Re: Discussion on CM9 for Allwinner A8 Scroll Extreme

[rsocon]

A new build has been up-loaded that fixes the lack of audio via HDMI.

Piers, so does your HDMI output full screen on video? Which app are you using? so I can try mine again, cheers.

[Johnny]

Is update me working now or do you still have to use CWM?

[rsocon]

The first few posts on SlateDroid seem to imply that wifi isn't working so might want to hold off upgrading.

Also I could be wrong but Update Me is only to let you know there's an update and to download the zip file.

I'm not aware of any app which does the whole thing automatically, apart from the clockwork mod app, which isn't compatible with the tablet, and even then all it does is re-boot and run the update zip it self.

I could be wrong however, but all updates I've ever run on any device have always been from a recovery zip.

[Piers]

The UpdateMe part of the firmware should be working soon, Christian has just got hosting for it.

[Johnny]

Got 2883 on latest CM9 nightly. Was using 0.8 earlier but and seemed good.

Sent from my Scroll Extreme using Tapatalk

[Sprat]

I've just installed the cm9_nightly_20120529 but I'm having an issue which is preventing me from using my Extreme.

This may have something to do with my newbie ignorance and not the ROM:
I can't see or install a file manger. I've gone to Google Play via the browser, chosen a file manager, it states it will be installed shortly, it then states (on Google Play's website) that it has been installed (it also shows the other apps I've downloaded to the stock ROM as being still installed) but when I look in the app section on the Extreme it's not there.

Am I showing my true greeness here? Last time, with the stock ROM, I simply downloaded the Google Play app from a 3rd party site and used the stock's file manger to install it. Right now, I don't have a file manger to install anything and nothing seems to be installing via Google Play in the browser.

Am I missing something here? Thanks and hope you can help.

P.S. Should I have started a new thread? Apologies in advance if I should have. I just thought it was relevant.
P.P.S. The 3 little dot icon button on the taskbar is no longer there. Is that normal?

[Johnny]

The guy who does the CM9 build thinks he has fixed the flash/iplayer video going bad after a short time problem.

I have asked him what he did to fix. Hopefully he will share the info then Suggsy can apply it to his build.

Edit: Suggsy, this is what Christian says, not sure if its is specific to CM9:

Johnny: i saw in logcat that the problem was due to a buffer into stagefright's ACodec.cpp, sometimes it tried to copy a buffer bigger then its capacity... since my programming skills are limited i've tried to do something like that (it should work if you suffer from the same problem... you'll see easily that in logcat)

--- a/media/libstagefright/ACodec.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/ACodec.cpp
@@ -1819,8 +1819,12 @@ void ACodec::BaseState::onInputBufferFilled(const sp<AMessage> &msg) {
mCodec->mComponentName.c_str());
}

- CHECK_LE(buffer->size(), info->mData->capacity());
- memcpy(info->mData->data(), buffer->data(), buffer->size());
+ //CHECK_LE(buffer->size(), info->mData->capacity());
+ //memcpy(info->mData->data(), buffer->data(), buffer->size());
+ if (buffer->size() > info->mData->capacity())
+ memcpy(info->mData->data(), buffer->data(), info->mData->capacity());
+ else
+ memcpy(info->mData->data(), buffer->data(), buffer->size());
}

if (flags & OMX_BUFFERFLAG_CODECCONFIG) {

Edit2: Somebody else has confirmed this sorts flash video problems, so if Suggsy could incorporate this it would be great

[suggsy89]

Which module has been modified? libstagefright i assume?
I dont think I can use the module because it has been built for CM9.
I will try tonight though.
If i was building from source it would be easy just to make that change, then re-compile, but im not using source..
Maybe its time to move to CM9

Edit: I WILL make this work.. Just remembered... (.ko for Kernel) (.so for Software)

[Johnny]

Go for it Suggsy! You can do it!

[suggsy89]

Johnny, are you running CM9 at the moment?

I just tried the new libs Christian built in my ROM, BBC Iplayer seems to be working perfectly now

Higher FPS in Stability Test too 40fps on average rather than 25 lol

Quadrant.. Not good... but we are getting there now thanks to Christian