Current State of the Pyra

[matzesu]

What whe have allready:
- GL4ES Support
- Audio Issue was fixed (i think so)
- BOX86
- lots of Emulators and some interesting Ports
- Easy way to connect Bluetooth Audio Stuff thanks to a modern Debian
- charging whit about every Micro USB Cable you can find in your fundus

What is still needed:
- HDMI Out Support via Software, the Port allready works but seems like its dosnt work whit Tiler
- User Configurable LED Config : I would like to see that my Pyra Charges, even when the LID is closed
- Hybernate Mode Close the Lid, forgett the Unit or some sort of Low Power Mode like on the Pandora

 

[Phlyra]

Have you got those screenshots of your audio settings yet?

 

[matzesu]

Maybe tomorrow ^^ When i also check if this USB Stick is WLAN.. or i make a 1 Minute video where i scroll right as the Audio Window dosnt fit on one screen..

 

[matzesu]

I made some pictures, maybe someone could say if these are good

 

[levi]

Yes, notwithstanding the report from ED that the change has to be made in some chip registers which I doubt would be shown in alsamixer, that should be useful state for debugging issues.

 

[Magic Sam]

- charging whit about every Micro USB Cable you can find in your fundus

Hi

@matzesu : I'm sorry but I have to disagree

As said elsewhere, mine does only charge with a very short USB 3.0 (Micro-B plug) cable...

Cheers, Magic Sam

 

[matzesu]

It was more meant as in comparison to the Pandora who only charged whit a PSP Charger,
Also the Cables I used work: the Controller Charge Cable from the Xbox, a Cable from a Tiny Flashlight, the only cable that ditnt charge is the roll on cable who is damaged anyway..

 

[Magic Sam]

Hi all,

I removed my post as most of the issues are already covered in the FAQ.

Sorry for the noise

Cheers, Magic Sam

EDIT: do we have any news regarding the work on the audio driver (by @hns IIRC) ?

 

[matzesu]

Well whit the need to chose the right Audio Output first, i thought this was known ^^, maybe i have to make a Video Tutorial or something..
Or its just because the Audio is still controlled from the CPU and not from the Audio Chip.. but i dont know how other Linux based Notebooks deal whit Bluetooth Audio..

After the Fail on the first few weeks when i accidently took the Boot Bit from the internal Drive when i wantet to took it from the SD Card, i decided to just push the left SD Card Out when i want to boot the Pyra, no need to take it out completly, ..

 

[mclien]

OK, I guess that's it for me. I'm giving up.
I tried to "just play a sound". After having no luck with the image delivered with my (prepreorder Pyra) I did give it a run with the newest image (41) and matzesus audio setting advice.
After doing that and copying some .ogg and .mp3 files to my pyra I'm now stuck with audacious not playing any of the files (it simply says "playing" but nothing actually does, time just stays put at 0:00).
So I am not even able to find out, if the sound fix actually work.

 

[PowerGod]

(it simply says "playing" but nothing actually does, time just stays put at 0:00).

I suppose it's something wrong with Audacious itself then, or the audio codec used, also it is even possible that it is using the wrong sound device by default, have a look at the logs and the configuration.
I'm not sure if MP3 or OGG codecs are present by default on the device or if they must be installed separately.

 

[matzesu]

I allready testet MP3 on Audicias, ..
There are also 2 Players: Audacity, and Audacious or how it was pronounced, i think Audacious was the one i also use to play C64 Sid Music

I even testet DVD and CD Playback via my USB DVD Drive, its reads them, but Music over CD ditnt work.. maybe because the USB Drive needs to much current, thats why my RGB Keyboard had some Issues whit the Pyra, but works perfectly on the Phytium..

Some Package are needed for certain tasks, DVD Video needs an encoder, so maybe you dont installed one.., not everything is on the OS itself as some stuff make some trouble for Selling the Device, like Codecs,

therefore there was this "Comunity Codec Pack" for Pandora, so Synaptic on Pyra is the place to get stuff..

 

[mclien]

I suppose it's something wrong with Audacious itself then, or the audio codec used, also it is even possible that it is using the wrong sound device by default, have a look at the logs and the configuration.
I'm not sure if MP3 or OGG codecs are present by default on the device or if they must be installed separately.

Was working with the image that came with the Pyra, just with very annoying noise on the cable headphone. Now the same files doesn't even start..
So you say they might be excluded form the new image?

 

[PowerGod]

Was working with the image that came with the Pyra, just with very annoying noise on the cable headphone. Now the same files doesn't even start..
So you say they might be excluded form the new image?

Could be possible, in most of the Linux distributions at least MP3 codecs are on a different repository that must be included by hand, because of different proprietary licenses.

On the Pandora there was a dedicated downloadable package just for that.

 

[matzesu]

Also, i have the issue that on Pyra Debian, the Package "PDF Import" for Libre Office is there, but on the Debian 11 on Phytium PC, i cant find it in Synaptic..
So there are difference even if you have Debian...

 

[Djoga'Ro]

Wasn't there a change in how free or unfree MP3 is - like patents ending or something?

 

[matzesu]

After some months of Pyra Abstinenz (Win Mini, Steamdeck .. ) im now hyped to come back to the Pyra Users Comunity, ..
even though the Steamdeck and the Win Mini where Emulator Beasts which lets you play lots more than the Pyra was able to do (PS2, PSP, Gamecube .. ) , its got one big flaw: its much too fast to have a good Thermal Preventing System: When you play outside and the sun shines, its gets hot, also the Batterietime of the Win Mini is not the best even whit 8 Watt and RetroBat, so the Pyra should have there lot more use..

So how is now the state of the Pyra? Was the Audio Driver implement? Do whe have now some better solution for Low Power Mode? , and is the Bookworm OS now on a state that it can get use? In the next few weeks i will try to make some more video, whe have now a few more games ^^

 

[jedi23]

Not much progress since you left the field.
- Askarus did some great research and provided a solution for the missing -_| characters, but the solution wasn't accepted to be included in the OS
- We got an updated Box86 and I hope we will see an updated GL4ES v1.6 as well soon. Many thanks to ptitSeb for these great tools!
- There was some stability patch for the Pyra kernel in March for the already very stable Buster version

This is what I recall at the moment. If I forgot some points, feel free to add

 

[matzesu]

Ok so i will have some apt update/upgrade tomorrow for buster and bookworm, and need to take care some roms i got for the win mini will find its way to the Pyra, also will download a few of the stuff on the repo i did miss..