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Upon more testing, I found minor glitches in Android pertaining to my external desktop hard disk that is attached to the T8 Mini. It is a WD Elements 5 TB formatted as ext4 (Linux). Both my installed file managers (File Manager HD and X-plore) ask for access to the disk (and whether that app...

Finally came around to update and test--also did a factory reset. This update has solved an issue in LibreELEC for me in which the WiFi would sometimes not properly start when booting the box. Still soft-reboots occasionally when playing very large image folders as a slideshow from a WebDAV...

I am very satisfied with the T8 Mini and the current beta firmware. Maybe we can even get a last update to the final Kodi "Krypton" release aka 17.6?

Thanks a lot! Finally the postprocessing toggle is present for unaccelerated video formats in the playback window's video settings, and it seems to be enabled by default. Low bitrate WebM/VP8 Youtube rips look nicer now without blocking artifacts. On the downside, while only a minor visual...

Just a small specific glitch I've seen on every Open-/LibreELEC build so far – in the Nyancat screensaver from Kodi's addon repository, the animated background doesn't render. The Shadertoy visualization used to be broken as well in many LE7 builds but not in LE8 anymore. Looks like a driver...

It seems this build has fixed performance problems from the previous LE8 build for me, where the audio pitch would go up and down with frequent frame skipping in some videos. Still missing the video postprocessing option though; it is not available with amcodec acceleration enabled.

I see I had enabled acceleration of MPEG4 for all resolutions, not just the default 720p and up. Going back to the default helped a bit with the image quality in low-bitrate videos. Disabling acceleration (amcodec) altogether indeed made the postprocessing option available but of course HD...

I also have the box switched off when not needed to save a few watts of power. It would of course be another story if I had some form of server running on it (e.g. to share the harddisk plugged into the USB).

I haven't updated to this build yet because of the report of a boot loop. One question: Is video postprocessing supported? On the older 7.0.3 build I don't seem to have that option in either the playscreen or in Kodi's acceleration settings, and some SD videos exhibit quite bad blocking and...

Yes, Android is designed with fully automatic memory management in mind and does a good job at it. Even if you "exit" an app via the back button (as opposed to the home button or last used apps switcher), it may stay resident in memory for quite a while. This has the advantage for the OS to be...

Ok, finally got around to tinker with the T8 Mini again and update to Android 6. I followed the instructions in the original post, did a factory reset too and after that got another OTA update. So far I haven't tested LibreELEC, only Android. Very nice: My ext4 (Linux) formatted USB harddisk...

Yes I had very good experiences with Marshmallow on other devices, it seems a bit more faster/reactive too, that's why I'm interested. I watch a lot of anime though and have to rely on my fat (ext4 formatted) 5 TB harddisk for that, because anime streaming services here in Germany suck. I'm...

I'm a tinkerer by heart. But you are right, better refraining until one can be sure that such a setup would be supported.

Ok – confirming I have a T8 Mini and understanding that beta firmware can be unstable, unreliable, lack functionality, lead to data loss, you should have backups of data at all times etc. However I will only be able to participate (or even upgrade) if I can be sure that the Android 6 firmware...

Upgraded nicely for me without the need for a factory reset. Hoping for native OTG support for Linux filesystems in a future update :) edit: With this update I have an issue with my USB harddisk not going into powersaving mode anymore (it keeps spinning forever), unless I physically disconnect...