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#76 Post by Sage »

@ symbol resides above the number 2
Ah, yes. And what does <shift+3> give?
Can't blame the Chinese, they've been brainwashed about language and symbols by our country cousins as much as RoW!
Notwithstanding, all the OSes I've encountered have a routine to reassign keys. However, it's not always straightforward, perhaps never so to the unwashed like YT, as I've never succeeded in that operation, so essential on the dustbin loads of duff laptops with missing, damaged or just inoperative keys. How say you?

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uk media streaming?

#77 Post by peebee »

I'm having problems with both BBC i-Player and ITV Player in the UK....

i-Player plays c. 1 sec of program and then dies

itv-player plays the opening advert but then fails to open the requested program at all.

Anybody else in uk had these problems?

Applies to both the individual apps and also to playing inside the built-in google-chrome browser.
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#78 Post by ttuuxxx »

Has anyone converted Remix over to puppy yet?, Currently I have one in the checkout, but If its not compatible/lots of issues with puppy, I won't bother checking out.. Currently its $59 for the 16gb version with the $10 discount they send you via email.
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#79 Post by Sage »

...problems with both BBC i-Player and ITV Player in the UK...
Using Adobe FlashPlayer? Which version? Don't think any of them work with Android or ARM archetectures? And Auntie only uses FP: due to switch to HTML5 soon. But their engineers had it ready years ago, allegedly, so guess who's holding it up!
...converted Remix over to puppy yet.
Know a man who can/might if it's possible - and he already has a unit.

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#80 Post by ttuuxxx »

.Know a man who can/might if it's possible - and he already has a unit.
Yes I know Barry has one but he hasn't posted anything yet on running Quirky on it as of yet. I have lots of android devices but like running puppy mostly. The remix is 64bit x86 I take it, but before I purchased another all in one 32 bit years ago but it was so slow and buggy, It was a complete waste of time and money. Arm 7" tablets aren't bad for android, I have a acer one I purchased at walmart for like $100 and it runs great for the price, Only thing it can overheat and takes like 2hrs for it to cool down, only happened twice in 5 months, but compared with the other 6 tablets I've had over the years the acer one is excellent. But really what I'm looking for is a multimedia mini pc that I can run puppy on to watch tv, movies etc.
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posting from a remix mini

#81 Post by Jooee »

Hi!
I received my Remix mini 2 days ago. The Cpu is a Quad Core 1.34 GHz sun50iw1p1,
type arm64-v8a, Not x86/Intel compatible. It's running Android 5.1 and seems very stable so far, but lots of small bugs / missing features. Some I can work around but not all, wich I hope an update will fix. I am happy with it nevertheless, because it seems to handle the main task intended. Running as a server.
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Re: posting from a remix mini

#82 Post by ttuuxxx »

Jooee wrote:Hi!
I received my Remix mini 2 days ago. The Cpu is a Quad Core 1.34 GHz sun50iw1p1,
type arm64-v8a, Not x86/Intel compatible.

Jooee
really? arm64-v8a, Thanks for letting me know, boy I would of been disappointed, where did I read that it was intel x86. Guess I'm still looking. :)
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#83 Post by Sage »

I received my Remix mini 2 days ago. The Cpu is a Quad Core 1.34 GHz sun50iw1p1
But, where are you???
Intel has an ARM fab license; not sure where 'sun' comes in? Is there a Sun fab.? Haven't kept up with the manufacturing recently, esp. as Chinese industries have come on apace.

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#84 Post by Jooee »

Hi!
I just copied the the string from an app that show hardware info. It should be an Allwinner manufactored cpu, a chinese company.
I updated my profile, with location.
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#85 Post by James C »

http://www.jide.com/en/mini
Processor1.2GHz quad-core cortex A53 (64-bit) Allwinner
Storage8GB eMMC 16GB eMMC
Memory1GB memory2GB memory

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#86 Post by don570 »

For anyone who wants to test a video player.
I found this package on my hard drive. I use it on
my Android tablet and I like it.

BSP v1.5.136 [4.0+].apk
5.9 mb


Available here : mydrive.ch

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#87 Post by Sage »

Mine finally arrived. A bit basic, fussy about HW, slow and uncertain start-up (needs an l.e.d.). Must check out their fora.
Anyone managed to open it up yet? Is the on/off by microswitch or proximity?
Later:
needs an l.e.d.
the little green light only showed up after dark! Confirm that, apart from the declared non-operation on an HDMI-DVI lead, it doesn't work on my D-A HMDI-VGA converter, either.
Remixers should now have their $10 coupon offer. However, miniscule PCs are blossoming. All GB 11yr olds are about to receive their free BBC Microbits and RPi has launched their 'zero' @ £4/$5 - a cut down version of the v.2, (free to their magazine subscribers) - a great deal as most hobbists should have plenty of small USB hubs kicking around by now.
Even later: but it does work on my little cheapo HDMI-VGA I use for my RPi - only six quid from http://www.cpc.co.uk .

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#88 Post by don570 »

Is the on/off by microswitch or proximity?
Probably the capacitance of hand causes a current spike that acts as trigger.

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#89 Post by James C »

Finally got my Mini hooked up.Posting from it now.Other than the a long system upgrade on initial boot and an incorrect screen resolution (I can live with 1920x1080 for now) everything appears to be functioning pretty well.

Lots to explore though...... :lol:

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#90 Post by don570 »

Try the video player BSP v1.5.136 [4.0+].apk
that I posted above. I'd like to see if it works.

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#91 Post by Sage »

Remix, RPi & co. are missing a trick. It shouldn't be necessary to need a s-o-a HDMI monitor/TV to run such a basic building block. Most old monitors and TVs built this century have a VGA input - that is more than sufficient for text and internet; it is specifically NOT their purpose for games playing and video editing. It might mean designing a micro-hi D15, but it wouldn't cost any more than the present socket. That way, these miniature PCs could quadruple their marketability.

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#92 Post by rufwoof »

If remix has vnc/rdp client app installed that's used to remote control a puppy PC desktop - HOW CAN I CHANGE THE PUPPY TRAY MINI DESKTOPS TO BE LEFT CLICK/DRAG'able ??

Under Wary I could grab the title bar of a window and drag it from one desktop to another https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4MbXu ... sp=sharing. Under Precise when dragging a window it hits the screen edge and stops (locked to that desktop), so I have to use the tray mini desktops to right mouse click-drag/move windows from one desktop to another (or use the title bar far left icon to 'Send To'). It would be nice however if a long left click/drag could be set for the mini-desktops in the tray. Mainly because under some conditions the title bar of windows can be above the top of screen and being able to drag the window back down again in the tray mini desktop window is handy (rather than having to ALT-left mouse click/drag the window back down).

I specifically have my tray set to 'Taller' as I find the mini desktops in the tray to be handy/useful as I have different icons on different desktops.
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#93 Post by rufwoof »

Until I only recently saw Barry's blog Remix article, which led me to this thread, I was unaware of the Remix box and was contemplating ordering one as a xmas stocking filler for myself :)

With it in mind for a setup of having that as the primary armchair control. My current setup is the broadband router/firewall/modem (Virgin Media Superhub) has one of its lan ports to a puppy PC that's open (vnc from anywhere globally) and another of its lan ports connected to the original Netgear router that we used before the Superhub was installed (that also has a firewall). All other household devices connect via that (secure behind a second firewall).

The open puppy is VGA connected to a 1080 TV's VGA (42" TV), with a wireless keyboard/mouse rollerball to control that. Dropping a Remix box in as the primary (armchair/wireless keyboard mouse controlling that) with the puppy PC vnc'd into from that opens up both android and puppy apps control from the armchair (LibreCad/Office ....etc).

The open puppy runs pfix=ram pupmode 5, CD booted at present, no HDD's. It can also be PXE booted (so be just a read only system with no HDD's/CD's/keyboard/mouse/monitor), just a motherboard, network card and ethernet link into the router. i.e. insecure in being open, but secure in being read only and isolated from the rest of the lan. At present that puppy PC is a heavy beast (old thrown away), but I have it in mind to replace that with another small x86 based micro-PC at some point (low power, always on server), mainly from remote house control (web cams, turn lights on/off remotely etc).

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#94 Post by don570 »

Apparently Softmaker has a free word processor for Android tablets.
I'd love to check it out on the Remix.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... r.hd.basic

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#95 Post by Sage »

CES reviews very favourable.

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