One of the main reasons I bought a rock64 was the promise of being able to play 4K videos yet I have so far not managed to go much longer than 5m of 4K video playback before kodi freezes or reboots my rock64. Before I attached a heatsink to its CPU it would struggle to last even 1m when playing 4K videos under kodi so now I presume it is my PSU at fault because no-one else seems to be having such issues with kodi.

I am currently using an atolla 5V/3000mA PSU (model BYX-0503000B) that I bought off Amazon. It seems to work OK but I don't have a multimeter or anything to check that it is actually supplying the claimed output. I would prefer not to order a PSU from pine because it costs a lot to have things posted from the US to the UK and also it seems that the PSU they sell is a US PSU that requires an adapter to plug into a UK mains socket. I would rather get a PSU with a UK plug that doesn't require an adapter, ideally.

If there are any UK rock64 users reading this that have a working 'native' PSU and can confirm you can use kodi to watch 4K videos for more than 10m (ideally I'd be able to watch feature length 4K films without any reboots or freezes) then please tell me the make and model of your PSU and where you bought it from.

Thanks!

I was on Debian Stretch, but the WiFi went wrong so Im trying different OS's, Im now on Armbian because it seems to have good tools for wifi like nmtui.

I have the official USB wifi from the Pine website, its the Realtek one.

I flashed Ambian Ubuntu Xenial using the PINE64 flash tool.

I started it set the passwords. 

iwconfig shows the wlx0013ef800c2c and p2p0 as wifi devices.

I try nmtui-connect <my ssid> enter the PSK and it fails to connect.

I go to nmtui and multiple wifi networks are available, select mine, enter the PSK and it still fails to connect.  I set the PSK to viewable and confirm it is correct, still no luck.

I try iwconfig wlx0013ef800c2c essid <my ssid> key <my psk>, this gives no output, but on checking the ifconfig, no connection has been made.

Please can anyone help me to troubleshoot this.

THanks both of you who answered my last post.

I am a visual type person and found a video of someone installing OMV and booting it on Rock64
It pertains to this video   https://youtu.be/gT-EGNl9bZA   ROCK64 OpenMediaVault NAS  at 7:35 in the video.

Question, while booting he looks and gets the IP address as he will need it for the OMV program later. Just below the IP Address there is a PROMPT FOR ROCK64 LOGIN:

next part of video, it shows OMV booted.  ((DO YOU HAVE TO LOGIN THERE OR HIT ENTER FOR IT TO FINISH BOOTING?
IF I DO HAVE TO LOG IN, WHAT IS THE PRESET "ID" AND "PASSWORD" AT THAT POINT?

Watch all up to that point.  you will see what I mean.  I am sure you have worked with OMV before and can answer if I have to login at that point. and with what password/if a default one.


OH,  Is there any issue with ROCKPRO64 identifying the ROCKPro64 PCI-E to Dual SATA-II Interface Card?

Or does that issue pertain to the M2 storage card slot?

I decided to buy 2 qty ROCKPRO64s  WITH THE DUAL sata-II Interface Card for each.

set one as NAS  and other as a workstation.

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!