(2014-01-05, 22:19)Triton2014 Wrote: Hi all, I have a MX2 (round shape) dual core android stream box unit and I am wondering if there is a way to set the internal storage destination or cach memory destination a USB flash drive? I have watched SuperChargediOS' s tutorial video's but It didn't seem to work for me. I'm not entirely sure what the internal storage on the MX2 box id, I presumed it was an SD card but no ID shows up when I run the external 2 internal app. I need help with this as I believe this could be the solution to my buffering problems.

(2014-01-13, 12:33)Triton2014 Wrote: Thanks Ned I will try that app,

@ned Scott - does this mean if the Link2SD card app works for me I can increase the number in the <cachemembuffersize>52488000</cachemembuffersize> setting as my external SD card is a 64GB and should have plenty of space for cache. (the reason why I ask is when I tried to increase the <cachemembuffersize> to 104976000 (around 1GB of buffering space) on the internal SD card - which bearing in mind has only about 4GB free space.) I had issues getting any movie to play back inside XBMC, once a link was clicked it said resolving link as usual but then nothing after that, so I presume it does matter how high you set this when using internal SD cache buffering method.

I did try the 'External 2 Internal' SD switching method as discussed via 'Supercharged iOS's channel on Youtube but it didn't work for me. @dsmryder - I have managed (I think) to allow the cache buffer to increase whilst playing a movie a lot longer than the usual 5% (which is about 50MB or something like that) by adding the script below to the advancedsettings.xml in my user XBMC data folder (NOTE: putting '0' into the <cachemembuffersize> which is supposed to allow unlimited cache buffering didn't work for me, I assume as of my current version XBMC FRODO 12.2 this would only work if you were running things on a PC or MAC etc. something with an internal HDD, very confusing for us android users with internal SD card memory (or maybe I just don't know how to set it up properly ) any how it didn't work for me but by adding the code below it should give you around 500MB of buffer space rather than 50MB as standard.

<advancedsettings>
<network>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<cachemembuffersize>52488000</cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>4.0</readbufferfactor>
</network>
</advancedsettings>

Thanks for the reply Ned

(2014-01-16, 20:49)helkish Wrote: <pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>G:\dvds\</from>
<to>smb://somecomputer/g-share/dvds/</to> <!-- Note the difference between the usage of forward and backslashes -->
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>

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I haven't tried this and don't know if it still works in the latest builds but you want to create an advancedsettings.xml and use path substitutions.

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Path_substitution

(2014-01-21, 12:30)Triton2014 Wrote: Hey all, sorry not been back in touch for a while, sounds like your on to something dsmryder, you will have to let me know how it goes and if you crack it I will modify mine.

The reason I haven't been on here for a while is because I managed to totally screw up my MX box :/ using the Link to SD method lol I linked it over to the external SD vold number and found the whole xbmc to be a lot slower than usual so I thought i'll just remove the link and it should all be fine...........erm didn't happen!! - when I removed the link it deleted my Streambox logo from the main home screen so I couldn't find how to get back into XBMC, I tried to restore the Streambox....no luck! I restored the whole unit in the end back to original android box settings, now I am having problems with the playback of any movie.....stuttering jerky playback and patchy sound loss, I have tried various versions of XBMC inc. nightly builds and stable Frodo 12.2 and 12.3 releases still the same stuttering playback, I have tried altering all video and audio settings, adjusted my Advancedsettings.xml......still the same problem which leads me to believe it might be something to do with the Mali 400 GPU firmware as nothing is making a difference to the stuttering video playback....

Does anyone know what might be causing this? can you update the Mali 400 GPU with the latest drivers, firmware etc? it's been driving me insane!

(2014-01-22, 13:16)Triton2014 Wrote: Thanks for the reply Hondas3000, I have found a thread on a forum regarding the different versions of XBMC with amlogic hardware included in the build here > http://forum.androidgadget.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=29 do you know which one of these would suit the MX (round version) android TV box I have ? or could you point me to a newer (stable) version of XBMC that has amlogic hardware support and preferably External Player support as well (sorry to sound so demanding lol! but I really do appreciate your help).

Many thanks
Andy