you know we not send free sample ??? ,why you just say this???, we have send about 100 free sampe BPI-M3 to user ,more user on forum have get free sample .
from we do BPI project , we have send more than 2000 pcs free sample to user .
Sent, thank you. Weâll see if I can finally test this little guy.
@Rab I only ever recommend Allwinner boards for media servers not media centers unless they have the Android support for hardware acceleration (e.g. the Orange Pi PC with H3 has an unofficial Android ROM by Superceleron for a different H3 board uses Kodi with acceleration, Netflix in 1080p etc). I am very careful to recommend devices without thoroughly testing them. Usually as long as the base drivers for SATA, USB etc are working any board will function as a media server. The USB to SATA can be an issue but still getting 47 MB/s is better than other Pi devices with only fast ethernet 
Unfortunately you seem not up to date. The Orange Pi community managed to get HW accelerated video decoding in Linux. Using CedarX without any Android stuff. By simply using the software thatâs available (and that Banana Pi people could also use if they wanted to do so). Just have a look into their forums: http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=forumdisplay&fid=55
If you review the board youâll have to realize that you wonât be able to exceed 15/30 MB/s since they chose the slowest USB-to-SATA bridge available. And only 1 USB port is used. Itâs also the wrong choice for a media server, the older M1 is way more faster for this purpose than the overpriced M3.
Thank you Rab I did miss that announcement. Personally I think Android gives you more flexibility but itâs great to see OpenELEC working.
I do the benchmarks for fun (I like science and statistics) and it is to help inform users about what they can expect.
Like you, I do hope we will see true SATA on an SBC that is affordable one day.
We have them already. The marketing person behind @sinovoip also advertises these features relying on your work: Build Debian Image for Banana Pi SATA Port Multiplier
According to Olimex we will see an A20 successor with 4 CPU cores next year. Great news since with just little efforts we then have a SoC with enough horsepower and I/O bandwidth and already mainline support.
Oh no, thank you for showing me that. I canât have my work copy and pasted anywhere as it hurts Google visibility.
I will keep an eye out for the Olimex A20, do they plan to use a different USB to SATA bridge or replace it with a real SATA controller?
They did this several times already. This @sinovoip marketing person is busy all day long copy&pasting stuff from other sites to flood these forums in the most dorky way possible. Theyâre so busy doing this sort of daft marketing bullshit that they donât find the time to fix the many issues with their products.
And most of the times they publish really outdated/wrong informations with this weird copycat approach. Stuff that mightâve been useful one year ago but is now not necessary any more. Nobody benefits from these effortsâŚ
I believe I didnât understand regarding âa real SATA controllerâ. Itâs simply not possible with the SOCs they chose after M1/M1+. They all lack SATA and other highspeed interfaces to connect a SATA controller to. And I doubt they will replace the ultra-slow USB-to-SATA bridge since theyâre obviously targeting morons only with these âmarketing methodsâ and believe no one will notice that itâs not SATA.
Why is there so much hate on this forum in particular?
I have 20+ SBCâs from 8 or 9 makers of various levels of support but the hate spilling over here is unreal. Its open source âŚwhich means its not up to the people at Banana to get things working for you, though they clearly are trying their best. Its up to usâŚthe community to put it all together.
Sure, its got faultsâŚwhich is why they do small runs, get feedback and reviseâŚits annoying that my Rev1 M3 canât handle a wired keyboard but a powered hub fixes the issue⌠but its not the end of the world. Keep the faith, theyâll fix what they can, and you are all free to fix what you can to make the community stronger and the support better.
Its also amazingly clear that English is a problem language for the admins, and things are often lost in their approach, they do their best, Iâd like to see you ask some questions in Chinese if you want to get proper clear answers.
They did something wonderful hereâŚlet them continue and support them.