Posts by Forage

Quote from wistoha

Try this.

My box is the S905 MXQ NEXBOX Pro 4 k '.
It took me a lot of time to the box flashing it. None of the mentioned possibilities on this forum worked in my case. The following steps brought luck.
- Copy the image to SD with rufes.exe.
- Copy the new dtb.img as prescribed. (gxbb_p200_1G_100M_RealtekWiFi.dtb)
- But then the trick. Zip the ' aml_autoscript ' file from the SD and copy it to the SD card. (Leave the existing aml_autoscript).
- Use the update app in andoid and update the zip file on the SD card.
Voila, it works! Then went flashing as expected.
(It boots first with the NEXBOX logo, the libreelec logo appears briefly after.)

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That's still of no use to him. He simply hasn't got a chip which LE supports. His box is not a true S905 MXQ.

Quote from atreyu

Procedures are described in detail by kszaq on the first page. You cant go wrong.

Let me help you out; just find the proper .dtb file from the location mentioned on the first page. Grab the proper one for your box (make sure memory and ethernet values match) and replace the file on your SDCard after burning the image. Boot. Done.

PS: Note that if you have a s905X box,or are using a existing device tree that works , replacing the device tree might not be needed. Just leave it.

Since it's about updating an existing running system it's a lot easier to just put the dtb file in the update folder, next to the update image/tar and reboot. No need to do anything manually with the SD card.

Quote from afl1

Testing johngalt's nougat kernel version with fractional frame rate fix.

LibreELEC-S912.arm-8.0-8.0.2-devel-201707041911-g834a470-I.img.gz

THX to vevs.

Thanks again!

For what it's worth: I've been using the last three nougat test builds without issues, in a simple setup for the moment (CEC, h264 1080p input, 1080p output, HDMI non-passthrough audio). All is playing fine.

I do have the impression that the last build does cause a bit more image distortion when quickly navigating though the collection, but this is all but objective and not a show-stopper.

Also, putting the first test build in the update folder and rebooting resulted in a failed update leaving me with nothing more than a black screen with TV input channel label (i.e. no signal at all). I had to manually restore the kernel and system files to get things up and running again.

This latest build did not show the same issue, but it does take an awfully long time with a black screen before the update is finished. Is displaying some sort of update progress not possible? I expect users aborting the process too soon without it, leaving them with broken systems (and more help requests here as a result of that).

Quote from clarkss12

If using Windows, use Putty.

Putty is for SSH, not Samba (i.e. Windows file sharing)

Quote from afl1

Test build with johngalt nougat kernel, but only 2K.

LibreELEC-S912.arm-8.0-8.0.2-devel-201706261237-ga422055-I.img.gz

Don't use it for install to internal NAND. There is nougat dbt.

Is there any other advantage to this build, in addition to the 10bit/HDR work that has been done, for the 1080p users?

Quote from cods69

Is it likely that the Kodi menu vsync for the 912 (say the nexbox A1) will get fixed at some stage, or is this a permanent issue due to lack of co-operation from chipset manufacturers regarding drivers?

Unlikely, due to the lack of fbdev Mali libraries released by AMLogic, as mentioned in the OP.

Quote from gazrob

hi guys I've installed the latest build and everything works sweet bar audio,the selection is greyed out and stuck on default,Bluetooth.there's no option of HDMI, anyone know of a fix? Cheers lads

Device? Log?

Quote from afl1

Device tree is already included in SD image, you needn't replace it for KIII Pro.

Cheers. Strange thought. When I started using LibreELEC a few weeks back, 8.0.1k with a full clean install, I didn't have the tuners available in tvheadend until I replaced the device tree with the one in the third post manually. Maybe it was just an unlucky combo of other things then.

Quote from afl1

Update in #1.

Thank a million again for your work afl1

Would it be possible to include a reference and link to the device tree in the first post? Makes it easier to locate for existing users and new users tend to skip this step because they don't read further than the first post.

Quote from afl1

You forgot note there is internal tuner support (Mecool KIII Pro).

Pls add dtb for KIII Pro KIII_Pro_dtb.zip.

I already tested your version and internal tuner is running.

Does this mean that there's no need for your separate KIII builds any longer?

Quote from EagleEyeX

he kszaq can you add this way in your builds?

...just two posts earlier...

Quote from kszaq

Not in current shape. You also have to keep in mind that my builds are ongoing work in progress, not everybody wants to test. Custom update channel also doesn't provide support for device tree update in case it's needed - and it will be if "full Nougat" kernel makes it into regular builds.

Quote from I_like_prawns

Maybe I'm overlooking something, but none of the receivers show up for me:

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Did you use the device tree from the third post in this thread?

Quote from Kingbolo

Hello ,

I cant install Libereelec on my M8s pro 2 3g/32gb

Cant get into boot with Usb and toothpin method.

Can anybody help me?

Best Regards,

Kingbolo

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Did you try all USB ports?

After two weeks of running LibreELEC on my MECOOL KIII I must say I'm quite satisfied with the results already. Yes, there is the random crash every 3 days or so, the slight screen distortion when navigating too quickly and CEC navigation feeling a bit less fluid, but that was to be expected and, while not being perfect, the device is perfectly usable. Many thanks for all your effort guys! Great work.

There is, however, one thing that does concern me a bit: the temperature. While CPU usage goes all the way down after seeing a movie (no more than h264 1080p), I rarely see the temperature drop below 78 degrees Celsius. This makes the box, and especially the metal tuner connectors at the back quite uncomfortably hot.

What is your experience with the temperature? Is this acceptable? Can I get it down some what somehow?

Quote from mergleb

I played the same movie through a USB stick and I was still getting frame skips and stutters. The movie plays fine on PC but when played thru Nexbox / LE it was stuttery.

What does that tell us please?

This tells us we are back to requiring a log and the info from reply #3.

Quote from mergleb

Ok I have a logfile of a 2 minute 1080p video I streamed.

To my eye I noticed several frame skips and jumps in the 2 mins.

Ubuntu Pastebin

Hope someone can decipher all this info please!

Online streaming and through WiFi on top of that...

There are so many places where this can be causing problems here.

The only way to determine the cause is by starting with the basics and rule out factors step by step:

1. LOCAL file (USB drive).
2. Streaming from LOCAL network device by wired connection
3. Streaming from LOCAL network device by WiFi
4. Streaming from REMOTE (internet) service by wired connection
5. Streaming from REMOTE (internet) service by WiFi

In case of the last two items you'll need to start with testing from a 'reliable' streaming service (YouTube?) before switching to a 'different kind' of source. If the problem starts with the latter then we'll probably won't help you any further.

Either you work the list up until the issue begins or down until the issue disappears and tell us your findings.

Also, streaming by WiFi isn't the most recommended solution. There could be different reasons why that would cause problems as well (protocol, interference, etc.).

You didn't state that you actually tried playing from an SD card so please try playing a movie from SD or USB drive to at least rule the WiFi connection out.

Quote from grjamal

Hello

I am new User and using Mecool KIII Pro I add files to usb on the following method

I download the following files

8.0.2a-experimental (2017-05-28)
Downloads: Index of /s912/8.0.2a-experimental/
Device trees: Index of /s912/device_trees/ ( gxm_q201_3g.dtb) I am using wifi

after doing all process my screen showing like that

Kindly help me what to do?

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Now you wait until the process is finished. I don't see what the problem is besides that you didn't wait long enough yet.

Please use the dedicated KIII thread for follow-up problems/questions: [8.0.1k] LibreELEC 8.0 builds for KIII Pro (S912)

Make sure you use the device tree from the third post of that thread.