HOW TO INSTALL A CUSTOM FIRMWARE OR ROM IN THE ASUS O!PLAY OPLAY R1 MEDIA PLAYER
WHY
Because stock fucking sucks
WARNING
Read all of this
Download any of this (they are the same, the only difference is the second one has a gui during install, the first one is just text like msdos, nothing else)
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Optionally you can download this zip i compiled to make things easier (authors are from the moservices forum)
This is the amp r13 image + gui skin vrtd dic 2016 ready to flash without internet
Ok, there are 2 ways to install this: online and offline
Offline:
Download my zip from Google drive above, the setup it is almost the same as the online (but without needing LAN), just keep reading
ONLINE:
-unzip the image from the forum (or my google drive) into a usb flash drive (I use fat32)
-connect the asus oplay to tv hdmi, turn on the tv, unplug power from oplay, connect the usb pendrive
-connect the lan Ethernet with internet (offline does not need this)
-get a clip or something to insert in the small hole next to the usb port in the asus oplay
-insert it into the hole, then while keeping it inserted, plug the power, wait a little and retire the clip, the tv should show the updating firmware, if nothing happens, then try again
This is the official method better explained
1) place install.img on usb stick (alone) and plug it into Oplay
2) press in reset button with small object and disconnect rear power.
3) after about 5 seconds reconnect power and release reset button
4) wait for firmware to load (takes bout 4-5 minutes)
Wait until it finishes, takes like 2 minutes
Then
OFFLINE:
You should not do anything, just wait, it should install the GUI skin theme and restart by itself without doing anything, then it should be ready to use and watch movies
ONLINE:
You should get a menu, then using LAN internet to the player, with the remote you must update the GUI themes skins list, then install one (use direct option in the reload skin menu)
The recommended in the forum is VRTD, it seems to be the most updated and stable but I always used iconbit with good results, the main thing I like about iconbit is zoom, it is the only one, which can do perfect zoom (stretch to tv borders without cutting parts of the image), you know those fucking black bars, well, iconbit zoom can fill the screen without letting anything outside, acryan i kinda remember could do the same, all the other skins sucks at this, they zoom at stupid levels cutting parts of the image
This is important for me, but not for everybody I guess, also some skins autoload subtitles which is nice, but vrtd and iconbit does not.
Using vrtd I can setup a zoom level of 100% horizontal + 125% vertical, to hide the fucking black bars for most movies, but depending on the movie I have to edit this to another level. Annoying but well…, I will give VRTD some time to test it, it seems super nice, stable, fast, and i can zoom nice by setup first on levels
level 1 100%
level 2 100%+120%
level 3 100%+125%
that should be enough to fill the black bars
level 1 100%
level 2 100%+120%
level 3 100%+125%
that should be enough to fill the black bars
I don’t care about online features, moservices, etc, but some people do.
Update the services after the install:
To enter the web setup:
-Have the asus oplay turned on, connected to lan and search its IP, go to menus, system, etc.
-Open your pc web browser and type that address, it should open a menu
-Update services and stuff (THE YELLOW ICON)
