Posts by dtech

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from Zaidikas

    Okey, I see. One more question is it worth to try install internally or its completely fine to boot every time from sd card?

    Basically, this is a user decision. R/W operations on SD cards are fundamentally slower than running the system from the internal eMMC. In addition, in the case of some boxes, it is practical experience that even the real MAC address of the Ethernet cannot be determined if you boot from an SD card, it is only recognized correctly during internal boot.

    However, if you still need the original (in most cases Android) system, then I do not recommend this step, because it will be overwritten, and then you can only restore it if you have the original ROM. In many cases, Android on the internal memory is no longer supported, so there is not much to lose there. But, as I said, this is a user decision.

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from Zaidikas

    Should enlighten how to install into box internal memory

    You can find the answer to your question in three places:

    Sorry, but I don't want to type it in more places than these. Please do some research, I didn't hide the basic information too much. Thanks.

  • Matricom G-BOX Q1

    Quote from Superbee

    of download the Universal_k200_2G did fresh install to sd card it does work upgrades it to 18.9, BUT very Very slow

    This can be caused by many things, because the SD slot I/O of the box could be slow, but the SD card itself (maybe class 2?) could also be the cause of the slowness.

    Quote from Superbee

    my next question is that it works how can i up date box to this software

    I recommend reading this topic's lead post, as it may already answer your further questions:

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    Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Latest version: LibreELEC 9.2.8.20 (Release date: 2026-04-19)

    IMPORTANT NOTICE!

    Due to the switch to GLIBC v2.34, all binary addons have been rebuilt. The main version of the add-ons has been changed from v9.2.0 to v9.2.1, so after the system update, the binary add-ons will also be updated. In addition, the default transfer protocol in the repository has also changed from HTTP to HTTPS.

    NOTICE: If the auto update is enabled, but the installed version is not the latest, then the supported devices…
    dtech
    February 7, 2021 at 2:33 PM

    This also reveals the direct answer to your question, which is this:

    Quote from dtech
    • Install image from bootable media to internal NAND/eMMC:
      If you want to install the image into the internal memory, you need to log in via SSH and run the installtointernal script.
      IMPORTANT NOTICE: It will completely overwrite the installed OS (e.g. Android), so it will no longer be possible to boot that system!

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from wedok

    Why not making addon section on github, smthg compareable to "https://github.com/CoreELEC/addons-archive"

    So if website is down u can still use the stuff from github.

    Thank you, but I don't need an alternative at the moment. My server (this one and its predecessors) have been in the hosting room of this ISP for over 10 years, in the same town where I live, and I don't intend to move it anywhere.

    There was a temporary problem that the provider had already solved, but local intervention will be required due to the IP address change. However, I'm away from home for a while due to a travel, so the setup is a bit delayed.

    The timing is simply unfortunate. Please be patient, the service will be restored as soon as I get home.

  • Reactivate a minix neo x8h-plus

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    RE: Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    According to the ISP under my server, they are currently performing a massive public IPv4 address range change, because the previous IP addresses can no longer be used due to a change of ownership. They promised to fix the problem by the beginning of this week, but it still doesn't work, so unfortunately neither the 3rdParty images nor the LE-AML repository are available until then.

    I would like to ask for a little patience, because although the server is working, unfortunately I can't access it…
    dtech
    July 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM

    I would like to ask for a little patience, I don't know when it will be available again.

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    According to the ISP under my server, they are currently performing a massive public IPv4 address range change, because the previous IP addresses can no longer be used due to a change of ownership. They promised to fix the problem by the beginning of this week, but it still doesn't work, so unfortunately neither the 3rdParty images nor the LE-AML repository are available until then.

    I would like to ask for a little patience, because although the server is working, unfortunately I can't access it in any way at the moment, so I can't temporarily upload the content there to another server.

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from Rizwan

    Kindly tell me, what information required ?

    The issue was not the version and the device, that was clear so far: you already described the device -> WP2, and I guessed the version -> maybe it is the latest LTS version I released.

    You should describe the specific problem or send a log, because "not working" is not very informative in itself. "IPTV", as a simple acronym, does not carry any special information: television broadcasting over IP protocol. Nowadays there are so many IPTV protocols as there are stars in the sky.

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from rawnar

    I have been using your image on my Wetek Hub now for some time and it works great. But I just found out that when I update the library, the new films are not added to the database. I can find them through the file manager, but they do not show on the main page. My first guess is that there is something going wrong with retrieving the data from the movie database. Maybe they have updated their back end.

    Is there a way I can test my hypothesis? And if true how can I fix the problem?

    Unfortunately, the movie database addon has been marked as broken for a very long time in the official Kodi 18 addon repository. However, I don't know if there is a working movie scraper addon for Leia, because I've never used one, and I've never built a movie library.

    EDIT: In the meantime, I tried the python-based TMDB scraper, and it works flawlessly for me. Your guess may be correct with the possible change of the API or some syntax thing on the server side, but unfortunately I probably won't be able to help with that, because I'm not a python expert at all. Moreover, Leia still uses Python2, and subsequent versions use Python3.

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from kpdozer

    Hi. Thanks for all your hard work. And now, finally, you've added Entware support—that's fantastic.

    I have an M8 S802 box. For some reason I can't figure out, I can't get it to boot from a USB drive—no matter what I try, I always end up in recovery mode. The only option that works for me is "apply update from EXT." The only firmware that successfully installed this way was LibreELEC-Amlogic.arm-M8-7.0.2-update.zip from this link: https://mega.nz/folder/W0Qk2JI…folder/3ohmxIaJ.

    Everything works well on that version, except for Wi-Fi (which I don't need anyway). After that, I can successfully update to your build, but then the LAN stops working. I've tried many of your firmware versions, including LibreELEC-k200-AP6330_2G.arm, but the result is always the same—non-functional LAN.

    Any idea how to fix this?

    The problem is that I need a dmesg or a pastekodi output to continue. If there is no LAN, then this is only possible by connecting to WiFi or with diagnostics under UART.

    If neither of these is available, then a photo from here would be a good start: Settings -> System Information -> Hardware.

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from defdefred

    Ok thanks dtech.

    How can we determine on our own which DTB to use?

    With a few specific exceptions, which DTB is needed depends on 3 things: the SoC model, memory size, and the Ethernet interface.

    • S905 (GXBB) + Gigabit Ethernet: gxbb_p200_*_1Gbit,
    • S905 (GXBB) + 100Mbps Ethernet: gxbb_p201_*_100M,
    • S905X (GXL) + 100Mbps Ethernet only: gxl_p212*,
    • S905D (GXL) + Gigabit Ethernet: gxl_p230_*,
    • S905D (GXL) + 100Mbps Ethernet: gxl_p231_*,
    • S905W (GXL) + 100Mbps Ethernet only: gxl_p281_*,
    • S912 (GXM) + Gigabit Ethernet: gxm_q200_*,
    • S912 (GXM) + 100Mbps Ethernet: qxm_q201_*.

    The memory size is the number before the "g" in the name, expressed in gigabytes.

    Only RealtekWiFi is a special case for Realtek SDIO wifi chips, it lacks the entries typical for Broadcom SDIO chips, and these usually do not have integrated Bluetooth functionality either.

    In the case of your stick, I looked this up from the attached dtb, although the MK808B Pro doesn't have an Ethernet interface, so actually another dtb could be good, which could be gxbb_p200 or gxbb_p201, which also has 1g in its name.

  • Legacy v9.2 (LTS) builds for Amlogic S805/S8X2, S905/S912 and all WeTek boxes

    Quote from defdefred

    Using the old dtb salvage from the old sd card and all boot perfectly...

    I don't really recommend using the old dtb, please use the gxbb_p200_1G_100M.dtb from the device_trees directory, which is mostly equivalent to the above and is included in the current image.

    There isn't much difference, but a few small things have changed in dtb since then, and because of this, the old one may cause operational problems.