Posts by mo123

  • RK3399 HDMI audio quality

    Quote from tuhajbej6

    Hi, has anyone also problem with Direct Passthrough of DTS, DTS-HD and TrueHD on RockPi 4 ver A in Kodi ??
    I get only loud white noise or something...the same I get on Android TV images. I was able to transmit DTS-HD on Odroid C2 but now looking for How to exclude that it's even possible to get DTS-HD working on RockPi ??


    Has anyone experience DTS-HD playback issues ????


    What might the limitations might be for DTS-HD to work in Rock Pi 4 while it works on AMLogics ????

    LibreELEC with 4.19 kernel possible?


    DTS-HD is working in my AndroidTV images for RockPi 4.

    Try setting keep device alive to off and send low audio noise to off.

  • RockPi4 support?

    Quote from tuhajbej6

    Can you tell WHY it does not bitstream ?? I am guessing are there hardware or license issues...

    Because no patch for it was added yet.

    You can use the same patch as for Allwinner but need to modify it a bit to be compatible with Rockchip devices, which I don't know how to do.

    The LE developers first want to add 10-bit, H265, VP9 video playback support for mainline LE before working on audio.

    Allwinner: WIP audio passthrough · jernejsk/[email protected] · GitHub

    So it might still take a few months unless someone can adapt jernejsk's kernel patch for Rockchip devices themselves or do it another way.

  • LibreELEC with 4.19 kernel possible?

    Rockchip released an updated 4.19 kernel here

    GitHub - rockchip-linux/kernel at develop-4.19


    Perhaps users still building LE with the 4.4 kernel can get it booting?

    Because this kernel is also used for Android-Q things like HDR, 4K, 10-bit color, H265, VP9 might work out of the box just like in the 4.4 kernel.


    There is also a commit for HDMI Bitstream audio, perhaps it can help to get HD audio passthrough working?

    drm: bridge/dw-hdmi: add support for hdmi bitstream audio · rockchip-linux/[email protected] · GitHub


    Another benefit of the 4.19 kernel is PS4 bluetooth controllers working now.


    It might still take a long time until all features work in mainline so this might be a stopover for some developers and work better than the 4.4 kernel for now?


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    And for the mainline kernel, user jernejsk made a patch based on the Raspberry Pi 4 HBR audio passthrough to get it working on Allwinner devices.

    Allwinner: WIP audio passthrough · jernejsk/[email protected] · GitHub

    Because Rockchip and Allwinner devices use the same HDMI hardware, someone might get it working on Rockchip devices too or can work with him to test it on Rockchip devices?

  • Unofficial LE version for RK3328\RK3399 3288

    Quote from Aciel

    Can anyone kindly tell me if the following things are working or not in the recent builds/images:

    • x264 10bit
    • X265 & 10bit
    • Bluetooth, Ethernet & WiFi
    • PWM Fan Controls with speed settings
    • USB 2 & 3 Ports
    • InputStream_Adaptive for YouTube
    • Customs skins

    Regards~


    Don't think 10-bit H264 work but kwiboo did write patches already for it, might need to wait for the next Linux kernel for it to be merged.

    X265 is not working

    Bluetooth, ethernet, wifi - It depends on your hardware, but works for supported devices

    PWN Fan - No fan settings, only some devices' fan work and it's automatic

    USB Ports work depending on device

    Youtube using VP9 codec won't work, only H264 codec will work.

    Skins work.

  • Building LibreELEC with local packages not stored remotely?

    chewitt


    Hi


    Do you know how you could build LibreELEC but with a local package with changes that were zipped

    instead of it downloading it from a remote site?


    Eg. I want to quickly test with local changes I make to the Linux kernel without first making patches or downloading/reuploading the whole kernel to Github to test a small change.

    Later when it has a desired effect, then I can make patches.

    LibreELEC.tv/package.mk at master · LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv · GitHub

  • RK3399 HDMI audio quality

    Hi


    Do you know how to add the 'add 'uboot-set' in io-domain node' for Edge RK3399?

    The same patch of nanopi added to rk3399-khadas-edge.dtsi doesn't seem to boot, only if I use an older u-boot.

    Here are all the specific Edge Linux 4.4 kernel changes

    Commits · khadas/linux · GitHub

    I'll try to add and check what is different compared to your kernel to make the device more compatible.


    RockPi 4 with a heatsink works great so far and stays cool.

    Not sure why Khadas decided to use a noisy fan.

    The fan is working with LibreELEC with mainline kernel.

    I still couldn't get the fan working with the 4.4 kernel even with 8018716dd73adc85c8f5175290066bf6d5b4e70a commit, but maybe it's because I tested with an old u-boot or more kernel changes are missing, not sure.


    Thanks

  • RK3399 HDMI audio quality

    Quote from Joern-p

    hi mo123,


    i have now integrated the Rockchip change for the Rockpi4 device tree.

    But do not know exactly whether the problem could be.

    Here is the dtb file.

    Thanks.

    I also saw if I use an old u-boot package >5 months ago then LE also boots correctly again on every device.


    You don't perhaps know how fans work on RK3399?

    The Khadas Edge also has a fan like the nanopi4(rk3399-nanopi4-common.dtsi) but I can't seem to get it turning on automatically on LE with the 4.4 kernel. With mainline LE, the fan is working.

    If I use the NanoPi4 dts file, the fan starts spinning on the Edge but obviously doesn't boot because it's the incorrect dts/dtb used.

    Here is a kernel fan patch but I think it's for Android and not Linux(LE) - FAN: enable PWM FAN, add auto mode and factory test support · khadas/[email protected] · GitHub. The fan has 0 1 2 3 speeds, if it can automatically use speed 1, low speed, it would be great.

    The device runs quite hot if software decoding 1080p so having the fan work would be helpful with the older 4.4 kernel.

  • RK3399 HDMI audio quality

    Hi


    I tried to also boot on a RockPi 4 RK3399 but couldn't get it to boot, no signal on tv.

    I copied the dtb file and edited the one in the extlinux file too.

    With the previous images from 17/11/2019, it booted correctly.

    Do you know if any big kernel, u-boot changes since then might be what is causing the non booting issue perhaps?

    I will just try different micro-sd card brands too.

    I don't have a uart cable so it's difficult to troubleshoot.

  • Unofficial LE version for RK3328\RK3399 3288

    balbes150

    Do you know how to build Kodi for ARM Linux, eg. for Manjaro Linux for RockPi 4, Edge-V RK3399?

    The default Kodi for Manjaro is 64-bit but I want to build a 32-bit one so it can work with more addons and Widevine.

    The Kodi wiki only explains it for Linux X86 and not for ARM devices and how to activate OpenGLES, Panfrost etc.

    It must share some build steps with LibreELEC.

  • Early mainline images for RK3288, RK3328 and RK3399

    Kwiboo

    Is it possible to build some newer test images?


    There are now VP9 support, more wifi driver support in mainline kernel and new DRMPrime software decoding not merged yet in Kodi, which would be interesting to test.


    For RK3399

    Hope the 4K resolution, fractional frame-rate support and 10-bit color will also be possible soon.

    Then everything will be supported except H265 and HDR playback.

  • Thinking of getting a RK3399 box/SBC...

    Quote from myxal

    What does that mean? By "software", do you mean the default media player? (No loss there..)


    Suppose I'd like to dual-boot Android TV and (legacy) LibreELEC images. Is running both off of 1 storage device possible/viable? The Radxa wiki provides an example image (ubuntu+android), for an older SBC that had onboard NAND. but I don't see any info how to prepare it, or if the process is applicable to the Rock Pi4, and it's quite old at this point.

    For Hi10p, the manufacturers also have to modify the Android framework to broadcast to all video players that Hi10p is available, 99% of manufacturers don't implement this. What it means is that Hi10p won't work in any video player like Kodi, VLC, Nova or MxPlayer.

    Luckily I fixed it in RockPi 4, Edge-V and RK3328, RK3229 firmwares I made. Without the changes, videos will play in 8-bit color with green, purple color artifacts and the picture will break up.


    At the moment you have to use emmc and micro-sd but Rockchip is working on it so you can install 2 OS's on the same storage in future.


    Widevine shows L3 so most apps can work. Widevine L1 is only available on closed-source devices with locked bootloaders.

    You can also use Magisk to make your device Google Certified or use LibreELEC for 1080p Netflix.

  • Thinking of getting a RK3399 box/SBC...

    Quote from myxal

    mo123 Thanks. Totally forgot Android TV was an option for the SBCs as well. Will probably go for the Rock Pi, the Edge is nearly double the price here, and has lower specs.


    Thanks for the tip, though I'll take my chances. User reports suggest that it is indeed working, at least on the Rockchip kernel. Just took a look at the current scene, and it seems most have migrated to H265, so that might become a strong requirement after all.

    For Hi10p 10-bit Level 5.1 Anime videos, it is working on my AndroidTV firmware for RockPi with Kodi 18.

    Actually Hi10p is supported on most Rockchip CPU's like RK3399, RK3328 and RK3229 but almost no manufacturer implements the software changes needed to play such files. LibreELEC images using the older 4.4 kernel also plays this format hardware decoded.

    You can run Android from a micro-sd card or removable emmc storage, I'm also trying to make Android/LibreELEC boot from USB & NVME storage on the RockPi 4.

  • Thinking of getting a RK3399 box/SBC...

    You can also look at the Khadas Edge-V or NanoPi.

    But the RockPi 4B and NanoPi have the best cooling with their cases and heatsinks.

    RockPi 4B also has the best Android Pie firmware(and Edge-V but the connectors are a problem since you need to remove the HDMI cable every time to access the micro-sd card slot, it only has 2 USB ports and you need to use a fan for better cooling).

    NanoPi, RockPro64 only has Android 8 firmware that is very outdated but it's not a problem if you only want to use LibreELEC or Armbian.

    For any device, a cheap $10 airmouse wifi remote works wonders.


    With LibreELEC and the old 4.4 kernels all those things should work.

    But for mainline only mpeg2, mpeg4, VP8, H264 is currently working with H265, VP9, HDR, 10-bit H264 coming later.

  • Rock64 mpeg4 choppy playback

    Quote from joelones

    Thanks for the build.

    I tried it today and although I was able to see mpeg4 hardware acceleration on some files, not all used it I noticed. I believe I saw msmepg4(SW) for one file, perhaps an older video format. No biggie.

    But what was a showstopper for me on this build, was that I was unable to reboot and get back to the interface. I always had to unplug the power to get it working, was greeted with a "no signal" on both tv's I tried after a reboot. Also, when this happened, I couldn't ping the rock64 over the network. Not sure if I was doing something wrong, but I never experienced this with the official 9.2 build.

    I don't want to sound unappreciative, I'm just reporting my findings. Thanks again for this.

    Will check if I can do something else.

    It would help a lot if you can send me test videos that don't work correctly.


    If you still use Android, please check Nova Video Player, it has lots of optimisations for Rockchip devices.

    You can also click multiple times on the video decode menu to then choose between several video decode methods, one might fix your problem.

    Releases · nova-video-player/aos-AVP · GitHub

    Also check Android Kodi if it has the same problem as LE.