Xiaomi Box S 3rd Gen as a Dual-boot CE Box

So it will be now the case for all CE-NO build, in the future, no need to use dovi.ko on model that use it right ?
Thanks

That’s true.

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After using my Xiaomi box for awhile now video playback has been perfect so far. The only issue I have noticed is when scrolling around the gui there is a lot of screen tearing as though vsync isn’t active.

@acamas125 mentioned animation glitches in a previous post, I wouldn’t say they were animation glitches, it just looks like vsync isn’t working in the gui causing tearing.

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This is because of new SoC since s5 we use GBM interface instead FBDEV.

Anyone who can tell us why it’s like this he is welcome.

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Can I ask why the change to GBM going forward if it’s just going to cause gui issues? Is FBDEV just not possible any more?

Because we are only a hobby project and nobody uses FBDEV anymore since years…

You can choose between stay with old hardware or EOL of CE or using GBM as this is available.

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Re-tested with a clean install of CE-NO nightly 20251003. The distorted video playback I got (photos above) was resolved when I changed the system resolution to 3840x2160 & rebooted. Strangely, it had gone back to 1920x1080, but the videos weren’t distorted anymore.

DV works, HDR works, HDR10+ works, all good. All HD audio works, also nice. But, box is buggy, not just under CE, but also GTV. Freezes, crashes. Worse on GTV side.

Sharing logs:

There’s no glitches with older kernel.. Tested today first build from this year.. Think I’ll dump sk1 to the bin as this is ridiculous :grin:

Just use it for what a media player is used for and don’t scroll around in GUI?

When did change to GBM happened?

Can I know please?

Those glitches are so distracting it’s no pleasure at all using sk1. It feels like having old commodore running kodi now..

Umm, one needs to… um, to get to a movie/show/file to start playback.

It’s actually worst on a skin I’m using.

If switched to different skin I can’t see those glitches anymore.

But this skin is actually not ready for kodi 22 and have crash after crash. Temp folder is full of crash reports.

@Portisch I wish you would finish what you started.

CE-NE is polished but got no fix for choppy video with subtitles enabled.

:rofl:

S7D, S905X5M was never used with FBDEV, only with GBM as only this is availble.

So please choose to not use it at all or live with it or make PR to fix it, thx!

Such a ā€œprettyā€ feature is the lowest priority as there are multiple others what are more vital.

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Latest nightly 20251005 completely breaks Bluetooth, my USB adaptor that was working is now no longer working.

Let me know what logs you need.

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The bt driver was unintentionally pushed.

It’s only working yet for w2 sdio chip, wifi + bt.

Use older nightly and wait for a update.

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OK, thanks :+1:

New W2 WiFi driver and Bluetooth should be online tomorrow.

Not sure if WPA3/SAE is working now.

If not it is need to be disabled again like before.

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Nice, thanks… posted a video about this box (see post #1).

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Please post your RAW EDID of the device used where the issue happen with 1080p GUI.

cat /sys/class/amhdmitx/amhdmitx0/rawedid | paste