I8 - Multimedia player

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I8 - Multimedia player

sjude 12 Apr 2010 13:28

I purchased a HDD Multimedia player CVHQ-E19 from Chinavasion.com website. This player seems to the RTD1261 chip. I has Busybox installed. I found this when I did a telnet to the device, I get the busybox prompt.

Only the /tmp directory is writable. How do I get more information about this box using linux commands.

The device does not come with any HDD but accepts SATA HDD. I did not install any HDD yet but connected a USB HDD to it to play and also record files.

Before I tweak the device, I need to confirm if they will work.

Last edited on 12 Apr 2010 13:29 by sjude Show more

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

CiccioPets 14 Apr 2010 08:52

Hi,

which tweak do you have in mind?

if it's related to the installation of additional services you
have to take care to the path related to the internal HD

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

sjude 17 Apr 2010 08:59

I tried the first tweak. As the filesystem is RO, how to make it RW.

"mount -o remount,rw /" command does not work as I have not yet added any USB flash or HDD.

If I use a USB drive how to how to put the OS on the USB where it can be RW then I can add Samba or other tweaks.

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

sjude 17 Apr 2010 13:40

When I telnet to the box I see that it is a

BusyBox v1.1.3 <2008.10.23-9:40……… Build-in shell (ash)

Seems to be an old firmware.

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

CiccioPets 19 Apr 2010 19:34

sjude,

1)
you have to mount the usb device in write mode.

the syntax is:
mount -n -o remount,rw /tmp/usbmounts/sda/ (or sdb or the device name you have)

2) check the date of the main application. Should be newer
ls -l /usr/local/bin

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

sjude 01 May 2010 05:46

after mounting usb or hdd in RW mode how do I transfer the OS and add software like samba.

Is it possible to load the tweaks and start it automatically or I have to manually start it.

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

CiccioPets 03 May 2010 09:30

Here there is a good step by step procedure:
http://rtd1261.wikidot.com/samba

CiccioPets

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

sjude 08 May 2010 13:16

I cannot use the SAMBA instructions as the Filesystem is Read Only. I can write to the SATA HDD installed.

After installing I should be able to start it automatically.

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

CiccioPets 14 May 2010 10:45

You can add the mount RW command and
the samba startup command at the scripts

/usr/local/etc/rcS

and to

/usr/local/etc/dvdplayer/script/run_tail

CiccioPets

Re: I8 - Multimedia player

sjude 18 May 2010 13:07

Hello CiccioPets,

I edited the file

/usr/local/etc/rcS

and added line

mount -o remount,rw /

to the end of the file and rebooted.

This did not mount the root as RW. What line should I add.

Can I add the SAMBA script at the bottom of the file as this file is not RO.

Can you help me more to get atleast SAMBA working on this device.

I think SAMBA is not installed. I first need to install it. The apt-get command does not work.

When I issue the 'df' command it results to 3 directories. 2 are RO (as it shows 0 bytes free) and 1 is RW with about 100 bytes. This is the /usr/local/etc directory. The script file rcS and the directory 'dvdplayer' resides here. Script command here can be used to load SAMBA and torrent clients. I don't know how to download and install software here.

Please help.

Last edited on 18 May 2010 16:59 by sjude Show more

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