Posts by Faravid

Got the PVR-plugins to work in CoreElec, no idea what I did wrong the last time.
Got to install rest of the plugins now.

Quote from Shoog

Restoring addon backups between builds often ends up with a broken system as they tend to drag in incompatible python helper addons. Unless its a straightforward upgrade from one version to the next, its always a good idea just to start from scratch. A pain I know but if you don't it can often lead to unexpected problems way down the line that breaks a subsequent upgrade.

Shoog

I did find out that just copying the settings file for particular plugin after installing the plugin works quite well, no need to type the settings by hand.

Quote from wrxtasy

Current S9xx versions are LE 8.2.5 found in the following folder:

LE-Krypton-AML

I found your folder of builds, but I have no idea which one to choose for my box.

I've had alot of struggle with a chinese S905 based Android box, that boots to LibreElec from USB.

So I've been thinking about getting a better one, but there are so many options that I'm puzzled what's the best right now.

I have considered one of the Odroids, are all of them up to the task, how about other alternatives?

Features appreciated:

- It will be client only for my media server running Emby Media Server, DVBLink (old recordings), NextPVR (New recordings).

- CEC support for TV remote usage.

- 4K would be nice for future use, but Full HD will do

- HDR-supported for future use would be nice, but not a must

- Audio pass through to a home theater amplifier

- Hardware decoding of modern video formats

- Plugins I will use: Netflix, YLE Areena, Katsomo, DVBLink PVR, NextPVR, Emby

For wrxtasy's Krypton builds, there's no way to know which if the files is the latest working build for S905, file naming doesn't make sense, I'm not going to do a blind test.

Sigh, can't get PVR-addons to work in CoreElec (NextPVR and DVBLink).

Yep, fresh it is (darn it).

I think I tried to update to a CoreElec-build once, messed things pretty good.

Oh and I've been running from USB stick since day one, it runs very well, so haven't had a need to install to internal.

Thank you for a quick answer!

Any easy way to transfer plugins and plugin settings to a fresh install? I've done way too many fresh installs and it's a pain to setup everything.

Hi,

I'm currently stuck with a discontinued (and unstable build) on my "MXQ Pro Quick Play Amlogic S905 2K*4K TV BOX 1G/8G WIFI Gigabit LAN Bluetooth 4.0".

I have tried to figure out what build and device tree I could use, but I'm lost, could you people help me a bit?
Also can I upgrade or do I need to do a fresh install?

Currently running 8.2.3.1, Kodi 17.6.

Pretty rough april fools joke.
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By the way, if you Google Openelec, Google says that this website may be hacked.
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Whois reveals that Kodi.tv is owned by XBMC Foundation, so all good in low level atleast.

Looks like Kodi.tv is under investigation.

Quote from beeasy79

I hope its ok to post in this thread. I have been trying to boot my mxq pro 4k off of a usb stick with no luck. I followed the guide. mabe I missed something. I'm kinda new android other then I a few roots here and there. I used the toothpick method and all it does is bring me to a backup/restore type of menue but nothing about booting from usb. also i used LibreELEC-S905.ALL.aarch64-8.0.1.img and replaced the dbt file gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k renamed to dbt.img pasted it inside the main folder and it replaced the one in there. also at first i was trying to use a usb stick but when it would load the android restore it would show errors at the bottem but when i used the sd card the errors were gone. but still not sure how to boot from it. these are the files put on the sd card SYSTEM, syslinux, KERNEL and a folder named EFI.
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Did you use Rufus or similar tool for transferring the image to the USB-stick?

Also only one of the USB-ports is bootable, in my box it's the single one in back.

It should boot straight into the LibreElec installation without showing restore screen.

Quote from Xitro01

New firmware did not solve my issue hope Nexbox fixs this asap.

I think I also had the same problem with Raspberry Pi B with OpenElec maybe 2 years ago, I think I disabled sleep back then as well.

Quote from DATS2LS

HDMI CEC adjust settings

I have a sunvell t95x S905x box running latest 8.0.0c-temp_sensor_disabled.

Device is directly connected via hdmi to Yamaha avr which is connected to hisense tv via hdmi.

Cec works well with navigation (I can use any of the 3 remotes to navigate kodi).

My trouble is with powering off. I want to power everything off with the one button. Now there might be limitations of my tv/avr not just my S905x box but any help would be great. I dont fully understand cec, either it works or it doesn't usually.

When I turn off my S905x box, my tv turns off but avr stays on.

When I turn off my avr both my tv and S905x box stay on and standby passthrough enables the signal to bypass the avr and kodi still plays direct to tv. That's good I understand that cool feature.

When I turn off my tv, my avr turns off and my S905x box turns off also... Success... Or so I thought. Turning off the tv puts the S905x box into standby mode not shutdown. Turning on from Standby mode crashes my S905x.

So is there a way to either disable all forms of standby, and instead force it to shutdown. Or is there a way to instruct the S905x to shutdown rather than standby when receiving the cec standby command?

Or if anyone has a better idea please let me know.

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I also have issues with S905 box standby, I have chosen to disable standby for the box from the CEC settings:

System settings -> Input -> Peripherals -> CEC Adapter -> When TV is switched off to Ignore

You can change the value to shutdown as well, but for me that causes communication error and AVR stops receiving sound from devices and TV sound is switched on.

There are also settings for commands to the other devices the box sends when powering down.

I also have drilled some holes to the top cover of the box to increase air flow, before I had up to 61C temperatures during idle, now idle temperature is 51C.

Quote from Xitro01

Do you also have the Nexbox A95X?

My current solution is an HDMI-CEC killer > HDMI-CEC (pulse adaptor > Receiver, I just disable the standard CEC adaptor in the menu of Kodi.
It works fine, only thing is that the volume is not always responding or is really slow in responding.

I just want the native CEC in the box to work, it's one of the reasons why I bought it.

My device is MXQ Plus.

Thanks for the tip, I have a Pulse 8 adapter in storage somewhere. That was one expensive piece of (tiny) hardware.

Quote from Xitro01

Ah, so you just never turn the box off? Have you also tried to firmware upgrade your box?

I just installed the latest firmware on my box, to a firmware that came out late in november.
I saw my bootloader picture change from the default AMLogic S905X logo to a Nexbox A95X logo, so it seems that my bootloader is updated and hope that this solves the issue.
Just reinstalled TWRP/LibreELEC and everything, so when I get home I will see if this solved my CEC issues.

Yes I have updated the firmware.
For now the only solution for me is to never to turn it off.

I might set up a timer on the power plug that shuts down the power for a couple of hours during night to give the box a bit resting time.