Recently got myself an AM6b+ and installed CoreElec (on a CE-21 nightly that is a few days old now) on it as I’m unsatisfied with progress made in Zidoo’s firmware over the last year.
Things seem good so far but I’ve got a weird issue. When connected through my VROOM (I’ve tried a bunch of different EDIDs and settings) everything only works reliably for a single boot.
Specifically there are bunch of resolution/fps combinations that only work during that first boot of the player. I can solve by unplugging and re-plugging in power to the VROOM.
Some detailed steps
- Unplug power to everything
- Plug back in so everything turns on
- Set player resolution to (1080p/60fps, this is a combination that always works for me)
- Play a 4K movie so it swaps to 4K/23.976
- Exit movie after seeing that is playing correctly
- Reboot Ugoos
- Try playing movie again and there is no signal on TV and VROOM did not see FPS/Resolution change.
- Exit playback by pushing back and player swaps back to original resolution/fps and is displaying again
- Unplug and replug in VROOM and play movie again and its correct
Notes:
- Is unrelated to HDR Format. Some other resolution/fps combinations are unreliable as well (1080i@50fps for example)
- It is always the same resolution/fps combinations that have issues
- Is specific to the VROOM, not HDFury. Pulled an old HDFury Arcana from closet and it doesn’t have issue.
- Already tried HDFury Support and they were stumped
- Can manually change Resolution/FPS and it has same issue, just have playing movie for example steps to trigger
Setup
Ugoos → VROOM
VROOM → Samsung soundbar with wireless rear speakers
VROOM → Samsung S95B
or
Ugoos → VROOM → Soundbar → TV
Both ways have this issue
Totally possible/probable this is an HDFury issue but figured I’d ask here before giving up. Do not have this issue with my Zidoo Z9X or Z9X Pro