Tronsmart TV Box Ara X5 in August with Cherry Trail Z8300 Windows 10

[clarkss12]

Heres my gaming review guys if you wanna check out some xbox one or steam in home game streaming it should give you a good idea of what to expect

Thanks for the video, I am not a gamer but that was very impressive....

[Eclecticon]

Is this in Kodi?

If so, I would guess that you are using 15?

If so, try 16 Alpha 2 monthly snapshot and the green bars will be gone.

http://kodi.wiki/view/development_bu...ndidate_builds

Thanks!, will try this afternoon.

Edit: Works fine now, thanks!

[alwaysbless]

Heres my gaming review guys if you wanna check out some xbox one or steam in home game streaming it should give you a good idea of what to expect

[clarkss12]

From every thing I have read about this box, no one has tried plex server.

[bluesmanuk]

Mine has been shipped from Geekbuying and should be here next week. I will be testing NextPVR server and client both on this box, I am pretty sure it will make a self contained DVR. Next I am going to test plex server to see how performs, I doubt this box will be able to handle it.

O ye, of little faith

[clarkss12]

Mine has been shipped from Geekbuying and should be here next week. I will be testing NextPVR server and client both on this box, I am pretty sure it will make a self contained DVR. Next I am going to test plex server to see how performs, I doubt this box will be able to handle it.

[bluesmanuk]

Some streams have a green bar on top. Not all, most don't. Didnt figure it out yet. Wasn't bothered because there were plenty streams.

Is this in Kodi?

If so, I would guess that you are using 15?

If so, try 16 Alpha 2 monthly snapshot and the green bars will be gone.

http://kodi.wiki/view/development_builds#Semi-stable_-_Monthly.2C_Beta.2C_and_Release_candidate_builds

[Eclecticon]

Excellent

Some streams have a green bar on top. Not all, most don't. Didnt figure it out yet. Wasn't bothered because there were plenty streams.

[bluesmanuk]

Good question im not entirely sure but it doesnt appear to be too much since I can run it just fine by plugging into the ara x5 directly. The fan themselves arent 100% silent but they are nearly inaudible from 3ft so if you have your box in a living room you probably wouldnt be able to hear it from the distance between your couch / tv.

I see.

From the image I though that it had it's own ac adapter but if it runs directly off the USB alone then it won't be drawing much.

When you get a moment can you see what temps get recorded on the X5 with a stress test for 15 mins or so?

I've not experienced any issues with temps on mine but somebody else reported it getting to 89C after 15 mins on a stress test, so it would be interesting to see just how much cooling the mat provides.

[alwaysbless]

What's the power consumption of the chill mat and how loud are the fans?

Good question im not entirely sure but it doesnt appear to be too much since I can run it just fine by plugging into the ara x5 directly. The fan themselves arent 100% silent but they are nearly inaudible from 3ft so if you have your box in a living room you probably wouldnt be able to hear it from the distance between your couch / tv.

[bluesmanuk]

Narcos on pulsar works fine

Excellent

[No^^aD]

When it comes to BT I always disable the power management settings in any BT controller and as some are linked to the WiFi module I do it there too.

Many thanks bluesmanuk. It did the trick.

[Eclecticon]

Not tried Popcorntime because it's illegal here.

Have you tried using Kodi and an addon or downloading it and then watching it through Kodi?

When playing high bitrate files using standard players such as VLC, Potplayer etc they don't work very well, even after installing some codec packs, so personally think that we will have to wait for a driver update.

But for me, the fact that Kodi does all that I want I'm not bothered about the rest at the moment.

Narcos on pulsar works fine

[bluesmanuk]

In case anyones interested I picked up this targus chill mat from amazon for 7 bucks. Its a pretty much a mini version of a laptop cooling pad, it also doubles as a base, is USB powered and wide enough to fit two tv boxes. Pretty damn cool imo. - http://amzn.to/1KGL4ho

What's the power consumption of the chill mat and how loud are the fans?

[bluesmanuk]

Bluesmanuk
Which shipment method do you recommend(Registered Airmail -Dhl-TNT to the UK?
Thanks

DHL is the normal method that I use and Geekbuying seem to have a knack of sending things without the need for Customs and Import duties applied but it may well be a lottery as to who gets stung and the same would be true of any carrier.

DHL are certainly very fast.