7.0.3.010 build for S905/S905X

Quote from Bruur

I have a Q-Box too, I didn't use this device tree and used the default one. I'll try this and see if it works better (I have random freezes at boot).

Why don't you install LibreElec to NAND by the way? Is it because you really need to have a browser on the box and need to access Android?

Haven't yet installed it to NAND because I thought to test a bit more, but so far it works quite well booting from USB.

This device tree thing is confusing. I only tried the gxbb_p200_2G_1Gbit.dtb one, which was a bit of a gamble as I haven't opened the devive to check in detail what chips are used. I purchased the q-box from Amazon, and according to the specs it should have an S905 and 1Gbit LAN port. Still not sure about the WIFI chip used, but tested WIFI and it works fine.

I haven't found much reliable info on the internals of these Q-boxes. But I'm impressed with what you get for the money. The performance is much better then my old AMD based HTPC. But that one has 5.1 audio, and for the Q-box I ordered a separate USB 5.1 audio interface. That should arrive tomorrow, curious how things will work.

Funny thing is that on a packaging-label it states Android 5.1, but the device came with Android 6.01 and Kodi Jarvis 16.1 preinstalled. Didn't work well intially, had to delete a lot of annoying apps and reinstall Kodi...

Quote from kszaq

A first post-010 development build to test,

Please focus on (re)booting issues. Thanks in advance for testing.

Beelink MiniMXIII with MCE remote (USB receiver), 10 reboots in a row, all of them successful !

Great job, as always ! Thank you very much !

Quote from 9800pro

Could you please share how to get that log?

sent from my G2

yes, you need to solder the serial UART pins to an USB-to-serial adapter (How to Run Headless Linux on Amlogic S905 Devices Such as MINI MX or K1 Plus)
then you get the console log over serial when the box boots

Hi Kszaq.

I am trying to map some of your github commits to change log. Can you check If I did it correctly please ? Format:
- changelog_entry
(commit_message - commit_url)

- reverted some kernel audio patches to prevent clicks and pops
(update audio configuration to use the latest Latest LE kernel - Revert "projects/S905: update audio configuration to use the latest L… · kszaq/LibreELEC.tv@c8d5d55 · GitHub)

- applied a fix after the revert to keep HD Audio working
(add a workaround to enable HD Audio passthrough for S905X - projects/S905: add a workaround to enable HD Audio passthrough for S905X · kszaq/LibreELEC.tv@925b8e6 · GitHub)

- 4K scaling patches reverted to 7.0.2.008
(use 4K scaling patches from LE master - Revert "projects/S905: use 4K scaling patches from LE master" · kszaq/LibreELEC.tv@615b0ee · GitHub)

Thank you for your work !

tvheadend client playback still jerky as in .008 and .009. Back to .007 for me.

Hello Kszaq,

thank you for your tremendous amount of work. This work great on x96 s905x. It's fantastic.
I have one question which is slightly off topic if you don't mind.

I am trying to build linux from amlogic official buildroot and seem to have trouble with soundcard.
Now I remember coming upon your post saying that s905x has "special" soundcard and needed to
be disabled in order for hdmi to work. Could you please provide any hint or direction on how I might
proceed to achieve same result on linux built from latest amlogic sources.

Quote from kszaq

• toothpick method: disconnect the power supply, insert card/drive, push reset button and connect the power while holding the button. Wait until LibreELEC logo appears and release the button.
  

Hi

I am a noob here and having a problem - I followed the instructions but I have a problem in that the device just hangs before anything happens.

I used Rufus and formatted a USB Stick 4GB with the image and then copied the dtb.img to the file (after renaming)

When trying to boot my device (with the toothpick) it just hangs at the AM Logic Logo.

I tried both USB ports, I tried the same procedure with a 16GB SD Card, same results.

Even just having the USB stick plugged in the device hangs at the AMlogic logo when it boots.

Since I am a noob I really am not sure what to do to fix this.

My device is T95N - S905X - 2GB

I used the gxl_p212_2g.dtb file and renamed to dtb.img

Any help appreciated.

Quote from kszaq

A first post-010 development build to test, changes:

• Revert projects/S905: compile USB drivers as module · kszaq/LibreELEC.tv@1527eba · GitHub
• Revert projects/S905: use 4K scaling patches from LE master · kszaq/LibreELEC.tv@71abe4c · GitHub
• Enable CPU Idle driver
• Enable SYSCON for missing symbol needed by media_build
• Revert Amlogic "improvements" to serial driver: Revert "PD#118626: tty: merge tty changes from 4.3" · Extro-development/linux-amlogic@6bb1506 · GitHub

Download from LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0-devel-20161212161011-r23559-gd4fc4f6.img.gz

Please focus on (re)booting issues. Thanks in advance for testing.

yes, this one works fine on shutdown/reboot for Beelink MiniMX 1GB/1Gbit
(suspend is still messy though, but that's a know issue )
thanks!

7.0.3.010 (2016-12-09)
Player "Mini M8S TV Box 2GB 8GB Amlogic S905".

Connecting to an external USB DAC:
The DACs on the USB-receivers Texas Instruments TAS1020B, Savitech SA9023, Tenor TL7022L - Norm. Plays great!
The DACs on the USB-receivers XMOS 8U6C5 - Periodic crackling, Strong distortion.

I was just about to report problems with booting/rebooting when the post 7.0.3.10 build was released. Looks like I wasted my time updating android firmware on my Beelink mini MX. Thinking about it now, it seems obvious that if Libreelec would boot without issue before, it was the changes to Libreelec that had caused the problem.

Done several reboots on the new version without problem. Thanks as ever for this superb build.

Quote from kszaq

This is not true. All .009 and .010 device trees are the same.

Out of curiosity, looking at the lists of dtb files of these two versions, the sizes don't match! How come the device trees are the same?
I ask because I too have booting problems (stuck at Beelink logo) with the .010 version...

Latest build on Minix U1, still the same. First restart after update it hangs. Power cycle, first reboot went fine, second hangs again.
Question, is something going on during boot that looks at hdmi? I noticed that same box behaves differently if connected to Panasonic plasma trough Yamaha avr or if connected directly to LG tv monitor, both cases with hdmi. On plasma/avr combo boot time until LE logo is some 15 seconds and on LG is 2 seconds. Now that's some drastic difference...

sent from my G2

Hi.

Thanks for your work. I installed the image on my Mini M8S II and it runs very well. But I detected an issue. "sync playback to display" is not working. Then i get the old "23,976/50Hz problem". It would be nice, if you can fix it.

Very well done!

I'm having severe audio sync problems with this build. My setup:
Venz V10 using K1 Plus device tree as it seems to be identical
Pioneer surround receiver using pass through audio.

7.0.2.007 Works fine, no audio sync issues
7.0.2.008 audio sync issues
7.0.2.009 audio sync issues
LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0-devel-20161202213923-r23473-g8a53869.img audio sync issues with sync framerate to refresh rate enabled, if I disable it there's no problem
7.0.2.010 audio sync issues. Seems to get worse as the video progresses

I haven't had any boot issues nor did I try the 32 bit version. Any suggestions?

Actually there is a thing that doesn't work in the MiniMXIII II, the bluetooth. But I never use it, so it's fine for me.

kszaq

I have just registered to say thanks for all your work on this build. It's working great on my Nexbox A95X.