Posts by Faravid

Quote from michaelamsterdam

Hi ,

does anybody know if its possible to boot libreelec from ssd on a 905x.
image has been written on a ssd with libreelec sd/usb creator.
but after boot it or starts in android or while holding the reset button it ends up in the recovery menu without showing libreelec boot .
have been reading posts from the raspberry pi where was given that possibly the drive starts up to slow .

If so would there be an option to boot from sd and use data from ssd.

Thanks in advance,

Michael

I had to try a MicroSD card and 3 USB drives to find one that works with my box.

Quote from Xitro01

Could you tell me how you did this?

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

frem
Are you using a Windows PC?
You might find it easier to use Cyberduck if you're not sure about commands

Cyberduck | Libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2 & OpenStack Swift browser for Mac and Windows

Cyberduck is a Windows Explorer type interface and gives you a 'directory' based interface;
it is VERY intuitive to use, especially for those not so comfortable working with Linux commands.

Select the SSH protocol to your box's local IP address and enter the root/libreelec access
once you connect the first thing to do is click on the 'view' tab and select 'show hidden files
You need to do that to expose the 'update folder' and the .kodi folder

Then you can navigate to the Addons27.db file (>kodi -> userdata -> database -> and just highlight the file & delete it (as you would if you were in a regular Windows Explorer directory)

Then navigate back and open the 'Update' folder, and use the 'upload' icon at the top of the screen & select the image file from your windows directory
You should see it in the upload folder if you navigate 'back' to the /storage list.
Even if you inadvertently upload it to /storage, you can 'move' it into the update folder by just dragging & dropping within the window!

You can either go back to the module & reboot from there, or simply from Cyberduck - from 'go' menu select 'send command' and type 'reboot' and click 'send'

For the second part of your question, placing the new image file in the update folder and rebooting will execute the actual upgrade.
Once it has completed the upgrade it will reboot itself and if you were to reconnect by SSH into the box, you would find the update folder is now empty.
You cannot revert backwards once you have upgraded so you may want to save your original config if necessary.
In actuality you won't see much difference I suspect operationally other than the K17 differences, so if you have already experienced K17 on your other box, you should probably have no need to revert.

Footnote - even though you deleted that file, your addons from 16 will all migrate.

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WinSCP is also a great SFTP (FTP over SSH) client.

Quote from Xitro01

Hi kszaq, I finally upgraded to 8.0, works much better as 7.x I must say.

Still experiencing that annoying HDMI-CEC bug. When my A95X is off, it seems to be disrupting my HDMI-CEC devices. My amplifier is sometimes not turning on anymore by the TV and the most annoying part is that my HDMI-ARC stops working completely. With the adapter turned off and a HDMI killer it's all back to normal.
Everything works fine in Kodi/LibreELEC, but as soon as the device is turned off everything goes bonkers.

Any idea what I can do about this? I do not have alot of knowledge of this device. Is it possible to upgrade the firmware of the HDMI-CEC adapter?

Hope you can help out!

Thanks in advanced.

Edit: This seems to be my problem: The Hub is breaking my ARC - WeTek Community Forum
Probably the uboot of my a95x is breaking my hdmi-arc/cec? This is probably something that needs to be solved by the manufacturer and can't be solved by you, I guess?

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I solved this by disabling CEC sleeping, the box runs 24/7.

Quote from punter

There's something weird going on with my A95X box with this latest update!
It goes to sleep even though the power saving is turned off, then when you switch it back on, the blue LED comes on but the unit is 'dead', no response to ping or any HDMI output. I need to pull the power and plug it back in!?
Also does anyone use 'docker'? Not working....
Thanks!

If you use CEC it is defaulted to
sleep the box when TV is switched off.

Quote from kszaq

2GB is the recommended minimum if you asked me. Some bootloaders have issues with detecting all types of cards / USB drivers, you have to find one that works for you.

I guess my bootloader is extremely picky.

Anyways this 64GB Kingston seems to work very well. Fast boot, fast GUI responce, much faster video playback and response. CEC works very well.

Lets hope it's much more stable than with Android, I had frequent freezes that caused to fail communication to my amplifier for all sources.

Thank you for the help and for the hard work in general.

Quote from kszaq

It looks like the USB drive fails to initialize early on boot. Please try running LE from SD card and see if your USB drive can be seen in LE.

YES!

The USB-drive was to blame.

I tested a different USB-drive and it booted just fine with gxbb_p200_1G_1Gbit.dtb.
Working USB-drive: Kingston 64GB DTSE9H, USB 2.0

BTW, I also tested a 4GB USB 2.0 Kingston DataTraveler, but it seemed to stuck on S905 logo, same thing with a 2GB Kingston MicroSD card.
Are those too small to work with LibreElec?

Resizing storage takes forever with this 64GB stick.

Quote from kszaq

Faravid First off please do not post link to the shop. To solve your issue try using gxl device trees, you might have S905X device, despite what shop description says. S905X devices are cheaper to manufacture and some Chinese factories are putting S905X inside without telling.

kszaq Sorry about the link.

With gxl_p212_1g.dtb boot stucks on Amlogic S905 logo.

I'm having issues trying to boot from USB-drive:

Error:

*** Error in mount_flash: mount_common: Could not mount LABEL=LIBREELEC ***
### Starting debugging shell... type exit to quit ###
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

Device:
MXQ Pro Quick Play Amlogic S905 2K*4K TV BOX 1G/8G WIFI Gigabit LAN Bluetooth 4.0 KODI HDMI H.26

Boot method:
Toothpick

USB-drive:
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB

Tested versions:
8.0.0c, 7.0.3.012

Tested device trees:
gxbb_p200_1G_1Gbit.dtb
gxbb_p200_1G_1Gbit_RealtekWiFi.dtb
gxbb_p200_1G_mxq_pro_4k
gxbb_p201.dtb

Hi,

I tried googling around a little bit, but can't find a solution for my problem.

I want to setup Kodi so it automatically opens a HTTP-stream.

I found how to do that by making a "autoexec.py"-file.

While this should work, I need a backup method.

If the HTTP-stream does not output video, switch to alternative stream.

Wonder why I want to do this?

I have a streaming box that can input HDMI or CVBS, both will be used depending on the situation, so when HDMI is not in use I would like Kodi to automatically switch to the alternate CVBS HTTP-stream.
I need Kodi to be standalone, no interaction required from the user.