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-----Original Message-----<BR>
<B>From</B>: Jean-Francois Pirus <<A HREF="mailto:Jean-Francois%20Pirus%20%3cjfp@clearfield.com%3e">jfp@clearfield.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: MythTV in NZ <mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz><BR>
<B>To</B>: <A HREF="mailto:mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz">mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz</A><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: [mythtvnz] Anoter media player<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:39:58 +1300<BR>
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For the AK802/MK802
I have a couple of those, I would not recommend them as a myth frontend right now.
- The GPU driver is not open source, there is a work ongoing to get Xbmc ported to it, but progress is slow. (There is a binary android driver)
- You can run Lubuntu on it and it works well, but no GPU, only framebuffer video.
- The android version it comes with is hardcoded to some weird resolution/frequency, only 1 of 3 monitor I have will display any picture (all 1080P)
- The HMDI ouput has no ESD protection, so you have to be carefull with static.
- Remote wise, best would be a usb cheapo that emulates a keyboard/mouse.
Here's what I cam up with when I was researching it.
<A HREF="http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.143431">http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.143431</A> AK802 Mini Android 4.0 Network Media Player Allwinner A10; Cortex A8, 1GB DDR III
<A HREF="http://rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=90">http://rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=90</A> Linux for MK802
<A HREF="https://www.miniand.com/forums/forums/2/topics/1">https://www.miniand.com/forums/forums/2/topics/1</A>
<A HREF="http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/hacking_the_mele_a1000/">http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/hacking_the_mele_a1000/</A>
<A HREF="http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/kernel_compile/">http://rhombus-tech.net/allwinner_a10/kernel_compile/</A>
<A HREF="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Mele_A1000#Mele_A1000">http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Mele_A1000#Mele_A1000</A>
<A HREF="http://gooseberry.atspace.co.uk/">http://gooseberry.atspace.co.uk/</A>
<A HREF="https://github.com/amery/linux-allwinner">https://github.com/amery/linux-allwinner</A>
<A HREF="https://github.com/iainb/open_cdxalloc">https://github.com/iainb/open_cdxalloc</A>
<A HREF="https://github.com/iainb/CedarXWrapper">https://github.com/iainb/CedarXWrapper</A>
<A HREF="http://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page">http://linux-sunxi.org/Main_Page</A>
<A HREF="http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=28&sid=50bc60c3ee139cec1669545e29936f03">http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=28&sid=50bc60c3ee139cec1669545e29936f03</A>
<A HREF="http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Allwinner_A10">http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Allwinner_A10</A>
<A HREF="http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126995">http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=126995</A> Allwinner A10 : Is XBMC ported to MALI-400MP ?
<A HREF="http://projects.doozan.com/a10/">http://projects.doozan.com/a10/</A>
<A HREF="http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/">http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/pipermail/arm-netbook/</A>
<A HREF="http://www.j1nx.nl/">http://www.j1nx.nl/</A>
<A HREF="http://liliputing.com/2012/06/how-to-re-install-mk802-firmware.html">http://liliputing.com/2012/06/how-to-re-install-mk802-firmware.html</A>
<A HREF="http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142&p=877&hilit=KEgg#p866">http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142&p=877&hilit=KEgg#p866</A> Install ClockworkMod Recovery on the MK802
<A HREF="http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=449#p2518">http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=449#p2518</A> THE MK802 II Recovery How to, Tools, Firmware and Benchmarks
<A HREF="http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142">http://www.rikomagic.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=142</A> CWM Recovery Installation + CM9 + CM10 Preview
<A HREF="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31665443&postcount=191">http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31665443&postcount=191</A> CM10
<A HREF="http://liliputing.com/2012/11/early-builds-of-xbmc-for-linux-ported-to-allwinner-a10-devices.html">http://liliputing.com/2012/11/early-builds-of-xbmc-for-linux-ported-to-allwinner-a10-devices.html</A>
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Thanks <TT><FONT COLOR="#3a3935">Jean-Francois</FONT></TT><BR>
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That was the information I needed!<BR>
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A little more refining and it may be good for myth. At the moment it appears to be just a "tablet-on-a-TV" device.<BR>
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Regards<BR>
Noel Claydon
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