Hi, I’m Michele and I’m new. I was evaluating the creation of a console dedicated to retrograde and so I looked up to lakka. I would have several questions that I hope I can find answers. 1. I know this is a trivial question, but according to you is better lakka than alternatives? 2. I saw the various alternatives. Do you think it would work better on Raspberry or on a box android s905x? 3. Should I install on android s905x box, would it be dual boot or would I completely lose the android operating system?
So a brief primer on how to install Lakka 2.0 or 2.1 on these Android-Kodi based boxes.
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The only alternatives that these would be better than the hardware that these boxes are based on are the Odroid-XU4 (my first Lakka unit) and PC (my preferred Lakka unit). Most of these Android boxes usually are based on the Odroid-C2 (which you can also buy as a single-board PC if you don’t want the fancy form factor of the Android boxes). But for the price, the Android boxes are the best option. Especially the boxes in the $50-75 range. That’s about what a Raspberry Pi 3 would set you back and not have nowhere near the performance.
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Go with the Android box over the Raspberry Pi 3.
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Most of the time, when you run the Lakka installer or try to install over the Android device, be careful to make sure the bootloader on the device isn’t locked. If it is, however, you’re probably stuck working with one OS at a time unless you find a way to do a dual-boot or multi-boot.
I use RetroPie for my Raspberry Pi 3. When it comes to Lakka I have it installed on a S905X box, but I can not seem to get it to update. When I try to update it acts like it updates, finishes, and then will not reboot. I am not sure how to dual boot these boxes so the way I installed it I wiped everything and made Lakka the only thing on the box.
I used a NexBox S905X I wrote a tutorial on how to do this over at the TVBox Forum. http://www.tvboxforum.com/showthread.php?tid=5094
If you are going to try to play things like Dreamcast, N64, and newer MAME stuff I would use the 905. If you are going to mainly play Atari through PS1 and older MAME stuff I would use a RPi 3 with RetroPie I hope this helps
For the 2.0 and 2.1 versions (LibreELEC), don’t use the online updater with hardware that’s still in the prototype stage (i.e. your S905, S908 and S912 boxes). Use the Update folder and drag the new version of Lakka through your Samba shares (network folder).
Could you explain a little more please? I read through some of the documentation but I might have missed it. I went here http://sources.lakka.tv/nightly/ However I am not sure which file i need to grab to drag over
Also wanted to mention to OP in terms of what box to get make sure you get something with 2GB ram, and that one of the boxes I ended up getting before I started trying Lakka seems to have a locked loader. It is on Amazon as a Mostfeel V4
I would like a 360 degree console, but mostly I would play at mame32, nintendo, super nintendo and above all PS1. What do you recommend me? I would still spend as little as I can.
You mention trying to get away as cheaply as possible, and their is nothing wrong with that. You could use either depending on what you already have. If you have a laptop laying around that you don’t use you could install Lakka hook it up HDMI and use some USB controllers. You could also install Ubuntu and then install RetroPie on top of Ubuntu
However if you are only looking between the S905 box and the Pi In my limited experience the Raspberry Pi would be the most cheap bet it should handle all those okay. A lot of people seem to run into MAME issues. Just make sure your romset is correct for the version of MAME on the Pi and you should be okay.
Also if you are going to be doing some heavy PS1 gaming it might be worth getting a case like the Flirc case to help keep things a little more cool.
So it breaks down something like this Pi Hardware 35 Flirc case 15 Xbox 360 look alike controller 10 I’ll assume you have HDMI cables and a Micro USB power supply that will power a Pi okay
A 905X box with 2GB of Ram is about 50 dollars, but will come with its own power supply and you will not need a case.
So I guess all said and done you are looking at about roughly the same price wise, but the S905X box has more ram
Sorry if I ask stupid questions. Are there components that are not compatible? Or just take a box that has amlogic s905x with 2 gb ram ddr3? Unfortunately on the site only brings s905 so before I venture to ask info
The only stupid question is an unasked one. I would imagine that the 1GB of Ram is compatible, but in my experience the 1GB Ram boxes seem to run into slow downs sometimes when running the stock Android the boxes come with so I would imagine this may translate over to another OS like Lakka being run on the hardware.
Also with my locked down Mostfeel V4 I could not seem to install anything through the recovery menu where as my NexBox has no issues.
The 2 GB RAM of the S905X will help you out considerably more than you think and besides, the Android boxes are all based on the Odroid-C2 (which is more powerful than the C1 in the hardware chart that is on the Lakka page here which edges out the Pi 3 in certain categories: http://www.lakka.tv/doc/Hardware-support/)
As a person who owns many Pi 3s, XU4 (4) and many types of PCs (5), I can tell you that if you could get something x86/x64 based for cheap, DO IT.
In fact, here’s a cheap x64-based alternative I just happened upon searching YouTube: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00X4O6GRK/ref=sxr_pa_click_within_right_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=3008539542&pf_rd_r=SYT81HYZTSHM9G4977EY&pd_rd_wg=b9TId&pf_rd_s=desktop-rhs-carousels&pf_rd_t=301&pd_rd_w=dl6iY&pf_rd_i=Gigabyte+Brix&pd_rd_r=PJ9PBXYDJ52AM3E9N6Y0&psc=1
And here’s the Youtube video demonstrating said Lakka build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyx7Xw-PQb0
DragonSparks: use the 2nd method mentioned here in the LibreELEC wiki to update your Lakka unit (it’s the same exact procedure): https://wiki.libreelec.tv/index.php?title=HOW_TO:Update_LibreELEC
I thought I would use this android box for about 35 €. what do you think?
I also looked at this video and wondered if it was possible to start lakka this way without removing android. And if so, how?
That would probably work, as long as the bootloader isn’t locked. As for dual boot, sorry, most of these devices don’t allow it, so if you wipe out the Android OS, you’re SOL.
good quetion! I would like to know! does it work?
I have a question. I have a TV box with S905X chipset and i’m using 2.0 currently. Image itself works fine, but i can’t seem to be able to get dualshock 4 working via bluetooth. Is DS4 even compatible ?
Also, while my dualshock 3 works, it constantly blinks all 4 leds when connected via bluetooth. Is this some kind of bug ?
S905 (MXQ Pro 4K) and blinking video via HDMI. It looks 4 screens on one. How to change screen settings (resolution, MHz and etc) ?
Try connecting to TV before turning on and also use the correct DTB image.