You can update with TAR without any problem.
I ´ ve done the updating... now the MAC Address became fixed as 1A:00:00:00:00:00 - and my router accepts this one to reservation, so... problem solved.
Thanks again dtech!
One last question: if I ever need to set a specific address to MAC, do you know the path/conf file that I can edit?
Okay, it is done: Index of /snapshots/20210908/
If you can, please check if the situation has changed with MAC address detection. Thank you.
Thanks again dtech, I´ ll do a new test ASAP.
BTW does this kind of change requires an entire new instalation using the GZ file, or can I use the TAR one just for updating the changes?
Please test with this new image and send a feedback on whether it works or not:
Hi dtech , sorry for the late response. And thanks, in advance, for your time/work!
OK then, I did the tests with the new image, and the results...
- There´ s no freezing anymore. Now I can stop or change between movies, tv shows, among others during playback smoothly, without problem!
- Still some image tearing, but nothing that mess up the experience (its a miracle that this box isnt dead yet...)
- The led stays blue when turned off, and blank when in use... as I said before - it doesnt bother me either, maybe is better this way.
- I did a IP reservation into my router (media sharing purposes) to the X8, but as far as I can tell, the MAC Address is randomly generated every boot. During a research, I found this behavior is due to the network chip used in some cheap boxes (as mine, I think). Can this be fixed editing some conf file through SSH? I´ ve looked everywhere into setup... without any clues how to fix this.
- I must do some other tests with the media sharing using SMB... sometimes I tryed to copy something from my smartphone or laptop to the HDD exposed through the libreelec system, and the copy breaks up almost all the time. It works fine using FTP, but then... the IP is changing everytime 
Besides the MAC address thing, it´ s working as expected to a old box as this one... hope it helps anyone with a Minix X8/X8H Plus.
Tks again dtech !!
Here are some new test images: Index of /snapshots/20210901/
Momantai: LibreELEC-X8-X8H.arm-9.2.8.2.*
SerGioTenerife: LibreELEC-X8H-Plus.arm-9.2.8.2.*
blackride: LibreELEC-MXIII-Plus.arm-9.2.8.2.*
Please test them and describe your experiences. Thank you everyone.
Now its working ... running smooth until now, will keep testing, tks dtech!
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Sorry, I´ ve spoke too soon, here´ s whats happening:
- Every time I try to stop, it freezes... doesnt matter what I command then, just a reboot to make it alive again;
- There´ s no sign if it is on or off - the led is dead;
- As far as I´ ve seen, the player isn´ t as smooth as before - some image tearing during playback.
Other functionalities (as adding movies, installing FTP, and others) is working well for now.
Can you specify which image you are using? The topic link is a pretty broad concept.
Sure.
From this topic: LibreELEC 9.0 / Kodi 18.X for Minix X8,X8H,X8H+
The first "My Files" link - and just below the direct link to the image file:
LibreELEC-X8-X8H.arm-LE9-Kodi_18.6.img
This one works flawlessly.
Hi dtech,
The images for Minix NEO X8 didnt work for me. Mine is a X8 Plus (without the "H")
I tryed the two images you published here - for X8 and X8 Plus - and both gave me a "mount_part - unknown file system" error. I did the toolpick method to boot from the SD (even it was booting from the SD already), but no avail.
Used the Libreelec USB-SD Creator to prepare a 4gb SD card.
BTW I was using an custom image before (S802/S812-Libreelec images for 7/8/9).
