Thanks. They are all under 25USD when I got them on sale
1. T95Z Plus 3Gb
2. TX9 Pro 3Gb
3. BM8 Pro 2Gb
all running off sdcard. Didn't want to risk bricking them by installing to eMMC
Maybe I'll try the Phoronix Benchmark Suite one of these days
New version 5.73.
1. A separate section for images with the s905 LIMA driver has been added to the catalog. Notice is images in which there is only the kernel driver LIMA, HW support for DE until they do not. For HW you need to collect a special version of MESA-LIMA. I tried to build it, but I have a bug at the end of the build. May be there is a wish to collect the desired version of MESA-LIMA and help the process of the emergence HW to s905 ?
2. In the usual directory S905 Assembly for without driver LIMA.
3. I built an FFMPEG package with support for decoding using HW. To check, you can download the package and install it in the system with the command "dpkg". When checking the work I was able to run FFMPEG command decode test video.
not HW
ffmpeg -c:v h264 -i Test.mkv -f null /dev/null
When you start to S905 , when using the decoder with HW h264 decoding speed is equal to 11.9 , without using HW decoding speed is equal to 4.3. When tested on S912-with HW speed 12 , without HW speed 7.9.
I tried running the video using ffplay.
HW
ffplay -vcodec h264_v4l2m2m Test.mkv
not HW
ffplay -vcodec h264 Test.mkv
It shows the test video, the sound is correct, but the video is played in the braked mode (as if the deceleration is enabled). Maybe there's something I'm doing wrong when building or testing. I would appreciate it if someone could find a reason why the video is stalled.
Armbian_5.72_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190123
Boots to desktop with rk3328_evb.dtb but max cpu freq only 1.30GHz
with rk3328_evb.dtb taken from 4.4.167 image and MAX_SPEED=1512000 in /etc/default/cpufrequtils, can reach 1.51Ghz
Further testing ongoing...
Memory speed testing with
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/testfile bs=1M count=1000
rk3328: 352 MB/s
s912: 566 MB/s
need to find dram speed setting
Armbian_5.72_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190123
Boots to desktop with rk3328_evb.dtb but max cpu freq only 1.30GHz
with rk3328_evb.dtb taken from 4.4.167 image and MAX_SPEED=1512000 in /etc/default/cpufrequtils, can reach 1.51Ghz
Further testing ongoing...
Memory speed testing with
dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/testfile bs=1M count=1000
rk3328: 352 MB/s
s912: 566 MB/s
need to find dram speed setting
Burned the bionic verison to usbdrive. The extlinux.conf way didn't boot but the good old dtb.img way worked. I'm using the boxes as cheap X terminals and so far they're working great. At under $100 per seat, what's not to like, keeps getting better and better with each new image.
S11 TV Box - s905 1gb ram
https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_356693.html?wid=1112942
meson-gxbb-p201.dtb
Armbian_5.94_Aml-g12_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.3.0-rc6_desktop_20190901
BM8 Pro - s912 2gb ram
https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_493137.html
meson-gxm-q200.dtb
Armbian_5.67_Aml-s9xxx_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.19.6_desktop_20181205 +compton intermittent eth
Fix: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10712159/
Armbian_5.77_Aml-s912_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.0.2_20190318 x2goclient works with sound
Armbian_5.77_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0-rc1_desktop_20190407
running x2goclient via eth connecting to Scientific Linux 7.5 MATE desktop
.xinitrc: x2goclient -geometry 1980x1080 --maximize --thinclient --session=FIRST
/lib/systemd/system/getty@.service: ExecStart=-/sbin/agetty --noclear -a amirul %I $TERM
~/.profile: startx
A5X Max - RK3328 4gb ram
https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_009367872782.html
ARMBIAN 5.64 user-built Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS 4.4.143-rk3328-tv +compton
ARMBIAN 5.67 user-built Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS 4.4.143-rk3328-tv 20181203 +compton
Armbian_5.71_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190119
Armbian_5.71_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_dev_4.4.167_desktop_20190119
fine with Kingston DataTraveller 100 G3 128Gb stick
To get 1.51GHz with correct dtb, MAX_SPEED=1512000 in /etc/default/cpufrequtils. Temp upto 83 degrees
bricked
Scishion V99 Star - rk3368 octacore 2gb ram
https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_590115.html
Haven't found a way to boot sdcard yet
T95Z Plus - s912 octacore 3gb ram
https://shopee.com.my/Tv-Box-2.4-5Ghz-3Gb-32Gb-Core-Wifi-T95Z-Plus-S912-Android-7.1-Bluetooth-New-i.77595696.1561323781
meson-gxm-q200.dtb
Armbian_5.67_Aml-s9xxx_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.19.7_desktop_20181218, patched meson-gxm-q200.dtb
Armbian_5.71_Aml-s912_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.20.2_desktop_20190122, meson-gxm-q200 as is
Armbian_5.75_Aml-s912_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.20.5_desktop_20190211
Intermittent USB with Kingston DataTraveller 100 G3 128Gb stick. Maybe try a 3A power adapter? (no change)- use powered HDD docking
Armbian_5.77_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0-rc1_desktop_20190407
Armbian_5.90_Aml-s905_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.1.0_desktop_20190701 usb stick flaky
TX9 Pro - s912 octacore 3gb ram
http://www.tanix-box.com/project-view/tanix-tx9-tv-box-amlogic-s912-android-7-1/
meson-gxm-q200.dtb
Armbian_5.72_Aml-s912_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.20.2_desktop_20190124
Armbian_5.73_Aml-s912_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.20.2_desktop_20190129
Armbian_5.75_Aml-s912_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.20.5_desktop_20190211
Armbian_5.76_Aml-s912_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.20.5_desktop_20190224
meson-gxm-q200.dtb
fine with unpowered Kingston DataTraveller 100 G3 128Gb usb stick
echo 'on' > '/sys/bus/usb/devices/1-1/power/control' # get rid of annoying mouse glitches
Armbian_5.91_Aml-g12_Ubuntu_bionic_default_5.2.0_desktop_20190711
T9 - RK3328 4gb ram
https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_009675791724.html
Armbian_5.72_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190123.img rk3328-evb.dtb
Boots via SD+USB method but no kb/mouse
Armbian_5.82_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190427
rk3328-t9.dtb by @hexdump boots everything except bluetooth
MX10 - RK3328 4Gb ram
https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_961951.html
rk3328-mx10-fast.dtb
Armbian_5.74_Rk3328-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190208 rk3328-mx10-fast.dtb
set-default-sink alsa_output.platform-hdmi-sound.stereo-fallback in /etc/pulse/default.pa for hdmi sound
Cpu Temp hits 101 C (!) smooth desktop
caseless, Cpu Temp in the 80s at full load
Magicsee N6 max RK3399 6-core 4Gb ram
https://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_009567599676.html
rk3399-magicsee-n6-max.dtb
Armbian_5.77_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190331
Armbian_5.86_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190517
Armbian_5.88_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190612
All works except bluetooth, good fullscreen video cpu temp in the 80's, excellent desktop
Discovered wifi device not ready, fix by using /lib/firmware/brcm from 4.86
media-rk3399_1.0 best with modesetting no accel, which is as per original. Desktop icons became invisible with compositing
Armbian_5.88_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_disco_default_4.4.154_20190612 a bit rough round the edges, prefer bionic
Armbian_5.89_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190627
Armbian_5.91_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190709
Armbian_5.96_Rk3399-tv_Ubuntu_bionic_default_4.4.154_desktop_20190913 cpu 1.7 & 2.18Ghz
Armbian_20.02.0-rc1.030_Arm-64_bionic_current_5.5.0-rc6_desktop_20200129 rk3399-rock-pi-4.dtb