Two TV boxes

[Gary Hawes]

AdHi all , I'm new here but have just been given 2 X TV boxes and am hopeful one or both might work for Armbian but I don't know what I've got or where to start to be honest 😆.

One box says T8 on top and underneath Smart TV BOX quad core T8 V3 S/N 052014120002441 

This one is in a solid metal case . 

The other is in a square ish plastic shell and on top says M8 underneath says OTT TV BOX Android Player Model : M8

Are either of these suitable please ? 

 

[SteeMan]

First read this:

 

Then you need to google and find out what CPU your box is using (note many boxes have the same/similar names), so start by finding boxes that look like yours and see if you can find spec listings that tell you the cpu.  If that doesn't help, opening the box and looking at the physical chips.  Once you determine the cpu then you can search the archives for others working on your type of box.

 

[Gary Hawes]

Hi , many thanks, I'll do that , I had a look and,  Amlogic S812 Quad Core CPU is one of them so that's where I can start 👍. Quite excited to give this a go .

Cheers