Posts by Fartmaster5000

Quote from dtech

I just want to know what you expected? Wasn't the "legacy" in the title suspicious?! OMG...

By the way, boxes equipped with this SoC are still perfectly suitable for offline media playback, because it supports HDR10 in 4K, many addons still work with Leia, and it is still suitable for DVB or for IPTV use.

I think I wasted too much time on you, only for you to simply give up in the end. Many times you didn't even answer simple questions, many times you didn't even do my requests, and on top of that, basic things caused you problems that a simple Google search would have solved. That's all I wanted to note, so if you don't mind, I'll ignore any further technical questions you may have.

Have a nice day.

I expected that there was a way to get this thing working again so it wouldn't be a paperweight. I was very disappointed that every add-on I wanted to use was incompatible.

Your help has been great - and I did do everything you asked (sorry if I didn't answer some of your questions the way you had hoped). I did preface things by saying I was a n00b.

I am very appreciative of all your support. It was worth a shot, I just hoped for a different outcome (not anybody's fault).

Quote from chewitt

No plans. Kodi removed support for amcodec in 2018 to focus on non-proprietary decoding methods and community efforts to hack support back in to current Kodi versions are now focussed on newer Amlogic kernels that do not support older Amlogic hardware.

That's why I'm convinced that the T8 box I have is basically a paperweight. Can't do anything with it.

Quote from dtech

Did you read the quote I copied from the first post? There's a link at the end.

I did click it and read through the 6 pages. Looks like there's still a lot of issues with it and support for using the remote is not there.

dtech - I'm extremely thankful for all of the advice you've given. I gave this a strong effort to get it working, but I guess every single add-on I want to use requires Python 3.

Is there a plan in the future to support the latest versions of Kodi (21.3)?

dtech - Well, now I have another problem. Since I can't do backup restore using OpenWizard, I try doing everything from scratch including installing all of the add-ons; however, none of them work and they all give the same error (the dependency on xmbc.python version 3.0.0 could not be satisfied).

So if I can't install my add-ons ... what's the point? Seems like I'd be better off finding a ROM, cracking the bootloader and flashing the new ROM.

Ran into a couple of hiccups.

1. Did the alternative solution from dtech - worked like a charm, but some of the buttons didn't work on the remote. I figured it might be because I didn't press all of them before doing the "postkodi" command and it might be difficult to get the right calibration without all of the inputs.

2. I also noticed that my Kodi screen is "cut off". it's like it's zoomed in too much or stretched out and I need to bring it back into scope.

3. I installed OpenWizard and tried to restore my previous backup, but it failed. I checked the log and it said due to insufficient memory. So I started over with a much bigger flashdrive, pressed every button on the remote, and did the paste Kodi.

The new file is at https://paste.libreelec.tv/one-lemur.log

I appreciate your help with troubleshooting this!

Quote from dtech

I created a configuration based on the layout, most of the buttons are functional, but most of the special buttons above are not defined in it.

Please extract the attachment, then open the following UNC path and copy the remote.conf file here:
\\10.0.0.11\Configfiles (If your box currently has a different IP address, you should obviously replace that part.)

Then restart the box and try the config, then report back whether it is working or not.

Do i paste it there using SSH? Not sure what the commands are

dtech - looks like it worked this time! I see that error in there several times (likely for each button I pressed). https://paste.libreelec.tv/cheerful-boxer.log

Quote from dtech

Just because you send the same link again doesn't mean it will includes the line I need...

Although I haven't studied the algorithm that generates the upload link yet, so chewitt will confirm or refute my theory: "link already exists" probably just means that the quasi-randomly generated link already exists, in which case you just need to run this command again because someone has already received the same link before.

I'm trying to help you, but the fact that we're not moving forward, or only making very small steps, is starting to get a little tiring.

We're just dealing with normal hiccups. I'll redo it tonight and we'll try again. I appreciate the help!

Quote from dtech

Where is the link?

The previous one doesn't show any key press event, and the first one was almost full of sshd errors. Apart from that, you don't need to do anything else for now, I'll try to find a compatible remote control config for you.

But for this I need that log, which contains at least one line like this:
kernel: remote: Wrong custom code is 0xHEXACODE

https://paste.libreelec.tv/natural-giraffe.log is the link.

I did it again and it says "link already exists". Does that mean I need to start over again?

dtech - i did the pastekodi after pressing buttons on the remote. Then i provided the link output. What do i do next to get the remote to work?

So what is the next step to get the remote to work? dtech

Quote from dtech

The installation wizard probably didn't complete properly, or this USB flash drive is also junk. The log is full of entries saying that the ssh key generation failed, so it tries again, but it can't be written.

There would be a workaround, but the easiest is to rewrite the image to the flash drive and start over. However, the toothpick method is not necessary again.

dtech - Redid the flash drive and SSH works! here's the log: https://paste.libreelec.tv/natural-giraffe.log

Quote from dtech

Please try uploading the log from the LibreELEC settings this way:

This is completely equivalent to the pastekodi command.

Done. Says "Log files pasted to https://paste.libreelec.tv/saving-sawfly.log"

dtech - Please see the images below.

Quote from dtech

The basic problem with your description is that it is not clear whether LibreELEC is running at all when you try SSH, whether you are trying with the IP address of the box, whether the network is working on the box at all, and whether SSH is definitely enabled or not. Instead, you mention things like adb and sideload, which are absolutely not needed for LibreELEC.

LibreELEC is running and i am trying to SSH root@ipaddress with SSH definitely enabled during the LibreElec setup.

Quote from dtech

You don't have to type a command in PuTTY to connect, you just fill in a single input field, where you enter the IP address of the device you want to connect to, then press the Open button below.

If the SSH server is really working, it will first pop up the fingerprint confirmation warning, and after accepting it, it will ask for the username, where you just type root. If you haven't changed the password, the default password will be libreelec. And that's it. If anything doesn't work, then SSH server doesn't enabled, or the IP address is wrong, etc.

I did exactly what you said - but it will not connect (Connection Refused). I did some more digging and it looks like the Android Box's core OS has to have SSH enabled, but when you're doing this "boot method", you don't have access to it. Sounds like side loading / adb might be the only way to load everything.

As noted above, one of the key concerns I have is knowing if LibreElec is a ROM that will overwrite the stock ROM so it boots into Kodi by default. If I need to do the toothpick trick every time and reset everything, that is not a solution.

Question - I was using AI and it said once I turn on SSH that most android boxes require a reboot. I did that and it loaded the firmware image that I had on there before I started this process.

Is LibreELEC's solution going to actually overwrite the firmware on the unit and give me a new ROM to use?