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It's a valid answer as far as what we are able to control. We can't control what hardware other people buy, or what firmware is installed when you bought it. We've always given strong warnings to people to research the hardware they buy and to only buy from trust worthy venders/sources.
What else can we do?
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MrMC
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Did you actually manually check the permissions or just blindly assume they got set ?
"ls -l" on all important device and class permissions will show them.
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2014-09-13, 21:50
(This post was last modified: 2014-09-13, 21:51 by shanti.)
I have an ATV120 and a Gamestick, they are both basically the same stick, you can even cross-flash their FW, they run on AML8726-MX the board id is STV_MX, meson6
it seems Playjam and Geniatech have abandoned any updates for these sticks, they do not awnser support questions regarding this, and the last FW was 4.1.2 and I have the same problem as the OP, if I enable AMlcodec I only get sound but no video.
now my question is, does the AMLcodec need a (or some) .so or libraries be present on the FW? if so, anyone know which ones? I need to know if my problem is the same as the OP's or because of an old FW the lack of the codec altogether
Thanks
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Is AMLogic support abandoned?
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News on this issue might be slow at the moment, but no one has abandoned it yet. Most AMLogic-based boxes seem to work fine, including those using the AML8726-MX, so I really think it's a firmware issue, but I don't doubt you when you say you've tried different firmware. I wish I had something more exciting to say, but at the very least I can say "don't lose hope".
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Interestingly I've got a similar problem.
I've purchased a Beelink MXQ S85 running firmware 107k4, it comes pre-installed with XBMC 13.2 Gotham which works flawlessly.
If, however I try to install another version of XBMC (SPMC) or even XBMC official, I get the problem described in this thread.
I have to confess I've not tried changing any permissions yet and probably won't bother as XBMC 13.2 is sufficient for me.