Hi,

I received a couple of months ago two ROCK64 4GBs as well as two 64GB eMMC modules. Yesterday, I finally began trying to get them up and running. I'm planning to run my home automation and NAS on them, so I'd be getting Armbian Stretch on them. I failed to order the eMMC USB adapters (mistake!), so getting the eMMCs flashed were a bit problematic. I finally did the following:

I installed these prerequisites:

https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/flash-tools

https://github.com/ayufan-rock64/rkdeveloptool

Next, I got myself a USB A-A cable (actually had an USB B-B adapter which worked well with a couple of USB A-B cables - the other alternative would've been to splice two USB cables).

Then, went through the following process:

1. Placed a jumper on the maskrom headers (the ones closest to the Recovery button)
   
2. Connected the USB cable to the upper (OTG) USB port
   
3. Connected the power cable
   
4. After a few seconds, removed the jumper
   

Hi guys,

I want to make myself a 4K video player with Rock64. I've got a 2GB version of it. I've tried some combinations of OS images and players. So far, my Rock64 can't play 4K video smoothly. No problem with 1080p videos. The list of OS and players combinations I tested is as below:

android-7.1-rock-64-rock64_atv-v0.3.13-r115-raw.img + kodi-17.6-Krypton-arm64-v8a.apk

android-7.1-rock-64-rock64_atv-v0.3.13-r115-raw.img + MX Player 1.10.2.1 beta.apk

android-7.1-rock-64-rock64_atv-v0.3.13-r115-raw.img + VLC Player (default player in the image)

LibreELEC-RK3328.arm-9.0-devel-201807011300-d46baa3-rock64.img + Embeded Kodi

LibreELEC-RK3328.arm-9.0-nightly-20180816-eef941c-rock64.img + Embeded Kodi

LibreELEC-ROCK64.aarch64-8.2-devel-20171004193222-r26173-gd404dbb.img + Embeded Kodi

Armbian_5.42_Rock64_Debian_stretch_default_4.4.124_desktop + Embeded MPV

Could anybody please tell me how to configure my rock64 for smooth 4K video playing?

P.S. the 4K video I tested is encoded with H.265.

Thanks a lot!

Greeting to all the forumers,
I am somehow very frustrated in my purchase of the Rock64.
I thoughty it is straightforward to install and use Libreelec.
I did successfull install it, but it kept crashing!
I decided to gives Kodi on Androidf a try. I flashed the (android-7.1-rock-64-rock64_atv-v0.3.13-r115-update.zip) image. Everything went fine, but the Ethernet connection keeps dropping!
I tried to have a static IP address instead of using DHCP for no better result!
Any advice on how to resolve this matter?
I also would like to ask if anybody had successfully managed to have higher than 1920x1080p/60 resolution?
Thanks for your help.
Naass

Dear Pine64 team! Why don't you make a regular Android build for Rock64? The TV UI in the stock OS is almost unusable with touchscreens. No navbar and status bar so it is very inconvenient to connect to network or adjust the volume. I just don't get it. Are there any TECHNICAL limitations for rk3328 for making a regular android os? Rock64 is a really great product and has a great hardware but the software side is a lot of pain

I updated the wiki with Amrbian Bionic for the Pinebook

Where can I find a timing diagram for the SPI interfaces?

It's not in the 3399 design guide or data sheet.

Hi Guys,

I'm new to Rock64. I made a retro-game platform for my son using Raspberry Pi 0 W. Now I'm going to make a 4K video player for myself.

I've got a brand new Rock64 with 2GB RAM onboard. I tried to use Android TV + Kodi combination. And Kodi can play the video file encoded in H.265 and 4K resolution very well. But I can't get 4K signal from my Rock64, it can only output 1080p signals to my Sony TV (It does support 4K resolution). Even 2160p option is unavailable in the HDMI settings of all the versions of ATV. 

Could someone tell me how to get 4K signal from my Rock64 with ATV?

Thanks a lot!

I am sure this is a basic question, but where can I get the python libraries for the Rockpro64.

I have tried the Rock64 from Laepo's github but I do not think they are right for the pro64 board.

When I did try them in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic lxde OS build I am getting the following errors when I try to access the pins:

>>>Unable to export GPIO
>>>Unable to set GPIO Direction

Programming is fairly new to me, but I try to google everything before asking questions

Thanks

Dave

A few new welcome additions in the store:

80mm fan for the case: https://www.pine64.org/?product=fan-for-...nas-casing
A super low-profile graphene heatsink: https://www.pine64.org/?product=rockpro6...e-heatsink
A 13mpx camera: https://www.pine64.org/?product=rockpro6...dard-model

Just relaying that NetBSD images for the RockPro64 are now available for download.

Enjoy!