骆驼Live Load screen

[APP] Recently I come across this Chinese android app called 骆驼Live that I thought is something of a rare breed that works for my android boxes which are;

1. More than 3 years old running old Android OS (as old as Kit Kat which is 4. something)
2. Chinese boxes which does not have Google Service Framework (ie. cannot install YouTube independently.
3. Low specs, likes 1GB ram and 8GB storage.

I wasn't using these boxes previously as we got new boxes like E*pad but having to work from home my wife wanted one more TV in our study room turned office. All we wanted was the National TV so we can watch PM Lee speech together.

We could gone with digital TV box but I didn't want to spend money so then the idea of IPTV running m3u playlist came to my mind.

The main challenge is that the popular IPTV app like Tivomate would not install on these old boxes for some reason. Installer crashes or the app crashes after installation.

Then I found this app that installs successfully on both my old boxes, Le TV is one of them, and runs smoothly!  There is no EPG support who cares! And technically it does not support m3u playlist because it does not read m3u playlist but it does read the m3u8 urls within the m3u list.

Now the boxes are ready to pick up the mediacorp m3u8 urls. Which I found that this link. Link - IPTV Cat

Click on "Download this list" to download the m3u playlist then open the list to look for .m3u8 urls. For example: https://d2e1asnsl7br7b.cloudfront.net/7782e205e72f43aeb4a48ec97f66ebbe/index_5.m3u8

Gather the m3u8 urls and then put them into a notepad file, .txt in the following format.

Name of Channel, .m3u8 url and end each line with #.
For example:
CH5,https://hello.net/index5.m3u8#
CNA,https://hello.net/indexN.m3u8#
CH8,https://gello.net/ster02.m3u8#

Finally, put this .txt file in the box internal storage folder "骆驼Live" with ES file explorer app or any file manager. Then start 骆驼Live app, wait for a few seconds for the data to load and viola!

Update on 25 May 2020: For old Android boxes, always use LAN cable connection to the router. With 2.4Ghz wifi network, it will barely run anything. Also, there are plenty of m3u8 urls online so if you would like say Taiwanese channels, they are available online as well.

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Mi Jia Electric Air Pump: Excellent build quality

[HANDS-ON] Mi Jia is the Home Electronics arm of Xiaomi and they are supposedly one of Xiaomi's strategy to buy over companies making Home Electronics, rebrand them and sell under the Mi Jia branding. Apparently Xiaomi CEO believe in the future world filled with Internet of Things (ie. smart home appliances) and the first steps is to start selling home electronics.

And Mi Jia does make some damn good products. I have got their power extension plug and Android TV box before; my latest is Mi Jia Electric Air Pump.

It is compatible with cars, motorbikes, bicycles and balls such as basketballs. In my use case, I can now ensure my car tyres are filled up at my own convenience instead of using the air pumps at petrol stations.

Package Content includes a pouch and two adapters (one for balls and other for used with French car tyres)

For car owners, it is conventional to pumps the tyres at Petrol Station so electric air pump may not immediately make sense. But it does. Mi Jia Electric Air Pump can read air pressure, preset air pressure and is rechargeable. Basically, it does the work of pumping car tyres better than the petrol station's.

Connecting the device to the tyres are screw in, no need to hold on to the tube. Then set the psi level and press start and wait the tyre is pumped. The best part is I can do this in my multi-storey carpark instead of under the sun and by the roadside at the petrol station. No need to queue too, no need to hold on to the air tube.

At full charge Mi Jia air pump can help to fill up approximately 5 car tyres, the keyword is "help" and not a completely flatten tyre. My experience so far has been approximately 2 bar to 2.4 bar for several times and no recharge required yet.

Though it takes Mi Jia air pump about 3 minutes to fill up the difference of 0.4 bar and the electric air pump can by quite loud in the process.

Noteworthy experience is that the stares from fellow drivers in the carpark and that the airtube can get hot after 10 minutes and as well the tube isn’t long enough such that you can place it on the floor. You gotta hold on to the device for the entire process.

Mi Jia Electric Air Pump is available in Singapore's Xiaomi Store or you can get it online from third party retailers.

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