I have a usb webcam connected to the pine64 device. I installed a camera app called 'open camera' from play store which recognises the camera and i can take pictures with the camera.

But none of the chat app (like hangout, skype, etc.,) recognize the webcam. I get an error message that camera is not present or being used by another app. There is no other app running at that time.

Is there a way to make these apps use the usb webcam?

Hi all,
While I'm reasonably savvy in the tech and Windows worlds, I'm probably best described as a newbie in the maker and linux and Android areas, so I'm hoping I can impose on you folks for some advice...

I bought 4x PINE64 units (2GB A64+) to build as media boxes for family, along with the official IR (non-air) remotes. Primarily what I'd like to get running is a box that can:
- play/stream from Netflix
- have a USB hard drive/stick plugged into it
- play music and movies from the drive/stick
- be controlled with a remote
- be an 'appliance' (i.e. have a friendly UI that is non-technical-looking for most common functions)

There seems to be a lot of different options for getting the above working, in various states of readiness, e.g. Android 5.1.1/6/7, Kodi, Linux, OpenElec, RemixOS, SPMC, other...

As much as I'd love to have the luxury of just playing with this stuff and experimenting myself, at the moment I'd just like to jump straight to a good and working solution.

Any thoughts or recommendations from your experiences?

I have few questions regarding Pine 64

1. Is Pine-64 capable of advertising Bluetooth Beacons?
2.Does Pine-64 come with official Android OS and which version does it support?
3.which type of Beacon advertisement does pine 64 support ? which android app is used to locate the beacons?
4.which format of beacons that pine a 64 advertises- altbeacon,ibeacon,edystone beacon or any other formats?

kindly help me with these questions

Hey everyone,
  Most of the "Start-up" instructions for the Pine say that you should be connected to the internet.
Is this absolutely necessary?
  I'm asking because I do not have internet access at home,(where I would be starting up my Pine64).

Thanks

I have a monitor that I can use with Raspberry Pi with a HDMI (at side of RPi) to DVI (at side of monitor) cable. However, with PINE64 with longsleep's Ubuntu, this does not work. No image appears. Should this work? if so, how do I debug this?

So I ordered a push button switch (which I did not receive as an original backer) as well as the Wifi / Bluetooth module for my board and it finally arrived today. However, contrary to images and instructions I've found online, the holes for the switch seem to be soldered closed. Is this a manufacturing error, or is the 512M board different from the rest? The site indicates that it "does not need to be soldered on to the board. Legs can be inserted then bent to keep in place".

The button is pretty optional (and cheap) for the most part, but it's still very frustrating that I can't use something I ordered and waited on.

Would Windows 10 IoT allow me to run an app like Hyperspin on it and operate it as Windows 10 does?

I tried using Ubuntu build initially but ran into problems getting wifi and bluetooth to work.  Being impatient I swithched over to Debian to give that a try.  Wifi started immediately  but blue tooth was still a problem.
It will find my devices but will not pair.  The bluetooth icon in the top panel changes color for about 3 seconds like it is connected but then goes back to black.  Sometimes I get a banner travel accross the screen telling me to enter the key for the blurtooth keyboard.  I enter it but it does not help.

I tried a few things I found in threads:
 sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart

[ ok ] Restarting bluetooth (via systemctl): bluetooth.service.
debian@pine64:~$ sudo hcitool dev
Devices:
hci0 34:C32:BF:85:78

debian@pine64:~$ hcitool scan

Scanning ...
00:10:61:00:AB:2F GT BT-Receiver
34:88:5D:5C:30:F0 Keyboard K380

I have tried to pair both devices but no deal.
Yes my gray cable is connected and wifi works using it now.

Would appreciate some help
Thanks

Hi,
I put together my PINE with the LCD Touchpanel and everything works great. However now I have the enclosure and the original power ribbon is to short.... Does anyone know where I can get a longer power ribbon? I tried eBay and got a new one but now the Pine doesn't power on with it. I switched it out to the old ribbon and it powers on fine so I'm pretty sure I just got the wrong ribbon.

It says AWM 20624 80C 60V VW-1 on the ribbon. Any help would be appreciated.

I have burned the latest available Android 7.0 image (android-7.0-pine-a64-v1.7-r54.img) on my fresh Samsung EVO Plus 64GB SD card, and it boots fine and extends the 4th partition to the end of the available space nicely.

But there is one glitch, right after I get to the home screen: it says the SD card is corrupt. And I am afraid that's a lie, because it says to also with two other cards.

Attached are the screenshots (well, photos of projector images) with notification list and the Settings/Storage view.

I shutted the Android down properly (hold down the Power button, confirm by clicking on the menu item on the screen), but now it does not boot up anymore - it has a brief moment when it gives something out over the HDMI (black screen), but then it switches off immediately.

There are no devices attached to it, and the power should really be enough - it operated with no problems at first boot (except that notification about the corrupted SD card).

Is this anything known, or I alone am experiencing this?

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