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RE: AW: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - davilla - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-24, 23:34)FattyMcDirty Wrote: withouth 1080p/24p this box somehow doesn't make sense for xbmc... there HAS to be a way to force android to tune to this res....?! have you tried it everyone really need to get off the 24p DISPLAY kick. Plus if you really want a player that players everything perfectly, then get an i7/nvidia and just put up with the cost/noise/size and be done with it. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - Xardos - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-25, 00:01)pippo_piggy Wrote: I have no luck on my ATV1200 + XBMC. It sounds like you seem to have forgotten that you have to wipe data while flashing firmware? RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - thebearnecessit - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-24, 23:29)Xardos Wrote:(2013-01-24, 17:09)thebearnecessit Wrote:(2013-01-24, 14:22)Xardos Wrote: Geniatech wrote me an email, in their next geniatech-xbmc-version will be fixed following issues: thanks you so much for taking the time to reply. can you help me again on my question 3? maybe i didn't ask it clearly. 3) will the firmware/software etc released by geniatech for the ATV1200 work on the mygica ATV1200? should I just email them and ask maybe? also you say " Currently is the pivos-xbmc the better version, the aspect-ratio-problem is probably the most unpleasing fault. " what is the aspect ratio problem? and is this problem on the geniatech xbmc apk or the pivos xbmc akp? RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - dCrypt - 2013-01-25 (deleted, dupicated) RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - dCrypt - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-24, 19:33)srle Wrote:(2013-01-24, 17:44)DrMedia Wrote:Quote:UPDATE (18.01.2013): Latest firmware -20130115, and latest Pivos apk -010813 work perfectly together. I can recommend the box to anyone now - the only thing missing is NFS support for the kernel. srle, Did you try commenting "ro.platform.has.1080scale=2" (or whatever the number your firmware has) in /system/build.prop?? I tested an Android player some weeks ago, and I managed to get full 1080p GUI resolution commenting that line. Then I got a wonderful XBMC box rendering @7fps max. How are you so sure about the video rendering resolution? Regards. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - peterk77 - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-24, 16:02)bluepeter Wrote: The 1200 is a dual core Mali, single core on the 510b, same as the Pivos M1/3 and no it does not lack 'the ponies' to coin Davilla's phrase I am running the ATV1200 with a Jan18 XBMC nightly, no hardware decoding, and all hub addons run fine. There is a slight stutter from time to time, but I can live with it. I can aslo confirm Netflix runs very nice with the latest firmware and I do have working AirPlay. I might add, I don't use XBMC for local files, MX Player does a fine job playing my 1080p/24 videos. I also own a PIVOS XIOS, and the ATV1200 is much faster going through XBMC menus and loading plugins. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - dCrypt - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-23, 08:34)davilla Wrote: Rendering the GUI in 720p is no big deal, most all GUIs skins are 720p anyway. So no real big deal, it's more a specmenship thing. Right, I really know the differece between video resolution, display resolution AND gui resolution ;-) However, what I wanted to know is the rendering resolution of HW decoded video. Is it also scaled up to 1080p, as the GUI? I can live with the GUI@720p, but video decoding is a must. (2013-01-23, 08:34)davilla Wrote: Also, remember a 40 inch 1080p display looks the same as a 720p display at 8 feet away. Your eyes can't physically tell the difference. You are wrong: my eyes, 8 feet away from a 37'' 1080p TV DO notice the difference. I have to say that I first noticed the rendering resolution difference in the GUI so I digged a bit to find out that the scaling was being performed. kind regards. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - thebearnecessit - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-25, 01:34)peterk77 Wrote:(2013-01-24, 16:02)bluepeter Wrote: The 1200 is a dual core Mali, single core on the 510b, same as the Pivos M1/3 and no it does not lack 'the ponies' to coin Davilla's phrase how come you dont use xbmc for local files? RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - davilla - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-25, 01:40)dCrypt Wrote: You are wrong: my eyes, 8 feet away from a 37'' 1080p TV DO notice the difference. I have to say that I first noticed the rendering resolution difference in the GUI so I digged a bit to find out that the scaling was being performed. Sorry, I call BS on that, human eyes don't have the receptors to do that. It's a physical issue and a very well known one. I'm actually a physicist and I quite familiar with the issues of errors in human perception. Here's pretty chart, http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html , at best it's five feet. Your human eyes are not that good Also Confluence's native images are only 720p. so you can't claim that viewing them on 1080p will boost their resolution. Sorry it just does not work that way. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - peterk77 - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-25, 01:55)thebearnecessit Wrote:(2013-01-25, 01:34)peterk77 Wrote:(2013-01-24, 16:02)bluepeter Wrote: The 1200 is a dual core Mali, single core on the 510b, same as the Pivos M1/3 and no it does not lack 'the ponies' to coin Davilla's phrase XBMC nightlies are not hardware decoded, so my local files stutter. I guess I could use a pivos or geniatech xbmc release, but neither seems to work perfectly with plugins for now. Eventually, as XBMC for Android matures, I will use it for local files as well. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - dCrypt - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-25, 03:16)davilla Wrote:(2013-01-25, 01:40)dCrypt Wrote: You are wrong: my eyes, 8 feet away from a 37'' 1080p TV DO notice the difference. I have to say that I first noticed the rendering resolution difference in the GUI so I digged a bit to find out that the scaling was being performed. Maybe you're right, but actually I am convinced that I could tell the difference when I tested XBMC. That's why I wanted to figure out why Android XBMC was looking so "blurry". I am not claiming that upscaling 720p images will boost the resolution, I'm just claiming that I noticed the difference. I can guess that that the firmware was rendering the image resolution even below 720p or something. Regards. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - srle - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-25, 01:21)dCrypt Wrote:(2013-01-24, 19:33)srle Wrote:(2013-01-24, 17:44)DrMedia Wrote: Im getting stutter free playback of 1080p mkv's now :-) I did - changed build.prop - commented out ro.platform.has.1080scale, changed const.window.w, const.window.h, then look at the and changed scripts reset_display_mode.sh and set_display_mode.sh but still did not manage to get anything more then 1080 upscaled once more. (2013-01-25, 06:56)peterk77 Wrote:(2013-01-25, 01:55)thebearnecessit Wrote:(2013-01-25, 01:34)peterk77 Wrote: I am running the ATV1200 with a Jan18 XBMC nightly, no hardware decoding, and all hub addons run fine. There is a slight stutter from time to time, but I can live with it. I have no problems running a wide variety of plugins on the Pivos XBMC build. RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - srle - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-24, 23:09)theINSKIP Wrote: Hi, I have just got the atv1200 and during the set up I selected the option to always boot to a screen with pictures of a tv, headphones, andriod robot, etc... I want it to boot to the normal jellybean lay out. Settings -> Apps -> All apps -> look for something like Aml2DLauncher (cant remember the correct name) -> Scroll down -> Clear defaults RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - FattyMcDirty - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-24, 23:42)Xardos Wrote: I can´t detect stutter at 1080p/50... it looks very smooth that IS actually not possible... movies with 24hz or 23.976hz CAN'T be smooth on 50Hz, it's technically impossible... guess i'm gonna send that box back.... though it seems nice and fast, but stuttering video every some secs is a no go for me... guess i'm gonna stick to my rpi, which does THAT job perfectly... RE: Geniatech ATV1200 and XBMC hardware decoding - srle - 2013-01-25 (2013-01-24, 23:29)Xardos Wrote: Currently is the pivos-xbmc the better version, the aspect-ratio-problem is probably the most unpleasing fault. (you can solve this by editing attributes, but this settings are resettet after restart) Here is simple workaround: Install this on the box: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=os.tools.scriptmanager Create a simple script - on lets say /data/local named aspect_fix.sh Put this into to the script: chmod 777 /sys/class/video/axis do chmod 777 aspect_fix.sh (it becomes executable) Find your script through ScriptManager app - add tags boot and script to it. No everytime the box boots, the script manager will run that script as root, and you will not have to do it manually |