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So the “Beelink GT1 Ultimate” is a bad purchase as well? It’s listed as a CE compatible device here! Not stirring but why is it listed as compatible if there’s issues with it?
Rule #51 - Sometimes You are wrong
Beelink GT1 Ultimate is compatible, but it´s old and there are no mali drivers.
Gxm aka S912 will probably not work with 4.9 kernel. And don’t expect 3.14 to be supported longer than needed.
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Ahh one more thing. You can buy whatever you want. Asking for advice doesn’t mean you will get good advice. If you buy S912 and CoreELEC drops support with next mediacenter version you are free to use CE9 builds as long as it works for you. Just don’t expect any new features or bugfixes. Or you can wait for mainline.
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I think a lot of people ,including myself, get a device put LE, CE or whatever on it and then wait a couple of years until there’s a good reason to change their setup. As said before the main reason I’ve been doing the rounds is I decided it was time to be able to play 10but files. People into 60fps 4K or higher will chase the latest builds of course but that’s not me.
This is why I’m not up to speed because I get something working and then I’m off so I won’t be here for much longer. I have learnt a few new things along the way though:
- The reason power supplies have very short cables is due to voltage drop. I’ve been having problems for a while now with drives and today I figured it out. Longer or extended cables can cause a slight voltage drop and then 4TB USB powered drives can have problems spinning up!
- USB fans, mini CPU type, can run at full speed for 15/20 minutes (noisy) until they drop to almost silent and stay so until unplugged, so obviously leave them running. Now one of my boxes has a fan on and it’s pretty much silent and temperatures are at least 10 degrees lower.
What is the technical definition of ‘mainline’, just for the record?
Mainline kernel → LE
If You can wait 10 or 20 years …
Hopefully it will not be that long. Although I understand the frustration. For some people it feels like forever already.
@PatrickJB you can use old builds as long as you want but if there are no longer addons available or repo’s or you encounter issues or look for support you will be on your own.
ODROID-N2+ 4GB CoreELEC Edition [77312]
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Brand: Hard Kernel
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Product Code: ODROID-N2+ 4GB CoreELEC Edition
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Availability: Pre-Order
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£99.89
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Ex Tax: £83.24
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I did email Odroid UK to ask if any orders placed whilst on Pre-order will be the N2+ and they confirmed yes.
Shame about their 3 month warranty though.
It´s just the hassle of calling their bluff as the UK is still in the EU so the standard 2 year warranty should apply by law
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It’s looks as if LE development has ground to a halt! The last build still works well though albeit more and more addons are defuncted. CE is on the main (S905x3) box and the other 2 (S905/X) are on LE as I had issues with judder if you remember but that could have been due to a bunch of things now resolved. So I may try CE again on the older boxes, from SD, and if they work I’ll jump but there’s no rush.
Generally as long as they play files then that’s all that’s required. I’m aware a lot of people use CE etc for streaming TV but not me.
Look, I’m stressed out now! I cancelled my order due to the wait and got my old boxes working well but this is soooo tempting!! You do realise I might have to buy one of these as there may be further supply problems on the horizon!!! Perhaps even order two!!! LOL
What do You expect ?
Playing 10 Bit files ?
Most 720/1080 are 8 Bit files
The advantage of 10 bit is only available with a modern television.
With an old television this is just a placebo.
I own two old Televisons(1080p panel) and I don’t see any difference.
There are always gonna be issues @PatrickJB . Currently hunting some weird h264 issues because IPTV broadcast services decide to change their streams and break something. But I guess if you play local then you are save.
Back to topic. Interesting that there is a N2+ CE bundle.
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I will wait until pollin is selling it
I guess it is a store internal thing. Last time Hardkernel told me it’s doing a promo before that a promo was planned. And I knew about N2+ for a few months.
I got the coreELEC edition N2 from pollin
I hope they will sell the coreELEC N2+ edition
Otherwise I just buy the N2+ without edition
Dunno what’s cheaper for you. CE edition was supposed to be a bit cheaper for users.
Are you sure the N2+ is worth the upgrade?
Might not be noticable on CoreELEC.
Usb3 issues will probably not be resolved btw.
My TV is old and 10bit capable but it’s not the reason as it has more to do with keeping up with the times if you catch my drift.
So is CE being tweaked to take advantage of the slightly different hardware or is it really just the same as the old N2 CE bundle? Of course the developers may tweak the build to fit but it seems they have a lot on their plate so what the chances?