LibreELEC-AML
Unofficial community sources and firmware binaries for some Amlogic TV Boxes.
Currently supported devices:
- S905/KI-Pro (Mecool/Videostrong),
Amlogic S905D SoC, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB NAND Flash, 1 Gbps Ethernet (RTL8211F), - S905/MXQ-4K-Pro_2G (MXQ 4K Pro+),
Amlogic S905X SoC, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB NAND Flash, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (IC+ IP101GR), - S8X2/M8S+ (with ap6330 and bcm4335b0 wireless modules),
Amlogic S812 SoC, 2 GB RAM, 8 GB NAND Flash, 1 Gbps Ethernet (RTL8211F), - S805/HD18Q (MXQ "all black" versions),
Amlogic S805 SoC, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB NAND Flash, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (IC+ IP101GR), - S805/m201d (MXQ with 512 MB RAM only),
Amlogic S805 SoC, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB NAND Flash, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (IC+ IP101GR).
This repository is based on LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv.
How to crate bootable media, start, install and update the firmware
Create bootable SD Card
To create bootable SD card media you need to download the LibreELEC USB-SD Creator tool from the LibreELEC website. Then click on the 'Select file' button and browse the previously downloaded 'img.gz' disk image.
Start LibreELEC from SD Card
If you want to boot the device from an SD Card, you need to perform the toothpick method: disconnect the power plug, insert the prepared SD Card on, which the image file is written (img.gz), and then press and hold the reset button. The reset button on MXQ and M8S+ is located behind the A/V connector, but on the KI Pro, the reset button is located behind the hole on the bottom of the device. Reconnect the power jack while holding down the reset button, then release it after about 3-5 seconds.
NOTICE: If the recovery menu appeared, you pressed the button for too long.
Install image from SD Card to internal memory (eMMC or onboard NAND Flash)
If you want to install the firmware into the internal memory, you need to log in to the device via SSH and run the 'installtointernal' command. The default password for the root user is 'libreelec'.
NOTICE: The command will completely overwrite the previously installed firmware, so it will no longer be possible to boot the originally installed system.
Install an update package
To install the update, you must copy the 'tar' file to the Update folder via SMB, and then restart the device. The update process will start automatically after the restart.
LibreELEC
LibreELEC is a 'Just enough OS' Linux distribution for running the award-winning Kodi software on popular mediacentre hardware. LibreELEC is a conservative fork of the popular OpenELEC project with a stronger focus on pre-release testing and post-release change management. Further information on the project can be found on the LibreELEC website.
Issues & Support
Please report issues via the LibreELEC forum: Bug Reports. Please ask support questions in the LibreELEC forum: Help & Support or ask a member of project staff in the #libreelec IRC channel on Freenode.
Donations
Contributions towards current project funding goals can be sent via PayPal to donations@libreelec.tv
License
LibreELEC original code is released under GPLv2.
Copyright
As LibreELEC includes code from many upstream projects it includes many copyright owners. LibreELEC makes NO claim of copyright on any upstream code. However all original LibreELEC authored code is copyright LibreELEC.tv. Patches to upstream code have the same license as the upstream project, unless specified otherwise. For a complete copyright list please checkout the source code to examine license headers. Unless expressly stated otherwise all code submitted to the LibreELEC project (in any form) is licensed under GPLv2 and copyright is donated to LibreELEC.tv. This approach allows the project to stay manageable in the long term by giving us freedom to maintain the code as part of the whole without the management overhead of preserving contact with every submitter, e.g. GPLv3. You are absolutely free to retain copyright. To retain copyright simply add a copyright header to each submitted code page. If you submit code that is not your own work it is your responsibility to place a header stating the copyright.