Android MINIX NEO U9-H (64-bit Octa Core Amlogic S912-H/ 4K UHD HEVC, HDR, Dolby Audio)
(2018-03-23, 13:11)redglory Wrote: As it has dual boot, you can just disconnect the sdcard and it will boot to android just fine Smile
That is not even needed, using the standard Estuary Skin - simply go into LE Kodi's Power Menu and select "Reboot from Internal" to reboot to internal Android Marshmallow.

Reboot Android with the SD card still inserted and you are back in LibreELEC.



@DragonQ thanks for posting in the correct thread Wink

Advantages with AMLogic LibreELEC Kodi Krypton vs Android Kodi Krypton on the same hardware:
  • It's faster.
  • Firmware and Kodi updates are simply drag and drop and reboot. Sometimes this is automatic as well.
  • Better HD audio passthrough compatibility with AVR's and Soundbars.
  • Comprehensive user configuration for HDMI CEC control if a AVR / TV supports it properly.
  • Auto 1080p <<--->> 4K resolution switching works. Allows you to use your 4K TV's superior 1080p > 4K upscaling hardware and only switch to a 4K resolution when actually watching 4K content. (Hint run the Kodi GUI in a 1080p resolution)
  • A lot better support for older video compression standards like VC-1 and DivX / mpeg4
  • More Kodi user options to configure exactly what you want.
  • High quality Hardware deinterlacing works for OTA TV viewing, it's broken and unreliable in all Android Kodi Krypton distributions.
  • Ability to add USB TV tuners to watch OTA TV.
  • An inbuilt SAMBA server that auto mounts all sort of Hard Drives and shares content easily over a local home network.
    You can simply drag and drop files to those directly connected hard drives from a PC / Mac.
  • And what I've added....some parts of the code thx. to the OSMC Vero crew.
  • Properly downmixing of the LFE audio effects channel if 2.0 Audio is used resulting in better audio rumble from a subwoofer 2.1 Audio setup.
  • Better support for LPCM Multichannel audio
  • Overclocking of the GPU to 792MHz for a snappier user interface - the excellent heatsink on the U9 can easily handle this.
  • Some nice, user selectable Kodi Settings > System - options for Overclocking, Deinterlacing, 4K HDR and a RGB fix for older problematic Sony / Philips TV's.
  • Downsides = some users reporting video frame upsets when Subtitles are used. Personally I've not visually seen any issues.
    EDIT: I have seen the minor video frame upset now with Subtitles showing onscreen during a long camera panning shot.
  • Also there is a 4:2:2 Chroma bug that results in green video output. Projector users beware. 4:4:4 which you use for 24p 4K HDR on a 4K TV is fine so long as you use a quality High Speed or Premium Certified HDMI 2.0a cable. (eg Amazon Basics / Monoprice)

Here is a sneak peak of S912 LE 8.2.4 that I will properly release on the LE forums tomorrow:

LibreELEC-S912.arm-8.2.4-Chroma.444.img.gz (click)

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RE: MINIX NEO U9-H (64-bit Octa Core Amlogic S912-H/ 4K UHD HEVC, HDR, Dolby Audio) - by wrxtasy - 2018-03-23, 17:08
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