e.j. Frölich

Hello all, Ok, I'm going to comment on my own question here... I just now installed the Armbian 25.8.0 6.18.0 RC5 xfce version. It's not yet on the nvme drive but, it's significant faster than the 25.5.1 version. Now HD video works on the 5b+. It needs 2 seconds to stabilize but than it is perfectly fine to watch. I use Firefox as my browser. So thanks to the team! Ernst-Jan

Hy all, For some time now I have a Rock 5b + with 16Gig memory. The problem I have is playback video' s in youtube. Video's are not even watcheble in the lowest resolution. Other 4k video' s play fine. I tried several bechmark video' s from online sources. I looked around to see if others experiance the same problem but cannot find anny clu in this matter. I use Armbian ver. 25.5.1 Do others have the same issue? Is there a soltion for this problem? Also I find this board not the fastest. It's a bit faster than mi RPI5 with 4Gig mem. The PI5 plays HD on youtube. I also have a OrangePi 5 ultra with 16 gig memory on stock Orangepi ubuntu witch is a dream to work with. This board is fast, has a small formfactor and became my daily PC for everything. This board also play's youtube video' s in HD. A direct comparacing with the Rock 5b+ is not possible because no Armbian version will boot on this OrangePi board sadly. I tested on wired and WiFi network with no vissible difference. Anny advise is welcome! Ernst-Jan

The Armbian Debian 12 bookworm XFCE version workes fine, also after an update! Almost everything, including the fan is working. Video is working fine except for ytube. ytube is not playable even in the lowest, 144p, framerate. it's useless. I read about 3D acceleration but I'm not sure how to get on with this. Ernst-Jan

I use Balena Etcher on my laptop running Linux Mint. It never let me down before. I understand balena Etcher on an Arm SBC is not recomended. Ernst-Jan

I burned the image with Balena Etcher and verified it. After the first attempt it did not boot. Downloaded and burned the image a second time on a different SD card, again not booting. The green light on the board stays on. I'm a fan of Armbian. Never had issues on my RPI5. I hoped this new powerfull SBC would be the same but no, Armbian is not working and the RADXA OS also is giving me lots of problems. Sorry to say, I'm a little dissapointed... Ernst-Jan

I use the desktop version and have the same issue.