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

Big Nelly · 17-02-2015 02:21PM

rob316 wrote: »

Folks I'm going to upgrade my MX3, its grand I've flashed custom firmware on it but its still not great. So I'm looking at the minix, should I get the X8-H or Z64?

Thanks

Is it the 1GB or 2GB version?

If you run Openelec on it you will get a huge boost in performance

Or which version of the firmware you running at the moment?

The spec on the MX3 is good so not sure why you would need to upgrade.....

rob316 · 17-02-2015 02:42PM

Big Nelly wrote: »

Is it the 1GB or 2GB version?

If you run Openelec on it you will get a huge boost in performance

Or which version of the firmware you running at the moment?

The spec on the MX3 is good so not sure why you would need to upgrade.....

One of the ones you sent me by PM.

Can I use a VPN with OpenElec?

Big Nelly · 17-02-2015 02:52PM

rob316 wrote: »

One of the ones you sent me by PM.

Can I use a VPN with OpenElec?

:P I can't remember what I sent, at this stage I can't remember who I have PM'ed :P

Was it the mediaman one?

rob316 · 17-02-2015 02:57PM

Big Nelly wrote: »

:P I can't remember what I sent, at this stage I can't remember who I have PM'ed :P

Was it the mediaman one?

This one I think http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?21062-NEW-Beelink-S82-S82H-M8-MXIII-amp-Tronsmart-S89-S89H-Finless-2-1-ROM

Like if I upgrade to OpenElec is their any disadvantages to the android system?

Big Nelly · 17-02-2015 03:01PM

rob316 wrote: »

This one I think http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?21062-NEW-Beelink-S82-S82H-M8-MXIII-amp-Tronsmart-S89-S89H-Finless-2-1-ROM

Like if I upgrade to OpenElec is their any disadvantages to the android system?

OpenELEC is just XBMC...it boots straight into XBMC/Kodi. So you have no OS so to speak. All the setting etc are via Kodi......

The advantage is you have less "stuff" running so you have a more stable platform and you also get to use the hardware better for Kodi because it is allowing Kodi to utilize the hardware, so on Android you might need 2GB cache but on OpenELEC you only need 1GB etc.....

Disadvantage is you only run Kodi, so you can't run any other app's....

rob316 · 17-02-2015 03:05PM

Big Nelly wrote: »

OpenELEC is just XBMC...it boots straight into XBMC/Kodi. So you have no OS so to speak. All the setting etc are via Kodi......

The advantage is you have less "stuff" running so you have a more stable platform and you also get to use the hardware better for Kodi because it is allowing Kodi to utilize the hardware, so on Android you might need 2GB cache but on OpenELEC you only need 1GB etc.....

Disadvantage is you only run Kodi, so you can't run any other app's....

Im cool with all that as long as I can use a VPN - need one to watch premier league footy on nbc sports addon

Lucas Hood · 17-02-2015 03:53PM

They say when putting that openelec on the boxes you need a sd card ? Would a usb stick not work too?

Skippy along · 17-02-2015 04:06PM

rob316 wrote: »

This one I think http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?21062-NEW-Beelink-S82-S82H-M8-MXIII-amp-Tronsmart-S89-S89H-Finless-2-1-ROM

Like if I upgrade to OpenElec is their any disadvantages to the android system?

I upgrade to openlec and while i found it ran pretty well some of the add-ons didn't work Acestream p2p streams was one which I couldn’t do without so back to android for me

captain_boycott · 17-02-2015 10:55PM

Skippy along wrote: »

I upgrade to openlec and while i found it ran pretty well some of the add-ons didn't work Acestream p2p streams was one which I couldn’t do without so back to android for me

OpenElec has built-in VPN support (PPTP and OpenVPN). Plus can confirm my box works with Acestream P2P links. I've tried XBMX on Android, on Windows, and found OpenElec by far the best in terms of both performance and reliability.

Big Nelly · 18-02-2015 10:46AM

Just wondering, guys who are using P2P which parsers command do you run? I used to run http://bit.ly/allparsers but it doesn't seem to work anymore....thanks

18-02-2015 01:29PM

captain_boycott wrote: »

OpenElec has built-in VPN support (PPTP and OpenVPN). Plus can confirm my box works with Acestream P2P links. I've tried XBMX on Android, on Windows, and found OpenElec by far the best in terms of both performance and reliability.

Any chance you can pm me some info re acestream and openelec, I cant get it working on either an mx3 or mxq with openelec

dahat · 18-02-2015 01:33PM

5500 wrote: »

Any chance you can pm me some info re acestream and openelec, I cant get it working on either an mx3 or mxq with openelec

Sopcasy links work but Acestream won't, something to do with the engine acestream use, I tried endless times but gave up and a few Google searches confirmed that it isn't compatible with Openelc.

18-02-2015 05:14PM

Have you tried Pulsar? I seem to have problems with it running aswell, it will load and play but no picture, may be an issue with settings as opposed to the addon though

jimosterberg · 18-02-2015 05:18PM

Have an MX3 2g. Considering putting openelec on it. Worth doing and easy to do?

branners69 · 18-02-2015 05:24PM

Anyone with a Minix Neo x7? What rom are you using?

I updated to Quickshot V2 months ago, recently I updated to Kitkat V2.2.0 but I am having problems with wifi.

So what rom should I use?

Thanks

Big Nelly · 18-02-2015 05:34PM

jimosterberg wrote: »

Have an MX3 2g. Considering putting openelec on it. Worth doing and easy to do?

Easy to do, yes....

Worth doing, I would say yes but I only use XBMC/Kodi...nothing else....

dahat · 18-02-2015 05:54PM

5500 wrote: »

Have you tried Pulsar? I seem to have problems with it running aswell, it will load and play but no picture, may be an issue with settings as opposed to the addon though

Spent days on Pulsar and with the dev on Twitter as well as I had big problems assigning the correct memory path for it to work on files beyond what memory was left on my box.

It requires non FAT32 memory and I tried to format an SD to EXT4 and NFTS but kept telling me the path was not writeable. A pity as I looked the add on but jacked it in reluctantly in the end

jimosterberg · 18-02-2015 07:18PM

Big Nelly wrote: »

Easy to do, yes....

Worth doing, I would say yes but I only use XBMC/Kodi...nothing else....

Cheers. Do you know which openelec file to put on it? Do I have to put other software on it first? Thanks

rob316 · 18-02-2015 08:37PM

Can someone give me link to mx3 2gb zip file for openelec. I found it on freaktab but the link was dead.

Thanks

dahat · 18-02-2015 09:06PM

rob316 wrote: »

Can someone give me link to mx3 2gb zip file for openelec. I found it on freaktab but the link was dead.

Thanks

http://amlinux.ru/image/5.0.0/

captain_boycott · 18-02-2015 09:35PM

dahat wrote: »

Sopcasy links work but Acestream won't, something to do with the engine acestream use, I tried endless times but gave up and a few Google searches confirmed that it isn't compatible with Openelc.

Acestream on Openelec works for me!

Maybe rather than a compatability issue with Openelec, it an issue with your hardware? I'm running on Intel NUC.

dahat · 18-02-2015 10:51PM

captain_boycott wrote: »

Acestream on Openelec works for me!

Maybe rather than a compatability issue with Openelec, it an issue with your hardware? I'm running on Intel NUC.

M8 and MX3 boxes. Likely hardware then if that is the case.

Allyall · 18-02-2015 11:47PM

dahat wrote: »

M8 and MX3 boxes. Likely hardware then if that is the case.

Acestream discontinued their ARM engine.
Someone else is trying to revive it and is looking for source, that was in January, haven't heard anything at all since. Duckie13 or Duck13 or something like that was the username.

dahat · 19-02-2015 12:27AM

Allyall wrote: »

Acestream discontinued their ARM engine.
Someone else is trying to revive it and is looking for source, that was in January, haven't heard anything at all since. Duckie13 or Duck13 or something like that was the username.

If it does appear and works the Open Elec really would be the perfect solution for Kodi. Hopefully it does get revived.

rob316 · 19-02-2015 10:12AM

dahat wrote: »

http://amlinux.ru/image/5.0.0/

Thanks man,

is it this link OpenELEC-Amlogic.MX3.arm-5.0.0.zip not the update.zip one I use? I just unzip that file then to an sd and the usual flashing method then, correct?

BandMember · 19-02-2015 11:27AM

I have the same issue. I downloaded the parsers as a zip file and installed them but they stopped working months ago, just get script error anytime that I try to use them. However, I can view Acestream channels through Woody and vdubt25 no problem so I'm thinking that Acestream itself is ok but that the parsers are outdated/gone?

dahat · 19-02-2015 11:41AM

rob316 wrote: »

Thanks man,

is it this link OpenELEC-Amlogic.MX3.arm-5.0.0.zip not the update.zip one I use? I just unzip that file then to an sd and the usual flashing method then, correct?

Yep,flash in via recovery as per normal.

jimosterberg · 19-02-2015 11:57AM

dahat wrote: »

Yep,flash in via recovery as per normal.

Is it the toothpick method you use? Have done it before on an mx2 but not an mx3. Can openelec go straight on the mx3? I was told with the mx2 I had to put matricom 1.1.6 on it first and then openelec. Thanks

Big Nelly · 19-02-2015 12:08PM

BandMember wrote: »

I have the same issue. I downloaded the parsers as a zip file and installed them but they stopped working months ago, just get script error anytime that I try to use them. However, I can view Acestream channels through Woody and vdubt25 no problem so I'm thinking that Acestream itself is ok but that the parsers are outdated/gone?

try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l243UotWG2A

dahat · 19-02-2015 12:14PM

jimosterberg wrote: »

Is it the toothpick method you use? Have done it before on an mx2 but not an mx3. Can openelec go straight on the mx3? I was told with the mx2 I had to put matricom 1.1.6 on it first and then openelec. Thanks

I put mine straight on over the ROM that came installed with the MX3 via toothpick.

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

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