R89-Multimedia playback and XBMC feedback here

[oman]

Now I do a harder way (every 0.5 sec a dmesg) and also a logcat till I lost the adb...
(This time the first 'leave and switch back' forces the crash during MX running with the same video; I also get at 'switch back' first a green screen)

When the next update,you can try again,it might be fixed.

[no_spam_for_me]

When the next update,you can try again,it might be fixed.

surely

[Talas]

SPMC test all files even 3d Bluray playing fine without stutter or issue all 4K files play without issue unlike XBMC,HDMI 2.0 NOT /60 not working through SPMC but files appear then disapear..but it can play all the 4k files without issue.
Xunity and istream builds tested and working,Mashup and XBMC hub addons all perfect playback quality is exellent and smooth.
Although Kodi Nightly build has cracked a number of issues in regards to HEVC,4K etc i really like SPMC as the Primary player for R89..it really is a jack of all trades reagrding file,codec and support.

[Talas]

Great to hear...Think its time for me to order one of the R89...... Sure its only going to get better.

As it is now its a great player for streaming,games file playback and a full Android experience..its a very stable experience using the R89 ive left running for a week whilst away on buisness and let others play with it and the reactions where very positive..yes theres a few sound issues that are giving Oman sleepless nights but they can be got around mostly its a great device and i no your will be well spent.

[Shomari]

Re: R89-Multimedia playback and XBMC feedback here

The 13.1 xbmc cant HW decode H265 and 4k now, and the kodi can sw decode those videos..This is the next big thing we must face.

XBMC can hardware decode HEVC, a modded build is available but the factory will not release its source code

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=202924&pid=1795142#pid1795142

[oman]

For AV receiver passthrough issue:

Look at here:

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?16484-R89-Hardware-Thermal-case-issue-feedback-here&p=228031#post228031

[no_spam_for_me]

109k4 (test)

Now I do a harder way (every 0.5 sec a dmesg) and also a logcat till I lost the adb...
(This time the first 'leave and switch back' forces the crash during MX running with the same video; I also get at 'switch back' first a green screen)

Shit, no way to reproduce this issue... no no, just kidding
It seams you have done a really nice job, because SPMC before 109k4 needs a long time to close (exit) and now it's really fast, also the same at MX...


BTW:
- nice mouse cursor
- first I got a problem to use ADB because MTD was selected...
- which driver for MTD do I need (or is it part of the driver_kit which I don't use because drivers are already installed because of rk3188)?

[TMx]

Shit, no way to reproduce this issue... no no, just kidding
It seams you have done a really nice job, because SPMC before 109k4 needs a long time to close (exit) and now it's really fast, also the same at MX...


BTW:
- nice mouse cursor
- first I got a problem to use ADB because MTD was selected...
- which driver for MTD do I need (or is it part of the driver_kit which I don't use because drivers are already installed because of rk3188)?

109k4 ! ?

[oman]

Shit, no way to reproduce this issue... no no, just kidding
It seams you have done a really nice job, because SPMC before 109k4 needs a long time to close (exit) and now it's really fast, also the same at MX...


BTW:
- nice mouse cursor
- first I got a problem to use ADB because MTD was selected...
- which driver for MTD do I need (or is it part of the driver_kit which I don't use because drivers are already installed because of rk3188)?

I am not sure,I think the drivers might be the same with 3188.

[Talas]

I am not sure,I think the drivers might be the same with 3188.

Yes they appear to be.

[Smokez]

So the very controversial RK3288 XBMC build out there in the wild plays 4k H265 HEVC flawlessly - anyone else brave enough to admit testing it?!! Lol

[no_spam_for_me]

So the very controversial RK3288 XBMC build out there in the wild plays 4k H265 HEVC flawlessly - anyone else brave enough to admit testing it?!! Lol

I'm a little bit irritated because SPMC plays it also, but not really nice (the 1080p, not sure if I also tested the 4K because I tested so much files today...)

http://www.libde265.org/blog/2014/02/28/libde265-hevc-performance/

but the funny thing is, that SPMC plays the 1080p much better than the "forbidden" Chinese version

But the best player is MX Pro (the same like the different stock player but also audio at ac3 (DD) and DTS(-HD)...) it eats all and better than SPMC (e.g. big bunny 60 fps)...

[bluesmanuk]

Having read all through the thread over at XBMC, I found what are supposed to be 2 versions of this modded ROM.

Neither had the hardware acceleration setting present, or even anything for DTS/Dolby like the Kodi Helix Alpha nightly builds do.

I had been testing just about every variety of XBMC/Kodi with my R28 and SPMC was, overall the best, although no DTS support, with the Kodi Helix Alpha 4 nightly build of September 15 coming a close second but having DTS support.

Testing my whole range of test video files with these modded builds, they didn't really impress me.

Agree that MX player pro plays most of what you throw at it very well.

[oman]

I will write an Email to RK to talk about this xbmc open source.

[4WheelSpyder]

Can confirm on my setup no audio on HDMI. Spidif works but audio level a bit on the low side (could probably fix that in XBMC). Passthrough improves sound but only 2 CH output. When selecting pass through the video would jump every +- one second.

Tested the same setup with the - Set the output to spdif - full 5.1 and no video jumping since installing 109k4108. No sound on HDMI though