Posts by dfahren

  • [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X

    Hi everybody,

    I have a small request for the DEVs here. Is it possible to compile the LZMA compressor/decompressor for our ARM tv boxes?

    You can find the source code here: backports.lzma 0.0.10 : Python Package Index

    May be it's possible to make a new version of Libreelec and have this package included in the next release or to provide a module which we can import from our Python scripts.

    Why would I want such a module?

    Unfortunately the LZMA library is part of Python not until version 3.6. Version 2.7, which Libreelec uses as of now, does not have this library. If you want to download EPG data from Rytec, then since January this year you need an LZMA decompressor because they change the compression format from GZip to LZMA.

    Thanks a lot!

  • [8.0.2e] LibreELEC 8.0 for S905/S905X

    logicheart
    This could be a thermal problem. I may be that the pad that connects the heatsink with processor has become loose and so the latter might overheat sooner than later. In order to check this, you have to open the box, unscrew the board and cautiously see if you can lift the board. If not, then all is well, if it is rather easy, then there was no connection between the heasink and the S905X.

    Best wishes, dfahren


  • [8.0.2e] LibreELEC 8.0 for S905/S905X

    Quote from kszaq

    I would like to know where can I get it. Amlogic secretly pushes updates to vendors and only a few times in a year they make a public release with updated firmware. Yet many firmwares are missing and the only way to get them is to extract from Android boxes.

    Yes, we all can only hope that this situation becomes better now that the IoT division of Broadcom was sold to Cypress which is know for good support.
    BTW, Redbear Duo, Raspberry PI3 and PI0 all have this BCM43438 chip inside. So there is good hope, that we will see more software updates to our wifi chip.
    I would try this Git repository. Everything new. Drieschel's Git repo

    Quote from kszaq

    HCIattach sends an identification command to the chip and loads appropriate firmware if it's present in file system.

    Ok, good to know. Is there a way to check the process of how and when hciattach goes up? What must I do to see some debug messages?

  • [8.0.2e] LibreELEC 8.0 for S905/S905X

    Hi folks and especially @kaszaq,

    I own a Mini M8S II and Libreelec 8.0c works like a charm. However, I must confess that both wifi and bluetooth gives me grief.
    First things first: My box has an AP6212a and thus a BCM43438 chip inside. As far as I can tell from the dmesg log, the appropriate driver for this chip is loaded. Unfortunately, the version is not the latest. The version number I see is

    Code
    [   21.101938@0] Firmware version = wl0: Sep 21 2016 14:52:37 version 7.46.57.4.ap.r3 ...


    The most recent version is AFAIK 7.46.57.189. At least that is what was shipped with Andoid. Can't tell the difference between both, but would like to see the new one included because it might fix my problems.
    Speaking of which, my wifi connection is extremely flaky. I live in an appartment and I'm surrounded by many, many other wifi routers that all broadcast in full madness. I managed to find a channel in which only 3 other routers broadcast. Between my router and the TV box is a hallway and two doors. Should not be that much of an obstacle.
    Since I live in Germany I want to use channels 12 and 13, however, I don't get a connection once my router broadcasts on these channels. The culprit is a misconfigured "regulatory domain", which is first set to China during the boot process and then to the fallback Global because the domain cannot be set ... why ever ... See here:

    Code
    LibreELEC:~ # iw phy0 reg get
global
country 00: DFS-UNSET
        (2402 - 2472 @ 40), (6, 20), (N/A)
        (2457 - 2482 @ 40), (6, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN
        (2474 - 2494 @ 20), (6, 20), (N/A), NO-OFDM, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5170 - 5250 @ 160), (6, 20), (N/A), PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5250 - 5330 @ 160), (6, 20), (N/A), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN
        (5490 - 5730 @ 160), (6, 20), (N/A), DFS, PASSIVE-SCAN


    So I used the 'iw' command from the Network Tools addon to set the domain to DE or alternatively to EU. Here is what I got:


    So no chance for me to set the regulatory domain to something different. Would be very pleased if somebody could have a look into this.

    Ah, by the way, before I forget about this: If somebody of you wants to try this little hack here : A95X External Antenna Mod & Results
    I recommend don't. It isn't worth the hassle. You get better reception, yes, that's true, but also more interferences from other routers in the vicinity and that will definitely not boost the throughput.

    My other problem is Bluetooth. Yes it works, my TV box can see my Aukey BR-C1, a Bluetooth 3.0 audio receiver, but is unable to connect to it. As a side note, my box is perfectly able to connect to my smartphone. Here is what I do manually to connect to it:

    Code
    LibreELEC:~ # hcitool scan
Scanning ...
        00:11:67:C8:BE:C3       n/a
LibreELEC:~ # hcitool name  00:11:67:C8:BE:C3
BR-C1
LibreELEC:~ # hcitool cc  00:11:67:C8:BE:C3
Can't create connection: Input/output error

    So here is my question: What should I do in order to connect to this audio receiver? I can't get any connection either from command line not from Kodi UI.
    @kaszaq: How do you make sure, that hciattach does indeed load the appropriate *.hcd firmware?

    Thanks for your interest. Help is highly appreciated.

    Cheers,
    Dietrich