Odroid N2 test builds

Player debug info shows [2.40]@23.976,
CoreELEC-Amlogic.arm-cscd_auto.tar is now downloading,speed is slowly,ETA 40 mins

I ordered N2 last night, in order to replace my Beelink GT1 a little slow when the interface is in 4k. I use it mainly for UHD movies (HDR10).

Why this question ?

I think it was because in another thread you said you would purchase a Beelink GT1-K, so a few of us was a little curious as to why all the questions about the N2 from someone who didn’t own one.

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Just curious. I didn’t wanna sound rude. You seem to be very passionate about every issue and every progress while you said you didn’t want to get one

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Just tried CoreELEC-Amlogic.arm-cscd_auto.tar, unfortunately ,the same

At first I was on Beelink for physical integration problems (a custom-made rack printed in 3D that includes several devices). But considering the enthusiasm around the N2, I will readjust my rack …

Its hard to pin down because it only affects you and your TV for now.

Yes,it is, I really confused, But Thank you anyway.

You can try to check if some enhancements enabled on your TV, and switch it off and check…
Just an assumption

Yes ,I try to find it out

S905X3, S905Y3 and S905D3 out later this year with Cortex A55 cores and an AI processor: https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/04/10/amlogic-s905x3-s905y3-s905d3-quad-core-cortex-a55-ai-processors/

This would be a better chip for an odroid sbc due to cortex a55 being faster and lower power consumption, thus a smaller cheaper heatsink could be used too.

I would rather they delay the release and add support for AV1 video codec hardware decoding though.

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X266 would be even better …

that won’t be ratified for another 1.5yrs, then another 1.5yrs+ until hardware decoders are available.

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Sorry I’m bad at English, I work with the translator and sometimes it’s confusing. Does the OTA update to the next version of CE work? This is to know if I can prepare my MicroSD card now with the current version, or if I’m waiting for the receipt of the N2 to put the latest version …

And, can we recover its old configuration automatically without conflicts? (Beelink GT1 CE configuration)

I uploaded a N2_TV_weird_sample.mkv,Please download and take a look

My observations after the first day of using N2 compared to my X92_S912 box:

My mouse problem went away with latest update (1554893566)

No major issues; HBO-Go (HW decoded) and NF (SW decoded) work perfect at 1080p + subtitles, as does all the rest of my watched material (files from local USB disk)

Picture quality is better than on S912, slightly sharper with slightly less noise.
Chroma saturation is a bit higher, and black level is a bit lower. Will give it a week to ā€œburn inā€ before I recalibrate my TV settings.

One more thing, my new Sandisk UHS _ Class 10 SD card which was not working on my S905X box (kept on throwing errors, and almost went to recycle bin) works perfect on N2 :slight_smile:

Btw, why is ā€œwol_onā€ default setting?

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When cec is disabled at boot the journal / dmesg is spammed with hundred of lines like this:
CoreELEC kernel: cectx ff80023c.aocec: err:cec module disabled

(6 lines per second)

Tried your sample. It plays OK on my PC but not on N2 → lots of skiped frames…

Automatical update already works. You can backup and restore your settings. Should work without problems

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WakeOnLAN is just something useful for a Mediacenter. Also I like and use it so this I enabled it by default :wink: