UPDATE - Marschmallow - Wasser Firmware for Beelink R89

[Zahir]

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One of the best deals on rk3288 out there currently - basically a re-badged 16gb HPH NT-V6 or Ugoos UT3, with comparably solid build quality and fast performance. Will run Wasser's MM without breaking a sweat but you'd give up power ON-OFF via remote and the little blue led.

[scorp76]

First a big THANK YOU to wasser!

Installed the newest update off marshmallow, and i am very happy with all the improvements of the new android, and on top the fine tuning off wasser to make it work with my Ubox r89!!
-Noticed indeed that sound in Marshmallow is way better then kitkat, what i had before, perfect to hear this, because the box is mainly used as an music player in my setup..

Things i noticed and maybe interesting to look at.

-- Noticed that an usb device gets disconnected and connected again in file explorer.I see it happening there, but it also influence apps who use the usb harddisk at the same time.Cant explore the files in many apps if this happens(Kodi''s, and many forks, and apps like vlc, mx, an so on).

--Bluetooth works, and suddenly it shut itself off..On and off button is off after a while..Looks like the wifi thing in kitkat, you put it on and later suddenly i had no connection anymore.Same behavior with Bluetooth here in Marshmallow...Keyboard and other things work, suddenly not anymore...Back in settings, Bluetooth is off without any reason.

--Sometimes it hangs when i wane put it off.So i press the power button for a few seconds, then more options to put it off appear..I always do this otherwise my usb harddisks will keep running.
But if i press it sometimes i hangs in this proces and never turns off...Noticed that sometimes i touch the mouse, or keyboard, or pull something out...The system intimidatingly shuts down...Like it was interfering somewhere with the box..

Will post more if i ran into things..!!..



And personally, i was only a bit disappointed....Yes, i sometimes install android boxes for people, also this week..
But personally i was disappointed because off the audio files i have, cant play em in their original bits and khz...
Then i take my disks when i install android boxes....And pfffffffffff......Then is see they play em like the original file, and the amps tell me the same..
I really hope, someone here can shine a light over this matter or......Direct me to a site where they have the answer, because it looks like i have to ask others to understand this..
So in movies my Ubox plays all kinds off audio, nice...........But when i have a big flac file, at 96khz and in 24 bits........pfffff it still DOWN grades it to 44.1khz...REALLY.......
I wane know why in audio this is such a hard thing to accomplish, while it can do a better job if a movie is played.
Yesterday and today i tried my best to get it working, so used and tried many audio apps and some other ones like Neutron and vlc and sort off the same apps....Killed processes, installed new apps and tried them, even RKMC, couldn't do the right job for me, again........44.1khz...

So my files play with other boxes , right out off the...box...
Then i go home, to find out mine cant, and maybe will never play it...BUT>>>>>>>>WHY?????Any explanation because i wane know...Is this possible for wasser to change, or is this something much deeper into the rom..I just wane understand why it still downgrades my audio, and other boxes with older androids os, can play em in native bits.....(And yes i know the box plays them, but thats half the answer, why not in native khz and bits)
And why, well just have an music collection with a lot off these files and cds....

Wasser thanks for your effort, i will post more if i notice things..

[mackie]

My box is a Ubox R89 The one problem I have with this rom and every other lollipop and marshmallow rom is WiFi, I can't get a chance to connect to WiFi, the WiFi button keeps endlessly going on and off by itself, it

keeps scanning and then goes off and then on forever(even if Ethernet is Off), Ethernet works perfectly with all roms, I've never had this problem with kitkat roms, I tried every possible channels on both 2.4 GHz and 5

ghz the problem is still there, all my other devices work great within the same wifi range on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, can you please help solve this problem , I don't understand how others have the same box as me and it

works perfectly for them, are there multiple variants of the ubox r89? I can provide any info to help resolve this problem(PCB picture,log files,dmesg...) I'm sure there are others with the same problem who still use kitkat like ( minonano , gefattern , clement_sg, scorp76 ...)

Log file attached.

[scorp76]

@ mackie

Yes i also had the wifi problem, but that was with Kitkat, i installed Marshmallow a few days ago...And yet i was only busy with the audio to see what i can squeeze out off it.Tomorrow i will test the wifi, only in 2.4ghz...Like my router has, i hope indeed it stays on...Will post that!

[Gormar]

My box is a Ubox R89 The one problem I have with this rom and every other lollipop and marshmallow rom is WiFi, I can't get a chance to connect to WiFi (...)
I don't understand how others have the same box as me and it works perfectly for them, are there multiple variants of the ubox r89? I can provide any info to help resolve this problem(PCB picture,log files,dmesg...)

Yes, there are at least two versions of Beelink R89. One with 16GB Flash and WiFi via AP6335 and one with 8GB Flash and AP6330. As far as I know Wasser has first version (16GB Flash). As am I. That's why I don't see any problem with WiFi. But I don't use 5GHz spectrum and I'm not sure if any one use it in my vicinity because I can't scan for this network in WiFi Analyzer app. What is strange because I remember using it previously.

But personally i was disappointed because off the audio files i have, cant play em in their original bits and khz...

You should describe your audio setup.
I suppose it has something to do with SPDIF passthrough. It is rather touchy subject and there are still problems on RockChip platforms to send data reliable to audio reciever.

[minonano]

My box is a Ubox R89 The one problem I have with this rom and every other lollipop and marshmallow rom is WiFi, I can't get a chance to connect to WiFi, the WiFi button keeps endlessly going on and off by itself, it

keeps scanning and then goes off and then on forever(even if Ethernet is Off), Ethernet works perfectly with all roms, I've never had this problem with kitkat roms, I tried every possible channels on both 2.4 GHz and 5

ghz the problem is still there, all my other devices work great within the same wifi range on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, can you please help solve this problem , I don't understand how others have the same box as me and it

works perfectly for them, are there multiple variants of the ubox r89? I can provide any info to help resolve this problem(PCB picture,log files,dmesg...) I'm sure there are others with the same problem who still use

kitkat like ( minonano , gefattern , clement_sg, scorp76 ...)

Log file attached.

Yes, I also still have a problem with the WIFI, Ubox, with only 2.4GHZ, currently using ethernet cable, ROM is the best otherwise.

[scorp76]

@ Gormar

Hello, thanks for taking this up!
Yeps i have a lot off music, high sensitive person so i have a lot off different kinds off music....The whole day i use the Ubox to play all my music what is now totally digital, no cd and or other carriers...A part off that or HD audio files, or Sacd's with 5.1 sound, at 96 khz ...by 24 bit, and yes......Leave the discussion about it, in my 7.1 setup this files give me .......A better soundstage then a regular cd, without al the talking about what you can hear and what you cant....Or about noise.......After listing on many very high expensive setups and more common setups, this bit rate gives me a more clear and divided soundstage...

But yes i have read a lot about the Rockchips, an the one we use, ......An according specs, it can eat almost everything....So i thought, Marshmallow is gone take out much more....Funny also to see that recording in.....Android is more important then to listen.....uhh yeah.....So i understand by your comment that there is a real problem stil existing in this.....
Thanks i always wane know, the ''Why'', its my character....

My setup is a HK receiver and yes i still use the spdif input to connect the Ubox...Its simpel, if i connect my pc or laptop an i play the same files....My receiver switches in 3 special modus, and that sound really wide and much deeper....Also the drums come more from the place the where recorded as do when someone touches the snares of the guitar...So nice...But thats with a pc and laptop...

The Ubox doesn't send the files in their original bit rate, nope....Android is still playing with it....So an usb dac should work........But his own spdif output is controlled....I was hoping marshmallow would ignore that.....unfortunately, it still spits it out in cd quality, 44.1KHZ..........

What did i do, yesterday....Tryed all the HD apps witch i could find....Did i see difference, yes.....I can use more settings in for example MX, vlc and And many more...Did that by booting it up, make clear that only 1 app was using the audio output, and so on....even RKMC couldn't give me anything what came close to the original sound...
In 1 app, forget the name but is a really good one....I could indeed in comparing with kitkat rise the bit rate.....But even 48KHZ where already to much to output.....No sound, but i reacts in that....So indeed marshmallow is way better build around the audio then Kitkat...
So nothing special in or about my setup....I know very good in how to connect audio versus digital settings and what i can sqeeze out off it, but i didnt understand why it still doesn't work...
Also because sometimes i install boxes, sometimes even cheaper or more expensive ones.....And the all just play my HD audio files.....With an reaction, wtf is this, sounds so warm suddenly...
So really its Marshmallow still what cant leave my audio path untouched.......Are there people busy with this or not....Interesting for me, with a movie the chip spits out everything, but leave it with audio alone, and the path gets interrupted by the OS......weird, why not with movie's but only with audio......

[Gormar]

My setup is a HK receiver and yes i still use the spdif input to connect the Ubox...Its simpel, if i connect my pc or laptop an i play the same files....My receiver switches in 3 special modus, and that sound really wide and much deeper....Also the drums come more from the place the where recorded as do when someone touches the snares of the guitar...So nice...But thats with a pc and laptop...

The Ubox doesn't send the files in their original bit rate, nope....Android is still playing with it....So an usb dac should work........But his own spdif output is controlled....I was hoping marshmallow would ignore that.....unfortunately, it still spits it out in cd quality, 44.1KHZ..........

Sorry but I'm unable to help you at all. I don't use such sophisticated audio equipment (only HDMI TV) which can even decode FLAC audio files. From what you wrote I can conclude that this Android TV box doesn't send untouched audio file through SPDIF to your decoding amplifier. This mode is called "passthrough". Instead it decode audio file localy and send decoded data (in PCM format) through SPDIF 5.1 16bit 44.1kHz mode.

I don't know if it is a bug or intented behavior (like lack of HDMI 2.0 10bit color 4:2:0 chroma in RK3288 SoC HDMI port). As far as I know RockChip didn't "release" Marshmallow SDK (at least final version). For one person in this forum (namely Wasser) to squash all the bug in this firmware is rather impossible.

Maybe this thread will shed some light on the problem and give hint to some solution.

[mackie]

@ mackie

Tomorrow i will test the wifi, only in 2.4ghz...Like my router has, i hope indeed it stays on...Will post that!

Any news about wifi in your box?

[gridlock]

scorp76... regarding the external usb continuous disconnection , try to uninstall that (latest version of es explorer) and remove all of it's data and cash. and use another file explorer.....
and if es explorer is a must then install a 2 or 3-versions old apk.... try that and see if it makes a difference.

[scorp76]

Any news about wifi in your box?

-- Yes at 2.4ghz i was surfing the web and watched some video's.Put wifi off and on, also the box...And connected anytime...Sidenote:if i connect to my network, it doesnt show that its connected.It is, but in Kitkat it tells me, : connected.

gridlock
Thanks i will try that, !

@Gormar
Thanks for the info, i couldnt find any info about it..But i get it, its a part off the rom sdk what is not coded properly to make this work with the box..
I was thinking to use the default RKMC to use that as audio player...Tryed many apps but the all have dropouts connected with spdif..Only RKMC played good, i only couldnt find my usb device in the directory tree...I hope thats possible...
Btw, i connected my spdif cable in my tv to my reciever, while the box feeds the tv it true HDMI, i now have 48KHZ audio, instead true spdif passthrough 44.1Khz..


wasser

--I have an original remote from my Ubox r89.It works with marsmallow.Only the powerbutton doesnt power up when pressed, volume and direction, oke keys all work!!

And maybe someone knows this, if i use RKMC is it possible to enter or acces my usb Hdd from there.I cant find the directory '''storage'', it only finds all the movies and audio and offcourse it trows it mixed up in my shared folder...If i could open it in RKMC and find my music folder then its good for me..It has no audio dropouts, but what i said, cant find my usb hhd it only finds all the files..

And i also downloaded the apk from the RKMC developer, but i cant install it.Thought lets try it....But doesnt do nothing, i can only instal RKMC kodi 16.1...But it is a messed up as before..1 song of 4.65min....43 dropouts in the audio.....What is the latest build, ....

[andreyh]

Hi Wasser!

I'm trying to explain again the interlacing issue in your latest firmware.
I succeeded to record a sample video describing the problem.

I'm using MX Player 1.7.40 in HW mode.
Screen resolution: 720p50. Auto-refresh rate is disabled.

For me it is only preventing issue for using your software.
Please, resolve it - it is so annoying.

Thanks!

[michael2t]

Hello andreyh


I use the MX player 1.7.34 with the Codec pack ... I have Mine Set to HW+ and I have Checked the Deinterlace Option Under the Setting and It works fine for me.

Michael T.

[andreyh]

Hello andreyh
I use the MX player 1.7.34 with the Codec pack ... I have Mine Set to HW+ and I have Checked the Deinterlace Option Under the Setting and It works fine for me.
Michael T.

I'd like to use HW mode because it is free of stuttering which is very critical for me. As you see I watch a lot of sport channels and it is very easy to notice frame drops during playback.
Anyway, thanks, but it is not a solution for me.

[Patriot_Omega]

Tronsmart Orion R28 Wasser 4.0.9

Проблема со звуком,
ПРИ Bluetooth подключении звук продолжает поступать через HDMI телевизор на
на Android 4 и Android 5 таких проблем нет.

Проблема со звуком,
При подключении аудио Bluetooth продолжает течь через HDMI к ТВ
на Android и Android 4 5 таких проблем нет.

настройка выбора аудио сигнала не работает
сигнал поступает сразу на все устройства как Bluetooth так и HDMI одновременно

audio selection setting does not work
signal is sent immediately to all devices like Bluetooth and HDMI simultaneously