Posts by kszaq

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from sammaz


    I am also seeing the device show up in my TV list but when I select it I am unable to get any navigational control. I tried to edit the keymaps using the keymap editor but it did not pick up the daemon.

    I am using this explicit command :

    libcec-daemon -d -p 0 --usb /dev/AmlogicCEC

    I can tell that it is somewhat working because if I do not run that command in my autostart.sh I will not even see the device in my TV list. Thank you so much for pursuing this !!! We are very close!

    You can simply use libcec-daemon -d. Can you grab me a full kernel log (dmesg | paste) a few seconds after a reboot? I suspect CEC driver may be misbehaving and that's why you can't control your TV over CEC. I'm still trying to improve the new driver as I've seen it misbehaving, I'd like to see if the reason is the same on your side.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from OpenElecCrazy


    Ok here are some photos. Ill get the other files next...

    Thank You!


    Very nice photos! I have bad news and good news: bad news is that this is a very new WiFi chip with no official drivers from Amlogic. Good news is that I was able to find a driver on GitHub and I might be able to compile it. You need to give me a few days.

    Quote from pawnthep


    Is there any chance that one of these builds can install on Odroid C1+?

    Or can you add C1+ to your support devices?

    ps. I'm now using wrxtasy's OpenELEC build from here but seem not updating for a while.

    I'm afraid my builds won't work with Odroid C1(+). While on Kodi side things should work - it's also S805 - I think Odroid may need a different kernel image and different u-boot. I don't have Odroid C1 and I won't be able to build for it. You can ask Wrxtasy to share his sources and it should be quite easy for you to port them for LE build.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from Compos


    I don't have access to the original firmware. I must have tried dozens of different firmwares but none of them show my blue LED. This is the closest I've been to working correctly, the LED is red when it should be red and off when it should be blue.

    The only thing I can say is that I found a bug that doesn't turn the LED back on for "costdown" boards. I'm not able to help any further. To support all the LEDs, I'd need to make a separate build for every board there is.

    Quote from OpenElecCrazy


    Ok cool I think I have what you need, I have added all the logs that were in the folder. I have "Blue" MXQ_S805_V3_1_20151230 and the box is currently running M201D SD 7.0.0.2 IMG. I do not see any wireless connection in the connections tab under LibreElec. Looking at my board my WiFi chip is labeled SV60510_TUB5T_4S41, eMMC chip SKhynix_H27UCG8T2ETR_BC_612A. Please let me know if you need anyhting else.

    Thank you for the logs. You seem to have an unknown SDIO WiFi chip that doesn't even show in the logs. Can you tell me what is the Realtek chip you have on your board? And can you also give me a result for cat /sys/bus/sdio/devices/*/device && cat /sys/bus/sdio/devices/*/vendor? I think you may have 8189FTV chip and there's no driver for it in my builds (yet).

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from cfxomega


    My question is which LE ROM should I use to update my box from OE to LE based on the above? The HD18q or the MXQ build?

    Thanks!

    The same that worked for you with OE releases. There are 2 differences between all the builds: device tree and remote.conf. Everything else is the same.

    When libcec-daemon is already running or CEC adapter is active in Kodi, running libcec-daemon will fail as there can only be one connection with CEC kernel driver at the time. With libcec-daemon running in background, I am getting the same results as you do, yet there is a "LibreELEC" device available on the list from my TV and I'm able to control Kodi when I select it. Keys are mapped a bit differently, that needs some adjustment...

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from sammaz


    Edit : I was able to shut down the cec in setting\system and I was able to load the libcec-daemon successfully (No cec controll in Kodi though). When retroarch is running it does not see the new udev CEC device as an input. Have you been able to get CEC recognized in retroarch with this?

    If there's no control in Kodi, it means that libcec-daemon was not able to connect over CEC. Turning off CEC adapter in Kodi does not always work for me without a reboot, can you try doing that?

  • S812 and others

    Kerber is a developer for some custom Amlogic builds, his Github account is here: surkovalex (Alexandr) · GitHub He has some good knowledge about Amlogic and also seems to have access to AML source code with Git history. He helped me in the past to make some things work for S805 boxes. I don't know if he's willing to join LE community, though.

    As for S812 boxes, if you have some knowledge on compiling OE/LE, you can grab my LE fork, modify options file to reflect your device and grab Kodi patches from WeTek Core project. Then compile and see if it works.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from Compos


    Hi kszaq,

    My all black MXQ has shown a red LED permanently since I first flashed over the stock rom. When booting 7.0.0.2 my LED was red on the u-boot image and then it turned blue!!! When Libreelec booted the LED flickered a little and then went off. Now the LED is red when the unit is in standby and off when the unit is on. Even when powering off and re-powering the unit it now stays like this - Red standby, Off power on. Have you any ideas why my blue LED would appear on the first boot but never after that?

    Thanks for the excellent work.

    It seems like your LED is connected to a GPIO port that is defined for some other system device in device tree. Do you have a link to original Android firmware that makes the LED work correctly?

    Quote from OpenElecCrazy


    kszaq, Ive tried again following the instructions on first post but each time it only captures this info. I turn the box on, connect it to my routers LAN port so I can SSH with Putty. I capture the log file by teminal "pastebinit /storage/.kodi/temp/kodi.log" then copy from explorer and Its the same capture each time? I get no WiFi signal with OE or LE but it works fine with Android. Do I need to get some info with it running on Android first? Is LE not reconizing my WiFi chip?

    Please let me know if Im missing a step...

    Thank you, Frank

    Sorry, it's my mistake: I thought that LibreELEC Wiki instructs to provide all the logs, not only Kodi log... Here's what you need to do:

    • reboot your box or turn off the power completely and power the box
    • if you can access Samba shares (Windows shared folders), go to \\box_IP\Logfiles - there will be a log file that you need to give me
    • if you're unable to access the share, you can also SSH to the box, execute createlog and download zip file with logs over SFTP from /storage/logfiles


    I'll update the first post accordignly. Thank you for your cooperation.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from OpenElecCrazy


    kszaq, I was able to boot all versions of your last 7.0.0.2 but I do not have working WiFi. When LE boots I have no WiFi signals during the setup phase. Wired LAN works great. I have MXQ_S805_V3_1_20151230 blue board and I have included a logfile for your review and help. The box is currently running MXQ SD 7.0.0.2

    The box runs very well and movies play smooth. Thank you for your hard work getting LE to run on our boxes...

    Frank

    Kodi log has no information on WiFi. Please collect the logs according to instruction in the first post.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from PatrickJB


    K,
    Is it possible to force the time to update on resume from suspend? It often updates after 15 - 20 min and used to update if I used bbc iplayer but doesn't anymore. Hey it's not a big deal just hoping it's a simple line of code. And yes, for the last few or more versions of your builds, suspend has worked fine apart from the time update thang.

    And yes full power off seems to work fine too. Nice!

    Yes we know it's not really full power off but it's as good.

    Not tested, an idea: use this guide to create a resume script. You can name it 01-update-time.power and place the following content inside:

    Bash
    #!/bin/sh


case "$1" in
  post)
    ntpd -q -n -p pool.ntp.org
    ;;
esac

    This would force time update on system resume.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from Rumblefish


    I have a box that I think is tricky to access the reset button/boot menu. So not sure how I'd boot into it the first time.
    But, apart from a few obvious issues (rcu keymapping, audio etc.) that may or may not happen, should this boot on any S805 box?

    Yes, these builds should boot on most S805 boxes but I can't guarantee S/PDIF, WiFi and remote control to work. You should try running from SD card first, it is a completely safe method.

    You have to be able to access the reset button to be able to boot from SD card, there is no other way to apply aml_autoscript. On the other side, if you want to flash to NAND, you can prepare an SD card with NAND installation files, boot to Android, insert SD card and execute reboot recovery in terminal - the box will reboot to flashing LE on NAND.

    Quote from Kiwi_man82


    Lol. Glad to hear that you might have found a fix for the issue of the v3_1 boxes freezing. And I guess big props to fanni2 for supply you a box with this board in it. He did mention to me that he was going to send you one. Was hoping to hear better news re the ram issue thou But I'm still confused as there are 2 ram chips marked as 512x8ddr3 each.....lol. Oh well, at least you now have one of the v3_1 boards too

    Yes, the board I got also has 512X8DDR3 markings but even in Android - when you factor out fakes in logs - only 512MB of physical RAM is available.
    [hr]
    I have uploaded a new build: 7.0.0.2
    It includes changes developed in many hours of trials, errors and testing.

    7.0.0.2

    Consider it a test build. Why "test"? I can't check every single setup you guys have.

    Git changelog: Comparing 7.0.0.1...7.0.0.2 · kszaq/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub
    Kernel git changelog: Comparing 4e597d35...bd872fa · kszaq/linux · GitHub

    Human-readable changelog:

    • deffered CEC initialization for better compatibility
    • added a workaround for Realtek 8188 WiFi with reverted power pins
    • brought back "power off" option in Kodi menu with a fix for blue screen issue
    • added front LED driver for "costdown" boards - this makes front LED work properly for some boards
    • fixed "Reboot from NAND" option in Confluence
    • cleaned up device trees a little - removed nonexistent camera and i2c entries
    • reverted an upstream Kodi patch to minimize stuttering on some videos
    • device-specific fixes:

      • MXV: male-male USB cable between port 1 and 4 is no longer needed to boot (user reported)
      • infamous m201d: fixed freezing on video playback; added ZRAM support


    There is one known issue for the m201d build: my device cannot wake up from suspend/power off by pressing remote power button! This is an issue with manufacturer-supplied u-boot (improper power key code in u-boot) and needs to be worked around. When I checked how this is handled in their Andoid build - well, that box doesn't suspend. It only turns off HDMI output.

    Please flash, test and report!

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from Boi73


    is the false ram the same for boards marked MxQ V3.0?

    I don't know. An easy way to tell is which version of my builds works for you: if you can run HD18Q or MXQ build, you have 1GB RAM. If m201d is the only one that boots for you, you have 512MB RAM.

    Quote from mercucho1


    Thanks for your reply. Do you know other torrent client I can install it?

    You can use Transmission from unofficial OE repo: service.downloadmanager.transmission-7.0.1.zip

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from jnnuzzo


    Is this why my box only displays 375 mb RAM in your m201d build? This is the only build that boots on my box S805_v1_D08. hopefully your fix for the freezing issue works. Thanks for all your work!

    Yes. The box has 512MB RAM but some part of it is reserved for video decoder, deinterlacer and post process engine. 375MB is the RAM amount available to user. The real one.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from bordiart


    kszaq,
    I have the same thing with my all balck mxq, it freezes when trying to play anything. I have the same configuration as Kiwi_man82 has.

    fanni sent me a box with the V3_1 board and I was able to play with it a little. I was also able to reproduce the issue and I think I have a fix!

    The bad news about that board is that it has 512MB of physical RAM.

    Here's screenshot from unpacked kernel proving that they are faking RAM amount in kernel log (They also fake RAM amount in free command in Android):

    And here's a screenshot from kernel from other box that prints real RAM amount:

    At first I thought they are somehow initializing the second RAM chip later but now I am almost 100% sure that half of the RAM is a fake.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    sammaz After lots of trials and errors I was finally able to compile libcec-daemon! I needed to add log4cplus package, find libcec-daemon fork that works with libcec 3.0.1, find another fork that allows compiling with CMake (autoconf was throwing errors all the time), merge them and add a fix for the latest boost library. Lot of things learned down the way!

    You can download it from here: libcec_daemon
    Source code for plugin is available at GitHub - kszaq/my-addons: A simple VNC server for OpenELEC on Amlogic

    I have only verified that it works, I am not sure if key mapping are correct.

    What you can do for your retroarch setup - to have CEC work all the time - is disable CEC in Kodi settings (System -> Input -> Peripherals) and add libcec-daemon -d to autostart.sh. That way you'd be able to stop Kodi by SIGSTOP and not systemctl stop and have CEC input working all the time.

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from sammaz


    Could you implement this into the next build?

    libcec-daemon/src at master · diablodiab/libcec-daemon · GitHub

    Its just a simple daemon for libcec but i think it will be good for keeping CEC control going.

    Is there any Kodi addon that allows to configure the daemon? The good thing now about having Kodi in charge of connecting to libCEC is that we can have all configuration in one place, I don't want to lose that. I was thinking that maybe I would be able to compile the daemon so that you can use it in Retroarch? You would have to use systemctl stop to kill Kodi, though. Would that be OK?

  • [7.0.3.3d] LibreELEC 7.0 for S805

    Quote from Kiwi_man82


    Hello kszaq

    So I have decided to try using my box to stream movies off my local pc. I have a mix of sd and hd movies/tv series etc and I can setup LE to see my media all ok but when I try to play either sd or hd my box freezes and I have to pull the power plug. I then tried playing off a usb thumb drive and again the box froze up. Am running the m201d build off sd card. Didn't try this with your oe builds so I don't know if it is related to just le or both le and oe

    Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
    Edit : Just tried your latest build of oe for m201d devices and local network stream working fine so it's just le I'm having this problem with [emoji3]


    The main difference is that LE uses Kodi 16.1 final whereas OE is still on 16.1rc2. Are you able to connect to the box over SSH/Samba when Kodi freezes? If yes, you know what to do...

    Quote from LibreFAN


    Thanks ksazq once again for your help and tips. It works like a charm
    The default logo.img from android firmware for MK808B+ is Google TV logo. Where I can find LibreELEC logo? I tried from update *.tar archive but this archive is without logo.img file.

    P.S. I have found in WeTek NAND release (LibreELEC-WeTek_Core.arm-7.0.0-update.zip) logo.img but I don't know if that is WeTek logo or LibreELEC logo? OK it's not a problem to transfer the logo.img to Download folder of MK808B+ and execute dd if=/storage/downloads/logo.img of=/dev/logo, but maybe you guys know which logo is in WeTek release...


    There is no logo.img available with LE logo. WeTek uses WeTek logo (obviously) and you can't always flash logo.img from a different device as its format may be different. I remember that I created OE logo.img by first creating a 1920x1080x24bpp bmp file and pasting it in HEX editor to original logo.img afterwards.