Posts by JonSnow

Quote from Majorero

Hi,
Would it possible to enable a key to shut down Kodi , not LibreELEC, when it freezes, so we won't have to get up and unplug the box? I had a Zoomtak T8 box that could do that.
This would be a nice feature to have on a remote control, I think.
Thank you very much.

I don't quite understand, you want a button to kill the kodi.bin process but keep LE running?

What would be the point of that other than running commands over ssh. When the box freezes for me it recovers after a few minutes or it crashs completely meaning i can't even use ssh at which point the ONLY solution is to get up and pull the cable.

What i have done with the raspi is setup a batch script that would restart the kodi process if kodi hanged and ssh was still accessible.

But you cant remap a key this way even if it where possible coz the keymaps are done in kodi so if kodi is frozen the keymaps mean nothing.

Quote from stainlessdk

Hi kszaq

first of all thanks for a your great work !!!!

will this releases also be "ported" to kodi 17 ( krypton ), or is there some neassary kernal etc etc that need to be fixed from other people

/ Regards

Stainlessdk

Let the man finish with Kodi 16.1 (LE 7.0) so its nice and stable, i'm sure he will work on Kryton (LE 8.0) once its released and LE is stable on the s905.

No point in asking him about software that isn't even released and the fact we don't even have a stable release by Kszaq.

Quote from Dazzerderby

as the box isnt booting from internal memory and i havent the toothpick option on this box..please could you suggest an option to try.
Would it be a case of shorting nand pins and flashing that way?..or is there a another option..

as a seperate issue ...when running Le from sd card ..after a period of none use ..the box sleeps.. and then the only way is to pull pwer plug and reboot from sd.is this normal?

thanks in anticipation..
D.

Are you saying the box does not boot LE or Android when using NAND and the only way is to use an SD Card?

My mxq pro doesn't have power on issues, just reboot and power off.

Again the Mini MXIII works flawless for reboot, power on/off including the remote

Quote from kostaman

kszaq
Flashed this box for a friend SD Card OE. (See Below Bottom)
There is an issue with Reboot and Reboot from Nand.
There is also a load of script notifications when booting into OE with errors visible.
Scripts always appear during bootup.
It does however boot up.

When choosing reboot from Nand the box attempts to reboot with screen going black BUT the box power light is still blue (on) and nothing happens.
I unplug the box and replug and it DOES boot to Android.
If i choose reboot the same issue and it DOES boot to LE.
Choosing red power button on remote turns screen black but blue light is still on
again i have to unplug box as the remote WONT turn box back on

This box does not have reboot option in Android BUT i have installed
Shutdown app by Allenfang which works perfectly in Shutdown & Reboot.
When i reboot using this app the Box boots into LE no problem.
It also turns off the box properly and i can turn it on with stock remote.

Took a log after power on. Vanilla build Stock.

NEXBOX A95X 1gb 8gb
LibreELEC-S905.aarch64-7.0.2.005.img.gz

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Yes, I posted a few threads below, if you use 002 reboot will work. Seems to only occur on the MXQ my Mini MXIII is just fine on 005

Quote from CarbonChris

Hey thkas for the quick repsonse.. any you can pint me to? I know (or have heard) that Android firmware is very specific to that Andoid box and putting anyting other than that would brick it? Is this the case?

I have the MXQ PRO 4K v1

If its the blue board with the date 1511 then you can use hugsun_s905_mxq_20160304.img.

Do a google search and you should be able to find it, you will need the usb burning tool

Quote from CarbonChris

Hey everyone... new to this forum! I came here through a link from the amlinuxmedia.com which was from an openelec thread for my mxq pro 4k box which i have openelec installed. Although the functionality of it works pretty good, i have been experiencing freezing from time to time, especially when quickly navigating through movie and show menues and especiay through 3rd party addon menus. Im reading this probably has more to do with memory usage issues.

Now a friend also has had some experience with libre and recommended it as he says that its more routinely developed so i thought id give this a shot.

With all of this asaid, i tried the SD card method and was unable to as there is no "toothpick" method availabe for my box and the only way to reboot into recovery is through ADB. However, when I do this, it goes into that android recovery screen and doesnt "see" or read any filed contained within the card. There some mention on this thread about using BACKUP&RESTORE app, but i dont seem to have this? Am i missing something?

Any help would be infinitely appreciated!

Chris

You need to install aAndroid firmware that has that app,

I'm just hoping Kszaq is able to fix the memory problems , everything else i know will eventually get addressed by him or other devs.

Just leaving the box on for 2 days my MXIII has already used 60% ram, same config on a Rpi2 and ram sits at 15% when idle the MXQ would have frozen by now.

That zip file gets updated so when the issue comes back fix it with your workaround and then upload the logs.

Also provide a sample file.

I would say first find the stock firmware for your box in zip format, perhaps an OTA update and flash that to get back to Android after that we can help you with LE.

Quote from vpeter

I will rebuild the addon in next days for all projects. And when addon will not start I will rebuild it again

/storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/http://service.web.lamp/mysqld.cnf

Thanks but what about moving the database to an external usb drive instead?

Or atleast a backup plan to backup the database based on a schedule.

Quote from JimmySmith

Did you mean for Kodi? If yes, I using

Code

query_cache_type        = 1
query_cache_size        = 5M
skip-name-resolve
default-storage-engine  = innodb

And it works pretty well for me (not big Library, two Pi's clients). Make sure that your Videos DB are innodb also (you can create it with default-storage-engine, or you can alter existing one).

I modified also a few of other parameters (not sure which one, some of them are setuped already from vpeters template), not sure if it havinf much influence, but innodb and query cache are confirmed along Kodi forums..

Code

skip-external-locking
key_buffer_size = 16K
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_open_cache = 4
sort_buffer_size = 64K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 256K
net_buffer_length = 2K


# You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 %
# of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high
innodb_buffer_pool_size = 10M
innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M


# Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size
innodb_log_file_size = 2M
innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M


#innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1
innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 50

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Noob question but where are you adding the above config?

Quote from pawnthep

If my box doesn't has a reset button and it get brick, how can I unbrick it?

You need usb A to usb A cable and the the right firmware for your box. Then you just use the usb burning tool to flash the image.

Is there a way to store the sql database on an external usb drive instead of the internal sd card? i actually installed this on a android box running LE but dont want to waste my internal storage space and would just rather have it external incase i need to switch devices.

Secondly how are we to handle LE updates once Krypton is released, do you have to update LE first and then upgrate LAMP or install newer LAMP addon the install the latest LE?

Quote from kostaman

Hi Jon
What is a Random Kodi Addon Zip ?

Use any zip file, your just tricking the box to boot into recovery to excute the aml script, so it launches LE from the SD Card. When i launched the UPDATE&BACKUP app it scanned for zip files it thought where updates, they just happen to be Kodi addons zip files. I just choose the first one in the list it found and started the update. Once the box rebooted and started to go into recovery it excuted Kszaq script instead of flashing the zip that was selected, which would have failed in any event.

I suspect you can enable developer options in Android and reboot to recovery via adb over your lan, which would be safer and i wasn't thinking. The above seemed easier and I have the tools to unbrick these boxes so it was worth a shot.

Well i was planning on using a s905 android box with kszaq LE instead of using a Pi.

Also i already have sql setup but wanted an all in one solution since the s905 is on 24/7

Yes 720p plays fine with software, if you read the below thread wrxtasy says this will never be fixed with hardware unless the s905 rev C has the fix. The only thing i can see is kszaq optimzing the software and putting in a flag to decode using software.

Easier solution is just to get HEVC instead.

ODROID C2 S905 2GB RAM HDMI 2.0 $46

Quote from Al8782

Message Alex (Kerber) over on AmlinuxMedia.com

He fix my same problem.

If you know what fix he used it would help kszaq with adding the fix to LE.

I remember reading this seems to be an issues with certain band of TVs such as Philip and Sharp.