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Need to update post #1 of this thread at some point. I just installed LibreELEC onto NAND of my Beelink MiniMXIII (S905 w/2GB/16GB) box and it's fantastic. Tried Kodi 16 first, and UI was a bit sluggish, then Kodi 17, and it's very smooth. Perfect framerates, full HD audio bitstreaming, pure Kodi like Chromebox, at almost 1/3 the price. Can't beat it!
BTW, as I haven't kept up, why is S905 better than S905X, and what's the issue w/1GB RAM (vs. 2GB)? S9212 isn't recommended because there isn't Linux support for it right? Recall reading something about the necessary Linux drivers not being available yet for it?
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2016-11-23, 23:36
(This post was last modified: 2016-11-23, 23:36 by trogggy.)
There's reportedly a bug which means some 1GB boxes are running out of memory on browsing up and down lists. I think I've got that right - never seen a problem on my 2GB box.
And yep, Beelink minimxiii + kzaq's libreelec krypton builds = fantastic. My second one arrived yesterday!
I'm not sure S905 is still better than S905X for libreelec though - especially as kszaq posted that he has an mxiii 2 (S905X version) in the post.
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Ah, good to know... maybe having 2GB RAM is fine as long as it's a S905 or S905X. Former is getting harder and harder to find (at a decent budget price).
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2016-11-24, 13:44
(This post was last modified: 2016-11-24, 19:17 by gsmtech.)
Yup, thats right as I understand it LibreElec suffers from a memory leak whereby after you stop playing video streams the CPU doesnt free up the RAM that was allocated while the stream was playing, it becomes worse if you have librarys with lots of thumbnails as your memory usage will creep up , eventually the box will run out of RAM and crash. This issues affects the 1Gb RAM boxes much more because they have less RAM to begin with it fills up quicker.
This is a general Amlogic / LibreElec thing so every Amlogic device is affected not just really cheap budget devices Odroid, wetek, etc etc also have the same issue under LibreElec. Personally I havent been affected by this issue, as I generally dont leave my device on 24/7 I switch it off when I've finished watching , you'll see the issue more frequently if you leave the device on 24/7 . So yes, dont buy a 1Gb RAM device defiinitely go for 2Gb or more.
S905 vs S905X not much in it, S905X supports VP9 and HDR support. Some devices had issues with WiFi and Bluetooth drivers not being avialable for LibreElec so if your buying S905x make sure to do some reading first, but other than that I think S905X video playback support is coming along well for S905X devices, and as the price difference between S905 and S905X is minimal...infact theyre about the same price sometime S905X is actually cheaper when on offer, may be worth going for S905X instead. S905 support is still better but the gap is closing.. Yes, no S912 dev support for LibreElec at this point...so best off avoided for now..
I have a S905X device on order, awaiting delivery, I didnt really need it but it was on promotion and the price was good...(almost 50% cheaper than what I paid for my S905 box, 6 months ago) I'll stick LibreElec on when it arrives and have a play.
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Just on OE/LE, and even then it's not always consistent for all users for how aggressive the memory leak is. Kodi on Android does not have the memory leak issue.
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Hi all, I'm a noob to LibreELEC but having stumbled across this thread I decided to purchase a budget AMLogic box, I have a Mini M8S ll with a S905X SOC and 2gb of RAM.
What I want to do is fi d the latest LibreELEC firmware for my box and some easy to follow instructions on how to load this onto my box and run Kodi, (Krypton). Is it best to use an SD Card or a USB stick for this?
Any help is much appreciated.
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With my Beelink S905, I'm noticing that 23.976 videos are being output at 24.000. Had thought Beelink MiniMXIII w/LE could do 23.976?
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I'm trying to use the libreELEC USB-SD Creator I have a M8S ii box which is not one of the drop down options available. How do I proceed? Is there another way to so this?
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