One step forward

#90

How big is the display connector on the bottom of the board compared to the microSD slot? I’m hoping it’s still very flat/slim so it can fit in an existing case I have that would be perfect for a project I’m working on. But the case would of course rely on the physical dimensions being similar to an RPi 3 so there’s no much extra space at the bottom of the case. I had that issue with the Rock Pi 4 since it had a PCIe connector at the bottom of it and that was too big to fit in the case.

#91

@generalheed If I had the device in front of me I’d let you know, but until then, please find the following via the link Here

#92

Another question that I have: are there any plans of removing or at least disabling the Intel Management Engine with a solution such as this one or this other one? Or is the chipset recent enough to be no longer capable of being disabled?

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#93

@TomaszJ, about BSODs you have met. I had a lot of them too, the problem with them is in drivers for one of the following device:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_22B8&SUBSYS_72708086&REV_36\3&11583659&0&18
ACPI\BCM2EA4\4&29E26D5C&0
SD\VID_02d0&PID_a0bf&FN_1
SD\VID_02d0&PID_a0bf&FN_2
SD\VID_02d0&PID_a0bf&FN_3

As long as I don’t have them installed - i have yet to meet any BSOD (from every 1-2 hours to already 2 days without any)

Update:
I discovered at least one of the driver that just summoning BSOD. It’s
SD\VID_02d0&PID_a0bf&FN_1

Update 2:
Ugh, now i know why. Latest Windows 10 update just incompatible with bcm43455\bcm43456

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#94

When will this board be available to buy?

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#95

@TomaszJ, i’m still testing it, but if you still have problem with BSOD, please install this driver
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=Broadcom%20802.11ac%20WDI%20SDIO%20Adapter version 1.596.33.0

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/ScopedViewInline.aspx?updateid=5a7d17b7-cb49-4d50-b943-66f7ad0f0e92

WiFi not working - Rock Pi X
Still unable to get driver for wifi
Windows graphics driver
#96

@Dante4

I have wiped Windows and installed Linux on eMMC so this problem does not affect me anymore.

Anyway - thank you for sharing. Maybe your tips will be helpful to other users.

#97

I hope it will. I would install linux too, but i need Heroes 3&5 with Microsoft Office, and using wine is…not optimal (like why emulate something when i can use it without it).

Btw, if you have free time, may you test any x265 10 bits video? I’m interested maybe Linux doing better job at it (jellyfish-20-mbps-hd-hevc-10bit.mkv and jellyfish-10-mbps-hd-hevc-10bit.mkv)

#98

As far as i can see the GPU in Rock PI X can hardware video decode only HEVC main profile - which is 8bit as far as i understand:

root@rockpix:~# vainfo 
libva info: VA-API version 1.5.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/va/drivers/i965_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_5
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.5 (libva 2.5.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) CherryView - 2.3.0
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileMPEG2Main              :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264Main               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264High               :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264MultiviewHigh      :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileH264StereoHigh         :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileVC1Simple              :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Main                :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVC1Advanced            :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileNone                   :	VAEntrypointVideoProc
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :	VAEntrypointEncPicture
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointVLD
      VAProfileVP8Version0_3          :	VAEntrypointEncSlice
      VAProfileHEVCMain               :	VAEntrypointVLD

I dont think it would work any better than under Windows.

I’m actually positive surprised it does the x265 hardware decoding at all :slight_smile:

Hardware Encoding [ RockPi X ]
#99

I do know that, but i’m more interested in how good x265 10bit performs under Linux, since Windows likes to take additional CPU for nothing.

#100

For Windows you can also install the HEVC codec from the Microsoft Store to enable HEVC system-wide like in browsers to play high quality Netflix or other streaming services.


This is not available for Linux but perhaps you could use Kodi and the Netflix addon to get up to 1080p at least.

#101

Well, the x265 is not a problem, 10bits is

#102

@Dante4

Your videos do not play at all. Here is the output i’m getting from the VLC app:

[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[00007fb4f8c4a3c0] avcodec decoder error: more than 5 seconds of late video -> dropping frame (computer too slow ?)
[hevc @ 0x7fb4f8c46b70] Could not find ref with POC 176
[hevc @ 0x7fb4f8c46b70] Could not find ref with POC 174
[hevc @ 0x7fb4f8c46b70] Could not find ref with POC 172
[hevc @ 0x7fb4f8c46b70] Could not find ref with POC 170
[hevc @ 0x7fb4f8c46b70] Could not find ref with POC 166
[hevc @ 0x7fb4f8cace10] Could not find ref with POC 198

Other videos play normally.

#103

Hm, okaaaay, thank you :slight_smile:

#104

Do I have to worry about device tree on Rock Pi X?

#105

This is (luckily) an x86_64 board so it has a standard UEFI firmware.

No need to mess with a device trees.

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#106

Does anyone have driver ids for analogue sound?

#107

Hi Jack!

I am a software developer, working for ARM architectures. I think that Rock Pi X is a very interesting alternative and I would like to contribute to this platform. Please, I would like to apply for a sample. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
John.

#108

@tarsot, what type of contribution would you be doing? I would be very happy to see what you are working on.

#109

@irqisequalto, I usually work with different projects under Docker for ARM on Linux. Soon, I will update my GitHub repositories so that they can be consulted.