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I believe the TennisTV.com "flash playback" I experienced was actually the site updated to be able to play a different, compatible video codec instead of Flash. On my PC, the very same video is definitely a flash video... but I have no way of knowing on my Draco, just that it works, and almost any other site I know that has flash, like this test page http://www.ultrasounds.com/ does not work on Chrome Beta or Browser. I am yet to find a version of Dolphin that works on the ROM I am using (MengFan-A80-4.4-6335-20141211v1)
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I got my device yesterday, have Bob's rom already (thanks mate)
TennisTV.com
None of the android devices I have/ have had, none have played flash properly... and still huge numbers of the world's prime video content sites use flash. The Draco AW80 plays flash better than any android box i have had. There are a couple of odd things... with Dolphin and Browser, the screen does not go full screen. The little navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen can be made to go away, but the space they occupied is not made available. On Chrome Beta, this works full screen, but the resolution and colour balance is not as good as with Dolphin. BTW, the free content on tennistv.com is not flash, so you cannot test it properly unless you have the paid account to access full matches that are either live or catching up recent full matches. Smoothness and quality is probably a tiny better than using my PC and chromecast to watch on my TV.
AmazonPrime
Last time I looked, nobody had success with Amazon prime on their Tronsmart S89 boxes, and most others seemed to not work. Sometimes you would hear the soundtrack but have a black video, and othertimes it would just be black. The Draco AW80 works, I can see all my amazon prime content in HD. (It looks like 720, but that is fine for me).
HD over wifi
I have tried several HD files, including one 7.4gb 1080p file of a 2 hour movie... and it played perfectly, smoothly, and it seems the audio sync is not lagging as much as with my CS918 or tronsmart S89.
BUT
Keyboard issues
I struggled to get my usb keyboard Logitech k400 working. Either the backspace/space would not work, or it would not work at all... I managed, with the aid of this keyboard help software, to make it work ok. A bit frustrating, but it now works ok. My concern is that I had it working yesterday, and today it was not working again, so we will see if the settings (which seem arbitrary to me) will stick. But there is no way to make the physical keyboard default. It is either on or off and remains a mystery as to which exact settings made the difference.
SPDIF issue
odd crackly sound when navigating the interface... but plays music and video fine... So I switched to USB audio output and that is flawless... albeit at 44.1khz
- maybe lollipop will fix that limitation, if the AW80 chip can support HD audio.
On screen nav
I'm sure you all agree, it would be nice for that to be opted out of sight permanently.
YouTube
Is only 720p, both on YouTube app and XBMC... 1080p is not available.
That's it for now.
I am very happy with the new box.
Mark.
I believe the TennisTV.com "flash playback" I experienced was actually the site updated to be able to play a different, compatible video codec instead of Flash. On my PC, the very same video is definitely a flash video... but I have no way of knowing on my Draco, just that it works, and almost any other site I know that has flash, like this test page http://www.ultrasounds.com/ does not work on Chrome Beta or Browser. I am yet to find a version of Dolphin that works on the ROM I am using (MengFan-A80-4.4-6335-20141211v1)
__________________________________________________ _________________
I got my device yesterday, have Bob's rom already (thanks mate)
TennisTV.com
None of the android devices I have/ have had, none have played flash properly... and still huge numbers of the world's prime video content sites use flash. The Draco AW80 plays flash better than any android box i have had. There are a couple of odd things... with Dolphin and Browser, the screen does not go full screen. The little navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen can be made to go away, but the space they occupied is not made available. On Chrome Beta, this works full screen, but the resolution and colour balance is not as good as with Dolphin. BTW, the free content on tennistv.com is not flash, so you cannot test it properly unless you have the paid account to access full matches that are either live or catching up recent full matches. Smoothness and quality is probably a tiny better than using my PC and chromecast to watch on my TV.
AmazonPrime
Last time I looked, nobody had success with Amazon prime on their Tronsmart S89 boxes, and most others seemed to not work. Sometimes you would hear the soundtrack but have a black video, and othertimes it would just be black. The Draco AW80 works, I can see all my amazon prime content in HD. (It looks like 720, but that is fine for me).
HD over wifi
I have tried several HD files, including one 7.4gb 1080p file of a 2 hour movie... and it played perfectly, smoothly, and it seems the audio sync is not lagging as much as with my CS918 or tronsmart S89.
BUT
Keyboard issues
I struggled to get my usb keyboard Logitech k400 working. Either the backspace/space would not work, or it would not work at all... I managed, with the aid of this keyboard help software, to make it work ok. A bit frustrating, but it now works ok. My concern is that I had it working yesterday, and today it was not working again, so we will see if the settings (which seem arbitrary to me) will stick. But there is no way to make the physical keyboard default. It is either on or off and remains a mystery as to which exact settings made the difference.
SPDIF issue
odd crackly sound when navigating the interface... but plays music and video fine... So I switched to USB audio output and that is flawless... albeit at 44.1khz
- maybe lollipop will fix that limitation, if the AW80 chip can support HD audio.On screen nav
I'm sure you all agree, it would be nice for that to be opted out of sight permanently.
YouTube
Is only 720p, both on YouTube app and XBMC... 1080p is not available.
That's it for now.
I am very happy with the new box.
Mark.
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