= Zidoo X8 and X9S
  * Vendor website
    * x8 http://www.zidoo.tv/Product/index/model/X8/target/WhrwiBL1anZKKmVViAFMcQ%3D%3D.html 
    * x9s http://www.zidoo.tv/Product/index/model/X9S/target/rRwtRFydZ4xKKmVViAFMcQ%3D%3D.html
  * [[https://c3voc.de/gallery/misc/zidooX8/ | x8 teardown pics]]
  * [[http://www.cnx-software.com/2016/09/07/zidoo-x9s-realtek-rtd1295-android-tv-box-review-part-1-unboxing-and-teardown/ | x9 unboxing teardown]]


  *  SoC – Realtek RTD1295DD
  *  System Memory – 2GB DDR3
  *  Storage – 8GB (x8) / 16GB (x9s) eMMC flash + micro SD slot + SATA 3.0 (x9s only)
  *  Video Output / Input – HDMI2.0a output up to 4K, HDMI input with PVR and Time Shifting support (up to 1080p), and AV port (Composite + stereo audio)
  *  Audio I/O – HDMI Out and In, AV, and optical S/PDIF
  *  Connectivity – 10/100/1000M Ethernet, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
  *  USB – 1x USB 3.0, 2x USB 2.0 host ports.
  *  Misc – ON/OFF switch, IR receiver
  *  Power Supply – 12V/1,5A
  *  Dimensions – 17.5 x 15 x 3.3 cm
  *  Android 6

== As a ethernet stream source
=== instreamer

The instreamer app allows to stream the HDMI input via Ethernet / wifi to a stream sink
* https://github.com/robbi5/instreamer

To be able to use instreamer, an ffmpeg binary compiled for the ARM CPU needs to be placed in /mnt/sdcard. Such an binary can be found e.g. at https://github.com/WritingMinds/ffmpeg-android/releases

After the first launch, press Menu for the Settings. This is the ffmpeg command that already worked on the [[tronsmart_pavo_m9]]:

<code>
ffmpeg -i - -c copy -absf aac_adtstoasc -f flv rtmp://100.122.3.243:1935/source/tronsmart
</code>


== Interesting Stuff
=== Firmware
Firmware download: http://www.zidoo.tv/Support/downloads.html
http://ota-cloudfront.zidoo.tv/X8/ota/ZIDOO-X8-v1.2.12.zip 

Preinstalled Apps are in the ''/system/apps/'' directory.
=== Recording
The preinstalled HDMI app contains features to record (as TS and MP4) and stream over UDP (Broadcast/Multicast/Unicast)

=== Display on front (VFD)
Displays only current time - or when playing media - the current play position.
Does not seem to have an seperate "recording" LED that could be used.

=== Factory Test
On the home screen, go to the apps tile, press the menu button three times, then press down (to get to the small tiles) and press menu again.