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2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Suj999 - 2022-10-06
Seems to have very interesting set up
Anyone tried Kodi in it yet?
I might order it tomorrow and give it a go over the weekend.
The specs seems rather good. If it would support lossless audio, it works be awesome. Here is me wishing.
SoC – Amlogic octa-core processor with four Cortex A73 cores @ 2.2 GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores @ 2.0 GHz, Arm Mali-G52 MP8 GPU @ 800MHz with OpenGL ES 3.2 support
System Memory – still 2GB, LPDDR4/x – 4224 MT/s
Storage – 16GB eMMC
Video
1x HDMI output port up to 4Kp60 with HDR (HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision)
1x HDMI input port
4Kp60 H.265/HEVC, VP9, AV1
Up to 4Kp30 or 1080p60 H.264
1080p60 MPEG-4 and MPEG-4
Audio
Microphone array for far-field Alexa control
Microphone in remote control for near-field Alexa control
Connectivity
10/100M Ethernet
Tri-band WiFi 6E 2×2 MIMO and Bluetooth 5.2
USB – 1x USB Type-A port
DRM – Widevine L1 v11, PlayReady 3.3
Misc – IR extender port
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Suj999 - 2022-10-06
The amazon page mentions Dolby True HD, though nothing about DTS HD
Audio codecs
(input formats)Dolby MAT trancoding for Streaming application and HDMI Input
Dolby MAT Input to Dolby MAT Output for HDMI Input
AC3 (Dolby Digital)/ EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus) /Atmos(DDP+JOC)/AC4(Atmos)/Dolby TrueHD(Atmos)
from
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/device-specifications-fire-tv-cube.html
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Suj999 - 2022-10-06
OK.. seen my mistake as its not released yet, as I found out when tried to order and it said delivery on 27th Oct.
This item will be released on October 27, 2022.
My fault for reading stuff when I was half as sleep!!
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Suj999 - 2022-10-06
Audio codecs
(input formats)Dolby MAT trancoding for Streaming application and HDMI Input
Dolby MAT Input to Dolby MAT Output for HDMI Input
AC3 (Dolby Digital)/ EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus) /Atmos(DDP+JOC)/AC4(Atmos)/Dolby TrueHD(Atmos)
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - jarosujo - 2022-10-06
100 MBit LAN only, 2GB RAM only...
And the worst one - 4K 60Hz only, so most likely no HDMI 2.1
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Suj999 - 2022-10-06
2GB RAM is disappointing.
But glad it's getting Dolby TrueHD support, though no news about any DTS codecs.
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - ingbrzy - 2022-10-13
Fire TV Cube 3rd gen 2022 specifications:
SoC
- Amlogic POP1-G (Amlogic AML Popcorn) octa-core processor with four Cortex A73 cores @ 2.2 GHz, four Cortex-A53 cores @ 2.0 GHz, Arm Mali-G52 MP8 GPU @ 800MHz with OpenGL ES 3.2 support
System Memory
- 2GB, LPDDR4/x – 4224 MT/s
Storage
- 16GB eMMC flash
Video
- 1x HDMI output port up to 4Kp60 with HDR (HDR10, HDR10+, HLG, Dolby Vision)
- 1x HDMI input port to connect a cable box
Video codecs
- Dolby Vision. Support for Profile 4-MEL, 5, 8, 9 and 10. (Up to Level 9 for profiles 5 and 8. Up to Level 5 for Profile 9.)
- H.265 (HEVC). Hardware accelerated up to 2160p (4K) @ 60fps Main 10 Profile Level 5.1
- H.264. Hardware accelerated up to 2160p @ 30fps or 1080p @ 60fps, 8 bit, High Profile Level 5.1
- AV1. Hardware accelerated up to 2160p (4K) @ 60fps Main Profile 10bit Level 5.1
- VP9. Hardware accelerated up to 2160p @ 60fps, Profile 2 up to 30 Mbps (with limitations)
- MPEG-2. Up to 1080p @ 60fps
- MPEG-4. Up to 1080p @ 60fps
HDR
- HDR10
- HDR10+
- HLG
- Dolby Vision
Audio codecs
- Dolby MAT trancoding for Streaming application and HDMI Input
- Dolby MAT Input to Dolby MAT Output for HDMI Input
- AC3 (Dolby Digital)/ EAC3 (Dolby Digital Plus) /Atmos(DDP+JOC)/AC4(Atmos)/Dolby TrueHD(Atmos)
- MPEG-H passthrough
- AAC Profile (AAC LC). Support for up to 8 channels from 8 kHz to 48 kHz
- MPEG-4 HE AAC Profile (AAC+). Support for up to 8 channels from 8 kHz to 48 kHz
- MPEG-4 HE AACv2 Profile (enhanced AAC+). Support for up to 8 channels from 8 kHz to 48 kHz
- AAC ELD (enhanced low delay AAC). Support for up to 8 channels from 8 kHz to 48 kHz
- xHE-AAC (enhanced HE-AAC). Support for up to 8 channels from 8 kHz to 48 kHz
- FLAC. Up to 48kHz, 2 channels, 16-bit and 24-bit (no dither for 24 bit)
- MIDI. MIDI (Type 0 and 1), DLS (Version 1 and 2), XMF, and Mobile XMF. Ringtone formats RTTTL/RTX, OTA, and iMelody.
- MP3. Up to 48kHz, 2 channels in DSP (16-bit and 24-bit) and software (16-bit).
- Vorbis. Ogg (.ogg), Matroska (.mkv).
- PCM/Wave. Up to 96kHz, 6 channels, 16-bit and 24-bit.
- AMR-NB. Supported.
- Opus. Up to 8 channels, 48 kHz.
- DTS, DTS-HD, and Dolby True HD audio passthrough (with update 7.6.1.3 (PS7613/3686) and newer) Source
Audio
- Microphone array for far-field Alexa control
- Microphone in remote control for near-field Alexa control
- Codec – Dolby MAT, AC3, Dolby Digital Plus, Atmos, TrueHD, AAEC, MP3, FLAC, MIDI, Vorbis, etc…
Connectivity
- 10/100M Ethernet
- Tri-band WiFi 6E 2×2 MIMO and Bluetooth 5.2
- USB – 1x USB Type-A port
- DRM – Widevine L1 v11, PlayReady 3.3
- Misc – IR extender port
- Power Supply – TBD via power barrel jack
Dimensions
- 86 x 86 x 77 mm
Weight
- 509.6 grams
Source 1
Source 2
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - jarosujo - 2022-12-14
DTS, DTS HD MA and Dolby True HD passthrough support and improved upscaling...that is interesting. Finally proper competition for Shield ? https://www.aftvnews.com/fire-tv-cube-gains-improved-upscaling-as-well-as-dts-dts-hd-and-dolby-true-hd-audio-passthrough-in-latest-software-update/
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Billy - 2022-12-15
Has anyone tested whether Kodi can now pass through the new formats?
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - User 476552 - 2023-01-01
I own one of these, preordered it in fact so I've had it since release day.
I can say it's not REALLY better than the last one which I had since it's release.
Here's some highlights on what you can expect.
The 10/100 NIC can be problematic for 4K on Kodi, I noticed several times that other apps would downgrade to 1080p due to low bandwidth detection which is very annoying.
I tried a USB 10/100/1000 NIC (the one I used for the last version) and it still configures at 100Mbps so I'm on Wifi-6 which does actually work, mostly.
When using Wifi-6 the network will crash (or get killed to save memory?) in low system memory situations which will then cause further issues because apps detect and freak out without a network connection.
2GB Ram is a let down.
Kodi Nexus RC2 is a bit memory hungry on it, currently playing a 4K video on Kodi and here's the TOP output.
20007 u0_a228 10 -10 1.6G 479M 232M S 56.0 24.2 113:37.33 org.xbmc.kodi
free -m shows
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 1978 1889 88 18 6
-/+ buffers/cache: 1882 95
Swap: 499 242 257
So I'm very close to the edge for memory and anything extra could trigger it crashing. I've resolved to custom compile Kodi just so maybe I can reduce the usage somewhere.
Widevine L1 has been working flawlessly for 4K HDR10.
4K HDR10 HEVC Playback via Hardware Acceleration is just perfect imo, only thing it seems to have a slight issue with is VC1 (minor stuttering/slowdowns) which everything seems to.
I can't say much about audio/audio passthrough as I haven't really done anything special with it, it plays audio on my soundbar is all I can say.
The USB port is a bonus but I haven't really tested it with any major throughput, it runs a wireless receiver for a controller and that's all.
You could possibly connect an external hard drive but I doubt it will mount, I know for a fact it will not mount Linux EXT, doubt NTFS but didn't try.
HDMI Input with CEC is a nice idea at first but there's issues with the CEC, it will control up to a point but if you press Home then go back to HDMI it won't control at all.
I ran a 4K Sony BluRay player to it and the limited buttons on the Fire remote makes you miss Menu, Popup and Stop buttons for BluRay control.
Video playback over HDMI was acceptable, nothing much to note but I prefer Kodi playback for it's integration.
Overall it's been a bit disappointing but functional, I couldn't recommend it over Gen 2 at all and the network thing makes me want the Gen 2 back.
Compared to other Android boxes I would prefer it to anything Nvidia, cheaper boxes just don't compare in the specs department.
It feels like a rushed device, not very polished but you could do worse in the same price point.
If anyone wants to know something specific I'd be more than happy to try and assist.
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - hdmkv - 2023-01-01
TrueHD & ATMOS, yes. DTS/MA/X, no. DTS HRA/MA/X is now working w/the latest firmware!
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Roby77 - 2023-01-02
Thank for your review
No gigabit and 2 gb of ram it's a no go
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - Tanzbaerli - 2023-01-17
(2023-01-01, 22:00)hdmkv Wrote: TrueHD & ATMOS, yes. DTS/MA/X, no.
Thats very disappointing.
The Fire TV (sticks) are very good devices but without the full audio passthrough support they have no value for users with high-quality sound systems.
The "old" Shields are still the first choice.
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - izprtxqkft - 2023-01-23
i just set this up with 7.1 passthrough, works good
dts (DTS-HD MA), 48000 Hz, 7.1, s32p (24 bit) (default)
https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=371514&pid=3134701#pid3134701 posts 14+
UPDATE:
the audio is slowly shifting out of sync, 0.3 audio delay at the beginning, 0.9 by the end and still out of sync
RE: 2022 Amazon fire TV cube - hdmkv - 2023-02-04
All HD audio formats are now bitstreaming perfectly for me.