T95 Max - Portrait mode

FocusOnScott · January 17, 2022 at 10:45 AM

Hi there,

I'm currently running a T95 MAX 4gb/32gb box and I'm wondering if it's possible to run this device in permanent portrait mode?

Thanks in advance

**chewitt** · January 17, 2022 at 12:14 PM

Play a video, bring up properties, change the orientation, then "set as default for all videos" and it should be persistent? (from memory, so might not be exact wording of what you see on-screen).

**jernej** · January 17, 2022 at 4:27 PM

H6 doesn't support video rotation via direct to plane rendering. I guess it should be possible via EGL rendering.

FocusOnScott · January 17, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Quote from jernej

H6 doesn't support video rotation via direct to plane rendering. I guess it should be possible via EGL rendering.

Thanks for the reply...what is H6?? Is it possible to get it working or am I better choosing a different box?

Thanks

**jernej** · January 17, 2022 at 5:04 PM

Allwinner H6 is SoC which powers this box. Actually, I'm not sure if direct to plane rendering supports rotation with any SoC currently. As I said, try with EGL rendering.

FocusOnScott · January 17, 2022 at 5:42 PM

Quote from jernej

Allwinner H6 is SoC which powers this box. Actually, I'm not sure if direct to plane rendering supports rotation with any SoC currently. As I said, try with EGL rendering.

Would it run in portrait mode in default android firmware or another firmware etc?

**jernej** · January 17, 2022 at 5:46 PM

I have no idea, I don't use portrait mode nor Android. However, if Android has rotation implemented, it's also done via EGL (GPU).

powerarmour · January 17, 2022 at 8:25 PM

I've just tested this myself on my T95 Max (w/LibreELEC 10.0.1 stable), to confirm you can't rotate the video via DTP, but it works via EGL:

Note this is obviously just the video, not the whole display UI.