robertoj

April 1

I am glad that it's possible to use a different ffmpeg version than what the distribution expects. (it gives me hope of installing it in Trixie, instead of changing over to the newest Ubuntu)

Did you install the locally compiled ffmpeg at OS level, or did you keep it in a folder within your /home/username/...?

March 31

On 11/11/2025 at 2:36 AM, usual user said:

FWIW, HEVC support is queued for 6.19.

With WIP patches on top, rkvdec2 is also available to me. With the gstreamer framework, this works for me out-of-the-box, as the necessary support has been available in mainline for quite some time. See video-pipeline.pdffor reference.

I have already rebuilt the Huffman package with the patches mentioned above, but currently the developers of the distribution of my choice are busy rebuilding all packages that depend on it. As soon as the Huffman package is rolled out, I will start to see how HEVC performs with the FFMPEG framework.

Usual User, the information you linked about Linux 6.19 seems like there's progress for Rockchip.

However, is there any indication that Allwinner H618 could get H265/HEVC decoding acceleration working too?

March 31

Thank you for being specific about the RKxxx+6.19+Noble information

As I asked in the other thread, please also specify which ffpmeg and mpv sources you used.

I hope I can make it work in opiz3 (H618) in a more recent Debian (I only could make it work in Bookworm). Do you see any difference in 8bit vs 10bit HEVC(H265)?

March 31

For context, he is talking about:

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20847

There are many ffpmpeg options. Which ffmpeg did you use?

https://code.ffmpeg.org/Kwiboo/FFmpeg/src/branch/v4l2request-v3

https://code.ffmpeg.org/Kwiboo/FFmpeg/src/branch/v4l2-request-n8.1

And which debian/ubuntu version did you use? Which ffmpeg is included in that distribution?

February 26

Maybe this comment and thread have a hint for you

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/47971-driving-the-ili9488-lcd-40-inch-cheap-chinese-clone/#findComment-229274

I don't own a waveshare LCD... but I would also like to know if its possible to make it work with Armbian

February 23

Can you repeat your amrbian OS version, Linux, and hardware?

I can't give a confident advice for you, but have you tried:

* extraargs=cma=256M in armbianEnv.txt

* turn off compositor, if using xfce (others have suggested it, and I found it unnecessary)

In mpv, turn on verbosity by adding -v to the command. Then while it is running, close it and copy all the mpv text in a text editor.

Search for the words h264, ffmpeg, v4l2, hardware, software

February 20

Make sure you have ili9486.ko in your ko module folder: modinfo ili9486

Can you use the DTS that I published in:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/47971-driving-the-ili9488-lcd-40-inch-cheap-chinese-clone/#findComment-208446

But change the "compatible" line with waveshare,rpi-lcd-35 ,

Delete the stuff under the "compatible" line, until the "}vsync-len = <0>;", and replace it with what you had in your DTS. Change these lines, if they are different:

               spi-max-frequency = <24000000>;
               rotate = <270>;
               bgr;
               fps = <30>;
               buswidth = <8>;
               regwidth = <16>;

Reference:

https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/blob/rpi-6.12.y/arch/arm/boot/dts/overlays/piscreen-overlay.dts

Advanced users - Development · February 19

Linux is not a real time operating system

Realtime OSes have a 1 ms accuracy

You need an arduino dedicated only to make your square wave

Advanced users - Development · February 10

I have an Orange Pi Zero 3, Opi z2w, Opi z LTS, and Banana Pi M2 Zero.

If the OS image is not in your download page, does it mean you don't need help with these boards?

I didn't have any problems with opiz3 Armbian.com or self built image ever (last time I tried was 2 months ago). The others: haven't used in 1 year.

February 10

Yes

usermod -aG docker yourusername , then reboot, was what I needed to let the armbian build script continue

Warning: if you forget the "a" in -aG, you will get locked out being admin in your own computer

Second roadblock: I needed to install qemu as per: https://forum.armbian.com/topic/52127-running-armbian-build-on-x86-64/#findComment-219019 Thank you Werner!

February 9

I just upgraded my Linux Mint from 22.2 to 22.3 "Zena" ... CLEAN INSTALL, with "git" installed

I started a typical armbian build folder, as per:

https://github.com/armbian/build?tab=readme-ov-file#quick-start

But then I got this error:

[🌱] Build host OS release [ zena ]
[🌱] Build host architecture [ amd64 ]
[💥] error! [ Unsupported build system: 'zena'  ]

I know that Mint 22.3 was released just last month, but I needed something in the new Linux kernel.

I can use Mint 22.2 in another computer (where armbian is working OK)... but what is the typical delay for a new Linux Mint to become supported?

Then I tried with $ sudo apt install docker.io , and got a little further:

$ ./compile.sh 
[🚸] Docker is installed, but not usable [ can't use Docker; check your Docker config / groups / etc ]
[💥] Problem detected [ Docker installed but not usable ]
[💥] Exiting in 10 seconds [ Press <Ctrl-C> to abort, <Enter> to ignore and continue ]
Counting down: 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0... 
[💥] error! [ Exiting due to 'Docker installed but not usable'  ]
[💥] Exiting with error 43 [ at /home/roberto/armbian-2026-feb/build/lib/functions/logging/traps.sh:1
                exit_with_error() --> lib/functions/logging/traps.sh:1
   exit_if_countdown_not_aborted() --> lib/functions/general/countdown.sh:41
   cli_standard_relaunch_docker_or_sudo() --> lib/functions/cli/utils-cli.sh:261
     cli_standard_build_pre_run() --> lib/functions/cli/cli-build.sh:14
    armbian_cli_pre_run_command() --> lib/functions/cli/utils-cli.sh:122
                 cli_entrypoint() --> lib/functions/cli/entrypoint.sh:79
                           main() --> ./compile.sh:50

More info: my docker is version 28.2.2

$ apt list docker.io
Listing... Done
docker.io/noble-updates,now 28.2.2-0ubuntu1~24.04.1 amd64 [installed]

docker v17.6 needed. Reference: https://docs.armbian.com/Developer-Guide_Building-with-Docker/

February 5

Hello Orima, Thank you for asking. I am doing well. I've been mainly distracted by an online drawing class.

I will try to make a complete written guide in the weekend. It will be a new project in my github, and I will make a new thread here.

February 5

JFL, can you check the Ubuntu gnome is running under wayland? ($ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE)

Can you check the labwc availability in Ubuntu Noble? ($ apt list labwc)

I never tested H265... I am glad it is working

February 3

14 hours ago, BoringName said:

I got emby installed and working. Made it launch with the ir remote, it was all perfect until I tried to play a video

Oh so I stand corrected... I was going from information on the website: I don't see a Linux client, and in other sites: emby was open source but now it's not

February 3

16 hours ago, BoringName said:

edit: Ok the instructions in that post did actually work, I just didn't notice one of the commands had not run properly when I first tried it. Video playback in mpv is buttery smooth, now I just need to figure out how to get emby to do the same.

You can't use emby and the h618 acceleration with ffmpeg-v4l2request... you need to make emby work under Debian, and tell emby to use mpv.

February 2

On 1/31/2026 at 3:45 AM, jock said:

the problem is not ffmpeg, which already is works totally fine on debian Trixie (and backwards), the problem is within mpv that changed in v0.4.0 carried by debian Trixie, and at the moment I don't have enough motivation to carry on a custom mpv package for Debian Trixie.

Thank you for the comment Jock

Yes, I know that Trixie's mpv made some changes that made it incompatible with your ffmpeg+v4lrequest package.

I tried to compile mpv, and I wasn't sure of how to do it.

I asked for help in the mpv github, and someone told me to wait for ffmpeg to merge this function.

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/14690#issuecomment-3369553163

Recently, I got more suggestions to build ffmpeg for Trixie https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/14690#issuecomment-3828170966

Boringname... can you specify which Debian version, Linux kernel and graphical desktop (kde, xfce, gnome, plasma, labwc, sway)?

January 30

There was a successful test with Debian Forky in RK3566

On 11/18/2025 at 2:36 AM, usual user said:

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.

I saw some progress and success in the last 2 days. Someone made compiled ffmpeg 8.0+v4l2request and made it work in Debian Forky... which also carries ffmpeg 8.0

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/14690#issuecomment-3500141427

Does this mean that I need to use Debian Forky too? (I was staying with Debian Bookworm because H264 hwaccel only worked there)

References:

https://code.ffmpeg.org/Kwiboo/FFmpeg/src/branch/v4l2request-v3

https://code.ffmpeg.org/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/pulls/20847

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ffmpeg

January 22

Yes. Please wait. I was busy with other personal projects, so I haven't been doing armbian stuff for a few weeks.

January 22

I don't know what you could improve right now...

But I know that LCD only receives data. My LCD works the same, with its MISO pin connected or disconnected.

January 22

Yes, that's a typo.

The dc (data/command) should be PC7, and the MOSI (LCD's SDI) is PH7

January 21

Yes. Probably this week.

January 21

Is your LCD at least turning white on powerup? Did you connect the "LED" pin in the LCD, to 3.3V?

Send a drawing of how you are connecting the LCD to the orange pi zero 3.

January 19

Thank you Pearo,

What does "S/N" mean?

I just ended up using my orange pi zero 3 gpio without the additional DTS, which made connector numbering available in the gpioinfo command... There were comments that made it sound not really necessary, and it was more work than I wanted to take on.

The solution for me was:

https://forum.armbian.com/topic/33800-orange-pi-zero-3-gpio/#findComment-181191

This was 2 years ago, and I haven't even thought about it, all this time.

January 19

I really hope that Orange Pi engineers learn to make Armbian patches, enter the community and give funding accordingly

January 16

23 hours ago, sven-ola said:

I operate an Odroid HC4, that has 4 x A55@1.8 and the board discussed here has 8 x X60@1.?. A fast sysbench says: single thread on OpiRv2 is slower (792 vs 1034) , multithreaded is faster (6342 vs 4151). Compiling a current kernel on RV2 needs 3 hours, nothing one would do do regularly. If you really need speed buy a Radxa Rock 5 (see platinum support devices on this site).

Edit1: NPU -> Opi Wiki, USB and SPI yes, for MIPI DSI/CSI you need to test yourself.

Edit2: Just remembered that I have a H618 (Opiz3). Single=708, Multi=2828 with the same Trixie sysbench.

HTH + LG // Sven-Ola

Great I thought RiscV was still much slower than ARMs of similar prices.

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