Posts by ant_thomas

kszaq Is there anything I can do to help with this? Any logs or info?

Quote from kostaman

If you are running LE Nand Internal Memory ? it wont work.
Changing the device tree from a previous NON WORKING device tree does not stick.
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I had to do a fresh Android install then working LE SD card install then SSH to install to nand.

I should have mentioned, this is an SD installation. Not NAND.

On my T95N - S905 - 1G/8G box I have tried

gxbb_p200_1G_100M_RealtekWiFi.dtb

This has the same behaviour as other dtbs. WiFi connects then fails after a few seconds of playback/data transfer.

Definitely way off.

Libreelec is in now way based on Android. Always based on Linux.

I'll try again with my T95N 1G/8G box with different device trees.

Currently got a S905 1/8 box that I'm very happy with.

If I get a box for another TV it'll probably be an S905x 1/8 since they're just as cheap and supports looks to be improving massively.

Quote from Nathan909

I was having the same issue too. No ir-keytable found so no way to run lircd to capure codes

If you already have an MCE remote USB receiver that works fine.

Quote from kszaq

Replace and reboot. That's it.

Tried gxbb_p200_k1_plus.dtb - still the same behaviour - WiFi connects then cuts out within a minute of playing something

Quote from kszaq

RTL871X is a generic label for Realtek drivers. Please try using a device tree for K1 Plus and tell me if it works.

Is it a case of just replacing the dtb.img file and rebooting or do I need to anything else?

kszaq I don't usually use WiFi but I thought I'd test it in case I need to use it in future and I'm having issues

T95N box - S905 - 1GB/8GB - 2.4 GHz - on SD card - 1080p TV
Using - gxbb_p200_1G_100M.dtb

The WiFi enables as expected and connects. When attempting to watch LiveTV or play something from a network share it works fine for about a minute then the WiFi dies and I'm no longer able to ping the box. Requires unplugging and plugging back in to reboot and get the WiFi back for another minute.

Everything works great on the 100mbit ethernet.

According to dmesg it is using the RTL871X driver

Upgrade from .005 to .007 on SD successful - 1G/8G T95N Mini MX+ S905 box.

I previously couldn't get .006 to work so went to .005.

Used gxbb_p200_1G_100M.dtb this time and it worked exactly as per the instructions.

Edit:
Remote power button works properly. Device turns off (red LED) and back on booting into LE (blue LED).
On the LED, it looks like LED control has disappeared from /sys/devices

Is it possible to control the power LED through a GPIO type command?
A95N S905 box.

Possibly somewhere in /sys/devices/ like /sys/devices/sysled.44/leds/led-sys?

I'd like to turn it off as it is really bright in a dark room. I've currently got some tape over it.

Edit:
Yes you can control it. Just need to find the off setting
Blue
echo 0 > /sys/devices/sysled.44/leds/led-sys/brightness
Red
echo 1to255 > /sys/devices/sysled.44/leds/led-sys/brightness

Thanks. Same here, I didn't buy the box for Android so I don't mine losing it. Worth trying then.

Which parts are specifically quicker?

I'm using a UHS1 SD card and the performance seems very good... But quicker is always better! Not setup any libraries yet, but I remember that being quicker between HDD and SSD in the past.

Quote from Nathan909

I'll be receiving my 2gb/16gb MiniMXIII T95N tomorrow can't wait to install this and test it out.

I also agree with ant_thomas, it would be great to be able to use standard IR commands from our MCE & harmony remotes. Been using these remotes since the OG Xbox (xbox media player) days to current builds.

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If you have an MCE receiver use that for the time being. Works out of the box.

I've implemented what I used on my RPi for power control. My issue was being able to turn my TV off without the TV remote and only my MCE remote and the answer is CEC.

In the CEC settings enable it to turn off and wake the devices when starting and stopping the screensaver.
Then create a remote.xml file in keymaps

<keymap>
  <global>
    <remote>
      <power>ActivateScreensaver</power>
    </remote>
  </global>
</keymap>

You need to stop any video playing, but pressing the power button on the MCE remote turns the screensaver on and therefore turns the TV off. Then just press any other button to wake.

After receiving my T95N S905 1GB/8GB box and installing .005 I've had some time to have a play and test various parts.

I've been using Kodi/OE/LE for a number of years across various hardware.

My current setups are
Living Room - 1080p TV - Chromebox - I see this as the benchmark for a good quality 1080p setup (some may disagree)
Other - 1080p TV - RPi3 - Previously RPi2 and before that Intel Atom/nvidia ION system

The T95N will hopefully repalce the RPi3. My main issues with the RPi3 are a laggy UI when watching LiveTV/Videos, channel changing and occasional AV sync issues.

My main use is for LiveTV - SD MPEG2 HD H264

Positives
UI is very very smooth, very impressed.
Channel changing is smooth, zapping across channels goes well without AV or buffer issues.
UHD/4K H265 channels look amazing even on a 1080p TV (probably because of the good bitrates)

Negatives
MPEG2 SD picture quality isn't as good as the others
-- Software decoding looks much better than hardware decoding
-- Hardware deinterlacing is better than software Forgot to check software deinterlacing, changed to Yadif, much improved.
I would like to use my MCE remote with the box (edit: plugging in the MCE receiver works, it would be nice to use the internal IR though since my MCE receiver is about as big as the T95N box!)

Software decoding with Yadif deinterlacing is definitely the best option for MPEG2 LiveTV in my opinion.

I don't have any x265 or 4K content to test (or a 4K TV) apart from access to UHD test broadcasts on 13e, 19.2e and 28.2e.
I'll test more and add any more comments/thoughts I have.

Overall I'm impressed. I bought the box for £18 so I can't really complain.

Is it possible to get an RC6/MCE remote working with amremote instead of using the provided remote?

Quote from kostaman

You did do the following with device tree ?
"rename it to dtb.img and copy it to main folder of SD card and replaced the one that's already there.

Yes, I downloaded "gxbb_p200_t95n.dtb" and renamed dtb.img and replaced the file already on the SD card.

Worth trying gxbb_p200_minimx.dtb?