10-16-2018, 08:34 AM
(10-16-2018, 03:07 AM)arxaios Wrote: I just recently bought a Rock64 1Gbyte of memory ...!!
Using only official images I have done the following:
[1] I installed the Android TV 7.x (microSD Boot) on my SD 16Gbytes card . Well the system booted up after several hours I couldn't do anything because every was so slow....very slow.!
I have installed again and again using different SD cards and it was the same. Very disappointed
[2] I installed the LibreElec (microSD / eMMC Boot) on my SD 16Gbytes card. Well to my surprise it was much quicker but when I open KODI to play a 4K movie .....ohhhhhhhh my GOD it was as slow as an turtle. Some videos both 4096 × 2160 and 3996 × 2160 couldn't even play at all..!! Very awful. On the other hand 1080p High Definition was playing all right.
[3] I now using it as a MediaVault server which is booting fine , with minor glitches on the USB 3.0 port. ! I have also notice that the Rock64 do not give enough power to a regular USB port to power up an external 500gbytes disk. That is unacceptable. THe Rock64 is power with a power supply capable of delivering more than 10 amps on 5 and 12 volts proportionally.
In a few words I think that this ROCK64 is much much worse to Raspberry Pi3 which I also have tested. I really bought this mini computer for home entertainment but it was a bad call.! I am sorry for my English. Maybe the problem lies in the images rather that the hardware..I really do not know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have two 4gb one with 5v 4a psu, heatsink and fan, external usb 3 hdd plugged thru a powered usb 3 hub:
1) used 7.1.2 for a while, first start takes a while but far from several hours, more like 5-7 minutes probably, afterwards it takes about 2 minutes, was a bit slow but useable, maybe a problem with having only 1gb?
2) cant comment since i dont have a 4k tv BUT there are positive reports on the oficial feedback thread, maybe try asking there (also, maybe its also related with having only 1gb?)
3) i use mine with a powered usb hub for the same reason, i now dont have any crashing anymore (its not ideal but it works)
And about your raspi comment, maybe the power issue is there but the raspi cant and wont ever support 4k, on the other hand the rock64 do support it but you probably have some specific problem with it on your setup, maybe you need to whitelist the resolution on kodi, maybe you need a better hdmi cable (even if your cable is good for 1080p, it can be bad for 4k)
