I just got an N2+

  • You write the image to an SD card (same as an RPi) insert the card to the board (same as an RPi) flip the switch on the front to the right so it ignores petitboot (which does not support extlinux booting) then power on the board. There is nothing to set and it should boot straight into Kodi.

    NB: You will probably want to turn hardware decoding off on the N2 (same as all G12A/B and SM1 devices). H264 works well but HEVC isn't so good and anything 10-bit wedges the board.This does limit the board to 1080p, but it works well. If you want 4K support you will need to run a vendor kernel image like CE.

  • Thank you very much for this precise and very useful answer.

    yes, I want to test the 4K which I find too slow on my rpi4.

    Thanks

    Is there a card that is able under LE to read 4K without lag ?

  • 4K requires hardware decoding which isn’t going to work on an N2 due to current issues with the upstream decoding drivers. You’ll need to use CE on the Amlogic vendor/legacy kernel. I can’t say whether that’s laggy or not as I don’t use or track CE (and not that I find RPi4 slow either).