Beelink X2 H3 box

[kalenz]

X2 is working and is great for the buck.

The only problem is that it does not support AC3 HW decoding -> Plex ask for transcoding of the movies.
From what I understand, It's nothing to be done.

I know that Kodi and MX Player can software decode AC3, but it's not the case for Plex...

Monalis,
I'm using Bubble upnp and the already installed tvdvideo player to play video from my Plex server via DLNA and passthrough 5.1 AC3 on the X2 with no transcoding. The tvdvideo player is pretty basic. You could use MX Player as the player in Bubble upnp too but no passthrough with SW decoding (AC3 audio codec installed) so only 2 channel output. MX Player does passthrough when HW decoding is enabled but keeps crashing.

[OniShiro]

Is there any way to make kodi maintain the aspect ratio of non 16:9 videos?, turning the hardware decode off it works well, but with hardware decode on it just adds black bars but the background video is stretched underneath to fill the whole screen no matter what.

[Stumped]

Hi everyone,
My apologies if I'm posting in the wrong thread.
Recently I bought two Beelink x2 devices for my household but have been having problems with the wifi signal. So far I have changed channels on my modem and installed various apps that show a strong signal to the device yet download speeds are pitiful at single figure kbps. Download speeds for my other devices vary between 5mbps and 10mbps with 7-8 being the norm.
I have tried to set a static IP but the settings revert to DHCP after restarting. My modem is a Zyxel D1000 and is brand new and updated with the latest firmware.
The firmware on the Beelink is Homlet4 .4.2-Qin2-V1.
Previously I had a generic MXQ running and had no such issues.
I am as my username suggests stumped so would really appreciate any input

[legolasvegas]

I use the X2 only one thing: watch hd streams in Kodi (Exodus, Watch 1080p, etc ...). Because all decoders in kodi have problems (frame drops, aw-decoder has bad aspect ratio), I almost threw away the box. But then I had an idea. The X2 and Banana PI2 almost has the same hardware and the Banana Pi has Openelec... I found a guide which was about how to install Banana Raspbian on X2. But unfortunately I am not a Linux expert, so I could not do that. So I go back to android and tried Kodi alternatives (Vidon, Sbmc, ...), but none of them worked for me.
Finally I deleted 14.2 Kodi and tried the new 16 version, and now the enabled hardware accelerated Media Codec decoder has the ability to play full HD streams without frame drop. What a miracle!

[OniShiro]

I installed SPMC and it works fine for 1080p content and the aspect ratio is correct, so I'll be using it from now on instead of the built in Kodi.

[OniShiro]

when I turned on my box I got a pop-up telling me about an update, has anybody installed it? any changeset info?

[Zebraino]

when I turned on my box I got a pop-up telling me about an update, has anybody installed it? any changeset info?

I installed it... In first i install the version 206k4 and the the log was update media libraries, fixed bugs and system optimization.
Next i received other update and i installed the version 207k4 and the log was fixed bugs and system optimization.

After i installed the updates i have not felt the changes but i believed they are there, i do not explore so much

[OniShiro]

I installed it... In first i install the version 206k4 and the the log was update media libraries, fixed bugs and system optimization.
Next i received other update and i installed the version 207k4 and the log was fixed bugs and system optimization.

After i installed the updates i have not felt the changes but i believed they are there, i do not explore so much

Thanks, I'll give it a try then, it's my only box and if it stops working I'm screwed so I wanted ot make sure nothing would break.

[krzynio]

One question - did anybody achieved smooth Netflix playback on X2?

[OniShiro]

It's still impossible to fix the aspect ratio with the built in kodi libstagefright latest firmware, it just adds black bars on top of the stretched distorted video instead of rendering it properly

[bobrooney]

It's still impossible to fix the aspect ratio with the built in kodi libstagefright latest firmware, it just adds black bars on top of the stretched distorted video instead of rendering it properly

I don't have any problems with aspect ratio on my X2 with Kodi 16.1 RC1. And I often watch old tv shows with 4:3 aspect ratio. Can you post a screenshot? It sounds really strange to me.

[OniShiro]

I don't have any problems with aspect ratio on my X2 with Kodi 16.1 RC1. And I often watch old tv shows with 4:3 aspect ratio. Can you post a screenshot? It sounds really strange to me.

SPMC works fine for me too, it's just the built in Kodi that has the issue.

I'm adding two images I found that show the same problem, right image is how it should look, and left image how it looks, it adds black bars on top of the video but doesn't display the video on the proper aspect ratio, it just stretches the underlaying video to fill the whole screen with black bars on top.

[bobrooney]

It is really strange.
Do you have the same video settings (Settings->Video->Playback) in Kodi and SPMC?

[OniShiro]

It is really strange.
Do you have the same video settings (Settings->Video->Playback) in Kodi and SPMC?

I'll check when I'm back home, but I think settings are the same, it only does that weird stretching when libstagefright codec is enabled on video acceleration on the built-in kodi.

[dejawho]

Hello,
I'm having some problem with the box.
First of all after the last update I've lost the root, if I open super su it says that the binary can not be installed from there. Has anyone had the same problem?
But the very big problem is with the controls, there are some app where the scroll doesn't work and it is impossible to do this with the remote, neither the mouse mode or the arrows seems to work. For example netflix is non really usable since I can't scroll the list of episodes of a tv series for example. So I've searched if there is some androdi app to control the box from my phone, but I found nothing. Has someone able to solve this?