2016-07-25, 07:49
I am not sure whether this belongs here or in a new thread of its own. I don't have enough to warrant a new thread. Anyways... the last couple of days I have been playing with an Amlogic S905X box - Mini M8S II. There isn't actually much to talk about it right now because Kodi/SPMC barely works on it.
Audio passthrough is a hit or miss. DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS:X passthrough doesn't work at all. Dolby TrueHD/ Dolby Digital Plus passthrough works in the native video player, but not in Kodi or SPMC. Like other Amlogic devices this one also seems to be limited to stereo PCM.
Refresh rate switching doesn't seem to be working in Kodi, SPMC or at system level (HDMI self adaption).
HDR10 works in native movie player, Kodi, SPMC. It works at all 4K refresh rates.
Deep Color works only in 4K. It is for 10-bit Rec. 2020. There is definitely something wrong with the Rec. 2020 output. The colors look way oversaturated.
It doesn't look like it has frame packing 3D output. It seems to be just H-TAB/H-SBS.
There have been two OTA updates so far. Looks like it will become a usable device soon
Audio passthrough is a hit or miss. DTS-HD Master Audio/DTS:X passthrough doesn't work at all. Dolby TrueHD/ Dolby Digital Plus passthrough works in the native video player, but not in Kodi or SPMC. Like other Amlogic devices this one also seems to be limited to stereo PCM.
Refresh rate switching doesn't seem to be working in Kodi, SPMC or at system level (HDMI self adaption).
HDR10 works in native movie player, Kodi, SPMC. It works at all 4K refresh rates.
Deep Color works only in 4K. It is for 10-bit Rec. 2020. There is definitely something wrong with the Rec. 2020 output. The colors look way oversaturated.
It doesn't look like it has frame packing 3D output. It seems to be just H-TAB/H-SBS.
There have been two OTA updates so far. Looks like it will become a usable device soon
