VIM Ubuntu Mate with Linux-3.14 KODI 17.3 ROM V180127 [EMMC INSTALLATION]

numbqq · January 27, 2018, 8:04am

Here we release a new Ubuntu Mate ROM V180127 with KODI 17.3 for VIM. This release add KODI support, we use some packages from @balbes150, thanks Oleg.
Check Firmware Page to download the ROM.

ROM Infos:

ROM version: VIM_Ubuntu-mate-16.04_Linux-3.14_KODI-17.3_EMMC_V180127/khadas_vim_emmc.img
MD5SUM: e89912102ca1a562aeeb5a05da317609
The ROM is for eMMC installation
Account info:
- User: khadas
- Password: khadas
LED state:
- Booting: on
- Boot up: breathe

Change logs:

Add KODI support
Enable alsa-midi

Upgrade guidance:

EMMC installation refer to Upgrade on Windows PC with USB-C Cable or burning image on Ubuntu

By the way

This image is built using Fenix scripts, you can use it to build your own image!

Have fun!

riaana · January 31, 2018, 6:54pm

I suppose this will not be compatible with VIM2? Or would it?

numbqq · February 1, 2018, 1:18am

Hi riaana,

Yes, it’s just for VIM.

11h11 · February 1, 2018, 2:37pm

Wicked! Thank you so much. Question: does it means that playing a .mp4 in ffplay / mplayer / vlc = hardware decoding instead of cpu?

numbqq · February 2, 2018, 4:27am

Just KODI with hardware acceleration.

RDFTKV · February 4, 2018, 7:43am

Hello numbqq, Thanks for adding the MIDI support.
I am not fluent in Linux MIDI, but have successfully installed Rosegarden(MIDI Sequencer) and Jack. A MIDI file loaded into Rosegarden plays thru a generic USB-to-MIDI adapter, to a Casio keyboard.
I have much to learn, but should be fun.

Thanks again, RDFTKV.

11h11 · February 5, 2018, 8:23pm

Not sure why video hardware decoding only works with kodi and not with mplayer, vlc, ffplay (ffmpeg) etc?

rosenblat · February 6, 2018, 1:10am

Is this rom using an older version of Linux kernel (3.14) or is that a typo?

numbqq · February 6, 2018, 10:06am

Hi rosenblat,

It’s 3.14, not a typo.

Tommy21 · May 7, 2018, 12:24pm

Any plans for newer Ubuntu images, latest release was 3 months ago?

Any news about gpu&vpu acceleration, will it ever come to Amlogic soc’s?

@Gouwa, @numbqq, @willow, @Terry?

numbqq · May 8, 2018, 2:49am

Hello Tommy21,

We will release newer Ubuntu image this month.

NO X11 GPU driver for linux 3.14 and 4.9 now, for mainline it works but fps is too low. What do you really care about GPU?

For vpu acceleration, you can use KODI, but just for 3.14 now.

Thanks.

Gytis · July 24, 2018, 9:07am

Can I build Kodi separately? I do have my Ubuntu Bionic Beaver image built already using super easy to use Fenix script

numbqq · July 24, 2018, 12:14pm

Hello Gytis,

I use Kodi built from @balbes150, you can try to build from source code.

Gytis · August 6, 2018, 12:48pm

@numbqq Any hints how you integrate it? There is probably some extra script you need to invoke in addition to Fenix script?

numbqq · August 7, 2018, 1:27am

Hello Gytis,

I use the blobs built from balbes150, you can find here

And I haven’t tried to build from source code yet, maybe @balbes150 can give you some suggestions.

You can also refer to the LibreELEC about how to build.

github.com

LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/blob/master/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk#L5


# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
# Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
# Copyright (C) 2017-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)


PKG_NAME="kodi"
PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
PKG_SITE="http://www.kodi.tv"
PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain JsonSchemaBuilder:host TexturePacker:host Python2 zlib systemd lzo pcre swig:host libass curl fontconfig fribidi tinyxml libjpeg-turbo freetype libcdio taglib libxml2 libxslt rapidjson sqlite ffmpeg crossguid giflib libdvdnav libhdhomerun libfmt lirc libfstrcmp flatbuffers:host flatbuffers"
PKG_LONGDESC="A free and open source cross-platform media player."


PKG_PATCH_DIRS="$KODI_VENDOR"


case $KODI_VENDOR in
raspberrypi)
  PKG_VERSION="newclock5_18.0-Leia"

Thanks.

Tommy21 · September 3, 2018, 6:16pm

Anyone seen this? https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Amlogic-Video-Decode-Linux.

Tommy21 · September 8, 2018, 9:14pm

When do you plan to release Ubuntu 18.04.for Vim’s?

Will it come with latest mainline kernels that add a lot of functionality, or will it come with default 3.14 and 4.9 kernel?

I see there is a lot of work done by Amlogic/Arm Linux community, and we are getting really close to having a really powerful mini pc/sbc.

There are third party Armbian images made by Balbes150, and the last one with 4.18 kernel works great, but unfortunately he is the only one providing those images, i believe that nobody helps him.

numbqq · September 10, 2018, 1:28am

We will release Ubuntu 18.04 with mainline kernel this month or next, Ubuntu 18.04 is already supported in Fenix, you can build it by yourself if you want.

Thanks.

Tommy21 · September 10, 2018, 4:56pm

This is the first time i’ve tried to build it, i am getting an error, it says something about etc/timezone error after i enter make command.

Problem is that i have x64 machine using Win10, i am running Ubuntu 16.04. Windows subsystem for Linux, it only runs command line, but i think it should work?

Tommy21 · September 10, 2018, 8:46pm

I’ve installed Ubuntu 16.04. on external hdd, tried once more to build, at the end of scripting i’ve had 2 errors, first was about how md5 sum is incorrect, try again later was written in the terminal.

Question is how to make this generated files as bootable image, to be used in Vim, i’d like to try it out to see if it will boot.

One more question, are those 4 desktop environments only available for arm(arm64) architecture, because i’ve seen more and more desktops are becoming available for arm?

Is it better to build armhf or arm64 for Vim, what are the pros and cons, because Vim is arm64.