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<section begin="intro" />MK808B Plus (not to be confused with the '''very''' different MK808 or MK808B) is a small ARM/Android "stick" that uses an AMLogic S805 processor/SoC. The wifi on it isn't great, but for about $35 USD, it's fairly decent for a dirt cheap device that can do all the major codecs, including HEVC/H.265 (HEVC playback requires a [[nightly build]] of Kodi).<section end="intro" />
<section begin="intro" />'''MK808B Plus''' (not to be confused with the very different MK808 or MK808B), is a small ARM-based Android "stick" hardware that uses an Amlogic S805 SoC chipset. MK808B Plus is also able to run {{Kodi}} on Linux using unofficial third-party firmware images of example OpenELEC.


While the integrated WiFi support in it is not great, but for about $35 USD, the MK808B Plus is a fairly decent 1080p set-top box device for cheap that can decode all the most popularly used video codecs today, including HEVC (H.265).<section end="intro" />
==Installing Kodi for Android==
Most users can simply install the normal '''[[Android]]''' version of Kodi onto the MK808B Plus.
Most users can simply install the normal '''[[Android]]''' version of Kodi onto the MK808B Plus.
==Installing OpenELEC with Kodi for Linux==
MK808B Plus is also able to run {{Kodi}} on Linux using unofficial third-party firmware images of example OpenELEC.
* An unofficial port of [[OpenELEC]] to the MK808B Plus (that runs really well): http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?23009-ROM-Unofficial-OpenELEC-5-0-3-for-MK808B-Plus-and-Beelink-MXQ
==Notes==
*HEVC (H.265) hardware decoding requires a nightly development build of Kodi.


== Links ==
== Links ==
* An unofficial port of [[OpenELEC]] to the MK808B Plus (that runs really well): http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?23009-ROM-Unofficial-OpenELEC-5-0-3-for-MK808B-Plus-and-Beelink-MXQ
* An unofficial port of [[OpenELEC]] to the MK808B Plus (that runs really well): http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?23009-ROM-Unofficial-OpenELEC-5-0-3-for-MK808B-Plus-and-Beelink-MXQ





Revision as of 10:17, 4 March 2015

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MK808B Plus (not to be confused with the very different MK808 or MK808B), is a small ARM-based Android "stick" hardware that uses an Amlogic S805 SoC chipset. MK808B Plus is also able to run Kodi on Linux using unofficial third-party firmware images of example OpenELEC.

While the integrated WiFi support in it is not great, but for about $35 USD, the MK808B Plus is a fairly decent 1080p set-top box device for cheap that can decode all the most popularly used video codecs today, including HEVC (H.265).

Installing Kodi for Android

Most users can simply install the normal Android version of Kodi onto the MK808B Plus.

Installing OpenELEC with Kodi for Linux

MK808B Plus is also able to run Kodi on Linux using unofficial third-party firmware images of example OpenELEC.

Notes

  • HEVC (H.265) hardware decoding requires a nightly development build of Kodi.

Links