Posts by ochentay4

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keesijp60 Your box seems to have a type of internal memory called emcp (basically RAM and storage are in a single chip). I don't know if you can send the output of a uart serial, but I'll try to make some changes,
Regarding your project, time, and several versions of libreleec ago, a user connected an rk322x box to an amplifier through the spdif digital output.

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Tanix TX2 RK3229 MPD DAC Hi Res Audio Bitperfect

I would like to explain my project for connect my Android box Tanix TX2 based on chip RK3229 with an amplifier DAC Sabaj A4 trough an optic cable.

The goal is use the Tanix TX2 like a server MPD for playing music in lossless Hi Res Audio.

the technical specifications of the audio part of the RK3229 chip are:

• I2S0/I2S1 with 8ch: supports up to 8 channels (8xTX or 8xRX). Audio resolution from 16bits to 32bits. Sample rate up to 192KHz
• I2S2/PCM with 2ch: Up to 2 channels (2xTX and 2xRX). Audio

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lukeluke1979

March 31, 2022 at 1:59 PM

Maybe you can take a look to understand the potential of your box (the instructions also apply to my builds).

ochentay4 Finally, some time ago I found a box identical to yours. So being able to do some tests I also managed to get the wifi working (but only on libreelec 11)
as regards the installation in nand (as in your case), from libreelec 11 it's no longer supported (as indicated in the first post that no one reads ). unfortunately, the source code is not available and with the new kernels, the nand binary no longer works.
Maybe one day this may change. But considering that in my case a couple of nands chip start to corrupt!!! So I always recommend installing it on the SD card because it's more manageable (backups, replacements, etc. etc.)

ilmich hi! i read it, i wanted to install libreelec 10 on it. dont worry. wifi works fantastic on libreelec 11. im surprised how good both builds work, it really did change a lot in a year! I have contacted (again) jock on armbian forum to make multitool work on this box so maybe I can get armbian on nand and libreelec 11 on sd. i couldnt be more grateful to you for your work.

I just tested both LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-10.0-nightly-20230925-65bd849-rk322x.img and LibreELEC-RK322X.arm-11.0-nightly-20240218-d7324fb-rk322x.img and they both seem to work fine except that 10.0 doesnt support wifi chip.

ilmich

I wanted to try (again) to install to internal using multitool but it doesnt boot multitool at all (screen is blank, cant remember if I have to do something else) yet your images boot fine. Am I missing something? I thought that multitool boot was "fixed" on my device.

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Hey guys, I have an OTT MXQ 4K (not Pro) device with these specs (real and verified by me with my camera):

• RK3229 CBBKM43012 1552 CPU
• SanDisk P553072141 SDTNRGAMA-008G CP0813618 NAND
• NANYA NT5CC256M16DP-DI RAM (DDR3)
• Pulse H1102NL 1549-M ETH
• Espressif ESP8089 05215 P27X03 WiFi
• Board name T066-V1
• Firmware MXQ-4K_ota_20160308

-Do I have to get *any* file from Android to get remote working?

-Is a new release on the horizon? Latest is from April 2020 and I saw many commits on github, including Kodi 18.8.

-What could be the correct image to test? Thanks!

Fantastic project by the way!!!

EDIT1: Ok, I tested "LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-9.2-devel-20200427221002-b7186bc-rk3229-v88mars.img.gz" It worked, booted fine, had ethernet but no WIFI, 1080p was somewhat good. Now which one to test? This box is DDR3 and the firmware I tried DDR2.

EDIT2: I tried to play a movie 1080p remux bluray (30gb) from smb network (wired at 100mbps) and I encountered stutters and constant buffering. Main PC is a monster and work fine on Rpi3. Any ideas?

EDIT3: Tested "LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-9.2-devel-20200427220805-b7186bc-rk3229-v884k.img.gz" now no stuttering or buffering at 1080p, speed is fast! Even tried a 4K HEVC Remux file (60GB!!) and it worked somewhat fine, incredible!! But when I fast forwarded the video box resetted itself. Also still no WIFI. Im starting to think that Espressif ESP8089 is not supported at all on any release. Is there something I can do to help to get it working?

EDIT4: Temp is 208ºF (98ºC) when playing videos, is that reading correct? Holy crap!

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I just tested both LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-10.0-nightly-20230925-65bd849-rk322x.img and LibreELEC-RK322X.arm-11.0-nightly-20240218-d7324fb-rk322x.img and they both seem to work fine except that 10.0 doesnt support wifi chip.

ilmich

I wanted to try (again) to install to internal using multitool but it doesnt boot multitool at all (screen is blank, cant remember if I have to do something else) yet your images boot fine. Am I missing something? I thought that multitool boot was "fixed" on my device.

Quote from ilmich

Hi ochentay4,

I've continued my fork of rkflashtool

https://github.com/ilmich/rkflashtool/

which is now able to update the bootloader. It's a highly experimental tool (I'm a volunteer) but it should help you flash libreelec to internal memory. It can also be compiled for windows, but at the moment I don't have a machine to do it.

ok, im not a linux user but will try to test it, if you tell me how to use it

I have a Tronsmart MXIII, its a Meson8 S802 2G/8GB 100mbps LAN K200 device, and EVERYTHING WORKS. Wifi, Lan, Bluetooth, 1080p, adj. refresh rate, I cant believe it! Thanks!!! If only any other distro like batocera/lakka/recalbox/emuelec worked...

Quote from ilmich

Hi ochentay4,

If you are referring to 11, unfortunately if you have a NAND device still not. I'm working (slowly) on it.

Anyway I just got a board similar to this one

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RE: [unoffical] LE-9.2/9.80-Images for RK3229/RK3228

Hey guys, I have an OTT MXQ 4K (not Pro) device with these specs (real and verified by me with my camera):

• RK3229 CBBKM43012 1552 CPU
• SanDisk P553072141 SDTNRGAMA-008G CP0813618 NAND
• NANYA NT5CC256M16DP-DI RAM (DDR3)
• Pulse H1102NL 1549-M ETH
• Espressif ESP8089 05215 P27X03 WiFi
• Board name T066-V1
• Firmware MXQ-4K_ota_20160308

-Do I have to get *any* file from Android to get remote working?

-Is a new release on the horizon? Latest is from April 2020 and I saw many commits on github, including…

ochentay4

August 17, 2020 at 2:17 AM

finally, I can try to experiment directly with esp wifi chips

I was referring to 10, its great that you have the same board now!

Is there ANY way to install this to internal? Latest release work great!

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Hi all,

new build available with:

- linux 5.10.172

- mesa 23.0.0

- updated libreelec to the latest upstream changes

- fix for rk3228 voltages (thanks Habitual6824)

- fix for sdcard boot on some board (thanks ochentay4)

- fix for USB Bluetooth dongle

- readded common whitelist video resolution for kodi player

- added t95vpro box (rk3228, ddr3, without spdif output)

Cheers

Michele

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Wanted to report that my box boots fine with "LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-10.0-nightly-20230306-088ac81-rk322x.img.gz". Thanks ilmich! Now this box stopped being useless!

Quote from ilmich

Hi ochentay4,

but what did you install in nand!? Android or legacy libreelec!?

Anyway for the multitool keep asking for help in the armbian forum and follow any indications from jock2 and fabiobassa . They are my mentors, but it's not always easy for someone on the other side of the forum to help if someone just says "it doesn't work".

However I'm working on a script that automates the installation to internal memory, but it will take me a while.

I have tried several Android roms on nand and frankly they all suck, used FactoryTool and Batch Tool just fine to install them to nand.

I hope you get a script working, and on my side I will try to learn how to flash IMGs with rkdeveloptool using a live Ubuntu (im not good with linux but I can learn).

Multitool does not work at all in this box so I posted on Armbian forum so someone could tell me how to diagnose, as I dont know what to do next. "fabiobassa" suggested a USB TTL converter and give him a serial log and will try to get one or do one, but it will take time. I even scanned my network to see if some random Android device showed and it didnt. I suspect that the issue you fixed for LibreELEC could be similar for multitool. What do you think? Sadly, multitool doesnt boot at all, with any methods that i tried.

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Hi ochentay4

yes, installing on nand is supported.

The best tool is the multitool from armbian.

Another method is with usb cable and rkdevelop tool.

yeah, problem is multitool doesnt work/boot/display anything so I cant use it (reported it here: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/12656-cs…#comment-160946) and rkdeveloptool is for linux only am i right? tried to flash the img with RockChip_FactoryTool_v1.64 and RockChip_Batch_Tool_v1.8 and img isnt recognized. Any tips?

Quote from ilmich

Hi, thanks a lot

the last test,

https://ilmich.libreelec.tv/test/LibreELEC…a-rk322x.img.gz

unfortunately not having the board I don't know how to help you if it doesn't work.

However, I see that the sd controller is not working.

This may depend on

- the controller is not active (strange)

- you are using a bad or incompatible sd card (with the mainline kernel).

The rk3229 can also support uhs sd cards but in practice, it depends on the box

In my build, the speed of the sd bus doesn't go to the maximum to have better compatibility.

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oh yeah now it works. want to remind you that I tried several SD cards, an old 2GB, and 2 differents 32GB all did the same. But this build works! Testing it now!

Currently running rk3229-box-v88mars-ovclk dtb. Is there any way to install LibreELEC to internal NAND?

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Hi ochentay4, thanks for the help,

try with this test build

https://ilmich.libreelec.tv/test/LibreELEC…a-rk322x.img.gz

in this build I've disabled some sdio gpio reset that can (if I remeber correctly) conflict with sd card reader.

Legacy dts seems similar to mine regarding sdcard controller.

For dmesg try typing

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dmesg | grep mmc

and make a picture (there is no alternative)

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Here it is

Ok, so just tried "LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-9.2-devel-20220124165156-3ce5dd4-rk3229-v884k" and it works fine (no wifi though). Did a dmesg and attached it.

Sadly, I dont know how to do it with 10.0 images and also multitool wont work no matter what.

Quote from ilmich

The error you are getting is related to the kernel not being able to detect your sd card (or controller).

Please try running the dmesg command from the prompt you see in the error phase (connect a USB keyboard to type it) and send some useful info.

Otherwise I don't know how to help you, the causes of the failed boot can be many. Having a box with nand also depends on what you have installed as a bootloader in internal memory.

However, as soon as I have some time, I'll do a test by installing legacy libreelec in one of my boxes to try to understand something.

How do I export dmesg output?

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Hi ochentay4,

please retry with this test build

https://ilmich.libreelec.tv/test/

cheers

Michele

Exact same issue with same message.

Hey guys! I just wanted to try latest version, as the latest I used "LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-9.2-devel-20200427220805-b7186bc-rk3229-v884k" boots fine but its old as hell, unstable and lots of bugs, and when I try to boot with "LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-10.0-nightly-20230206-b1e877a-rk322x" I get the following error:

I read something about a mutitool to flash the img to the device but cant find it, can anyone tell me why I cant boot and how to resolve this?

Thanks!

EDIT: found the multitool, it doesnt seem to boot at all because get a blackscreen. Yet I still get to boot fine with "LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-9.2-devel-20200427220805-b7186bc-rk3229-v884k.img" without issue.

I use balena etcher for all my Android boxes and Win MiniPCs without any issue.

Tried all these with the same error:

LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-10.0-nightly-20220707-e38bfe3-rk322x.img

LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-10.0-nightly-20221122-32b2e05-rk322x.img

LibreELEC-RK322x.arm-10.0-nightly-20230206-b1e877a-rk322x.img

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I have compiled a v88 4k image of ilmich 's latest release, and the libreelec addons repository absolutely refuses to connect, I've done every ntp and network troubleshooting that I could find, but no dice, does anyone have any idea on why is this happening?

if you want me to test the image, im here.

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ochentay4

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[    1.813044@0] ethernet base addr is fe0c0000
[    1.847191@0] stmmac - user ID: 0x10, Synopsys ID: 0x33
[    1.852354@0]  Normal descriptors
[    1.855655@0]  Ring mode enabled
[    1.858857@0]  No HW DMA feature register supported
[    1.863541@0]  Wake-Up On Lan supported
[    1.887259@0] libphy: stmmac: probed
[    1.887291@0] eth%d: PHY ID 02430c54 at 0 IRQ POLL (stmmac-0:00) active
[   44.808738@1] eth0: device MAC address 00:01:23:cd:ee:af

This is seemingly good, which unfortunately does not mean good. (Well, that sounds like a pretty paradox.)

I have to ask if the device had the factory Android ROM on it, or is it possible that you crossflashed with the ROM of a similar device, such as the original (non-Tronsmart) MXIII or the ROM of another MXIII clone.

Unfortunately, this is an important question because I can't find any errors based on the kernel log, but this symptom you report usually occurs when it doesn't have the factory uboot bootloader on the device.

Another thing: based on the log, it seems that either the SD card or the slot is problematic because there are a lot of I/O errors:

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[    4.791202@2] mmcblk0: r/w command failed, status = 0x80000b00
[    4.791224@2] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 3887096
[    4.791235@2] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 485887
[    4.792048@2] mmcblk0: r/w command failed, status = 0x80000b00
[    4.792065@2] mmc_blk_reset 939 reset error md->reset_done:1 and type:1
[    4.792074@2] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 3887096
[    4.792083@2] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 485887
[    4.898018@2] mmcblk0: r/w command failed, status = 0x80000b00
[    4.898043@2] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 3887096
[    4.898056@2] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0p2, logical block 353791
[    4.898883@2] mmcblk0: r/w command failed, status = 0x80000b00
[    4.898900@2] mmc_blk_reset 939 reset error md->reset_done:1 and type:1
[    4.898910@2] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 3887096
[    4.898920@2] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0p2, logical block 353791
[    5.389003@0] mmcblk0: r/w command failed, status = 0x80000b00
[    5.389027@0] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 3887096
[    5.389039@0] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 485887
[    5.389856@0] mmcblk0: r/w command failed, status = 0x80000b00
[    5.389873@0] mmc_blk_reset 939 reset error md->reset_done:1 and type:1
[    5.389883@0] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 3887096
[    5.389892@0] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0, logical block 485887
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If the system is already running from internal memory, it is irrelevant, but this log is apparently still made from the SD card.

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Regarding ROM, yes, I flashed, crossflashed, reflashed the device MANY times looking for a usable ROM, be a modded ROM, a ROM from other device (newer), Lakka, LibreElec, etc. Didnt know this could damage in any way ethernet.

Regarding SD card, it was just a reflashed 2GB crappy SD card, as internal installation of LibreElec got me wifi broken and couldnt access the device anymore, so decided to start fresh.

Will do the following if ok, will reflash original Tronsmart ROM, and use a new 32GB SD Card so I can send you dmesg again. Is this good?