Hi,

i bought myself the rock64 to use it as a HTPC. Currently I have not yet found the optimal solution. Basically there is not much I wish to achieve:
- Use Netflix (720p would be ok)
- Stream Webradios and Youtube
- Stream some German TV stations over internet (either app or in browser)
- Stream video/photos from my NAS
- Daily-use-compatible power button

Here are the problems I discovered so far:

Android TV:
- works basically but not much apps installable
- netflix not listed in playstore
- Tried an apk for netflix for android I found on some websites. They get installed but when I open I receive an error message: "your device not compatible... blabla"
- I can install "normal" netflix app as an apk file. That can also stream video, but as soon as the navigation bar disappears I can not bring it back. I can not pause the stream or jump to any position because the navigation bar does not reappear.

LibreElec:
Installs fine, works good but the current available Version (krypton) does not yet support Netflix. Raybuntus repository (https://github.com/Raybuntu/LibreELEC.tv/releases/) holds releases with the next version (leia) but they are not yet available for rock64. 

Ubuntu Mate:
Installs fine, works good, but chrome is not available for the platform and Firefox is not supported for Netflix on this platform ==> no netflix streaming

Android stock:
Installs fine, works but input with mouse/keyboard sometimes is difficult. But I could live with that.
Again: Netflix is not available on playstore but can be installed from apk. But I get the same problem as described in section Android TV. Navigation bar disappears...

Power button:
I think the way to go here is to add a switch of my choice with some extra cable to the same pins as the current power button. As I'm not an electronic engineer I fear the soldering of these tiny pins. Is there any other way to go?

Which setup do you guys use? Have you encountered the same or further issues? Is there a way to fix the issues described above?

Looking forward to your replies.

Hi all,
 I'm stuck and would appreciate some help. I'm trying to install some version of Android (I think I tried most of them for this board). Repeatedly flashed the original board (2gb ram, LCD screen) and still nothing.
 I've also checked HDMI and Nada. I thought the problem might be the LCD connections but everything looks good to me. I undid and reassembled the board and LCD. On the next install attempt the screen flashed bright white every 15 seconds or so (which I found encouraging) but still no boot.
Since then I've re-flashed without success. On some of the installs the red LED power light blinks and on some it stays solid .

Any help is appreciated,
 Thank you......Tom

Hi,

Due to lots of other activities I have not been able to work on Rock64 changes as much as I hoped.
Therefore it has taken far longer than anticipated, but here it is.
I'm pleased to publish a link to the first Volumio dev image for Rock64.
Volumio 2.299 for Rock64

This image will boot from eMMC and uSD out-of-the-box.
Support for the Rock64 DAC board is included, SPDIF and DAC are both working.
Limitations are:
- it is WIP and therefore a dev version, no opportunity to update to a newer release (reflash will be necessary)
- not all audio formats are working, due to current kernel driver/codec constraints

I'm convinced Rock64 has great potential.
Note: you can purchase a 1Gb Rock64 board version, it will be enough to run Volumio comfortably.

Please report any issues here.


-- Gé --

Right now I'm using a 2A wall wort + USB to barrel connector. I really like this configuration because I can use the wall wort to charge my phone + eReader as well, so I don't have to carry around multiple chargers.

But it seems that when I'm using the PB it doesn't actually charge. Based on the battery capacity and lifetime of the PB I can't imagine it used more than ~1A, so it should be able to shunt current into the battery during use no?

Is there a little script or app that I can use to view power consumption / charge current etc... ?

Hi,

I've recently bought the couple of 4GB Rock64. One of them is not booting up.
When I plug the power, the green led starts to blink with approx. 10Hz rate, RK805-1 begins to heat and smell. I am afraid the problem is in RK805-1.

Unfortunately, RK805-1 parts seem to be unavailable on free market. I would have just replace the one and see what had happened.

Has anybody ever see the same? Is there any option except throw the device out?

Attached here are power supply and the board itself.

   

   

Hi all,

I have my Rock64 plugged into a gigabit switch along with my host computer. After adding the fix for the USB power problem I ran into an issue where ssh would frequently hang and I could not even run vi or remote X  tools. Even aptitude would hang when I attempted to search.

Anyway, I was able to fix the problem by installing ethtool and running ethtool eth0 -s advertise 0x008

This forces the board to only use 100Mbps instead of gigabit. My guess is that there may be something misconfigured in the MAC or PHY driver for this board, preventing large data transfers over gigabit (perhaps inter-packet spacing or something like that is wrong).

-Aaron

Will the new android support Bluetooth?

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I have the Rock64 4GB version. Right now it's booting Debian Mate from the eMMC. What I would really like to do is put a DV-Mega Pi Hat on it and run it. Wondering if anyone has done this? What software did you use? If so would you kindly provide a link?
Thanks,
Mike
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Official Fedora support is nearing the light of day from the good folks on the Fedora ARM team. Note to admins here, it may be time to add a Fedora Sub Forum on this site. :-)

If you are interested in running a pre-release version of Fedora 27 on your Pine64, here's what you need to do at this point in its development. Note, Fedora's philosophy eschews proprietary software as much as possible, so if upstream support isn't yet available, it won't be in Fedora. There's no graphical support yet, so you'll only be able to watch the OS boot on the serial console. On first boot, you can create a user, set the timezone, etc. Then you can log in. From there, once ethernet is established, you can SSH to the board.

Here are the steps as I best understand them. I'll update as needed:

*) Acquire a UART cable for using the serial console. Reference this resource:
http://linux-sunxi.org/Pine64#Serial_port_.2F_UART

*) Obtain one of the daily Fedora builds from Koji. I'd recommend one of either the Minimal or Server builds:
Minimal: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/pack...geID=24072
Server: https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/pack...geID=24074
Make sure there's a green check mark by the item you intend to download, as that indicates that it was successfully built that day. Remember: This is pre-release software. Eventually you'll end up with a file named similar to this (the date will be different):
Fedora-Minimal-27-20171026.n.0.aarch64.raw.xz

*) Write the image to your microSD card. Determine the device name to which you'll be writing. /dev/sdb in this example.