[izprtxqkft]

can someone answer this question, I've realised the chart is tied to mainly local media. The AM6B+ is king and although support after kodi 22 isn't planned it will carry on playing all the media you through at it. But What about people that rely on addons. Addons can't carry on supporting older kodi versions. 
Is that something the chart should take in account or have another section. Best Kodi device for addons and their future support , or something. Some addons have DV files too.

of the addons i am aware of

local streaming addons plex, jellyfin, emby, etc. deliver content in DV as if it were local files to the target when configured properly

premium service addons require L1 certificates of which there is already a data point for
of those
prime video may or may not be delivering 4K DV but that addon is perpetually broken
netflix may but is currently broken
hulu does not
disney+ does DV and works fine in kodi with matthuisman's addon

so there aren't any addons delivering DV that are not accounted for, unless you are referring to addons listed on Banned Add-ons (wiki) and those are not welcome here

[MediaPi]

Unaware of any official add-ons that have DV. I don't use any video add-ons, but get others do. For Kodi 22+, S928X-J/K devices should be supported, and isn't FEL DV being still worked on for them?

It's being worked on but will they succeed? if so the chart will change anyway. The x96 x10 is a good box. But If I was to update. I'll get whatever Team CoreELEC reccommends. I rather pay a little extra and not have to deal with the headaches. Buying the N2+ taught me that.

I was referring to unofficial add-ons.

[hdmkv]

Yeah, I don't touch those add-ons. Prefer buying discs & doing my own full quality rips.

[MediaPi]

Yeah, I don't touch those add-ons. Prefer buying discs & doing my own full quality rips.

for argument sake the question still stands, what about addon compatibility, will YouTube official addon still work with kodi 22 when kodi 28 is out.
Something to think about if addon compatibility matters to you

[nowwhereman]

I ran a network test with iperf and my AM6+ is capped at 100mbps. I tried uninstalling reinstalling CE, changing the network settings, then finally plugged in a USB ethernet adapter, and then finally got gigabit speeds. Those also solved my buffering issue.

But I'm not able to figure out why the builtin ethernet only runs at 100mbps. Googling the issue I found a number of others reporting the same problem with the am6+ but no solution for how to fix it.

I will stick to the usb adapter I guess.

[signde]

For Kodi 22+, S928X-J/K devices should be supported, and isn't FEL DV being still worked on for them?

 
I don't know how all of the internal workings of CoreElec development goes, particularly in regards to the dovi libraries so take the below with a grain of salt.

From what I have gathered some (all?) of the rumors of FEL support on the s928x are originating from MINIX getting an updated library with support for it from Amlogic.

Specifically, that is based on this post which states they are working on FEL support for an October release.

[ashlar]

although support after kodi 22 isn't planned

That is not set in stone, if I understand things correctly.

[Cinephile]

although support after kodi 22 isn't planned

That is not set in stone, if I understand things correctly.

Yeah that would make no sense.

[signde]

Yeah that would make no sense.

It does make sense from a software development perspective.

The CoreElec development team is small. Currently the only CE branch capable of FEL is NG. NG is based on an old kernel and it's very difficult to maintain that branch and branches for kernels required for newer devices with a small group of volunteers.

Also keep in mind just because CE may not release a version 22, that doesn't mean that a v22 of Kodi couldn't come to a device running CE 21. Historically those have come in lockstep but I've yet to see anything said as far as technical reasons it's not possible. Yes there is a lot of deep coupling between the two but at the end of the day CoreElec is just a host OS for Kodi itself.

[izprtxqkft]

Also keep in mind just because CE may not release a version 22, that doesn't mean that a v22 of Kodi couldn't come to a device running CE 21.

any device i would install CoreELEC on would be a cheaper device and with that i expect to replace in ~12 months
so it's really not a hardship if you buy a device now that runs 21 which does everything you want/need and then in a year buy a new one with better hardware to run 22

but that could just be me

[kenofstephen]

I have two topics that bother me:
1) Is there an Android box of any kind (either on Android or CoreElec) that would run Kodi with a (very) heavy skin (say Arctic Zephyr - Reloaded with all stuff turned on) smoothly? As in if I mesh the scroll button things will MOVE the way they do on a PC (close to 50-60 FPS), and not choppy like it's a toy for kids. Cause if not then I'll throw my remote at the TV and the reality resets and I start looking again .

2) Why is everybody so enthusiastic about all these new releases Dune 8K, Zidoo 8K, Minix 8K, Ugoos 8K, etc? They're all running on ARM Cortex A76 + Quad-Core Cortex A55 designs. One came to market in 2018 and the other in 2017. 6 and 7 year old designs. Am I missing something here? They can't build something on more recent chips architecture, something with more muscle? If I put Kodi on Samsung Ultra tablet, it flies. Sure it's a $1k device, but it has a 14.6" screen we won't need, a pen we won't need, a battery we won't need, and a lot more more memory and storage we won't need. Why can't the manufacturers put a comparatively powerful chip in an Android box? Minix is not shy about asking $350 for their S928X-K product. Like that would be something invented yesterday.

hello Daydream,

MINIX is not charging people $350, in some countries it could be higher than $300 because the local governments are charging VATs.
I see some players charging $499 and even $679 with a 6/64 config, I think those are what you really have to question about.

MNIX is offering a product that is capable of streaming at Gigabit Wi-Fi speed, 8GB/128GB, I totally understand that's not something truly amazing in the Android world,
but that's already the highest memory config that the CPU supports, and it's the most you can get for a media player.
As people keep complaining the price is high and nobody really want to put higher or better spec into these boxes, then receiving -ve feedback, we are trying to break this vicious circle.

[kenofstephen]

For Kodi 22+, S928X-J/K devices should be supported, and isn't FEL DV being still worked on for them?

 
I don't know how all of the internal workings of CoreElec development goes, particularly in regards to the dovi libraries so take the below with a grain of salt.

From what I have gathered some (all?) of the rumors of FEL support on the s928x are originating from MINIX getting an updated library with support for it from Amlogic.

Specifically, that is based on this post which states they are working on FEL support for an October release.

OK, I read this and think that I should reply on this. For most of the time I prefer to be silent on this forum...

So the story is:
Amlogic removed FEL support at a hardware level, what MINIX is doing and fought for is a backward compatibility of playing FEL files in HDR (edited on 26/10). Amlogic claims that Dolby stopped promoting FEL and the current v2.6 Dolby Vision certification does not require FEL support and Dolby had migrated to MEL only. (Note: These statements are not made by MINIX and subject to correction if needed)

I certainly understand that it's not the best outcome but this is the best we can provide to our fellow users. As always, we do what we can do. We can't control how a processor is being designed.

[pkaa]

My first post and a newbie to CE - Need a dedicated (4GB RAM) box for CE use ONLY (not connected to internet and DONT need DV) - will use CE for USB playback of content .. I am considering the Kinhank G1 :-)
The Kinhank G1 boxes shipping NOW from aliexpress.. do they have the locked bootloader already installed or u get the latest locked loader only when u do a new fw install ? Any recent purchase experiences ??
My plan, again, is to NEVER connect the box to the internet (so NO update at all) -  DONT need the Android side of things, boot CE from the SD card.

Any latest info would be appreciated ..

[Jönke]

Buy something else, the support is/will be dropped from CE https://discourse.coreelec.org/t/kinhank-g1/50905/464

[pkaa]

Thanks Jönke for the quick reply !

Sorry to persist but if I dont care @LAN/wifi (since I DONT need) ..Can I not continue using the generic version of CE on the Kinhank, even if support is closed ..
At @70 USD, seems like a great box with S905x4 & 4GB RAM. I dont want to get a more expensive SBC since I have no other use of it ..

But again, if the Kinhank boot loader is locked (is it shipped locked ?? - my original question) and if proper support from Kinhank for unlocking (via their facebook page) is not available, I guess I would be left with no other option but to look elsewhere !!

Thanks again ..