[jglazer63]

The subject kinda says it all. I upgraded to the May 5 Gotham and it works great (feels very responsive) but I get no video when I play anything. I hear it. The video controls are there, but there's just nothing to be seen. Any ideas?

[carrieincyprus]

Lots of people have this problem. No definitive answers so far so I went back to Frodo. Good luck.

[Ned Scott]

The answer is to use a working/updated firmware that sets the permissions correctly :P

[Foodog]

The answer is to use a working/updated firmware that sets the permissions correctly

OK, Now that I know I have to have the correct software, Pray tell sir, what is it and where does it reside. Or was your answer curt because you just don't know

[Ned Scott]

What/where is what? The firmware update image? That can greatly depend on the device you have, but I've has lots of luck searching places like http://freaktab.com and http://forum.xda-developers.com for specific firmware. I'm sorry if I came off as rude, it's just frustration with many of the AMLogic-based box sellers who use funky firmware images.

Firmware is basically an OS install, Android itself. Firmware is typically specific to a certain set of hardware as well.

There are some files that XBMC needs access to in order to use hardware decoding in v13, which uses a different method than what was used in the v12 AMLogic builds (AMLplayer vs AMLcodec). If he permissions aren't correctly set for those files then XBMC is denied access, and then can't decode the video.

This can be fixed in one of two ways. One is to just reinstall Android using a better firmware. The other is to manually set permissions on those files (off hand, I don't know which and I'm not sure which command it is, but it had been posted about on the forums a couple of times).