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

x8 teardown pics

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:

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

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.