[hdmkv]

Sounds promising, will give it a try, thanks.

[ashlar]

I've seen the long running list but are there new releases being added (i.e. new discs)?

Some are, yes. If you check the replies to that discussion you can see that Transformers One came out with FEL, as well as Willow did (new release, old movie) and The Wild Robot.
The list in the opening post is updated (but for old movies it's not easy to tell what's new, considering that the year reported is the debut date for the movie.

I count 15 titles from 2024.

[Sam.Nazarko]

I've seen the long running list but are there new releases being added (i.e. new discs)?

Some are, yes. If you check the replies to that discussion you can see that Transformers One came out with FEL, as well as Willow did (new release, old movie) and The Wild Robot.
The list in the opening post is updated (but for old movies it's not easy to tell what's new, considering that the year reported is the debut date for the movie.

I count 15 titles from 2024.

Cheers, I indeed couldn’t tell if new discs were remasters only (sunk cost perhaps) or if we were seeing new releases.

[clarkss12]

Finally got around to updating the beta version for the Vero V and what an upgrade, totally awesome.  I am still testing, but it is playing my "Back to the Future" with Dolby Vision.  That movie is in Dolby Vision profile 7 with FEL.

This MAY become my favorite media player since it supports everything I have.  I have a lot of my favorite Blue-Ray rips that are encoded with that pesky VC-1, and this is the only media player that "NATIVELY" plays that codec with hardware decoding.

[hdmkv]

Hmm, tempting. Bought a Vero V when it first came out, but sold (Fall of 2023). The main reason was lack of DV support back then, and especially as 3D MVC came to CoreELEC (albeit w/the same AmLogic MVC decoder problem that affects a handful of 3D titles). Vero had been the sole AmLogic box to support framepacked 3D until then.

Presently use 2x AM6B+ units, a X96 X10, a Dune HD, 2x Fire Cube 3's, and a generic S905X4, and have tried several other boxes this year (Kinhank, onn's, etc.). This hobby ! Use AM6B+ 80% of the time, followed by Cube 3's, others less. With VC-1 videos. believe AM6B+ plays them fine using s/w decode. It just can't handle AV1.

[clarkss12]

Hmm, tempting. Bought a Vero V when it first came out, but sold (Fall of 2023). The main reason was lack of DV support back then, and especially as 3D MVC came to CoreELEC (albeit w/the same AmLogic MVC decoder problem that affects a handful of 3D titles). Vero had been the sole AmLogic box to support framepacked 3D until then.

Presently use 2x AM6B+ units, a X96 X10, a Dune HD, 2x Fire Cube 3's, and a generic S905X4, and have tried several other boxes this year (Kinhank, onn's, etc.). This hobby ! Use AM6B+ 80% of the time, followed by Cube 3's, others less. With VC-1 videos. believe AM6B+ plays them fine using s/w decode. It just can't handle AV1.

Yes, that is a good start for hardware , but I have been addicted longer that you, I do believe.  I even have the Google ADT-1 somewhere in my house.  My whole life and personality revolver around these media players. Back in the olden days, before Googles entry into the media player market with the actual Android TV OS.  Those sticks/boxes only cost around $30 USD and did not even support Dolby Digital.  I purchased many of them, searching for the holy grail.

Anyway, with the addition of Dolby Vision (of all profiles that I have tested), it plays them perfectly.  It is getting closer to the Holy Grail for my use.  HOWEVER, I have been testing the interlaced live streams, and the 1080i channel has a lot of skipped frames.  It could be from my HDHomeRun OTA tuner, will know for sure Sunday.  NFL football games, I watch 2 on a 720p channel, and two on 1080i broadcast channels.  I make my determination by watching for lip sync issues.

So, the VC-1 (my biggee) is solved.  All of my 4k, now including Dolby Vision videos, play excellent.  The HDR10, HDR10+, and all of the Blue-ray codecs play perfectly.

[Sam.Nazarko]

Hmm, tempting. Bought a Vero V when it first came out, but sold (Fall of 2023). The main reason was lack of DV support back then, and especially as 3D MVC came to CoreELEC (albeit w/the same AmLogic MVC decoder problem that affects a handful of 3D titles). Vero had been the sole AmLogic box to support framepacked 3D until then.

Presently use 2x AM6B+ units, a X96 X10, a Dune HD, 2x Fire Cube 3's, and a generic S905X4, and have tried several other boxes this year (Kinhank, onn's, etc.). This hobby ! Use AM6B+ 80% of the time, followed by Cube 3's, others less. With VC-1 videos. believe AM6B+ plays them fine using s/w decode. It just can't handle AV1.

Yes, that is a good start for hardware , but I have been addicted longer that you, I do believe.  I even have the Google ADT-1 somewhere in my house.  My whole life and personality revolver around these media players. Back in the olden days, before Googles entry into the media player market with the actual Android TV OS.  Those sticks/boxes only cost around $30 USD and did not even support Dolby Digital.  I purchased many of them, searching for the holy grail.

Anyway, with the addition of Dolby Vision (of all profiles that I have tested), it plays them perfectly.  It is getting closer to the Holy Grail for my use.  HOWEVER, I have been testing the interlaced live streams, and the 1080i channel has a lot of skipped frames.  It could be from my HDHomeRun OTA tuner, will know for sure Sunday.  NFL football games, I watch 2 on a 720p channel, and two on 1080i broadcast channels.  I make my determination by watching for lip sync issues.

So, the VC-1 (my biggee) is solved.  All of my 4k, now including Dolby Vision videos, play excellent.  The HDR10, HDR10+, and all of the Blue-ray codecs play perfectly.

We need more information about Live TV. I’ve given some advice in the chat. If there is an issue I am sure we can get it fixed.

[HomerJau]

… but are there new releases being added (i.e. new discs)?

Yes. There are many new releases with FEL, including these released on UHD BD in December 2024: Willow (1988), Far and Away (1992), No Country for Old Men (2007) and Ted (2012).

[meccs]

What do I need to enable in the logging settings to find out what is causing the a/v corrections? Is verbose audio enough? If enable just the normal logging it's not showing much really.

[MediaPi]

I've been away for a while and found some development on the KinHank G1

hungphutho found a way to downgrade the version of your box so anyone with a bootloader locked should now be able to unlock it
https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/kinhank-g1/50905/757

These are the instructions kindly provided by tasmansaroha

1. Copy bootloader.img from hungphutho to SDCARD
   
2. Insert SDCARD to your G1 SDCARD slot
   
3. Connect PC to G1 using UART
   
4. Open Putty or similar with speed 921600
   
5. Turn on G1 after 2s then short the D0 testpoint wait until # prompt appear
   
6. Downgrade your bootloader with command sdc_update bootloader bootloader.img
   
7. Make sure downgrade successful
   
8. Done
   

https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/kinhank-g1/50905/769

this is the UART cable that hungphutho used 
https://www.amazon.com/WWZMDiB-CP2102-US...0BCYRFZJD/

can be sourced from Aliexpress for much cheaper
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050077...ry_from%3A

get the 
: CP2102 Red
second option for $1.56 (pre tax)

From thegryghost, he got it to work without the need to solder

I was able to do it without soldering and had to try a few times since I had emmc timeout errors but eventually got it working.

So for $2, this is a great solution. 
More boxes are blocking bootloader, this box should now work going forward. unless they change the hardware revision but since it's technical and not many would know of it. They probably won't touch this.
@hdmkv what are your thoughts in adding this box in the recommendation list? At times you can get this for around $50 from aliexpress and if you get the 1 Gigabit ethernet then not many boxes can do what this can

[hdmkv]

Sure, can add the box to the recommended list as a budget option. I still have the old version of this box that was never updated... assume there's a way to block updates? Haven't kept up w/Kinhank G1 on CE forum.

[izprtxqkft]

that's what it's come to, having to hardware hack the device you paid for in order to actually own it

smh

[MediaPi]

So for what happened , a developer hungphutho

i made custom android tv fw version for G1 based on latest ota (Link to public dowload Firmware img 781.46 MB file on MEGA)  , has features like .

1. Unlock developer options
   
2. default will Boot coreelec in SDcard and USB
   
3. DV / HDR adaptive
   
4. block update ota
   
5. Remove bloatware
   
6. work all google services , netfix …
   

To flash this firmware, you must not update ota.
If anyone is interested can PM me , sorry i don’t post it here because SDMC can see it and fix it

This is the instructions provided by @Sholander
 

Here are two tutorial versions, SD with sound, and HD without sound, link

Short instruction:
Install “V3_setup_V3.2.8.exe” on a Win PC
Load “dv8910-hungphutho-v1.img” to Burning Tool
UNCHECK “Verify Bootloader” BOX !!!
Connect G1 with USB_A to USB_A cable to PC (use 2nd USB port away from uSD card port)
Press and hold Reset button and apply power to G1.
(Flashing should start now. If it does not, disconnect box and close Burn Tool. Repeat
the procedure until it starts flashing. I had to do it twice before it started flashing)
After it flashes for about 5-10 seconds release Reset button.
When flashing finishes close Burn Tool.
RUN “flash.bat” file…

Edit: Link to public dowload Firmware img 781.46 MB file on MEGA
Link to download video instructions (provided by hungphutho) from here


That’s all, enjoy 

(https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/kinhank-g1/50905/517)

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(NEXT PART IS HOW TO UNLOCK BOOTLOADER STUFF AND DOWNGRADE FIRMEWARE)

THE POINTS THE YOU NEED TO SHORT



this testpoint also works




For those that use emmc tool



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can you show a picture of where you connected the UART to the G1? Did you have to solder? [edit – I do see the GND, Rx, Tx, Gnd to the left of your photo - that is fine]

This is @freddy image of him attaching the uart



instructions

These are the instructions kindly provided by tasmansaroha

1. Copy bootloader.img from hungphutho to SDCARD
   
2. Insert SDCARD to your G1 SDCARD slot
   
3. Connect PC to G1 using UART
   
4. Open Putty or similar with speed 921600
   
5. Turn on G1 after 2s then short the D0 testpoint wait until # prompt appear
   
6. Downgrade your bootloader with command sdc_update bootloader bootloader.img
   
7. Make sure downgrade successful
   
8. Done
   

https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/kinhank-g1/50905/769

hungphutho

this new version SPDIF audio port works

this is the UART cable that hungphutho used 
https://www.amazon.com/WWZMDiB-CP2102-US...0BCYRFZJD/

can be sourced from Aliexpress for much cheaper
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050077...ry_from%3A

get the 
: CP2102 Red
second option for $1.56 (pre tax)

From thegryghost, he got it to work without the need to solder

I was able to do it without soldering and had to try a few times since I had emmc timeout errors but eventually got it working.

also from Sholander

NO! To be on the safe side DO NOT OPEN ANDROID before you flash this firmware!
If you want to check if the box is with original, not blocked, firmware just install CoreElec -ng version. If you get CE working, your box is ready for this firmware.
If you cannot install CE on your new box, either return it, or use only Android on it…

This has  Netflix is ​​4K tested by hungphutho





@izprtxqkft

All SDMC devices from 2023 onwards SDMC devices from 2023 are bootloader locked when ota update , . because they are under pressure from pay tv providers who bought their devices.
not only SDMC but even ggtv s905d3 with the first version could run linux but later also completely locked.
Currently only sei robotics devices is not locked.

@hdmkv Sholander wrote

since I had G1 and Nokia 8010 for 10 days working parallelly I could extensively test them and compare. My conclusion, whether someone likes it or not, G1 is a better box: it costs less, it runs cooler, it’s UI is more responsive, it has an uSD card slot so both USB ports are free, it has an ON/OFF button… All this makes G1 better box than 8010, in my opinion of course.

and backed by the developer hungphutho

I agree with you, I have all the DV FEL boxes here. G1 is better than homatics Box R 4k plus, Rocktek G2, Nokia 8010, lower temperature because of big main design, components placed far apart, 1 pcs LPDDR4x, however currently there is no sound on spdif port on coreelec. (this new version SPDIF audio port works)

So considering going forward most boxes will be locked out, this might be one of the few boxes that we have a way to always downgrade to a previous working version with android.

[Sam.Nazarko]

Finally got around to updating the beta version for the Vero V and what an upgrade, totally awesome.  I am still testing, but it is playing my "Back to the Future" with Dolby Vision.  That movie is in Dolby Vision profile 7 with FEL.

This MAY become my favorite media player since it supports everything I have.  I have a lot of my favorite Blue-Ray rips that are encoded with that pesky VC-1, and this is the only media player that "NATIVELY" plays that codec with hardware decoding.

Public testing of Dolby Vision support (TV led) is now available for Vero V users: https://osmc.news/ZyXyQ
I'm looking forward to some feedback.

[meccs]

As soon as I connect bluetooth headphones to the Fire TV Cube 3, Kodi has a/v corrections and it's driving me nuts. Visually it's like a frame skip whenever this is happening. No other streaming app has this issue on the device. Is there anything I could try to resolve this? My LG C2's bluetooth is shit. I would connect the headphones to it directly via BT since Kodi doesn't have a/v corrections that way but I have intermittent crackling caused by the LG (according to people with similar issues on the LG).