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    google play refuses to update

    l have shot off a message to the seller.. however if it helps this is my new box: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FP4D7WH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to be honest though, just as long as l have the ability to see what apps need updating or some alternative ld be...
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    google play refuses to update

    actually its not a Droidbox, main reason l came here is the members have been very helpful in the past and other sites lve used to ask questions never get any replies (the last question l asked maybe several months ago l got very helpful replies here, but to this day the other few sites still...
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    google play refuses to update

    nope, wont install, gets to about 90% then shows a message stating "app not installed", the current version installed is 12.*.* and lve visited the settings quite a few times and it informs me a new version will be downloaded but its been quite a few days now with no change and leaving me...
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    google play refuses to update

    as of yet l dont think its updated, though it did take a bit longer to load up first time. but lm still finding it strange l cannot even manually update it with an apk file.
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    google play refuses to update

    l recently obtained a new Android Box which l was quite happy with until apps stopped updating leaving me to manually locate apk files from other sources. this box has 8.1 android on it and lve gone through all the settings allowing unknown sources etc and lve visited the settings in google...
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    Render Method

    has anyone discovered how to select the render method on kodi? currently its greyed out, reason l ask is l have three files l want to play but they only play sound and no video, lm pretty sure if l could change the auto select under render method to software these files would play fine. reason...
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    Es explorer issue

    actually, l found something strange, the internal file manager actually allows me some functionality such as deleting of files, only reason l went for a third party one is that l had a more understandable GUI.
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    Es explorer issue

    I actually don't have a problem using the drive normally, it's just I can't move from internal storage to external (128gb thumb drive) my only issue is that I formatted it and now I have no permissions to write to it with es explorer any more, if it was using exfat file system the drive unmounts...
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    Es explorer issue

    I'm having issues moving files on external USB with es explorer, up till several hours ago I could move, delete etc files to and from the flash drive. After formatting to remove a improper unmount flag, when I tried to allow es explorer access to the drive it kept on unmounting when I changed...
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    everything finally arrived today, so lve been playing around with it for a little while. sadly l cant get anything to work through spdif lm unable to get any sound at all via it. the only option l have if l want to improve sound is to have some kind of HDMI switch which has the ability to...
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    no worries, managed to source the correct cables, appreciate the headsup tho.
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    guess l could also try action launcher, l use it on my phone and l like it.. just not sure how well it will work on an android box.
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    everything is now on order. given my current mess about with my current box are there any clean looking launchers for media boxes l can look at that are recommended.. will be interesting to see the types of customisations l can do. that said on the note of audio, knowing that audio passes...
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    sadly l dont have anything that would allow me to passthrough audio to my 5.1s, their setup is basically RCA to 3.5mm, the only thing l can do is use the AUX 3.5mm which only gives me 2.1 sound, but it will still be better than what the TV will give me.. l did try to connect my TV to my speakers...
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    interesting to know thanks :) all goes well should be looking into acquiring a new box tomorrow. though l do have one more question, lm thinking about using my 5.1s to get better sound, while l do assuming that l wont get their full benefit on some l notice a spdif port which going by what lve...
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    FTP clients/server

    can you link the server app please? currently lm using a 4.0 version of android on this temp box so hoping it works until l get something more permanent. as for my upload its not going to be a problem (37meg down 10meg up ISPwise), its just the client l tried was going to take 30m to download a...
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    FTP clients/server

    I've currently got a temp android TV box (borrowed) that lm borrowing until l purchase a new more up to date one next week, but in the meantime both in preparation and for my current lm looking for a method of transferring files to the box. While l have tried one client it seems to take forever...
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    turns out a friend has a smbox (SM1) the specs are crappy but it does play all the files l wanted to on test, but its limited to 4.0 android, the smbox website suggests MXQ-4k firmware so lm currently in the process of updating the box he didnt want, either way lm planning on getting another one...
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    thanks for all the replies, l have confirmed kodi plays the files l had trouble with on my current digital media player. though l also use a roku as well, but l guess l can just get rid of both and use a Android box instead that way lm only splitting between two devices rather than my current 3...
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    video playback and Android Boxes

    Up till recently lve been using a standalone digital media player for video playback purposes, generally l have been pretty happy until l recently revisited some old video files which were 10bit encoded. Now l have been doing some research which suggests it is possible to play 10bit files...