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Try pipewire instead of pulseaudio

Thank you for sharing. You might want to have a look at Shrink Backup as well.

Hi @Nick A Thanks for your feedback. I've already tried that version, but it doesn't work either. The motherboard says BA301_141 V4.1 20244; could that be related to compatibility? Thanks

@djoness My build uses the miniarch patches. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/tag/20250306 Here's a direct link to X96q ddr3 server image. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/releases/download/20250306/Armbian-unofficial_25.05.0-trunk_X96q-ddr3_bookworm_edge_6.12.11_server.img.xz

Official development for inclusion in upstream are carried out by working on the project's main branch. That's exactly what this pull request branch does by tracking the project's master tree. Applying commits to anything else is backporting. Backporting is possible, but you will have to deal with the consequences yourself that arise from your outdated versions lacking the functions required for your backport, and you may need to backport those as well. Since this project is a user program and not a framework with libraries that other programs depend on, it is solely the user who has to deal with it as a dependency in its use. At first, I also tried to use the sources of the current release version as a base, but since the commits couldn't be applied without errors, I simply built the current master branch. For the FFMPEG framework, this is already a whole different ballgame. There are many programs, which mpv is just one, that depend on the libraries and need to be rebuilt accordingly in case of an upgrade. Since my chosen distribution recently released ffmpeg 8.0 and thus made all dependent programs available accordingly, I just had to rebuild the ffmpeg package with the v4l2request support commits and put that in place. And since the commits could be applied to the current release sources without any errors, I didn't even need to switch to the master branch.

@qwerty keyboard here are some links that will help you. Find your Dram settings https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29794-how-to-install-armbian-in-h618/#findComment-218660 Find boot.bin and extract dts. https://forum.armbian.com/topic/29794-how-to-install-armbian-in-h618/#findComment-187672 Uboot defconfig. I have two x96q builds with ddr3. https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/blob/v20250306/patch/u-boot/u-boot-h616/151-add-x96-q-ddr3-defconfig.patch Or https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build/blob/v20250306/patch/u-boot/u-boot-h616/163-add-x96-q-ddr3-v5.1-defconfig.patch You can edit the patch and enter the new values. If you need to add a new line in the defconfig patch. At the bottom of the patch add your newline and put a "+" infront of it. Also, for x96q ddr3 increase @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ to @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ or for x96q ddr3 v5.1 @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ to @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@. Download and compile my build: git clone https://github.com/NickAlilovic/build.git --branch v20250306 cd build ./compile.sh choose "Do not change kernel configuration" choose "Show CSC/WIP/EOS/TVB" choose "I understand and agree" choose "X96Q DDR3” or “X96Q DDR3 v5.1” choose "edge" rest is up to you.

Hi DrEaD. Thanks for your reply. I've already tested that version, but unfortunately it doesn't work. Also, if there's a version without a graphical interface, I'd be interested, as I'd like to use it in server mode, like with Home Assistant. Thanks.

As I mentioned before, I am a Newby and I am able to use the Terminal. But I don’t know, what to do to remove knotes.

What do you mean by "normal" and WiFi direct?

I thought this was the best way: official latest mpv + pull request i am not trying to backport it. I want to make it work in trixie.

Just out of curiosity, why are you trying to backport the v4l2request support? Why not build the pull request tree directly: git clone --branch v4l2request https://github.com/philipl/mpv.git mpv-player-v4l2request

Orange PI has very good hardware (better than RPI) but bad support of software from factory devellopers. Raspberry PI 5 is a bit slower but we have more support and always new versions. I have both.

Hi All, I'm struggling with my Orange PI 5 Plus and various Armbian Flavors for 3 days. My Preferred DE, Armbian_25.8.1_Orangepi5-plus_noble_vendor_6.1.115_kde-neon_desktop, after all setup on second boot... failed msg: wait until boot finishes... XFCE, Sound does not work over HDMI. Finally, Armbian_25.8.1_Orangepi5-plus_trixie_vendor_6.1.115_cinnamon_desktop, is doing well. Except for, I'm missing start button. If I want Firefox, I have to open it via cmd If I want to capture screen... I dont know even the name to call via cmd... See my Phone shot https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d6K4i_yshHCrKvXR-13VFkpWzPKx8GaA/view?usp=sharing Could somebody tell me what is wrong? Thanks,

The ffmpeg discussion posted a way to test the code (at the bottom of https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20847 ) *install all the ffmpeg dependencies, then: $ git fetch -u https://code.ffmpeg.org/Kwiboo/FFmpeg v4l2request-v3:Kwiboo-v4l2request-v3 $ git switch Kwiboo-v4l2request-v3 * compile and install Then rebuild mpv+PR14690 (https://forum.armbian.com/topic/32449-repository-for-v4l2request-hardware-video-decoding-rockchip-allwinner/page/5/#findComment-226567)

So I managed to get my hands on a v1.1 board version of this TV Box So far https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/releases/download/v24.8.0-trunk.425/Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz doesnt seem to work and I havent found any mention of a v1.1 image Any ideas?

@Maurizio Finesso Try editing on a linux machine instead of windows. I've seen some windows machines not be able to read the boot partition

Moved to the correct sub-forum

Please open the case and post images of your board so we can see what Ethernet chip you have.

In this case ethernet chip is realtek so it should be supported by armbian kernel? So problem is to find or make a modern DTS for this board?

Hi I'm trying to load the bookworm version on an amlogic S905X tv box that was working pretty fine with the bullseye version. What I'm not able to do is to have the boot partition where I can edit on SD Card. This happens with every of the compressed image file that are available for Amlogic tvbox. Probably I'm doing something wrong but after that I load the compressed file on SD card using Balena Etcher I don't find the boot partition readable in Windows. I'm using same procedure with older image (armbian 20.10 bullseye) that works fine. Please, help me to understand how to create it correctly. I have already look into docs but I don't find a solution.

Preexisting builds of Armbian won't run on my X96Q TV box because mine uses DDR3 instead of LPDDR3. U-Boot SPL 2024.01_armbian-2024.01-S866c-P4a40-H8869-Vad24-Bbf55-R448a (Nov 15 2025 - 02:36:36 +0000) This DRAM setup is currently not supported. How do I change the DRAM (and possibly other) configuration U-Boot is built with? I'll be quite frank: Quite annoyed by this whole process. The build process for both Armbian and U-Boot has exhausted my patience and I'm very much not in the mood for digging through (often hard to find) documentation. (Like why is there no standard for adding a board?) Here's the UART boot log of the device:x96q_boot_log.cap Oh and I almost forgot! The stock firmware! https://archive.org/details/x96q_h313_mmcblk0.img.7z Something about extracting "device trees" or something? Honestly I couldn't locate the copy of u-boot in there, but I'm probably doing something wrong there. I'm sure someone WAY smarter then me in this stuff could probably figure it out.

You need the "normal" non 5-1 version: https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/releases/download/v24.8.0-trunk.425/Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz

Good evening everyone. First of all, thank you for this forum and for any help you can provide. I have an X96Q 2G/16G case with an Allwinner H313 chipset and I'm trying to install Armbian. I first tested with the MiniArch-20231112-6.6.2-board-h313.x96_q-SD-Image.img image: it boots correctly. However, when I try with the https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/releases/download/v24.8.0-trunk.425/Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q-v5-1_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz the box doesn't boot and the LED remains red. I'm not an expert in this area; I simply want to install Armbian on this box. If anyone can help me, that would be great. Thank you in advance for your feedback.