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Hi, There is a dtb in coreelec https://coreelec.org/dtb/
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Hi, I have successfully install armbian on a x96mini. I just have to follow the instruction here and upgrade the dtb to install it on emmc. Can it be possible to integrate this dtb in linux-dtb-edge-meson64 package as a new dtb, please?
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Hi, I come back just in time, that's great news! Where is it?
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Efforts to improve video performance on meson64 based TV boxes
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
sudo apt install weston copy the weston.ini file (available at the top of the tread) in ~/.config/ lauch weston with systemctl sudo systemctl restart weston.service -
Hi, Yes, dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg will download, compile and install it apt search libdvdcss ... libdvdcss-dev/now 1.4.2-1~local arm64 [installed,local] library for accessing encrypted DVDs - development files libdvdcss2/now 1.4.2-1~local arm64 [installed,local] library for accessing encrypted DVDs libdvdcss2-dbgsym/now 1.4.2-1~local arm64 [installed,local] debug symbols for libdvdcss2 I would like to know if someone as already read a dvd with armbian.
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Efforts to improve video performance on meson64 based TV boxes
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
Hi Dan, I can not help you so much : I do not have a s905x3 nor 4k monitor. I can only share with you that I disable hwdec (v4l2m2m-copy) in my mpv config for better results in h264. I did not mange yet to upgrade my kernel up to 5.9.14. Regards, Laurent. mpv.conf -
Hi, I would like to play some DVD (armbian/balbes on x96max with weston). I follow the instructions from https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#Watching_Video_DVDs # apt install libdvd-pkg # dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg Then I launch # mpv dvd:// I've got some error to decrypt and the sceen stay black :/ Is anyone manage to play dvd from our favorite boxes?
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x96max : from balbes images to linux-image-current-meson64
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
Hi, That's a great peace of informations, thx. If I want to boot from emmc, I have to rename it to u-boot.emmc? -
x96max : from balbes images to linux-image-current-meson64
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
Few days ago linux-image-current.meson64 package from armbian was updated. But I can not manage to boot on it : my screen stay black that's all. I have to come back to the previous version that you can find here : https://us.mirrors.fossho.st/armbian/apt/pool/main/l/linux-5.9.14-meson64/ To avoid future update, I use the following command : sudo apt-mark hold linux-dtb-current-meson64 linux-image-current-meson64 I also try with linux-image-arm64 from debian (bulleyes) which is also a 5.10 kernel. I've got the same results : no boot, black screen. I did not manage to run a 5.10 packaged kernel on my x96max. -
Efforts to improve video performance on meson64 based TV boxes
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
I came back to kernel 5.9.0 from balbes image but I got this error with mpv after few seconds : DRM_IOCTL_MODE_CREATE_DUMB failed: Cannot allocate memory To avoid this message and enjoy beautiful video playback, I haved to install the following packages (dtb and image, not the headers): https://us.mirrors.fossho.st/armbian/apt/pool/main/l/linux-5.9.14-meson64/ -
x96max : from balbes images to linux-image-current-meson64
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
I want to do this so when I install linux-image-current-meson64 or other kernel package I do not have error because it looks like the package's script is expecting a ext3/4 partition. -
x96max : from balbes images to linux-image-current-meson64
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
Hi, I tried but did not manage to boot on the last linux-image-current-meson64 (5.10 kernel) from armbian. I will try soon with the debian linux-image-arm64 and let you know. Regard, Laurent. -
If you want those files you can install armbian-firmware-all package. This is what I do here :
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Efforts to improve video performance on meson64 based TV boxes
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
Hi everyone, I made some new tests this last weekend and realized what I said was not really true. If you want to use hardware accelerated decoding you need to install armbian-firmware-all (package I just discovered). This package contains the firmware files needed by mpv in /lib/firmware/meson/vdec. Combined with mpv options hwdec-codecs=all and hwdec=auto ( or just v4l2m2m-copy ), cpu usage really drops from 50% to 20% ( and cpu temp from 70c to just over 50c ). But it is a little bugged : no seek forward or backward, and I've got a crach after one hour of movie (just when the bus fly the highway gap in "Speed", damned!). I imagine that the improvements of video playback quality ( no more little tearing ) I experimented last week was due to weston using GL for render what I was not able to do with X11/picom before. You do not really need hardware decoding : the s905x2 is really capable to decode x264 without any problems. Here the commented containt of my mpv.conf file : # very usefull to understand what mpv is doing msg-level=all=v # video output ( wayland ) vo=gpu gpu-context=wayland drm-connector=HDMI-A-1 fs=yes # hardware decoding ( nothing to do with rendering, uncomment to test ) #hwdec=auto #hwdec=v4l2m2m-copy hwdec-codecs=all # Personnal preferences sub-font='FreeSerifBold' sub-file-paths=Subs:Sub:subs:sub slang=en,eng alang=en,eng -
Efforts to improve video performance on meson64 based TV boxes
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
ok it is not perfect with vlc : if video is not the size of screen the video is cropped and moved up... with mpv it is perfect : you can ssh to your machine, sudo su - vlcd, export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/109 and launch mpv mpv.conf or aliases : function play_movie { sudo su -P -s /bin/bash -c "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/109 && mpv --sub-auto=all --sub-file-paths=Subs $1" vlcd } function play_serie { sudo su -P -s /bin/bash -c "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/109 && mpv --sub-auto=exact $1" vlcd } -
It is now 2 weeks I run linux-image-current-meson64 with no problems. I manage to get rid of tearing while playing video with vlc by using wayland/weston instead of X11/openbox (picom did not help). While playing video cpu goes from around 40% in X11 to 20% with weston \o/. You can find vlcd.service, scripts and config files in attached files. TODO list : - Move vlcd.service to weston.service and try to replace vlc-xxxx.sh scripts with ~/.config/systemd/vlcd.service - format /boot in ext4 vlcd.service vlcd-start.sh vlcd-stop.sh weston.ini vlcrc.wl
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x96max : from balbes images to linux-image-current-meson64
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
I tried today. To test I use an sd card with last aml/balbes images, chroot to it and apt update apt install linux-image-current-meson64 edit /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf I manage to boot on it. \o/ So I reboot on emmc, backup some original /boot files and install the package. I set manually the package to "install ok installed" in /var/lib/dpkg/status to avoid futur error when updating. Now running on a 5.9.14 kernel. Will see if it is as stable than with 5.9.0 /boot partition (u-boot) can be ext3/4 on x96max? -
x96max : from balbes images to linux-image-current-meson64
lgranie replied to lgranie's topic in Amlogic CPU Boxes
How to use linux-image-current-meson64 package? Is it compatible with x96max tv box? -
Hi, I would like to maintain the kernel version updated on the box (for video reading performance because I still got some stearing when the camera moves horizontaly). Now that there is no more support for amlogic (I can understand why reading the forum), can I use the available bullseye/linux-image-current-meson64 package from the armbian repo (which is now 5.9.6 not 5.9.0)? As I understand is it not that easy to compile a kernel by myself because there is so much patches applied. Best regards, Laurent.
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Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW (aarch64 ARMv8)
lgranie replied to balbes150's topic in General Chat
Great thx. Can we expect some kernel deb packages? -
Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW (aarch64 ARMv8)
lgranie replied to balbes150's topic in General Chat
No problem here : ❯ dpkg -i linux-image-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb linux-headers-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb (Reading database ... 74883 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack linux-image-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) over (20.05.4) ... Preparing to unpack linux-headers-current-arm-64_20.05.5_arm64.deb ... Unpacking linux-headers-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) over (20.05.4) ... Setting up linux-image-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.7.0-rc6-arm-64 W: Couldn't identify type of root file system for fsck hook update-initramfs: Converting to u-boot format Setting up linux-headers-current-arm-64 (20.05.5) ... Compiling headers - please wait ... -
Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW (aarch64 ARMv8)
lgranie replied to balbes150's topic in General Chat
More information here : http://linux-meson.com "Work in progress" -
Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW (aarch64 ARMv8)
lgranie replied to balbes150's topic in General Chat
Hi, My x96max is suffering from screen tearing and I would like to update the kernel because it looks like g12a vdec is added in the last release candidate and I would like to test it. Is it possible to install the 5.6-rc7 kernel from the last armbian image to the current emmc installed with 5.6-rc5? I imagine to : - copy /mnt/sdcard/rootfs/lib/modules/5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64 to /lib/modules/, - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/config-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64, System.map-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64, vmlinuz-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64, initrd.img-5.6.0-rc7-next-20200326-arm-64 to /boot - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/zImage to /boot/zImage-rc7 - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/uInitrd to /boot/uInitrd-rc7 - copy /mnt/sdcard/boot/dtb/amlogic/meson-g12a-x96-max.dtb to /boot/dtb/amlogic/meson-g12a-x96-max-rc7.dtb (because the files differ) - edit /boot/uEnv.txt - run sudo /usr/sbin/update-initramfs -u -k all Do I miss something? Thx, Laurent. -
Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW (aarch64 ARMv8)
lgranie replied to balbes150's topic in General Chat
Hi, I'm used to compile my kernel on x86 with make bindeb-dpkg and then edit /etc/lilo.conf or create symlink to images and initrd files installed with dpkg. I have no clue how to do it with u-boot on a fat32 /boot partition. I tried with the following procedure (on debian bullseye) : - download sources from kernel.org - cp /boot/config-5.5.0 linux-source-5.5.7/.config - make menuconfig && make bindeb-pkg -j 4 (took 2 hours) - dpkg -i linux-image-5.5.7-xxx.deb (look like debian is able to manage uboot initramfs) - edit the 2 first lines of /boot/uEnv.txt and set image and initramfs - reboot (3 times) => black screen Few questions : - Is there any additional configuration to pass to make bindeb-pkg on arm compare to x86? - What about dtb files? Thx, for your help, Laurent. ps : on my x96max, I've already got some difficulties to boot on emmc : a simple reboot work 1/3 times. I have to boot on sdcard and then reboot (removing the sdcard) to boot on emmc. -
Single Armbian image for RK + AML + AW (aarch64 ARMv8)
lgranie replied to balbes150's topic in General Chat
Hi, /var/log is full. /var/log/journal contains one big file. I executed journalctr --vacuum-time=1h but after a reboot the journal is restored and /var/log full again. How to get rid of it? I'm not familiar with zram and journalctrl but I imagine I can configure something somewhere to avoid getting /var/log full again. Thx.