Can u give me the output of mount please?
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1917076k,nr_inodes=479269,mode=755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/mmcblk1p1 on /flash type vfat (ro,noatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/loop0 on / type squashfs (ro,relatime)
/dev/mmcblk1p2 on /storage type ext4 (rw,noatime,data=ordered)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)
bpf on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/debug type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,debug)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /var type tmpfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on /var/media/android type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
wouldn’t it make sense to reformat the HDD with proper ext4 (I’m running CoreELEC exclusively)?
Yes, please try this speed test of the internal HDD:
Be sure test file is removed before and after speed test:
rm -rf /var/media/android/test.speed
Write speed test:
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/media/android/test.speed bs=1M count=1024
Read test:
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
dd if=/var/media/android/test.speed of=/dev/null bs=1M
the HDD is a Hitachi HUS724040ALE641
the controller is an ASM1156-PM from ASMT
CoreELEC:~ # rm -rf /var/media/android/test.speed && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/media/andro
id/test.speed bs=1M count=1024 && sync
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.0GB) copied, 3.777888 seconds, 271.1MB/s
CoreELEC:~ # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
CoreELEC:~ # dd if=/var/media/android/test.speed of=/dev/null bs=1M
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
1073741824 bytes (1.0GB) copied, 6.375163 seconds, 160.6MB/s
CoreELEC:~ #
the 271MB/s seems pretty high for such a HDD, I increased the amount of data written to get a better picture:
CoreELEC:~ # rm -rf /var/media/android/test.speed && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/media/android/test.speed bs=1M count=8192
8192+0 records in
8192+0 records out
8589934592 bytes (8.0GB) copied, 49.376390 seconds, 165.9MB/s
CoreELEC:~ # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches && dd if=/var/media/android/test.speed of=/dev/null bs=1M
8192+0 records in
8192+0 records out
8589934592 bytes (8.0GB) copied, 68.781393 seconds, 119.1MB/s
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I also try the Netflix Add-on to check for temps, but I cannot find a way to select a fullHD stream, it stays at 960p max.
As for spotifyd, it just works !
I’m using the port from @jant90 available here : Release: Spotifyd addon for CoreELEC
I’m not sure about the dac stuff. I used the headphones jack located on the dac board, but the sound seems saturated 
On the other hand, the RCA outputs deliver a good sound 
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That’s slow. 17.3mbit/s?
If you can please create a samba share on the internal disk. Then try to transfer a big file from Windows using Gigabit Lan. I would like to know the speed.
I guess yes, but I would need another server for proper testing (I was using the GT-King for the iperf server).
If you have a laptop with Windows, linux or Mac then you don’t need another server. Iperf is not very reliable anyway
I’ve just tried the gs-king wlan and results are much better:
CoreELEC:~ # iperf3 udp test - iperf3 -c 192.168.179.30 -u -b 1000m
Connecting to host 192.168.179.30, port 5201
[ 5] local 192.168.179.78 port 34220 connected to 192.168.179.30 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Total Datagrams
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 22.5 MBytes 189 Mbits/sec 16287
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 22.7 MBytes 190 Mbits/sec 16430
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 22.6 MBytes 190 Mbits/sec 16383
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 22.7 MBytes 191 Mbits/sec 16461
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 22.3 MBytes 187 Mbits/sec 16168
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 22.8 MBytes 191 Mbits/sec 16483
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 21.3 MBytes 179 Mbits/sec 15421
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 17.7 MBytes 149 Mbits/sec 12839
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 22.7 MBytes 190 Mbits/sec 16405
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 22.7 MBytes 191 Mbits/sec 16472
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 220 MBytes 185 Mbits/sec 0.000 ms 0/159349 (0%) sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.05 sec 220 MBytes 184 Mbits/sec 0.045 ms 0/159345 (0%) receiver
iperf Done.
CoreELEC:~ # ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr C4:4E:AC:B3:AB:7B
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:14
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:206 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:206 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
RX bytes:209155 (204.2 KiB) TX bytes:209155 (204.2 KiB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr C0:84:7D:5A:31:8A
inet addr:192.168.179.78 Bcast:192.168.179.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:70601 errors:0 dropped:2098 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:343052 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:91432374 (87.1 MiB) TX bytes:476986465 (454.8 MiB)
I also retried using the gb lan connection (with another server that the gt-king) and it worked better too.
CoreELEC:~ # iperf3 udp test - iperf3 -c 192.168.179.45 -u -b 1000m -p5349
Connecting to host 192.168.179.45, port 5349
[ 5] local 192.168.179.78 port 42934 connected to 192.168.179.45 port 5349
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Total Datagrams
[ 5] 0.00-1.00 sec 21.5 MBytes 180 Mbits/sec 15548
[ 5] 1.00-2.00 sec 21.5 MBytes 180 Mbits/sec 15549
[ 5] 2.00-3.00 sec 20.9 MBytes 175 Mbits/sec 15111
[ 5] 3.00-4.00 sec 20.8 MBytes 175 Mbits/sec 15064
[ 5] 4.00-5.00 sec 20.6 MBytes 173 Mbits/sec 14907
[ 5] 5.00-6.00 sec 20.4 MBytes 171 Mbits/sec 14799
[ 5] 6.00-7.00 sec 21.0 MBytes 176 Mbits/sec 15176
[ 5] 7.00-8.00 sec 20.6 MBytes 173 Mbits/sec 14926
[ 5] 8.00-9.00 sec 17.5 MBytes 146 Mbits/sec 12641
[ 5] 9.00-10.00 sec 17.7 MBytes 148 Mbits/sec 12811
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 202 MBytes 170 Mbits/sec 0.000 ms 0/146532 (0%) sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 202 MBytes 170 Mbits/sec 0.188 ms 0/146517 (0%) receiver
iperf Done.
Still not even close to gigabit
indeed.
Regarding the transfer speed using samba on the HDD, I have an average write speed of 40MB/s.
Writing back from the GS-King to my computer is slow
I’m wondering why the network speed varies over time so much.
That’s not good.
Well, this a pre-production sample with the very first version of the firmware. I informed bee-link about this issue, we’ll see what they can do about it. I also said that the leds were too bright when using the box next to the tv-set.
It seems that I’m not the only one to be annoyed by the brightness of the front leds:
http://www.bee-link.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=68677&extra=page%3D1
Decrease (or completely eliminate) a LED’s brightness is not a rocket science…
You can unplug it, put a resistor, paint it with black paint, cover with sticker, there are endless DIY solution.
My favorite method is the use of black insulator tape
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For sure, but Bee-link can also change this on their side, or offer some options to change it, to avoid DIY on the user side. Don’t you think ?
My DIY solution involved a book
Just make the GS King some sunglasses. 
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I agree.
I plan to have jellyfin and nextcloud on it instead of android or any Jeos.
Ohh I didn’t know jellyfin. Thx for tbe tip. But with both of your choices you could easily setup with CE. There is this nextcloud addon based on docker from linuxserver.io. I saw they also have jellyfin.
Linuxserver.io repo can be installed from CoreELEC repo but it really should be installed by default.
Then you can just install services based on docker like normal Mediacenter addons