Lollipop - Wasser Firmware for Beelink R89

[mting]

Just info for you, the latest ZDMC 16.x should work fine in my 3.0.4 firmware.

works very well
thank you very much

[gridlock]

Just info for you, the latest ZDMC 16.x should work fine in my 3.0.4 firmware.

yet another great rom from the god of roms....
regarding ;
mxplayer : seems to be having audio sync issues whenever the auto frame rate is enabled , but no issues when auto frame rate is disabled... the video is smooth in both cases.
zdmc ; awesome video play back quality with no stutter , but unfortunately (when using spdif passthrough) ; some serious audio issues like random mutes...etc. , and when tried using the kodi extracted from ugoos 3.0.4 , which was having perfect spdif passthrough audio when using wasser 3.0.3 is not functioning as well in wasser 3.0.4
again and again , thanks wasser for all the effort exerted....

[bryanhk]

Just info for you, the latest ZDMC 16.x should work fine in my 3.0.4 firmware.

Version 3.0.4 worl great with ZDMC 16.x. but did not work with Kodi 15.x

[bloodgnome]

Seems the 3.0.4 was replaced with 3.0.4a....whats the differrence ?

I got the 3.0.4 on one of my boxes and so far so good...need to test more.

Xposed is still not working but instead of a bootloop it boots but then you get com.android.phone and com.rockchip.stresstest errors that you can't get arround.

Why do we need com.android.phone on a TV Box anyways ?

Also I'm missing the "clear all recent apps" Button from 3.0.2:



Here is 3.0.4:

[Laurentiu]

I have the Tronsmart Orion R28 Pro and when the adjust display frame rate option is on the screen getting black or blue but when I disable that option everything work very good The rom stable and it seams that yes the ethernet and Wi-Fi are better the before. Good work.😀👍👏

[bloodgnome]

TVout seems to work. At first you dont see the wasser Bootlogo but the the homescreen shows up.

What seems to NOT work is to change the screen scale as you cant resize the screen (Pressing minus or plus doesnt do anything)

[bluesmanuk]

Can;t get this to flash correctly.

After erasing flash and downloading, after the reboot I get 3 messages starting with 'E: failed to mount /metadata ......' and then, after the relevants formats have been carried it it reboots and I get a never ending bootanimation.

[Gormar]

Can;t get this to flash correctly.

I didn't found another solution than described by rik405. Just flash ROM 3.0.3 and than 3.0.4a.

[bluesmanuk]

I didn't found another solution than described by rik405. Just flash ROM 3.0.3 and than 3.0.4a.

Cheers.

I'll give that a shot.

Update: That worked fine.

[bluesmanuk]

3.0.4a initial feedback

GUI - Smooth as silk and very responsive all round.

WiFi/Ethernet - As fast as usual.

Adjust display refresh rate - With this turned on, after a few minutes, any app that was loaded was met with a mainly plain coloured background screen and without the option of seeing any options. Turning it off, things were as they should be.

Connect to PC - Usually I am accustomed to the R28 being shown as a device that allows me to access the internal storage but now only shows up as an Android adb device. Update - ignore this. I had simply forgotten to set the USB storage to MTP and working perfectly.

VPN - Tested Cyberghost and VPN unlimited and all work perfectly and even better, connect instantaneously, which I have not seen before.

All tests carried out over 5Ghz WiFi and with HDMI passthrough.

Kodi - With so many Kodi versions floating about I decided to try a couple that Superceleron posted yesterday based on 16.1RC, one based on Zidoo and the RK. I;ll say right now that the Zidoo version performed better.
In fact it was so good that for the first time ever with an Android device, every single one of my multitude of test videos played back flawlessly. Not a single dropped frame, jitter at all. All video that also had 5.1 and dts was also perfect. Quite astonishing. Anything with DTS-HD and the other advanced audio formats just played with a crackle and hiss, as expected with my soundbar, although I had hoped that the audio would be downgraded. The RK Kodi was still very good but there were usual suspect videos that displayed some amount of juddering/jitter. The only advantage that the RK version had was that any video selected played instantaneously, whereas the Zidoo version would queue up with a black screen for a few seconds before playing. But the Zidoo played everything. 4k, 10 bit, MKV, MP4, MPG, you name it, it played it perfectly and with brilliant colour reproduction.

MX Player with custom audio codec - On the whole, excellent, although there were one or two of the usual suspects (pole to pole for example) that has the minor jitter on occasion. 5.1 and dts was perfect and with regards to the advanced dolby audio, it does get downgraded, so what Kodi can't play audio wise, MX Player will with useable sound.

Youtube - Pretty much perfect across the board for 1080p. The very occasional frame drop, although this could be due to buffering. As good as I have seen Youtube perform.

iPlayer - As good as it usually is.

Frankly the best experience that I have had overall with an Android ROM and for me, the Rk3288 is still the best device that I have used overall.

Nice one Wasser

Superceleron has kindly given permission to share his build for others to test, so many thanks to him for that

I've dropped it to my dropbox account for anybody that wants it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6jmuoi3ugf...60405.apk?dl=0


Further update:

After further repeated testing, I spotted something that I missed but should not have done.

When passthrough was enabled in Kodi, any 5.1 or DTS video showed video/audio sync issues, which at times could be quite vast.

I have found a workaround though.

1. Firstly, leave stereo upmix switched off in settings.
1. play the 5.1/DTS video and notice the sync issue.
2. Click on the audio and subtitle settings button on the on screen interface (speaker icon)
3. Turn on Stereo upmix. Screen will go blank for a couple of seconds and the video will resume playback.
4. Whilst the audio and subtitle settings is still up, turn off Stereo upmix. Screen will go blank for a couple of seconds and the video will resume playback.
5. Click the button for playback to start from the beginning and sync will now be perfect.

You will have to do this every time you play a video again but at least it works.

Also noted that if you skip through the video whilst playing, sync is maintained.

[gridlock]

hi bluesmanuk , kindly , zdmc (downloaded from zidoo's official site) is suffering audio mutes when forwarding or backwarding a movie).... any remedy bro? i even tried looking for superceleron version based on zidoo that you mentioned and i couldn't find it... thanks

[bloodgnome]

Found out how ro scale the screen in tvout mode:

switch from pal to ntsc resize a little switch back to pal an resizing isnt a problem anymore yay...

Something to fix fir 3.0.5 And as i see marshmallow roms for pipo tablets with rk3288 we might even get that?!?

[clement_sg]

Wifi still not working for me on 3.0.4. Setting static ip and factory reset few times also not working, wifi keeps auto off, on, off, on.. Asus AC88U admin page cannot see the client too. Going back to 2.0.9a and wifi works again.

[gridlock]

bluesmanuk.... thanks big time bro....
the given superceleron version is the only kodi build i tried that has no audio issues when using spdif passthrough audio (thanks to superceleron for his effort)...
i've always considered you freaktab's best rom tester. aside from your very direct and unbiased feedbacks , you never hesitate to help others when needed... blessings.

[bloodgnome]

bluesmanuk.... thanks big time bro....
the given superceleron version is the only kodi build i tried that has no audio issues when using spdif passthrough audio (thanks to superceleron for his effort)...
i've always considered you freaktab's best rom tester. aside from your very direct and unbiased feedbacks , you never hesitate to help others when needed... blessings.

Where to get this superceleron version ?!? I only know of superceleron roms (mostly amlogic and a couple of RK3188) ?!?