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Update regarding #wayland zero-copy video playback (using hardware planes): with a few small patches it works with #Chromium, both with #vaapi (Intel/AMD) and #v4l2 stateless.

Here a short video using a #rk3399 - the #PINE64 #PinebookPro - playing a 4k 60fps video - only possible with hardware plane offloading. Playback is *almost* smooth already (~50fps), the goal is to catch up with #GStreamer where we get stable 60.

I hope this will all get upstreamed in the coming months.

#chromium #Pine64 #Wayland #pinebookpro #gstreamer #vaapi #V4L2 #rk3399

Take for example these examples of a #PinebookPro (rk3399 / v4l2 stateless) playing 4k content or the #RaspberryPi 4b (v4l2 stateful / m2m) playing 1080p@60fps (the limit of the hardware decoder) on a 2560x1440 screen. My videos probably don't fully capture the effect, but especially in the later case the difference is pretty visible). This is using the gtk video player demo with some extra patches and #gstreamer.
#raspberrypi #pinebookpro #gstreamer

So if anyone else is running into this, you can install the basic GNOME apps by running:

sudo setup-desktop gnome

Not sure why postmarketOS GNOME for Pinebook Pro doesn’t come with this as default.

#postMarketOS #pineBookPro #GNOME #alpine #apk
#gnome #postmarketos #apk #pinebookpro #alpine

It’s installed and snappy (I installed the GNOME version and it’s faster than it was under Fedora Silverblue). And WiFi works. But… no GNOME Software? No web browser? 👀

#postMarketOS #pineBookPro
#postmarketos #pinebookpro

Ah, it started so well, and then… 👀

#postMarketOS #pineBookPro
PostmarketOS welcome screen on Pinebook Pro
A Pinebook Pro laptop with a huge on-screen keyboard filling the entire screen.
#postmarketos #pinebookpro

Hmm, seems it’s not seeing the WiFi adapter (yes, I checked the kill “switch” – meta + F11 – it’s correct, and yes I rebooted just to make sure) :)

Gonna try postmarketOS next, me thinks :)

#PineBookPro #fedoraSilverblue
#FedoraSilverblue #pinebookpro

Ah, interesting, so maybe the error message is wrong?

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/has-anyone-gotten-fedora-silverblue-working-on-the-pinebook-pro/28548/8

(Don’t you just love those?)

#Fedora #FedoraSilverblue #PineBookPro #install

Has anyone gotten Fedora Silverblue working on the Pinebook Pro?

I got it to work! You need to first install Tow-Boot to the Pinebook spi flash (Getting Started | Tow-Boot).
Fedora Discussion
#fedora #FedoraSilverblue #pinebookpro #install

Aha, and now an error message:

“The following error occured while installing the boot loader. The system will not be bootable…:

Failed to set new efi boot target. This is most likely a kernel or a firmware bug.”

Fun times.

Someone get the folks at Fedora a PinebookPro.

CC @Pine64

#FedoraSilverblue #Pine64 #PineBookPro #ARM
#arm #Pine64 #FedoraSilverblue #pinebookpro

Might have spoken too soon. Either it’s taking forever (seems stuck on “writing objects”) or it’s stuck.

#FedoraSilverblue #PineBookPro
#FedoraSilverblue #pinebookpro

Yay! Fedora Silverblue is being installed on my PinebookPro as we speak :)

#FedoraSilverblue #PineBookPro
#FedoraSilverblue #pinebookpro

Scratch that, thought I’d repurpose the drive from the MNT prototype I’m not using (makes a lovely prop, though, and glad I supported them; they’re doing great work) but that’s an mSATA not NVMe. Oh well, will have to order a drive for later.

#PineBookPro
#pinebookpro

While I’m at it, might as well install the NVMe interface adapter.

#PineBookPro
#pinebookpro

Snapped off the eMMC drive and it’s booting into Tow-Boot from the SD card.

#PineBookPro
Tow Boot screen with its logo and a menu with Flash firmware to SPI, Completely erase SPi and Reboot options.
Photo of 64GB eMMC drive. A tiny chip.
Photo of tow-boot output after successfully flashing the SPI.
#pinebookpro

Note if you’re opening it that the screws are different lengths: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/File:PinebookProScrewGuide.png

#PineBookPro #hardware

PinebookProScrewGuide.png

PINE64
#hardware #pinebookpro

The PineBook Pro is rather beautiful on the inside.

(Although I’d rather I was able to make it boot from an sd card without having to open it and unplug wires.) 👀

#Pine64 #PineBookPro
#Pine64 #pinebookpro

The #PinebookPro is now in stock!
Shipping begins late July/ early August.

https://pine64.com/product/14%e2%80%b3-pinebook-pro-linux-laptop-ansi-us-keyboard/

14″ PINEBOOK Pro LINUX LAPTOP (ANSI, US Keyboard) [Schedule to ship in late July/early August] - PINE STORE

CPU: 64-Bit Dual-Core ARM 1.8GHz Cortex A72 and Quad-Core ARM 1.4GHz Cortex A53 GPU: Quad-Core MALI T-860 RAM: 4 GB LPDDR4 Dual Channel System DRAM Memory Flash: 64 GB eMMC 5.0 Wireless: WiFi 802.11AC + Bluetooth 5.0 One USB 3.0 and one USB 2.
PINE STORE
#pinebookpro

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