Posts by wrxtasy

  • S905/Odroid C2 -> HDR10 possible?

    S905's like the ODROID C2 can play 4K HDR10 and 4K Dolbyvision. But HDR10 has incorrect colorspace mapping and output.

    Better to watch 4K HDR10 & Dolbyvision content these days anyway using Netflix, Amazon Video and iTunes on an Apple TV 4K that was released just today. Trying to do it all on the one box simply is not possible if you want decent 4K video content.

    Nothing wrong with HD Audio, HDR, VP9 on Android Kodi BUT you need properly bug busted AMLogic Firmware and that lives pretty much exclusively on the AML S912 MINIX U9. AML Android Nougat has some bugs busted - and supports HD Kodi Krypton Audio.

    Only AMLogic Android boxes I know of that have working Android Kodi Krypton dynamic refresh switching working are the MINIX U9 & WeTek Hub / Play2. These guys are Kodi Diamond Sponsors so they actually have an incentive to provide ongoing bug busting Android Firmware support. That is what you pay for.

  • Choosing a S905 / S905X / S905D / S905W / S912 box guide

    All the Wireless remotes I've used send out Keyboard commands.

    Remotes like the MINIX A2 lite will not have all buttons mapped for example but that is easily fixed with Kodi's Keymap Editor Addon - and then you can really personalise the buttons to whatever you want.

    Using the Keymap Editor Addon - remote buttons can be mapped to have dual use functionality too, and do one thing when playing Fullscreen video and then have another function for all other parts of Kodi. Its all pretty flexible.

  • Choosing a S905 / S905X / S905D / S905W / S912 box guide

    Actually that is not even true.

    All S905, S905X boxes are not created equal - its not just WiFi/Bluetooth, but heatsinks, faster and higher quality RAM and Samsung eMMC flash storage.

    Properly tested u-boot code. High quality wireless, integrated remotes.

    Have a read over on the cnx-software.com & Freaktab websites where they pull these boxes apart and you can soon see the difference in internal hardware used.

    Depends on how much you want to spend in the end and how important reliability and something that just "works" is to each individual.

  • [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912

    Quote from vevs

    i want to recommend this RF-remote. IMHO, it fits much better for LE-based tv-box.

    Yes remotes are a very individual choice. Personally I'm not a fan anymore of rubber spongy buttons. This is where the Mi Box's remote kicks ass.

    Please post you recommendation in the Guide to picking an S905 box - sticky guide thread. It will only get lost in the general posts otherwise.

  • [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912

    Quote from Gregoir3

    I also have a MECOOL M8S Pro+ which does have Widevine Level 1 and plays Netflix superbly but no bluetooth and crappy wifi.

    It's like they are doing this on purpose. I'm done though and won't buy another media player, just a good remote (which is quite a query too).

    Any LE boxes lacking Bluetooth can have a $4 - v4.0 CSR Bluetooth USB dongle added to them.

    Even combined WiFi/BT can be added with Realtek RTL8xxx (Edimax USB dongles).

    Then once Bluetooth is up and running you can use the fastest, best quality, ergonomically designed, simple remote on the market, the...

    - $11 Xiaomi Mi Box BT remote.

    The speed of this BT remote adds a whole new dimension to using LibreELEC Kodi, day to day.

    There is even a Xiaomi BT remote LE DIY I have been working on.... (click) 8)

  • [8.2.3.1] LibreELEC 8.2 for S905/S905X

    Quote from vevs

    To be honest, i'm really surprised that somebody faced the problem with unwanted repeates, because i've tested 8.1.7 at all my boxes (A95X, K1 Plus, K2 Pro, Coowell V5) with their IR-remotes

    I was the one with the problem with a HID Xiaomi Bluetooth remote - all sorts of unwanted repeats and strange stuff was occurring due to the HID patch.

    Quality BT remotes like that one already have fast enough repeat keystrokes, turbo charging such activity really caused issues.

    Revert the HID Kernel patch and the problems disappeared.

  • Deinterlacing S905/S905X

    Deinterlacing on the AMLogic S8xx and S9xx Chipsets uses high quality Advanced Motion Adaptive Edge Enhancing hardware deinterlacing.

    Its always been very good and from personal experience, the quality is indistinguishable from my 2 year old 4K TV.

    I use a S905(x) as my primary Kodi PVR TV viewing device. It's great for sports action.

    No one needs to do any time consuming detailed Kernel work to improve deinterlacing. That would be AMLogic's job anyway.

    What you are likely seeing is SD TV 480/576 > 1080 high quality Software upscaling being better on Intel - and that will not be improving with AML because it does not have the CPU ponies to crunch the data that demanding Software upscalers need.

  • [8.2.2.3] LibreELEC 8.2 for S912

    Quote from EduiT

    Now, it's a good option buy a S912 HW for Libreelec or still better the S905 HW?

    Thanks ;)

    Hardware video decoding is handled in AMLogic chipsets by a co-processor called the VPU (Video Engine (AVE-10)) - Video processing unit

    There are no problems with Hardware video decoding on the S912.

    The GPU co-processor is independent of the VPU. The GPU and its drivers draws the Graphic User Interface (GUI). This GUI can overlay on top of whatever video the VPU is decoding in the background.

    kszaq's S912 LibreELEC releases prior to LE 8.1.7 had Kodi user interface screen tearing due the less than optimal Android GPU video drivers being used. They were to slow to draw the whole GUI without noticeable tearing. Those GPU drivers have now been optimised to fix screen tearing.

    Then you have the octa(8) core CPU itself in the S912.

    Add the CPU + GPU + VPU together and a few other bit and bobs and you end up with what is called a System on a Chip aka SoC.

    All those core's added together in the SoC produce significant heat. Chipset cooling and heat dissipation is more important than ever on S912 devices.

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