Recommend an Android Box that runs XBMC - [No copyrighted material]

michael999999 · 31-12-2014 12:37pm

vectra wrote: »

Wonder what would these be like?

http://www.theaterinabox.tv/tv-boxes/armada-mach-8-xbmc-pure-linux.html/

Is that not just a re stickered M8?

vectra · 31-12-2014 1:40pm

michael999999 wrote: »

Is that not just a re stickered M8?

No idea.
I am a bit clueless when it comes to these boxes.

vectra · 31-12-2014 1:51pm

OK
I will get there eventually.

How about this?
Free delivery to PM
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201237992825?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#shpCntId

dahat · 31-12-2014 1:53pm

michael999999 wrote: »

Is that not just a re stickered M8?

Yep.

dahat · 31-12-2014 1:55pm

vectra wrote: »

OK
I will get there eventually.

How about this?
Free delivery to PM
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201237992825?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT#shpCntId

Look for the 2gb version, great box and has h265 playback.

vectra · 31-12-2014 1:56pm

dahat wrote: »

Look for the 2gb version, great box and has h265 playback.

God Dammit.. LOL
I missed that again Ha.. :pac:

vectra · 31-12-2014 2:10pm

This time

Free delivery to PM as well.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MX-3-III-4K-Quad-Core-Smart-Internet-WiFi-TV-Box-Android-4-4-KitKat-2GB-8GB-XBMC-/261676877485?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Internet_TV_Media_Streamers&hash=item3ced2846ad

dahat · 31-12-2014 2:13pm

vectra wrote: »

This time

Free delivery to PM as well.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MX-3-III-4K-Quad-Core-Smart-Internet-WiFi-TV-Box-Android-4-4-KitKat-2GB-8GB-XBMC-/261676877485?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Internet_TV_Media_Streamers&hash=item3ced2846ad

Looks fine, I have one on slow boat from China so I think they are fine.

dahat · 31-12-2014 2:37pm

Anyone else's XBMC gone belly up? I'm getting booted out every minute.

Ste- · 31-12-2014 2:40pm

dahat wrote: »

Anyone else's XBMC gone belly up? I'm getting booted out every minute.

Happened to me. so I fired up tvmc then went back to xbmc and she's working fine now.
Must be an updated add-on that's causing it.

dahat · 31-12-2014 3:31pm

Ste- wrote: »

Happened to me. so I fired up tvmc then went back to xbmc and she's working fine now.
Must be an updated add-on that's causing it.

Istream, updated now but took ages to go through.

Invincible · 31-12-2014 3:37pm

dahat wrote: »

Anyone else's XBMC gone belly up? I'm getting booted out every minute.

It froze before once selected in apps couple of times, unplugged at wall sorted it.

michael999999 · 31-12-2014 3:52pm

More is freezing inside Navi, it seems to prevent me from leaving it again. Anyone else finding this?

Big Nelly · 31-12-2014 6:48pm

dahat wrote: »

Istream, updated now but took ages to go through.

Anyone using version 14 yet? I tried it yesterday but it was on the dodgy box, thought it was XBMC been crap....but it turns out it was the box

Is it any good? version 14 I mean

Allyall · 31-12-2014 6:52pm

michael999999 wrote: »

More is freezing inside Navi, it seems to prevent me from leaving it again. Anyone else finding this?

Do you have any Xunity addons?
****

I just bought the Pipo X7. It's not Android (as title of thread), but Windows 8.1
32GB Storage, 2GB RAM, Intel Baytrail (Z3736F) CPU, and Intel HD (GPU).

It's on Geekbuying for €80.97, Gearbest for €82.11 but I bought mine from Aliexpress for €120 fast shipping from Pipo Flagship store.

I actually went looking for a decent price for this (< €150)and got sidetracked.. I hope I don't regret that.

Big Nelly · 31-12-2014 6:58pm

Allyall wrote: »

I just bought the Pipo X7. It's not Android (as title of thread), but Windows 8.1
32GB Storage, 2GB RAM, Intel Baytrail (Z3736F) CPU, and Intel HD (GPU).

It's on Geekbuying for €80.97, Gearbest for €82.11 but I bought mine from Aliexpress for €120 fast shipping from Pipo Flagship store.

I actually went looking for a decent price for this (< €150)and got sidetracked.. I hope I don't regret that.

Looks good, must try the guy I know in Gearbest to see if he does a coed for it. I guess this will run the standard OpenELEC without any issues?

Allyall · 31-12-2014 7:01pm

Big Nelly wrote: »

Looks good, must try the guy I know in Gearbest to see if he does a coed for it. I guess this will run the standard OpenELEC without any issues?

I'd say so.
I just had a quick look on Freaktab, claims it does. Although there is a persistent poster there that keeps asking for a video.

Even if it doesn't now, I doubt it will be long before it does.

Big Nelly · 31-12-2014 7:01pm

Allyall wrote: »

Do you have any Xunity addons?
****

I just bought the Pipo X7. It's not Android (as title of thread), but Windows 8.1
32GB Storage, 2GB RAM, Intel Baytrail (Z3736F) CPU, and Intel HD (GPU).

It's on Geekbuying for €80.97, Gearbest for €82.11 but I bought mine from Aliexpress for €120 fast shipping from Pipo Flagship store.

I actually went looking for a decent price for this (< €150)and got sidetracked.. I hope I don't regret that.

Quick google, not much off

Coupon code: PX7CN

Coupon price: $95.98

Expire date: February 28th.

vectra · 31-12-2014 7:12pm

how about here.
MiniPC Windows 8 Pipo X7 € 74.42
-15% with the code (PROMO) "2015"
or -10% with the code (PROMO) "NY2015"
Insurance + shipping cost - € 10
so total all inclusive - of € 75
Unfortunately, the site is in Spanish but there Google translation

http://www.igogo.es/product316749.html

dahat · 31-12-2014 7:28pm

Big Nelly wrote: »

Anyone using version 14 yet? I tried it yesterday but it was on the dodgy box, thought it was XBMC been crap....but it turns out it was the box

Is it any good? version 14 I mean

I have Helix Rc1 on Open Elec by Codesnake, few glitches but for a normal user like me I find little difference but I'm streaming film and TV in 1080 a lot better and little or no buffering.

That's likely to be Open Elec using my fibre in a more efficient way.

dahat · 31-12-2014 7:31pm

Allyall wrote: »

Do you have any Xunity addons?
****

That was the root of the problem,faulty update. In use it for one add on plus 3/4 Playlists other than that I'd get rid of it.

Big Nelly · 31-12-2014 7:34pm

vectra wrote: »

how about here.
MiniPC Windows 8 Pipo X7 € 74.42
-15% with the code (PROMO) "2015"
or -10% with the code (PROMO) "NY2015"
Insurance + shipping cost - € 10
so total all inclusive - of € 75
Unfortunately, the site is in Spanish but there Google translation

http://www.igogo.es/product316749.html

Nice find, but do I really need to buy another box

:D:D:D:D

My wife will say no but it is all down to a throw of the dice:p

Big Nelly · 31-12-2014 7:36pm

dahat wrote: »

That was the root of the problem,faulty update. In use it for one add on plus 3/4 Playlists other than that I'd get rid of it.

I think there is issues with there servers, I tried to do a rebuilt earlier and it is taking ages to download....look like the servers are getting hammered....

Also new version of Cartoon HD out there.....

dahat · 31-12-2014 7:37pm

Big Nelly wrote: »

Nice find, but do I really need to buy another box :D:D:D:D

My wife will say no but it is all down to a throw of the dice:p

Mine will say no straight up...no point asking, wrong side of Xmas.. Bills bills more bills....

But I want....

dahat · 31-12-2014 7:40pm

Big Nelly wrote: »

I think there is issues with there servers, I tried to do a rebuilt earlier and it is taking ages to download....look like the servers are getting hammered....

Also new version of Cartoon HD out there.....

All ok now I think, force refresh the repo I think. It was mental tbh, my box went into reboot every 45 secs or so. I was glad I knew a little plus having a half decent twitter list of Dev's to check on for updates or info helps.

Big Nelly · 31-12-2014 7:51pm

vectra wrote: »

how about here.
MiniPC Windows 8 Pipo X7 € 74.42
-15% with the code (PROMO) "2015"
or -10% with the code (PROMO) "NY2015"
Insurance + shipping cost - € 10
so total all inclusive - of € 75
Unfortunately, the site is in Spanish but there Google translation

http://www.igogo.es/product316749.html

I made the mistake of thinking .es meant the site was in spain so no customs, read the small print and coming from China as well so customs....about 2 euro cheaper than Gearbest with expeidated shipping, cant deal with slow boat anymore:):)

Allyall · 31-12-2014 7:58pm

Big Nelly wrote: »

I made the mistake of thinking .es meant the site was in spain so no customs, read the small print and coming from China as well so customs....about 2 euro cheaper than Gearbest with expeidated shipping, cant deal with slow boat anymore:):)

There are tons of those sites that target specific Countries, so you think they are in that Country. Germany and France seem to have the most. Can't think of them off top of my head though.

I may have pulled the trigger a bit too quickly, but I was getting a headache looking for the Zotac Pico for less than €150, and I thought I was finished. If I had just taken a break I could've saved myself ~ €40.. Ah well...

CantGetNoSleep · 31-12-2014 8:43pm

vectra wrote: »

This time

Free delivery to PM as well.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MX-3-III-4K-Quad-Core-Smart-Internet-WiFi-TV-Box-Android-4-4-KitKat-2GB-8GB-XBMC-/261676877485?pt=UK_Sound_Vision_Internet_TV_Media_Streamers&hash=item3ced2846ad

Did you manage to order that one? I'm having difficulty getting it to deliver to Ireland

michael999999 · 31-12-2014 8:49pm

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Did you manage to order that one? I'm having difficulty getting it to deliver to Ireland

Parcel motel?

vectra · 31-12-2014 9:42pm

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Did you manage to order that one? I'm having difficulty getting it to deliver to Ireland

I was thinking Parcel Motel.
I have not ordered yet
Still not 100% decided.

michael999999 · 01-01-2015 2:00am

Did someone mention earlier that there XBMC kodi kept crashing. Mikey 1234 has a fix in the xfinity repos!

Allyall · 01-01-2015 4:21am

michael999999 wrote: »

Did someone mention earlier that there XBMC kodi kept crashing. Mikey 1234 has a fix in the xfinity repos!

It's their addons causing it..

Big Nelly · 01-01-2015 10:18am

dahat wrote: »

Sounds like a special box alright as you put it but I would try the Just me and then one of OE or Linux.

If none work then its goosed as it could be a clone, a bad one.

Is the XBMC with the ROM causing problems?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw--cBwO_fI

this is the exact box I got from friend, same box it came in as well

dahat · 01-01-2015 10:27am

Big Nelly wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw--cBwO_fI

this is the exact box I got from friend, same box it came in as well

Mine looks the sake tbh. Flash back to factory and try again with ROMS.

The box i had issues with was a Keedox one which was locked down by them. Finless from XDA/Freetab had to do a custom ROM solely for this particular M8.

Big Nelly · 01-01-2015 12:45pm

dahat wrote: »

Mine looks the sake tbh. Flash back to factory and try again with ROMS.

The box i had issues with was a Keedox one which was locked down by them. Finless from XDA/Freetab had to do a custom ROM solely for this particular M8.

I read on Facebook that the standard xbmc won't work on this? There is specific version?

I put on media man firmware, loaded it up with standalone app and put back in box

Xbmc work but with only audio half the time, aby of the fixes I try make it worse so sick of it and leaving as is now

dahat · 01-01-2015 1:07pm

Can be a frustrating box, fortunately ingot no audio problems so never tried any fixes but they do work by all accounts.

Oman's 13.1 apk works or XBMC built into a ROM work best, the downloaded offical ones have glitches on the box.

YumDeiseMum · 01-01-2015 2:53pm

dahat wrote: »

Anyone else's XBMC gone belly up? I'm getting booted out every minute.

Same happening us since yesterday. Dunno if its anything to do with it but Shows a message saying entertainment hub update failed down the bottom right hand corner when you go into xbmc and then boots you back to the home screen.

Not really tech savvy but is there an easy fix for this?

Probably should mention its a Minix Neo X8 we have

Allyall · 01-01-2015 3:05pm

YumDeiseMum wrote: »

Same happening us since yesterday. Dunno if its anything to do with it but Shows a message saying entertainment hub update failed down the bottom right hand corner when you go into xbmc and then boots you back to the home screen.

Not really tech savvy but is there an easy fix for this?

Probably should mention its a Minix Neo X8 we have

If you have any xunity addons, remove them. If you think you want any back, reinstall them one by one to see if you can find if any one in particular is causing the problem (I think i read it's iStream).
Also as mentioned above by michael999999, apparently xfinity/xunity have released a patch to stop their addons crashing xbmc.

Big Nelly · 01-01-2015 3:06pm

YumDeiseMum wrote: »

Same happening us since yesterday. Dunno if its anything to do with it but Shows a message saying entertainment hub update failed down the bottom right hand corner when you go into xbmc and then boots you back to the home screen.

Not really tech savvy but is there an easy fix for this?

Probably should mention its a Minix Neo X8 we have

Which version of XBMC you running?

aaronm13 · 01-01-2015 3:11pm

YumDeiseMum wrote: »

Same happening us since yesterday. Dunno if its anything to do with it but Shows a message saying entertainment hub update failed down the bottom right hand corner when you go into xbmc and then boots you back to the home screen.

Not really tech savvy but is there an easy fix for this?

Probably should mention its a Minix Neo X8 we have

My minix Xbmc is working perfect, been using it all morning and using a xunity add on to watch the football., I'm on Minix v2a firmware by the way.

dahat · 01-01-2015 3:14pm

YumDeiseMum wrote: »

Same happening us since yesterday. Dunno if its anything to do with it but Shows a message saying entertainment hub update failed down the bottom right hand corner when you go into xbmc and then boots you back to the home screen.

Not really tech savvy but is there an easy fix for this?

Probably should mention its a Minix Neo X8 we have

Attached a screenshot to fix the Xunity problems

MickH503 · 01-01-2015 4:37pm

So to ask the OP question from a year ago again now ... nowadays what is the best recommendation for one of these boxes? Is it all about Android boxes or are there other options? The MX III seems to be very popular now???

YumDeiseMum · 01-01-2015 5:12pm

dahat wrote: »

Attached a screenshot to fix the Xunity problems

Its not letting me in xbmc long enough to do this, I can get as far as add ons and then get booted. Its version 13.1 we have

Allyall · 01-01-2015 6:17pm

YumDeiseMum wrote: »

Its not letting me in xbmc long enough to do this, I can get as far as add ons and then get booted. Its version 13.1 we have

The best fix is to do a fresh install and not use any of their addons.
But if you want to use them, I guess the best thing is to do a fresh install anyway.

michael999999 · 01-01-2015 6:49pm

Allyall wrote: »

The best fix is to do a fresh install and not use any of their addons.
But if you want to use them, I guess the best thing is to do a fresh install anyway.

Whats the best installer?

dahat · 01-01-2015 6:54pm

michael999999 wrote: »

Whats the best installer?

Yourself.

Big Nelly · 01-01-2015 8:36pm

michael999999 wrote: »

Whats the best installer?

I found totalxbmc installer recently to be handy, google it

But to do everything it is a personal job

or give me a few quid and I will do it:P:P:P:P

gerire · 01-01-2015 8:41pm

Ordered the mxiii 2gb on 5th December. Got letter from revenue today.
The cheek of the €7 handling fee, sure lads I didn't want ye to touch it at all.

This is my 1st box, also have a new qnap server and 2 wd red 2tb drives on the way too to completely get a decent home media setup.

As it's my 1st box am I best off staying with the android that cones on it or just jumping straight to open elec or something. My current setup is pc with plex server and plex app on samsung 6 series tv.
Will the box remove the need for plex cause I was planning on putting the plex server on the qnap.

Any thoughts lads?

Allyall · 01-01-2015 8:49pm

gerire wrote: »

Ordered the mxiii 2gb on 5th December. Got letter from revenue today.
The cheek of the €7 handling fee, sure lads I didn't want ye to touch it at all.

This is my 1st box, also have a new qnap server and 2 wd red 2tb drives on the way too to completely get a decent home media setup.

As it's my 1st box am I best off staying with the android that cones on it or just jumping straight to open elec or something. My current setup is pc with plex server and plex app on samsung 6 series tv.
Will the box remove the need for plex cause I was planning on putting the plex server on the qnap.

Any thoughts lads?

If you're going to that length, probably better without Android, as it's not the most stable at the best of times. I haven't used plex in a long time, so I don't know what the Android version is like. But there is Plexbmc to connect to your Plex server if you want inside Openelec.

KoA-Ollie · 02-01-2015 4:43am

Hi I'm interested in buying one of these boxes and also wondering which is the best one to look at buying and where to buy it, would like to get it as quick as possible so willing to pay a little bit extra

Recommend an Android Box that runs XBMC - [No copyrighted material]

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