, sat there and eventually the screen went blank. I then tried booting to Recovery, but I could not install the script from there. Tried twice, no go. Then I booted without the toothpick and as soon as the Google splash came up I inserted the toothpick. The Libreelec boot came up and installed 18.2. So I am up and running on an MXIII-G 4K.

Have to say, this box is still fast and runs great. Definitely worth the effort.

Thanks again Demetris.

Update - I can't play anything, as selecting any of the options - pause, stop, play, fast forward or reverse locks up the device. So I'm back on 8.2.2, which is working pretty well.

Kinda confused by this thread. It has s802 in the title but, as I'm understanding this Demetris is no longer building for Amlogic s802. Do I understand about that correctly? Still, it seems some of his older builds for s802 might be available at the links given in the OP. If that's the case, how do I tell which build is for Amlogic s802? Also, have I understood correctly that these builds are for writing to SD card so that the OS boots from it rather than from the box's internal ROM? Clarifications will be appreciated.

PS Currently nursin along my older box with MyGica, which works acceptably for now. Would like to try out LibreELEC though.

Hi, Can not Docker be installed in this distribution? It does not appear in the Libreelec repository.

LibreELEC-MXIII_Plus.arm-9.0-devel-20190517212215-9a6423a

Quote from chewitt

No, because the 3.10 kernel codebase is too old to sensibly patch overlayfs support in.

Thanks.

noob here!

how do i

1.get a complete build on a usb for a s802

2.boot up box with it?

its getting beyond me!

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Quote from chewitt

Anything involving acestream is piracy .. so you are asking for help in the wrong forum.

sorry for the inconvenience, I delete the comment.

Does service.aml-vnc work?
In previous releases of LibreELEC-MXIII_Plus, service.system.aml-vnc-7.0.3 always worked.
In LibreELEC-MXIII_Plus.arm-9.0-devel-20190517212215-9a6423a
no version of service.aml-vnc is working. I have proven, even, up to:
service.aml-vnc-9.0.1.101
service.aml-vnc-9.1.101

Quote from havhav

Does service.aml-vnc work?
In previous releases of LibreELEC-MXIII_Plus, service.system.aml-vnc-7.0.3 always worked.
In LibreELEC-MXIII_Plus.arm-9.0-devel-20190517212215-9a6423a
no version of service.aml-vnc is working. I have proven, even, up to:
service.aml-vnc-9.0.1.101
service.aml-vnc-9.1.101

Please, can anyone tell me something about this?

Ok guys, what's the procedure if I want to upgrade from 8.2.3.

I have MXIII 2 gb box and Demetris's LibreELEC with 17.6. on it.

Tried to put 9.0 .tar file to .update folder, it went ok after a reboot, but all it did was change the skin back to default and nothing else was changed. Afterwards I made a SD card with

.img file and tried (no toothpick method) and it was no go.

I can still boot to 17.6 fine but would like to upgrade to new version. Thanks.

Hello friends! I have registered to learn a bit since I have the MXIII-G 2GB RAM / 16Gb and I have it as I bought it since I only used it to put movies to the child. Now I want to enter the world of KODI and I would like to learn. What steps should I give? My goal is to install KODI. Thank you very much!

Hello, I have Tronsmart S89 (S802H)

Which is the latest libreelec firmware for my box? (I would like to put it internally (not on SD))

Does "LibreELEC-MXIII_Plus.arm-9.0-devel-20190207022938-5e27f15.tar" work with that box?

Or "LibreELEC-S82.arm-9.0-devel-20190206212910-5e27f15"?

Thanks in advance!

I have been running 8.2.3 on my S812 based box, and its been running fine for a long time.

I have been playing with Alexelec for a while, everything work great as well, just updated to 9.1.3 (Kodi 18.4).

Librelec is on NAND and Alexelec is on SD card.

But I have always had this issue. When I shutdown Alexelec, neither the remote power button nor the from power on button turns on the device. I have to pull the power cord, and then everything is fine.

On Librelec, everything is perfect. I shutdown Kodi, and can power on using he remote or the power on button on the device.

This issue does not belong here, I am sure. But I was hoping if someone has resolved or seen a similar issue. I have not been able to find anything that can help me.

I am using the same remote.conf file on both Librelec and Alexelec. All remote keys works, just the power on from shutdown does not work.

Maybe there is something that I can extract from Librelec in the NAND and apply to Alexelec. Or maybe its a known issue booting off SD card and no resolution.

I would greatly appreciate your help or a point to the right direction.

Thanks