Posts by dtech

kodlz

Sorry, it was published yesterday, and unfortunately I didn't have time for it, but I made up for it now.

LibreELEC v9.2.8.6 (2022-09-04) has been released for S805, S8X2, S905x and WP1 devices.

• ALL: remove amcodec buffer increase patch from all projects (unfortunately it causes more problems than it solves),
• ALL: update OpenSSL package to v1.1.1q and cacert.pem to 2022-07-19,
• ALL: update time zone database to 2022c,
• KI-Pro, KI-Plus, M8S+, WeTek Play 2: remove key swap on virtual keyboard (ESC/Backspace),
• ALL: replace separated autoscript-amlogic package to default u-boot-script and relocate boot scripts,
• ALL: fix main (v1.5.0) and remove separate (v1.4.5) dtc package,
• ALL: fix build for some game-related packages and add them to the repository,
• S905: replace static raw device tree sources to differential versions.
• 3rdParty: add new 3rdParty images: Odroid C1/C1+ (S805), WeTek Hub (S905-H).

For download links, please check the first post in this topic: #1

Mirror (GitHub): Release LibreELEC v9.2.8.6 for AML S805/S8X2/S905 and WP1 (2022-09-04) · dtechsrv/LibreELEC-AML

Quote from DiogoSilva48

hey dtech , any idea why Airplay isn't working here? It shows up, connects but as soon as I play something it just throws me an error on my PC. Thanks.

Unfortunately, I don't know the answer. Since I have never had any Apple devices, I didn't really deal with this protocol.

We should somehow find out what is causing your boot issues, because we can't move on to the next step.

Try creating a new SD card first. But before that, perform a complete overwrite format on it with this program: SD Card Formatter.

Then use this to write the previous snapshot image to the card: LibreELEC-AML USB-SD Creator.

Also, make sure you only use SDHC cards (max. 64 GB), as these boxes are not really compatible with SDXC.

Can you possibly do the same under version 8.2?

Unfortunately, I didn't get much closer to the wifi, but it seems that there is some kind of SDIO wireless chip on the motherboard.

Quote from appas

edit: Actually, looks like I have no network connectivity on the new install. Could you help me with that, still?

In the System info > Network, it says "Link: Not connected". Under LibreELEC > Connections, nothing is shown. Previously, this is where I connected to my Wifi.

Do I need to do something to enable the Wifi on my device, to get my AP to show here?

I need some log from your box. Please log in to the box via SSH over Ethernet, then put this in the command line:

dmesg | paste

... and post the link you received here. Hopefully, something will be revealed about the state of your wifi, because unfortunately I don't know what kind of wifi chip is in your box.

Quote from appas

Ok, I tried that image, both the update route and with a clean image. The update just booted to the old version of LibreELEC, as before (and wiped the Update directory). The SD card made with LibreELEC-AML.USB-SD.Creator did not boot - the box fell back to booting from internal NAND, meaning it started the built-in Android OS when that card was inserted.

Okay, I suggested that you skip the update. It won't work either because neither the device model nor the architecture match.

Did you use the toothpick method when booting from the SD card? If not, please use it, beacuse I suspect that the aml_autoscript of version 8.2 and 9.2 are quite different, and it only runs again if the toothpick method is used.

Quote from appas

My box says S905X 2GB/16GB.

I suggest you try to make a clean install on an sd card with S905/MXQ-4K-Pro_2G image.

You need to copy your old remote.conf to the root directory of the card.

Quote from Greenais

I've got "ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED" in my Chrome and others, but USB_tool downloaded image successfully (probably it uses IP-address internally).

https://github.com/dtechsrv/usb-s…creator.cpp#L55 <- No, it uses FQDN.

I think only the Chrome cache is showing its usual "stupidity"...

Quote from appas

Hi all. I have a MeCool M8S Pro+ that i am trying to upgrade from LibreELEC 8.2.3.1 to 9.2.8.5 from https://github.com/dtechsrv/LibreELEC-AML .

The github page just says

I have placed the .tar file (LibreELEC-M8S-Plus.arm-9.2.8.5.tar) in the Update folder via SMB and rebooted, but i just get the same old version and no upgrade process starts. Is there a way to manually start the update? Why is it not starting automatically, if that's what should happen?

I might add that after a reboot, the Update folder gets emptied...

Mecool M8S Pro+ and OTT M8S+ are not the same box at all.

In addition, several of Mecool M8S Pro+ models are available, so I need an accurate model number. The plain model (without additional letters) is equipped with the S905X SoC, but the "L" version is built with S912. (The S912 is not even supported by me.)

Moreover, updating from v8.2 to v9.2 is not recommended just because the first use native 64-bit Kodi and with native 64-bit binary add-ons, while the second uses 32-bit Kodi (only the kernel is 64-bit).

Quote from Greenais

Could you please check?

I can't reach my server either, the problem is with the ISP: TTL expired in transit.

Edit (9:00 CET): The connection seems to be restored now.

james_librez

Please update LibreELEC Add-ons repository on your box, and check for Game add-ons.

Quote from james_librez

mxq s805

I will try to compile missing game.* (libretro) addons and add to my repo, please be patient. (approx. 1-2 hours)

james_librez

What box do you have?

Quote from chewitt

Install the older 9.0 image (last official emmc install image for Hub) and then update to 9.2.8

krisux

It is not a bad idea, but if we leave this as a plan B, you can try installing mine. If it doesn't work, you can try the official image, then the update.

Quote from james_librez

hi. is there any possibilty to have Retroplayer on these images?

I haven't really dealt with game-related content, so unfortunately I don't know the answer.

Quote from krisux

Can i install to internal?

In theory, there is no obstacle, the zip is also available. But of course I can't test this either due to the lack of this device.

Quote from krisux

Wow. I will be testing tonight. Thank u

Any news?

Sometime earlier this year I tried the following ASUS Xonar cards with C-Media CMI8788 chips (a.k.a Oxygen HD) under LE10, both analog and S/PDIF outputs worked (including passthrough):

• ASUS Xonar DX (AV100, PCIe),
• ASUS Xonar D1 (AV100, PCI),
• ASUS Xonar DS (AV66, PCI).

However, I also read about these cards that they actually cause sound quality problems with newer generation PCs. But my old i7-3770 had no such problem.