ORANGE PI 3B

deleonkikko · May 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM

Good afternoon.

Could someone create an image for this board for me? I've been using it for a while, just in case something comes out for it.

I know no developer has it, but I'm sure someone is waiting to buy it. It's a good, very affordable board that could be put to good use with LibreElec.

On the Internet, from the page http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/…ange-Pi-3B.html you can see all its features.

If someone helps me create it, I promise to perform any tests they need.

Greetings

**chewitt** · May 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM

Needs https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/pull/7864 to be merged as a basic step. Also needs upstream kernel developers to finish writing all the drivers because AFAIK that SoC type is still missing a ton of things. If you've been using it for a while already I assume you are either using some kind of vendor kernel (which we won't use on principe) or it's a desktop distro release missing a bunch of media functionality.

deleonkikko · May 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM

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Good afternoon.
I finally found this version:
LibreELEC-ARMv8.aarch64-13.0-devel-20250512135332-e5590fa-rk3566.img

You need to edit the extlinux file, renaming it FDT /dtb/rockchip/rk3566-orangepi-3b-v1.1.dtb, and it will boot without any problems.
I also noticed that a DTB file for this board already exists in the "dtb" folder. It's for both the first and second versions. In my case, it's the first version, which is why the DTB file was renamed to v1.1.

Now we just need to start testing what works and what doesn't, but what I can say is that everything starts up and works fine at first glance.
I'll be posting the bugs so anyone can fix them if they're interested.

Many thanks to the developer(s) who made this possible. I don't know if it's balbes150's fault or if there were other people involved, but thank you so much for making this board testable.

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deleonkikko · May 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM

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Good evening

After several days of using this board, I want to add the things that DON'T work:

- The Wi-Fi and Ethernet aren't working. So I opted for a USB Wi-Fi antenna or an Ethernet hub connected to the USB 3.0 port. This solved the Wi-Fi problem.

- Bluetooth doesn't work either, but that's not something I really care about.

- Hardware acceleration isn't working, and I have to turn it off for smooth playback. This fixes the problem.

I will be commenting on more things that I find, but at least I can use the plate as a multimedia center, which is the use I wanted to give it.

Again, a thousand thanks to those who have made it possible for this board to slowly become functional and be able to use it without problems. Now we can say that there is an image for the Orange pi 3b.

bye

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electrolurch · May 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM

test image in folder 20250303 , Hardware acceleration is working (for me,rk3399)!

in folder 20250513 not !

greetings!

deleonkikko · May 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Nothing... in the end, hard acceleration doesn't work with that file either, at least on the 3566. One curious thing I've noticed is that the motherboard behaves differently on different displays. On a 40 display, it's different than on a 24 or even a 50" display. It's weird...

deleonkikko · May 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM

In any case, I'm not worried about the hardware acceleration issue. I'll disable it and problem solved.
What I would like is for Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Bluetooth to work.

Ethernet de 10/100/1000 Mbps (chip físico integrado: YT8531C-CA)

Wi-Fi 5+BT 5.0, BLE (AP6256)

Yasai-san · June 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM

By mainline linux device tree, Orange Pi 3B has 2 HW revisions V1.1 and V2.1.

I met the ethernet problem on my V2.1 revision device when V1.1 dtb file was used.
But, it was able to use the ethernet when V2.1 dtb file is used.

Please check your HW revision and your dtb file I hope.
HW revision is printed in board.

deleonkikko · June 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM

I have version 1 and I can't enable the Ethernet connection because it disconnects again automatically.

**chewitt** · June 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM

To understand what might be happending we'll need to know what sources the image you're using is built from (as we didn't build or provide the image, and we're not mind readers) and to see UART logs showing u-boot and system output during boot.

In the absence of that info ..

In any case, I'm not worried about the hardware acceleration issue. I'll disable it and problem solved.What I would like is for Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Bluetooth to work.

In any case, I'm not worried about the hardware acceleration issue. I'll disable it and problem solved.
What I would like is for Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Bluetooth to work.