T8S-Plus was a marvelous box

[skynet2001]

Open Elec does not stop at 15.2 , it stops for DB at 15.2.For me i bought also the DB for the possibillity to run Open Elec.I still have the Dutch belief ("alles komt goed").
I have to say that the performance of Android in combination with Kodi is not bad, also i discovered that making a network conection in Android has to be done for the cable by using a statisc ip adress, otherwise the box will not detect the connection.
For me the DB is not a faillure but a device which has t o be developed further, this can done by taking the complaints of customers/users seriously

 

[toonarmy9752]

you take me literally..... it does stop for openelec on this box - Librelec seems to be the way forward for Droidbox - thus dropping OE completely

 

[toonarmy9752]

I also think Openelec and Kodi combination performs far better than android and kodi

 

[skynet2001]

I also think Openelec and Kodi combination performs far better than android and kodi

Agree,but turning android boxes over to OE is a risc eacht time again

 

[toonarmy9752]

to a degree yes but i rarely use any android apps - the primary use for me would have been Openelec - so the risk wasnt ever that great and you can access the apps from within OE anyway = maybe there is a risk there too but as i said i rarely use any android apps - too clunky for my liking -

 

[sean99]

This extract is from someone asking @LibreElec on twitter what is the difference between Openelec and LibreElec ? @johnny4793 @KodiTV You're comparing 60+ developers who collaborate, communicate, and regularly release software with a one-man hobby that doesn't. Next Q?

So LibreElec is a hobby and I so wish I didn't update the T8 mini from Openelec 6.95.3 Kodi 16.1 with the latest update. It runs about as smooth as a hedgehog

 

[toonarmy9752]

exactly

 

[skynet2001]

This extract is from someone asking @LibreElec on twitter what is the difference between Openelec and LibreElec ? @johnny4793 @KodiTV You're comparing 60+ developers who collaborate, communicate, and regularly release software with a one-man hobby that doesn't. Next Q?

So LibreElec is a hobby and I so wish I didn't update the T8 mini from Openelec 6.9.5 Kodi 16.1 with the latest update. It runs about as smooth as a hedgehog

So the the question is; Why dit someone diced to go for the Libreelec option when OE was solid

 

[Nigelar]

People on here were clamouring for a Jarvis version of openelec. Lots of noise. Sadly, there wasn't a stable version of Jarvis on openelec. Only a beta version. Which is probably not a good idea for a production box. The beta version had been in development for some time and had no release date. The developers seemed to have lost interest. Maybe things have changed and a stable version is available now. To meet demand for an openelec like solution, Droidbox opted for Librelec which did have a stable Jarvis version (albeit it does seem to have some issues).
I had tested an openelec test 16.1 version and it looked OK to me, but maybe Droidbox found something fatal and changed track.

 

[sean99]

That same beta version o e 6.95.3 nigelar runs rings around the stable l e 7.02.088. Whats done is done now.

 

[Nigelar]

Quite possibly Sean. I answered the question about "why".
As I never used either oe or le and am entirely comfortable using android without any complaints whatsoever, I am probably the last person to offer any opinion on performance of either!

 

[David Savage]

I did some setting for LibreELEC and have seemed to have sorted some issues out. Give these ago to see if they help...
https://droidboxforums.com/posts/29775/

Dave

 

[David Savage]

People on here were clamouring for a Jarvis version of openelec. Lots of noise. Sadly, there wasn't a stable version of Jarvis on openelec. Only a beta version. Which is probably not a good idea for a production box. The beta version had been in development for some time and had no release date. The developers seemed to have lost interest. Maybe things have changed and a stable version is available now. To meet demand for an openelec like solution, Droidbox opted for Librelec which did have a stable Jarvis version (albeit it does seem to have some issues).
I had tested an openelec test 16.1 version and it looked OK to me, but maybe Droidbox found something fatal and changed track.

When we tested LibreELEC it was fine and never had any issues, until it went live on the OTA updater then it became sluggish. Had to play around with settings to get a happy medium.

 

[David Savage]

Still not as good as Openelec 16.1 and I haven't updated my T8mini because it's alot smoother.
Now android is smoother then LibreELEC on the T8-S plus...

 

[toonarmy9752]

Quite possibly Sean. I answered the question about "why".
As I never used either oe or le and am entirely comfortable using android without any complaints whatsoever, I am probably the last person to offer any opinion on performance of either!

oh without doubt OE at 6.95.3 leaves latest Librelec standing on the grid......

But why and more importantly on what basis was LE chosen over a tried and tested OE OS.

 

[toonarmy9752]

When we tested LibreELEC it was fine and never had any issues, until it went live on the OTA updater then it became sluggish. Had to play around with settings to get a happy medium.

Droidbox and I have tried everything here to get LE to work on this box and it fails everytime .

 

[sblabs]

i think the T8S-Plus still is a marvellous box, did you guys try the LibreELEC-DroidBOX.arm-T8SPlus-7.0.2-update.zip maybe that will fix it?

 

[toonarmy9752]

thats EXACTLY the OTA update am talking about its screwed my box up - cant use LE at all

 

[sblabs]

Maybe a good option would be for DBX to release OE at 6.95.3.zip file that we can flash in recovery then we have the option of OE or LE.

 

[toonarmy9752]

yup - OE at 6.95.3 is superb as a release even at beta..... i use it on a Zotac box in our living room...... id go even further if there was a reflash of the entire box solely with OE and future updates of it I would gladly do without android