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On another note, the 1st post on this thread is badly out of date hence it is incorrect, misleading and needs updating:
- LibreElec builds have resolved almost all of the issues that are listed as not working for S905 and S905X in the first post.
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2016-12-13, 09:21
(This post was last modified: 2016-12-13, 09:22 by wrxtasy.)
The LibreELEC forum will have the same "No Spruking" Android Pirate Box policy that the Kodi forum has. LibreELEC simply does not want to support sellers of Pirate Kodi devices. And that is the majority of these AMLogic cheap devices.
Every man and his dog would be pumping up their specific AMLogic devices otherwise. And there is a whole army of them.
Subversive sellers would get involved and there would be utter Chaos.
The other big problem that has been observed is dirt cheap AMLogic devices, with the exact same brand name, from the exact same seller, using the exact same Model number will have different WiFi and Bluetooth chips in them. And internal Hardware components get changed often.
This makes driver support very difficult and time consuming.
It really is hit and miss at the moment buying even (previously) known working devices, especially for WiFi. But you don't pay much for the device to begin with anyway.
I have no desire to support sellers of Pirate Android Kodi Boxes full stop. It's all take by them, and they give nothing back to the Kodi project.
I won't be doing a thread revamp either or opening a new thread. This one is it.
At least with a thread titled Budget AMLogic S905/S905X/S912 Media Player Options we keep all the questions for such devices in the one spot, regardless of whether its directly Kodi related or not. These devices are still Kodi capable hardware after all.
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Took a stab at a refreshed post #1. Trying to keep it simple. Am I missing anything?
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2016-12-13, 15:48
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Does the S905 boxes support HDR file playback even if it doesn't output HDR signal?
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2016-12-13, 16:17
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Answer is yes... have used my Beelink MiniMXIII w/LibreELEC to play HDR clips on my non-HDR 4K TV and PQ looks on par with Shield's, HiMedia's & Zidoo's.
But, let me make sure (as I'm going from memory having tested some weeks ago) and post back.
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2016-12-13, 16:51
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Colorspace output is wrong with HDR10 on S905 on my Non HDR TV - colors appears washed out compared to the S905X Xiaomi Mi Box playing the same clips on the same TV where colors appear normal.
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A friend of my was looking for a cheap media player that support Hevc (HDR) files playback so I advise him to buy MXQ Pro S905, he received the MQX Pro and told me that when trying to play Hevc (HDR) it doesn't work.
Will any S905X boxes support HDR playback?
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