27 May
2013
27 May
'13
3:09 p.m.
2013/5/26 Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy(a)autostatic.com>om>:
On 05/17/2013 11:08 AM, Dan MacDonald wrote:
As I'm also tweaking RPi for audio, I'd be interested in the good and
bad of these little devices also.
One of the main disadvantage I see in comparision with my previous
portable FX project, which used an UMPC which had a touch screen
instead of a headless device, is that if you're constantly improving
the thing I miss a display in the thing, instead of having a TV or
similar around.
Another issue is that I have to connect an external audio card to have
a decent audio quality and RT capabilities. On the UMPC I managed to
use even the internal audio card and mic, so I only had to port this
device with me.
But that's what it is, at least for RPi.
--
Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
http://www.musix.es
I looked into these devices a bit more last night. It seems Picuntu (which
is based upon Ubuntu 12.10 and still in beta) currently only supports the
dual-core RK3066 devices and I failed to find any success stories of
people
having got Ubuntu (or any non-Android Linux) to install on the quad core
RK3188s.
Picuntu doesn't yet include the Mali GPU drivers but there are
instructions
available for installing the Mali drivers which apparently brings you
accelerated 2D and OGLES2 under xorg. However, its the VPU which handles
video playback accel and I'm not sure this is working yet for the RK3066.
Another pitfall is the wifi/bt chipsets as, having a read through forums
for these devices, it would seem not all the wifi chipsets are supported
by
Picuntu yet so thats another thing to look out for before anyone takes the
plunge and buys one.
Just bought this one:
http://dx.com/p/beitai-d06-dual-core-android-4-1-mini-pc-google-tv-player-w…
Set me back another $44 ;) See how it compares to the Raspberry Pi.
Jeremy
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