NEW rockchip player (Rockchip RK27xx series) availability

Tikker · #11 (**permalink**) 17th Jan 2008, 5:29 am

not that I like to be nerd, but it does not sound (or look) impressive - where is finally support of SDHC memory cards and text-to-speech engine as available in other players? C'mon Rockchip!

DaremoS · #12 (**permalink**) 17th Jan 2008, 7:36 am

It look impressive and surely plays impressive too. At least support more video formats and all audio formats available. There is some references to AAC code!!??... which is not even supported in latest versions of iTunes!! AAC seems to be defunct, instead is been used M4A.

I've been confirmed that this of dual core it's not so, it's just RK2706 + Wolfson. It seems that references to ARM7 are due that inside of RK chip there is indeed such processor. RK chips have always had a processor inside, probably an ARM.
When is announced a dual core processor user can think in a very impressive player with lots of capabilities, but it's not the case of Ramos RM970.

For instance it doesn't support NES games for the moment, as it has appear in some publications.
It has a big drawback which is NO FM radio and still RK is not showing cover art... shows a pretty CD running instead

Software is alike to the last version installed in Teclast C260 (RK2606) and is still very primitive and buggy, strangely very similar to ATJ2135. Anyway is more than usual Rockchip software.

This version of RK chip, therefore RM970, support PlayFX which is excellent, especially when is combined with Wolfson DAC. I do have this combination in my Onda VX858 but with older version of RK and Wolfson.

But this Ramos RM970 is according with Youtube video still a simple Rockchip software mounted on a very good machine. IMHO ATJ2135 being a more cheap and buggy software have more features and functionalities, now compared with Cowon D2 (which support Flash in a couple of ways) is really primitive. I mention flash becasue is listed by Rockchip publication.

Anyway we are talking of a player that will cost less than US$ 100.- which is not bad.

knob · #13 (**permalink**) 17th Jan 2008, 12:05 pm

Another RK2706 player is on the way, the Teclast M30.
It appears to include the wolfson (WM8987G) audio processor too.

http://www.teclast.com/zhuanti/m30/canshu.html

It also appears to have an FM radio which should please many.

Regarding album art on the RAmos 970 maybe you need to copy a small .jpg
into the music directory? maybe someone who has one of these players could try this and let us know? something like album.jpg or folder.jpg may work, I suspect that this player doesn't support embedded album art but needs a seperate .jpg file. (or a firmware update?)

makd511 · #14 (**permalink**) 18th Jan 2008, 12:18 am

will have my Ramos RM970 next week - yes i succumbed and the urge got me - will be ostig a review and there is already a firmware update available - so hopefully there will be more support than fopr mau Ainol v900

knob
what has happend to the actions chip 2135 - seems to have droped of the face of the planet??

knob · #15 (**permalink**) 18th Jan 2008, 11:05 am

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what has happend to the actions chip 2135 -

Dunno, I'd been hoping for more info on the 2137, I was thinking along the lines of embedded Linux OS, so no need to ever flash firmware again, just drag and drop the firmware on to flash card sort of. :wink:

I fact I thought that it might be possible to have a couple of removable MiniSD cards each with a different firmware loaded and the embedded OS could boot one or the other! :shock:

knob · #16 (**permalink**) 19th Jan 2008, 7:19 am

2 more new RK2706 Rockchips are on the way!
The MOMO X6 and the OPPO S9

http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl...ontent/RK0708/

makd511 · #17 (**permalink**) 19th Jan 2008, 7:33 am

hope they are better than the RAmos!!!!!!!!!!!!

not looking good i am afraid

look for player using the new ingenic (chinachip) instead - this seems to be the top dog at the moment, take a look at the new onda vx7474 - looking good, or the ainol v2000se or ondas 979+ and 969+ .

the ramos lacks in many places
bad build
only 1 playlist
no album art
misreading of ID tags
no photo thumbnail view
no audio resume
no video resume
no video bookmarking
no games (no biggie)

easy firmware update though

i will write full review soon

at first view it aint as good as it should be

knob · #18 (**permalink**) 19th Jan 2008, 7:47 am

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no album art
misreading of ID tags
no photo thumbnail view
no audio resume
no video resume
no video bookmarking

Looks like the same old story again with Rockchip, nice powerful chips, but incomplete firmware. :x

It's a pity, I think even the 26xx series could have handled all the above with the right firmware.

DaremoS · #19 (**permalink**) 19th Jan 2008, 8:42 am

Seems that the more impressive player nowadays is Onda VX747, but is a Ingenic mentioned by makd511... look at it Onda VX747

I want to see a Youtube to take a decision about it :lol:

makd511 · #20 (**permalink**) 19th Jan 2008, 8:46 am

vx747 is out around 22nd jan but in limited qty and then chines new year will take over before any mass release happens,

the ingenic chip is constantly being updated and improved and apparently runs a linux base, according to the guy that runs pasen OOchristien00

so knob, take a look at the ingenic web site as ther is quite alot of info on these chips and tools etc.

the future for these chips looks very interesting.

ingenic web address

http://www.ingenic.cn/eng/productSer...ustomPage.aspx