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@olivluca you're welcome. I have no idea, I do not use "Genesis Reborn". Also, I doubt I've got a content in h265. I've got no DVB whatsoever.

I do remember some discussions on OpenELEC forum (it is completely ruined now, unfortunately) about NEON optimizations, which improve h.265 playing. I can be wrong but seems like Amlogic should support hw decoding. I my personal experience with LibreELEC/CoreELEC on Le Potato is kinda "mixed". I wouldn't recommend it as a replacement for RPI3 at least right now.

Hi, TLDR: RPI3 is a very good option. I've got RPI 3B now. It runs LibreElec smoothly. Previously, I had RPI 2 and even RPI 1 (which is like zero almost). In general, RPI3 works great, I've got no serious complaints just a nit-picking. IMHO there are few important points (your mileage may vary): *) 1GB and 2 cores make a huge difference *) A lightweight OS like LibreElec, OpenElec whatever. Do not waste resources. I tried Raspbian, Xbian and OSMC. They are all good but LibreELEC flavors are just better. *) My RPI3 has a root filesystem on a USB thumb drive, it is faster and more reliable. *) A good PSU as always. Now I'm experimenting with AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) and LibreELEC. It is a very nice board but frankly, it is not a real competitor so far.

I've seen a growing memory utilization on my Odroid HC1. It turned out that `irqbalance` is a root cause. It looks like it is a known bug Right now ` irqbalance ` get restarted once per a day to keep it small. $ grep 'resource limit' /var/log/monit.log [MSK Sep 30 21:00:56] error : 'irqbalance' mem amount of 400.0 MB matches resource limit [mem amount>400.0 MB] [MSK Oct 2 01:53:31] error : 'irqbalance' mem amount of 400.1 MB matches resource limit [mem amount>400.0 MB] [MSK Oct 3 06:46:01] error : 'irqbalance' mem amount of 400.2 MB matches resource limit [mem amount>400.0 MB] [MSK Oct 4 11:38:34] error : 'irqbalance' mem amount of 400.2 MB matches resource limit [mem amount>400.0 MB] [MSK Oct 5 16:31:01] error : 'irqbalance' mem amount of 400.2 MB matches resource limit [mem amount>400.0 MB]

There are another benchmarks of "something" https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=16-armlinux-sep2018&num=1

@mindee could you please share the spec differences with M4. I'm torn

@tkaiser It turned out that friendlyarm does not ship to Russia anymore. The lowest price on Aliexpress is US $56.98

@TonyMac32 Thanks a lot. NanoPi seems like a most "available" option for me now (aliexpress) but I tend to choose Le Potato so far.

@TonyMac32 Thank you very much for sharing. I didn't know about memory performance that is a very useful information. I'm glad to hear that mainline support is maturing. As far as I can see there are some vendor's patches available for hw accel. LibreELEC has promised some preliminary support for hw accel, If I got it right. K2 is a nice option

If you've got experience with both SBC please share your thoughts. Pros/Cons. I would like to replace my RPI based HTPC.

`cpuminer` is a typical benchmark tool here this simple fact is able to improve your search results dramatically.

The fundraising campaign has just started https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/renegade-elite-the-revolutionary-mini-computer-computers-pc/x/19044630#/

I doubt it is. Please check comments over there https://www.cnx-software.com/2018/04/12/banana-pi-bpi-w2-multimedia-router-nas-board-launched-for-93/

@TonyMac32 Yes same here the case gets warm. It can be a good option for outdoor, it should be easy to make it water-resistant simply with a duct tape.

Just a small update. With thermal pads temperature dropped for 5 degrees. Finally, the case is not bad at all. The temperature was 69°C now it is about 53°C.

Disclaimer: I have no real experience with Le Potato /AML-S905X-CC. However, it is in my wishlist. It can be an option probably. 2Gb RAM (x) eMMC (x) Armbian (x) 4k (x) Again I can be wrong, I've got no real experience with this board.

Thank you. It is a good option and it is about $20 on aliexpress

That is great. NanoPi NEO2 1Gb ($37) and NanoPi NEO Plus2 ($57) are in my list. But I'm afraid they would have the same ethernet issue.

Yes NanoPi NEO2-LTS looks like a very good candidate. NanoPi Neo Plus2 is also good however wifi/bt are useless for me. Is emmc supported by armbian? NanoPi NEO Core2-LTS has no ethernet, I've got some variants deployed in my lab. All have ethernet issues 1) dns01: 4.14.18-sunxi, Armbian, NetworkManager is installed 2) dns02: 4.14.0 #1, FriendlyElec Ubuntu 16.04 3) monitor: 4.14.18-sunxi, Armbian ❯ ansible all -b -m shell -a 'journalctl | grep -Ec "Link is (Down|Up)"' nanotor | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 55 dns01 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 2028 monitor | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 18 dns02 | SUCCESS | rc=0 >> 159

Hi there, I'm looking for a replacement for my NanoPi NEO (512M) fleet. I'm open to your suggestions. Things I do **not** like about NanoPi: * Unreliable Ethernet. A network interface is flipping all the time Up/Down. * 512 MB is not enough for a tor relay * Hardware watchdog does not work reliably. It works in synthetic tests but sometimes a board just freezes. Things I like about NanoPi: * Armbian support * Price * Size/form factor * Performance * Heat dissipation * Ethernet tap My use cases: * Tor router * Home DNS server * Monitoring server Prometheus for my SBCs and network equipment.

I hope so. Will see. For the record, here is the previous setup (the old case was open all the time).

It is a media player on OpenELEC so yes it is idle almost all the time. Some details are below. It was about 64 °C now it is about 59 °C.

No. I have got no pads yet.

I'm surprised but it seems like it works. The temperature drops 4-5 degrees