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I don't know, did not try all combinations. Fastest media is eMMC, then USB3.0 and uSD is slowest.
What I know: Android cannot boot from USB so it has to be installed on uSD or eMMC; CE can boot from USB, but I have not tried to install it from USB, so don't know if it works; I used USB to uSD adapter with my uSD card CE installation to run it from USB3.0 ports when I tested multi-boot. I had CE on USB(uSD), Ubuntu on uSD and Android on eMMC.
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2019-08-10, 16:20
(This post was last modified: 2019-08-10, 16:26 by hdmkv.)
Some of this is over my head... will just do CoreELEC off mSD card to keep it simple for now. So, looks like I just need to burn the CE image to mSD, insert into mSD slot in N2, flip the SPI switch to MMC and power on?
Also reading that A1 or A2 class mSD is the way to go? Didn't even know these existed until now. I had just been using Samsung U1 class mSD.
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2019-08-10, 17:31
(This post was last modified: 2019-08-10, 17:34 by Sholander.)
Your U1 Samsung uSD is enough for normal use, and yes, after all you did to the uSD card just power on N2. Take care for initial install not to have any USB drive inserted, as then sometimes the install procedure does not start. Then you need to power off/on the box to start install...
Also, the safest way for me to successfully burn the image file to uSD card is via Etcher. It is the only program that NEVER failed me. With all others I sometimes had problems/errors...
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2019-08-10, 19:32
(This post was last modified: 2019-08-20, 02:21 by hdmkv.)
Thanks again. May do EMMC later; looks like you can do installtoemmc w/CE (not sure if EMMC module needs to be formatted first).
Update... got it all set-up, and my impressions so far:
- Slightly faster than my S912 CoreELEC setup (installed to internal)
- HDR10+ files play/map fine in HDR mode
- No built-in Bluetooth (had not realized Bluetooth module, albeit cheap, needed to purchased separately)
- All ATMOS is passed as TrueHD; however DTS:X passes fine Resolved issue, by using 'Straight' instead of 'Neural:X' processing
That last part w/ATMOS not passing is a big issue... is it a known issue?
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2019-08-11, 15:53
(This post was last modified: 2019-08-20, 02:17 by hdmkv.)
Oh, okay. My Optoma UHD51A switches to HDR mode like w/all other HDR videos. Didn't watch long enough to see if colors looked off.
With ATMOS, tried the latest nightly build, but still only getting TrueHD w/all ATMOS videos. (Resolved) A couple of posts on CE forum mention people getting ATMOS, but not working w/my Yamaha 3050 AVR. To date, not had any issues with Shield TV, S912 box, Zidoo, etc. properly outputting ATMOS.
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2019-08-11, 17:07
(This post was last modified: 2019-08-11, 17:08 by DarkSphere00.)
May I please ask owners of the Odroid N2 to try and see if it can correctly read exFAT formatted USB sticks?
If it does not, could you please try ext4 USB stick too?
I know for sure that CoreELEC reads NTFS, but I'd use it just as a last resort...
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2019-08-13, 01:37
(This post was last modified: 2019-08-20, 02:19 by hdmkv.)
Thanks... I've tried h/w on/off, 5.1 & 7.1 channels, toggling passthrough on/off. Doesn't work. Going back to S912 CE box.
Ignore; issue resolved.
