Pine64 platform

[rikardo1979]

Some of you probably know about it but there is this 64-bit Pine64 board
I have helped funded this project and today I have received one of these boards, PINE64+ 2GB

• 64bit Quad Core ARM A53 1.2GHz CPU
• Dual Core Mali 400-MP2 GPU
• 2GB DDR3 SDRAM
• MicroSD Slot Supports up to 256GB
• 10/100/1000 MB Ethernet port
• 2 x USB 2.0 host
• 4K x 2K HDMI port
• 3.5mm Stereo Output mini-jack with Microphone Support
• Muti-Channel Audio output through HDMI
• Real-Time Clock capability built in
• Built in 3.7V Lithium battery charging circuit
• 5 Megapixel Camera Port
• 4 lanes MIPI video Port
  

I looking forward to have some fun with it. Anyone else have one?

[Nachteule]

No (AllWinner == very very bad support for open source)

What are you planning to do with it?

( but anyway, interesting board for low price )

[IriDium]

From their forum

Will Kodi run on the Pine64 ?
it is clearly annouced, but all messages from kodi,osmc and openelec dev's says the same thing : we won"t do anything with Allwinner hardware

[Skywatch]

What a pity this wasn't the spec for the raspberry pi 3.....

Still, maybe there will be a raspberry pi 4 before the end of the year?

[rikardo1979]

(5th Apr, 2016 11:05 PM)Nachteule Wrote:  No (AllWinner == very very bad support for open source)

What are you planning to do with it?

( but anyway, interesting board for low price )

(6th Apr, 2016 01:17 AM)IriDium Wrote:  From their forum

Will Kodi run on the Pine64 ?
it is clearly annouced, but all messages from kodi,osmc and openelec dev's says the same thing : we won"t do anything with Allwinner hardware

Yeah, Allwinner is a pretty bad choice...but for this price I could not resist and order it from pure curiosity

There is a decent Android build on which Kodi runs pretty fine.
They can even play 4k videoe with HW decoding but not within Kodi.

My intention was and is to try multimedia. So Kodi or something else.
If is not going to be any good it is going to end up on eBay

[f1vefour]

Is that HDMI 2.0?

[rikardo1979]

(6th Apr, 2016 12:58 PM)f1vefour Wrote:  Is that HDMI 2.0?

no, only 1.4

[f1vefour]

So maximum 30fps 4K, that wasn't very forward looking of them.

Do you have a 4K set?

[rikardo1979]

(7th Apr, 2016 04:00 AM)f1vefour Wrote:  So maximum 30fps 4K, that wasn't very forward looking of them.

Do you have a 4K set?

well, I do not see this an issue to be honest.
I do have 4k set, but ask me how much 4k stuff I watched on it in past 18months....I can tell you exactly...none...one big fat zero

There is not much stuff available in 4k and I don't see it will be much more available in near future

[f1vefour]

Netflix has been growing in 4K content.

[rikardo1979]

(7th Apr, 2016 04:20 AM)f1vefour Wrote:  Netflix has been growing in 4K content.

not using it. Pretty bad selection they offering to be honest. At least for me

[f1vefour]

Damn just checked, only 27 different titles (some shows) currently in 4K on Netflix.

That does suck, I thought it was much more.