EAN4008928/2/7/4008928271867_p01_b.jpg' alt='Asus Uvc Web Camera Software Windows 8' title='Asus Uvc Web Camera Software Windows 8' />Review of M8 Android Kitkat TV Box Powered by Amlogic S8. So. CHome. AMLogic, Android, Hardware, Testing, Video. Review of M8 Android Kitkat TV Box Powered by Amlogic S8. So. C. Review of M8 Android Kitkat TV Box Powered by Amlogic S8. So. CA few days ago, I wrote an Unboxing and Specs post about the M8, an Android TV Box powered by Amlogic S8. Cortex A9 processor. The review took a little as I was waiting for a new firmware. Ive now upgraded this S8. Welcome to the USB Video Class Linux device driver home. The goal of this project is to provide all necessary software components to fully support UVC compliant. Today were taking a detailed look at the Asus Zenbook UX32A. This is Asuss most affordable ultrabook available right now, starting at around 700, and wh. Box, and been able to complete a review. As usual, Ill start by giving my first impressions, have a look at the user interface and settings, test different king of video files, evaluate Wi Fi performance, and try to cover most hardware features including Bluetooth, external storage, USB webcam, and so on. The overall users experience, is very similar to Tronsmart Vega S8. Ill go through during the review. First Boot, Settings and First Impressions. Shenzhen Tomato sent me a sample unit which they call TM8 Tomato M8, but Ill just refer to the device as M8 in the review. The device comes with a simple IR remote comes, but did not include two AAA batteries. I only use the remote shortly, as I prefer using an RF remote with Android, and I used Mele F1. QWERTY keyboard, and a gyroscope to easily move the mouse pointer. Beside the IR remote, the sample I received only included a 5. V2. A power supply, so i also had to take a spare HDMI cable. Retail versions of the box may included an HDMI cable however. Before connecting the power, Ive connected an Ethernet cable, an HDMI cables, and the Mele F1. USB RF dongle. Theres no power button on the device, so as soon as you connect the power, a blue LED lits up, and the device boots to the same Windows 8 Metro style users interface as Tronsmart Vega S8. M8 Home Screen Click for Original SizeAt the top of the screen there are status icons EthernetWi FiBluetoothStorage, the weather only Chinese cities are available in the settings, as well as the time and date. There are also six main menus, the same a Vega S8. Online Video One Chinese app, My recommend favorite apps, Setting, The firmware in M8 as quite a few Chinese apps, which were not present or removed from Vega S8. There are also shortcuts on the bottom of the screen with 4. K player, Music, Chinese IPTV app, and APK installer by default. You can add and remove the ones you want as you wish, and Ive done this with XBMC and Play Store as you can see from the screenshot. The user interface resolution is 1. The Setting menu gives you access to the settings shown in the same Metro style with four sub menus Network, Display, Advanced and Other. Advanced Setup Click for Original SizeThe network settings allow you to select Ethernet or Wi Fi, the display settings has exactly the same options as Vega S8. UHD 4. K output support, hide or show the status bar, adjust the display size, and screensaver. Ive enabled the status bar, as its more more convenient to use that way, and the bar automatically hides when you play videos. The Advanced menu will let you start Miracast Source only, not a display, enable the software Remote control Remote. IME. apk, adjust CEC controls, set your location only Chinese cities are available, set the screen orientation, and select digital audio output PCM, SPDIF pass through, HDMI pass through. The Other button will give some details about the Android version 4. Theres also an OTA System Update menu, which does not work. You can access the standard Android settings by going through Setting Other More Settings. The Android settings in this box are based on the phone interface, not the tablet one, which requires a few more clicks. You can check the users interface and settings in the video below. If you have already watched Vega S8. UI walk through video, you may have well skip this one as its the same, except from the pre installed apps which are a little different. Ive used HDMI output with 1. I started the device. But If I switch to manual mode, I can also see 4. K video output at 2. Hz, and as well as 4. K SMPTE.   Theres also an AV output, which is automatically used, if HDMI is not detected. It works fine including stereo audio output. Once you are using AV output, you can go to the setup menu to select between 4. To switch back to HDMI, insert the HDMI cable. TV. A reboot is not necessary. Theres 5. 7. 5 GB space reserved for the user out of the 8. GB NAND flash, and right after firmware upgrade, theres over 5. GB free space on the single partition available. The firmware was rooted. Looking into the About Media. Box section shows the model number is  K2. Android 4. 4. 2 is running on top of Kernel 3. I could install most applications from Google Play Store including Facebook, ES File Explorer, Root checker, Antutu, Quadrant, Vellamo, Candy Crush Saga, etc Sixaxis Controller failed to install returning an error in Google Play. Its the same behavior as Vega S8. Ive been told all paid apps wont install. Websites Like Cracked And Listverse. Ive also installed the Amazon Play Store, to use one of the free app of the day I previsouly downloaded on another device Riptide 2. As mentioned previously theres no power button on the device, and all you can do is to used the IR remote to enter and exit standby mode. A real power off will require you to disconnect the power. Ive checked the temperature of the box after running a 3. D game. The top was 5. C, the bottom 4. 3 C, with my room temperature around 2. C. This is exactly the opposite of Tronsmart Vega S8. As expected performance is good, and the system is extremely responsive, but the firmware is not that stable, as I experienced several hangs up freezes, requiring a power cycle. This happened during benchmarks, gaming and while taking screenshots. In two instance, the device apparently turned itself off automatically Blue LED off, maybe due to overheating. I also had some text input issues from times to times double characters using Mele F1. Vega S8. 9 but I forgot to mention it. Video Playback. XBMC 1. Ive used XBMC for video testing. I only used MX Players in case of errors, and to double check Dolby DTS audio. The videos are played from a SAMBA share on Ubuntu 1. Ethernet connection of the device. I had no problem for SAMBA configuration in XBMC nor ES File Explorer. I started with the videos from samplemedia. H. 2. 65HEVC codec from Elecard H. MP4 container Big Buck Bunny, 4. OKMPEG2 codec MPG container, 4. OK. MPEG4 codec, AVI container 4. OKVC1 codec WMV, 4. OKReal Media RMVB Failed. Nothing happens. Web. M VP8 4. 80p7. OK. Vega S8. H. 2. 65 codec MPEG TS container, 3. XBMC Audio only then crash,MX Player Can play and audio works, but everything is in slow motion with many frames skipped. Ive also tested some high bitrate videos EDHD. MPEG 4 1. 0Mbps No video, audio only. H. 2. 64 1. 2 Mbps OK. No audiovideo sync issues as in Vega S8. Mbps OKhddvddemo1. Mbps1. 08. 0pVC1. Mbps Video is supported but some frames are skipped. Ive also tested common audio codecs below, using PCM in XBMC, and I got the same results as with Vega S8. AC3 Can decode audio, but video was very slow. Dolby Digital 5. 1 Dolby Digital 7. OKTrue. HD 5. 1 7. OKDTS MA and DTS HR OKMX Player, however, wont output any audio when playing these files using the HW decoder. Sintel Bluray. iso, a free Blu ray ISO file, could play just fine in XBMC, and I could also navigate between the eight chapters of the video. Ive tested several 4. K Videos in MX Player XBMC does not work audio only HD. Club 4. K Chimei inn 6. Mbps OKSintel. K. Frequent pauses buffering during playback after enabling SW decode for AC3 5. No audio output using the HW audio decoder. Beauty3. 84. 0x. HEVCMP4. Slow motion video playback in MX PlayerI also tested several AVI, MKV, FLV and MP4 videos, and they could all play, except one FLV which only had audio output.