I'm running LE on H96 MAX. For now forget about WiFi and BT support until the mainline kernel switch but apart from that it runs pretty well. You need to use the correct device tree. I've extracted the one from stock Android and customized it to get the HDMI audio in ALSA, HDMI-CEC and the IR receiver working. You can download it in the H96 MAX thread:
The only thing I'm missing is deinterlace support. I'm not sure if it is related to the DTB or if it is a global RK3399 problem.
So I've played with the DTB a little more and made HDMI-CEC and the IR receiver working.
I've extracted the DTB from latest H96 MAX Android 7.1.2 firmware and tried to use it with the current build for RockPro64. It boots fine and the ethernet works but there is no sound over HDMI.
After playing with the DTB a bit I got the HDMI audio to work so the box is now at least usable for basic streaming over LAN.
What works:
- HDMI (both audio and video)
- GPU and VPU acceleration
- LAN
- USB (both 2.0 and 3.0)
What does NOT work:
- WiFi and BT (possibly QCA9377 using SDIO)
- IR
- deinterlacing
Ah, I thought it was 17.6. Then I'm afraid there is no build with 17.6 for MX2, sorry. You can try to connect the 17.3 to your SQL server as it should use the same database schema but if it doesn't work then you have to wait until you can update all of your devices to Kodi 18.
Use the 8.0.2 build from the first post to get Kodi 17.6 on MX2.
The old 8726-MX based boxes (WeTek Play and MX2) are powerfull enough for the most use cases and with Kodi 18 they get the ability to use DRM and to play games but since the lack of upstream kernel support and the lack of H265 decoder they are slowly reaching the end of life. I'm planning to continue building LE 9.0 images for MX2 but once WeTek Play support is dropped from master it'll be over.
In the meantime the shiny new Rockchip RK3399 based H96 Max box has just arrived. It should be a lot more powerfull than S912 and there are Mali libs available for its GPU so I'm looking forward to watch these getting improved LE support.
I've just realized that I didn't update the link to the current sources for 9.x in the first post. So I did now. Sorry, it might have saved you some work.
A new version with Kodi 18 RC 4.
LibreELEC-Amlogic_MX2.arm-9.0-devel-20190102160004-05be03f.tar
Please note that this is an early beta quality software!
You can update from previous builds by placing the .tar file to the .update folder and reboot.
Happy new year!
Here is archived version of the Matricom page:
But if you've got any version of OpenELEC or LibreELEC already installed on your box then it is better to update using .tar (don't forget to create the label on the storage partition first or provide an external SD card for storage).
Good luck.
Hi,
what is the current status of support for H96 MAX with RK3399 (4G/32G)?
Thanks for the feedback.
Just in case anyone is going to play with the new RetroPlayer feature, I'll post some MX2 specific experiences:
First of all, yes it actually works and the MX2 hardware is powerful enough to handle emulation of most systems up to the Playstation (though not all PSX games are running at full speed).
In order to achieve reasonable performance you need to disable the rewind support in the global games settings. Basically only 8-bit systems are fast enough even with the rewind support enabled.
You need to pick the right emulator for every platform, preferably optimized for mobile devices (ARM).
Here are the best cores to choose for playing on MX2:
- Nintendo (8-bit): Since Nestopia is currently broken and only shows black screen, the best core is FCEUmm.
- Super Nintendo (16-bit): SNES9x-2010
- Sega Genesis (16-bit): Genplus
- Playstation (32-bit): PCSX-reArmed (some games are slow)
It is pretty cool to play e.g. Worms World Party (the PSX version) on MX2 in your living room! 
The backup seems to contain some device specific files and it is not meant to be used on another device. I'd try to open the backup file on PC and remove the .cache, .config and .ssh directories before trying to restore on another device. However I don't have a second device to try if it helps.
How about the sound distortion problem on the device which works? Have you tried games?
P.S. To restore the 2 boxes after the failed backup try to recreate the SD card from the provided empty image (storage.img.gz).
A new version (Kodi 18 RC 1).
LibreELEC-Amlogic_MX2.arm-9.0-devel-20181125160005-9e278d9.tar
Please note that this is an early alpha quality software!
You can update from my 8.0.2 build by placing the .tar file to the .update folder and reboot.
I've updated the first post with the link to the testing LibreELEC 9.0 build for G18/MX2 (Kodi 18 Beta 5).
LibreELEC-Amlogic_MX2.arm-9.0-devel-20181107160005-1a60beb.tar
Please note that this is an early alpha quality software!
You can update from my 8.0.2 build by placing the .tar file to the .update folder and reboot.
Hi,
good to know you've been able to recover your box. This build is tested for G18 and MX2. You haven't said what model do you have.
The photo with the error is missing first line because of HDMI overscan on your TV. You should set your TV aspect ratio to Scan only, No scaling, Original or something like that (depends on the TV) so you can see the whole image and the error message itself. Actually it seems like you've done something wrong with the SD card. Was the card inserted in the box while you were trying to boot the LibreELEC?
Btw. Good news everyone! I've just seen this commit in the repo: kodi: add hack to fix audio for WP1 · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv@33dfd1a · GitHub
If it finally resolves the audio problem I will release first alpha build with Kodi 18 in a couple of days!
Hi, I'm waiting for official LE 8.95.1 release. Once it is out it will take few more days to port my changes on top of it and build image for MX2.
Good news everyone!
It seems that the great codesnake found the cause of the sound distortion problem which was making LE 9.0 alpha1 unusable on MX2:
I've just tested it and it does seem to solve the problem so you can expect first 9.0 alpha1 build for MX2 as soon as it is released for other platforms.
Hi KOPRajs. Any news on a new release yet? Appreciate all you do for keeping these great little boxes alive and current!
Thanks,
iamwally
Hi,
there is a bug causing sound cracking on Amlogic Meson6 in the current LE 9.0 master branch which makes it unusable for now. However this bug also affects officially supported WeTek Play so I'm simply waiting until it gets fixed in upstream. Once there is a working LE 9.0 build for WeTek Play I'll try to make it work on MX2 again.
