I just wanted to give everyone a heads-up, in case you are an avid Kodi or IPTV user, this might not be the device for you (or at least until they update it).
This came as a big surprise to me, and I'm really disappointed as I was looking forward to replace my MiBox S with something more stable in terms of AFR.
First, the good:
- Dynamic Range Switching works well in most apps (Tested Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, Plex, Kodi)
- Correctly switches between Rec. 709 & Rec. 2020 color spaces
- Doesn't work in Movies Anywhere for some reason
- Passes through correct HDR10 metadata, including MaxCLL, and MaxFALL
- Chroma upsampling is good, the same as other recent Amlogic chipset-based devices I've tested (ODroid N2)
- Supports CEC and IR remote control
- Speed is really good, not up to the Shield TV, but it's also 1/3 the price or less
- Frame rate can be manually set, only 23.976Hz, 25Hz, 29.97Hz, 50Hz, and 59.94Hz supported
- The UI shows them as whole integer frame rates, but I've confirmed via HDFury Integral 2 that they are not actually integer frame rates
Now, the bad:
- HDR10 content has raised black levels
- No passthrough of Lossless Audio Codecs
- No automatic refresh rate switching
- Refresh rate app does not work
- No automatic refresh rate toggle in settings
- Confused by this one, I thought I saw it reported somewhere else that it does, but nothing exists that I can find
- Plex & Kodi don't support automatic refresh rate switching
- MPEG2 Live TV direct plays in Plex, but has pretty bad stuttering issues, whether interlaced or progressive (maybe being software decoded?)
- Voice search does not support Plex/Kodi
- 24.00, 60.00 refresh rates are not supported, even when manually setting
- Some EDIDs result in 8-bit HDR10, and some don't. I'm not sure why that is, but if I plug it directly into my C9, I get 12-bit, but if I plug it into my HDFury Integral 2, set to an EDID with DV and all HDR10 modes, the device get's stuck in 8-bit when switching to HDR10.
- Oddly some EDIDs result in Integer frame rates when manually picking one from the settings, and some result in non-Integer frame rates. For instance, if I plug it into my Oppo UDP-203's HDMI passthrough, all of a sudden a new 4K SMTPE frame rate option become available, which is 24.000Hz, 24Hz is still 23.976Hz, but 30Hz, and 60Hz are now 30.000Hz and 60.000Hz respectively. However, plugging it into my TV/Receiver directly, results in the non-integer frame rates I originally saw in my post.
More info on Kodi's forums: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=357396&pid=2979132#pid2979132
All credits go to MrCrispy, which I have linked above.
Edit:
Turns out the original source actually belongs to u/jwort93 and you can find their post here:
Thanks a lot for your hard work!
MECOOL KM6 Google Certified Android TV Box comes with S905X4 | 2020 NEW release
MECOOL KM6 Classic Edition specifications:
- CPU: Amlogic S905X4 Quad core ARM Cortex-A55
- GPU: Mail-G31 MP2
- RAM: 2GB
- ROM: 16GB
- Wifi: 2.4G/5G 2T2R 802.11 b/g/n/ac
- Bluetooth: 4.2
- Ethernet: RJ45 10/100 M
- Android TV 10
MECOOL KM6 Deluxe Edition specifications:
- CPU: Amlogic S905X4 Quad core ARM Cortex-A55
- GPU: Mail-G31 MP2
- RAM: 4GB
- ROM: 64GB (32G optional)
- Wifi: 2.4G/5G 2T2R 802.11 b/g/n/ac/AX
- Bluetooth: 5.0
- Ethernet: RJ45 10/100/1000 M
- Android TV 10
Estimated date to be available: Oct. 30th.
If anyone has been looking for a Frndly TV app for your new Chromecast with GoogleTV, there isn't one. I've looked into downloading an APK with limited success.
So I talked to a customer service person at Frndly TV and apparently they currently don't have plans for an Android TV/GoogleTV app. She said if they received enough feedback they could change that plan. I suggested that with the release of the new Chromecast with GoogleTV there may be more people wanting the app.
She said to email this address support@frndlytv.com and make the request. So have at it, maybe we can make it happen.
Adapter I am using: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B089M7WSHM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00
Full disclosure I am using the default cable and AC adapter.
The CCGTV sees all of the drives I've plugged into it. 256,128,64OTG,16. When they are formatted FAT32 it sees them all just fine but when formatted to exFAT or NTFS it just shows 'X is safely ejected' and never loads.
I know people who have it have said they are getting 4K files to play off external drives and no way in hell a 4K file is under 4GB so it must be exFAT or NTFS. Is this just a power issue and I just have to buy a more powerful AC adapter or do I need a different adapter all together or am i just really doing something wrong here.
Everything else with it is great but this is something I really need to have working and part of the reason I wanted to get these as I'm a techie and can easily work around other ways but multiple people I'm getting setup with this are not and barely know how to use a remote so I was hoping that this would be easy.
Like I said i"m good with buying an adapter just wanted to make this post to find out if that's what I need to do or if there is something else going on. Thanks in advance.