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| Xiami TV Box S 3rd Gen |
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2021 Rebuild
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| NZXT H5 Flow (black) |
Partpicker
- Intel Core i7-11700
- ASRock Z590M-ITX/ax
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200
- Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME
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- NZXT Kraken 240 RGB
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[Solved] Mi Box 3 software update
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| Android TVOS (Oreo) |
What you will need:
- A desktop computer with an internet connection
- A FAT32 formatted USB drive with at least 1GB capacty
- About 20 mins + download time
- Moderate or better hand-eye co-ordination
- Moderate or better computer skills (if you don't have those, see if you have a helpful friend or relative)
- To be mentally prepared for the fact that you have probably lost any software or settings you installed on your Mi Box 3
On your desktop computer
- Format your USB drive if you haven't already done that (in Win10, plug the drive in, wait for it to appear in explorer, then right click and select format)
- Download this stable build (Oreo build 2167)
- Unzip the file "once-8.0-2167.7z" and you should see two files
- update.zip (~645MB)
- xiaomi_update (~34KB)
- Copy those two files onto your USB drive
Now let's go back to the Mi Box 3
- Remove the power plug from the Mi Box
- Insert the USB drive into the Mi Box (there is only one place it will fit)
- Now the tricky part - a manual recovery process
- On the remote control, press and hold the BACK arrow and the OK button at the same time and don't let go (and don't press any other buttons)
- Still holding those two buttons, reconnect the power plug to the Mi Box (some people suggest this is a two person job)
- Don't let go of the buttons until you see a message on the screen telling you the Mi Box is updating
- If you get a recovery menu, select 'Apply update from EXT' then select 'Update from udisk', then select the 'update.zip' file and hopefully it will hopefully update from there.
- Some users report that the remote is very sensitive and won't let you easily navigate to these options - a suggested trick is to put the remote behind your body to weaken the signal - this worked for me, so I guess it's true that I am real in this universe).
- Some users report getting stuck in a recovery mode loop (i.e., you keep rebooting into recovery mode every time you power off and power on) - a suggested method is to ensure that your USB file has the tiny 'xiaomi_update' file on it, which forces an automatic update
- If everything went to plan, you should now have Android TVOS Oreo build 2167, which many users report to be stable and fully functional. Some say magical, but I don't go that far.
You want more? The above stable build will keep hassling you to get the next OTA update, but that too may leave you hanging. In that case you can
- Go back to your desktop and download this build, which is the most recent at the time of writing (and which worked for me)
- Unzip this file, and copy the file 'update.zip' (~630MB) onto your USB file
- You can simply over-write the previous update.zip file containing build 2167
- The important part is to keep the tiny 'xiaomi_update' file on the USB drive so that the Mi Box will automatically update
- Now repeat the procedure in Step 3 above, the manual recovery process
- Hopefully this worked - the subsequent OTA update worked, and the only problem is that the Android TV Remote on my phone will not pair
Next we may list our starter pack...
Further Info:
Mi Box 3Odroid XU4Q
Kodi Settings
NEW RIG
Tuesday, 18 December 2018
Mi Box 3
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| MDZ-16-AB |
- Dimensions: 101mm x 101mm x 19.5mm
- Weight: 176.5g
- Processor: Amlogic S905X SoC = Quad-core Cortex-A53 2.0GHz
- GPU: Mali 450 750MHz
- RAM: 2GB DDR3
- Storage 8GB eMMC
- Power: 5V/2A, 4mm x 1.7mm
- Connectivity out
- 1 x HDMI 2.0a (HDCP 2.2)
- 1 x SPDIF Out / 3.5mm audio output (DTS 2.0+, Dolby Digital Plus, up to 7.1 pass through)
- Connectivity in
- 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Dual-band Wi-Fi 2.4GHz/5GHz
- Bluetooth 4.0/3.0
- 1 x USB 2.0 (many users get a 3 port USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet adapter, but we find the wireless is fine)
- Remote: Bluetooth voice remote control (2xAAA batteries), but suggest to get a keyboard at least for initial setup
We will post about software separately...
Further Info:
Odroid XU4Q
Kodi settings
NEW RIG
Saturday, 27 October 2018
New Monitor(s)
Currently we are using 2xDell G2410T (refurbished)
But work is moving to QHD monitors so remoting in with downscaling will be bad. And I'm going to repurpose the Lorne media centre into a midi controller.
So the next choice is:
- 24" HD (1920x1080 at 60Hz) TN panel with 5ms response
- Power consumption 20W operating / 0.15W standby
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| Dell G2410T |
But work is moving to QHD monitors so remoting in with downscaling will be bad. And I'm going to repurpose the Lorne media centre into a midi controller.
So the next choice is:
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| Dell U2718Q |
- 27" 4K (3840x2160 at 60Hz) IPS panelwith 5-8ms response
- Power consumption 30W operating / 0.3W standby
Further Info:
Saturday, 18 August 2018
After installing Ubuntu Linux 18.04
Update system
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Restricted drivers
Software & Update -> Additional Drivers
VLC
sudo apt-get install vlc -y
GIMP
sudo apt-get install gimp -y
Multimedia support
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
System clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
Further Info:
Odroid XU4Q
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Restricted drivers
Software & Update -> Additional Drivers
VLC
sudo apt-get install vlc -y
GIMP
sudo apt-get install gimp -y
Multimedia support
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
System clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoremove
Further Info:
Odroid XU4Q
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Kodi settings
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Odroid XU4Q
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| From HardKernel |
The specifications are good:
- Samsung Exynos5422 Cortex™-A15 2Ghz and Cortex™-A7 Octa core CPUs
- Mali-T628 MP6(OpenGL ES 3.1/2.0/1.1 and OpenCL 1.2 Full profile)
- 2Gbyte LPDDR3 RAM PoP stacked
- eMMC5.0 HS400 Flash Storage
- 2 x USB 3.0 Host, 1 x USB 2.0 Host
- Gigabit Ethernet port
- HDMI 1.4a for display
- Size : 83 x 58 x 20 mm approx.(excluding cooler)
- Power: 5V/4A input
- Linux Kernel 4.14 LTS
Positives:
- The power consumption is so much lower vs. the x86 machine (12V/12.5A).
- I was able to install Android TVOS (based on Lineage 15.1) easily from the excellent Odroid community.
- I went further with passive cooling and bought a great machined aluminium case from Ameridroid.
- Ubuntu Linux 18.04 worked great for simple productivity applications
BUT
- The open source Android TVOS combined with the 32-bit ARM Cortex-A15 (originally for the Samsung Galaxy S5 in 2014), was unable to cope with h265 decoding at 1080p, which was a requirement for WAF
- The machine did get too hot after about hour of use
So we recouped about 70% of the purchase price via eBay. Let's keep trying.
Further Info:
Kodi settings
NEW RIG
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