Pivos Xios DS Media Play!

Hardware version

M3

Platform

AMLOGIC MESON3? 8726M SKT SH

CPU

ARM Cortex-A9

CPU Features

swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3

Arch

armv7l

Target

arm-linux-gnueabihf

1.  Firmware

http://www.pivosgroup.com/support.html

1.1  XBMC-Linux

http://update.pivoscdn.com/XIOS_DS/XBMC/xbmc-XIOS-Linux-M3-051013.zip

1. Copy to root of USB stick or microSD card
2. Hold upgrade pinhole button and power on
3. Boots into Android-style recovery menu
4. Update from update.img

2.  SSH Access

user

root

pass

letmein

3.  XIOS Settings

3.1  Move userdata to sdcard or USB stick

• 051013 build has sdcard support. Looks for dir "/mnt/sdcard/xbmc-data"

3.2  Set Remote to send Keypresses

userdata/guisettings.xml

<settings>
    <input>
        <remoteaskeyboard>true</remoteaskeyboard>
    </input>
</settings>

3.3  Customize Keymap

In FullscreenVideo?:

• Back button is Stop
• Return, Enter and Menu (m) is Pause
• Context (c) is OSD
• Left is SmallStepBack? (-7s)

4.  Migrate from AppleTV

1. backup AppleTV XBMC data

5.  Remote Control Hardware

• Apple Remote ~£15, 7 buttons (up, down, left, right, ok, play/pause, menu)
• Boxee Remote £??, 7 buttons (up, down, left, right, ok, play/pause, home) + qwerty

5.1  AppleTV White

Configuration in .kodi/remote.conf

# Apple TV  remote
factory_code	= 0x87ee0001 
work_mode  	= 1
repeat_enable 	= 1
release_delay	= 150
debug_enable 	= 1
reg_control	= 0xfbe40

key_begin
	0x0b 103	;UP
	0x0d 108	;DOWN
	0x08 105	;LEFT
	0x07 106	;RIGHT
	0x04  28	;OK
	0x02  14	;MENU
key_end

5.2  Load on the fly

amremote_config .xbmc/remote.conf

5.3  Log

In dmesg.

6.  Upgrading

6.1  Gotham

Forum

http://www.pivosforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=4747&hilit=cec

Release

http://bit.ly/1qETlp4

6.2  TOFULinux?

1. . Upgrade via script.module.tofulinux.tool plugin.
2. . Restore exclude.txt, remote.conf and userdata symlink.

7.  Issues

Bugtracker

https://github.com/Pivosgroup/buildroot-linux/issues

7.1  Can't set DNS for static IP

Symptom

Won't resolve HASTUR SMB name.

Symptom

Can't install any addons.

Workaround

Use DHCP

7.2  Can't Switch between static and dynamic IP

UI doesn't update but changes seem to work after a reboot.

7.3  Can't use virtual keyboard

Symptom

can't search for anything or input text

Workaround

use the USB keyboard

Cause

settings imported from AppleTV had set remote not to send keypresses

Fix

Set xpath "settings/input/remoteaskeyboard" = "true" in guisettings.xml

7.4  Back button doesn't stop video playback

Symptom

Hitting "Back" while in full screen video returns you to the UI but with video running in the background

Workaround

Fix keyboard.xml

    <FullscreenVideo>
        <keyboard>
          ...
          <backspace>Stop</backspace>
          ...
        </keyboard>
      </FullscreenVideo>

8.  Developing

• https://github.com/Pivosgroup/buildroot-linux
• http://www.pivosforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=981

9.  Log

2013-08-07

Purchased for €142.57 from Pivos Europe

2013-08-13

Arrived

2013-08-14

M3. Power on, flash Linux firmware

2013-09-26

Updated root password. Reserved dynamic IP on router

2014-09-15

Update to xbmc-13 "Gotham"

2015-03-02

Update to (the-hydra mk2) kodi-14 "Helix"