R_volution PlayerMini
The best home theater technologies packed into a compact, powerful media player
The R_volution PlayerMini is a compact media player compatible with Dolby Vision and HDR10+ powered by the Amlogic S905X4-K chipset.
The R_volution PlayerMini is a powerful set-top box designed to stream movies, TV shows and concert files from a NAS or USB-connected external hard drive. It includes the popular R_video Media Center application to manage your video library. The R_volution PlayerMini offers compatibility with 4K video files in HDR and delivers stunning picture and sound quality to meet the needs of the most demanding home theater enthusiasts.
A Compact but Powerful Media Player
R_volution PlayerMini is a compact media player offering excellent performance in stunning 4K UHD resolution for multiroom entertainment.
Our products are designed to provide our end-user customers with convenient and intuitive access to their entire movie collection, in stunning 4K Ultra HD resolution. Your video files are delivered to your home theater with stunning video quality and lossless reproductions of the original movie soundtracks. The R_volution PlayerMini combines excellent performance with a compact design for multiroom entertainment and yacht setup.
Our amazing R_video user interface provides the best AI available on the market to organize your movie library. R_video along with the PC/Mac app offers advanced customization features that allow you to create custom categories and specific groups of movies, listen to original soundtrack clips while browsing titles, personalize your home page and add custom signature top banners like Director’s Cut or Pure Audio Blu-ray. Use the intuitive PC/Mac app to upload your own title page content, movie covers and backgrounds.
The R_volution PlayerMini supports the majority of digital audio and video formats, including the most modern HDR standards such as Dolby Vision and HDR10+, almost all recent video file formats, including MKV, BD and UHD ISO files with complete and fast BD/UHD menus, AV1 and HEVC video codecs with a billion colors, 4K 60p HDR, high-resolution audio files such as DSD, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, and multichannel audio format such as AC-4, Auro3D, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X for an amazing home theater experience.
Designed for multiroom entertainment
Thanks to its compact size, the R_volution PlayerMini is the ideal solution for streaming video content stored on your NAS to multiple rooms in your home or yacht. Despite its compact size, the PlayerMini delivers stunning picture quality, vibrant colors, and compatibility with leading multi-channel audio formats, including Dolby Atmos and DTS X.
USB Ports For External HDDs
Thanks to its 2 USB ports, you can connect external hard drives, as well as enclosures for multiple hard drives. And if you use a USB hub (not included), you can multiply the number of connected hard drives. And if you are equipped with an R_volution NAS, the reader will be able to recognize the NAS, create the R_video collection and identify your films, all in a completely automated and simple way. The PlayerMini is also compatible with all brands of NAS but in this case you will need to manually configure the access paths to your folders containing your films, series and concerts.
Hard drive not included.
A Modern Media Center
The PlayerMini includes R_video for free — the best entertainment hub available on the market, featuring an impressive user interface to explorer your movies and TV shows. R_video scans your video files located on a local drive connected to your PlayerMini, or on a NAS through the local network. Then R_video collects the cover art, background and various info such as casting, director, release date, rating, etc. Then you will just have to sit back in your home theater with your friends or family, choose your film or TV show easily. Browse a genre. Sort movies by rating, duration, or release date. Read a synopsis. Play the trailer. Then, press PLAY to enjoy your movie. After the end credit roll, wait for the auto launch of the next episode of your TV show. R_video is included with the purchase of the player. There is no need to purchase a subscription.
R_video features an automatic top banner (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, etc...), and a special top banner for Final Cut, Director's Cut, Theatrical Cut, Unrated, Disc 1/2, Bonus, Concert, Special Edition, etc. It also features: soundtracks while browsing movies or TV shows, parental control, exclusive R_video AI for the best movie identification possible, exclusive top quality multilingual movie covers, utilization of fanarts database, R_video DB and TMDB, filtering and sorting directly from the side of the user interface, automatic playback of the next TV show episode, search engine with display of movies from a specific actor or director and many more exclusive features.
Hi-Quality Backlit RC
The PlayerMini comes with a backlit IR remote control (accessory included).
Direct access & shortcut buttons
Switch instantly from one application to another (R_video or Explorer) using the direct access buttons: image ratio, resolution switch, subtitles, audio tracks, repeat mode, ... The remote control of the PlayerMini feature true STOP button, and direct playback access to 1 min. forward / backward and 10 sec. forward / backward.
Wide Range IR Sensor
The PlayerMini has a high-sensitivity infrared sensor that covers a wide angle over a long distance (60° / 26 feet). Additionally, the PlayerMini comes with IP control codes. This allows you to place your PlayerMini behind closed doors in a cabinet, behind your TV, or even in a professional installation rack in another room while still being able to control it from in front of your TV.
Great performance
The PlayerMini benefits from the Hi-End version of the latest S905X4 multimedia processor with integrated Dolby Vision VS10 engine. The main processor includes four ARM A55 cores. Hardware acceleration improves the performance of the R_video user interface and speeds up video indexing. The GPU has been upgraded to Mali G31 MP2. Combined with ultra-fast LPDDR4X and eMMC, this delivers blazing overall system performance.
DC12 Input
The R_volution PlayerMini offers a DC12 connector with included power supply. But it also allows the use of an external audiophile power supply (not included) in place of the supplied power supply, to meet the needs of the most high-end home theater users.
A universal media player
4K Ultra HD : Displays up to 4K UHD resolution, 4x more pixels than Full HD 1080p. The 4K Ultra HD format provides impressive visual experience and delivers a sharp picture.
Video processing : The VS10 video processing technology offers an outstanding picture quality with improved dynamics, accurate colorimetry, increased contrast, solid deinterlacing and impressive upscaling (up to 4K resolution). Even on a Full HD 1080p TV or a front projector, you will be astounded by the picture of your display!
Dolby Vision and HDR10+ : Display your HDR, HDR10+ and Dolby Vision video content on a compatible display Source-Based Tone Mapping (SBTM).
HDR Conversion : Convert your HDR video content into SDR to display it on your 1080p TV or projector managed by a brand new video processing for accurate color grading accuracy and luminance curve conversion.
10/12-Bit : Take advantage of powerful 10/12-bit YUV hardware decoding for professional-quality video display and benefit from increased nuance and reduced "posterization" ("banding") effect.
REC. 2020 : Enjoy a wider color space for more saturated and richer colors.
4K 50/60p : Display your 4K 50p/60p video content at 50 Hz or 60 Hz.
Real Cinema : Advanced auto framerate detection compatible with all video frequencies (23.976 / 24 / 29.97 / 30 / 50 / 59.94 / 60 Hz).
Direct Output : Display your videos in their original resolution and frequency without scaling processing.
Widevine L1 DRM : Watch premium online video services in HD and UHD.
Warning! Netflix and Disney+ are not compatible. Amazon Prime Video is compatible up to 1080p resolution. YouTube is compatible up to 4K resolution. Caution! Streaming services may stop at any time depending on content providers' compatibility requirements.
3D Video Support : Enjoy all your 3D video files in SbS (Side-by-Side) and Top-Bottom (TV requires manual switching into 3D mode). 3D MVC Frame Packing not supported.
Network Player : Connect your media player to your local network and enjoy your content from a PC/MAC or a NAS via SMB or NFS. Caution! NFS is not yet supported by R_video.
SMB Server : Access the contents located on the internal hard drives of the R_volution Player (or a connected hard drive) from a computer connected via local network.
MKV Player : Playback SD, HD and UHD video content in MKV and other modern video file containers and formats, including top quality AV1/VP9/HEVC/H.265 video codecs with very high bit-rates (up to 300 Mbp/s in H.265/ HEVC and up to 250 Mbps in H.264/AVC).
BD ISO / UHD ISO / BDMV : Display Blu-ray and 4K UHD Blu-ray menus with full access to additional content, commentator audio tracks, theatrical versions, bookmarks and all extras with seamless branching support. Support for DVD menus is planned for a future update.
USB Ports : Conveniently connect HDDs, USB flash drives, USB card readers and other USB storage devices. Large drives up to 32TB are supported in single partition.
USB 3.0 port : Read or transfer your files in ultra high speed.
A/V Connectors : Digital A/V HDMI 2.1 output, S/PDIF optical digital audio output.
Multichannel home cinema audio : Bitstream up to 11.1.8 channels, downmix stereo.
Hi-Res Music Playback : Playback Hi-Res Audio quality (up to 192kHz) music files in various formats (DSD, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, WavPack, APE, DTS, AC3, etc).
Playback Memory : Resume playback from the last position.
Backlit Remote Control : High quality backlit remote control with convenient direct access and shortcuts, wide range (60° / 26 ft) and recordable buttons to control another device.
Computer Mouse : Connect a computer mouse in USB to control third-party applications.
Complete File Management System : Copy, cut, past, delete, rename.
Open GUI : Add apps and movies in Favorite section.
Technical Specifications
Chipset : Amlogic S905X4-K.
CPU : 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55 (4-core).
GPU : Mali-G31 MP2.
Operating System : Linux + Android 11.
DSP : Video and Audio DSP with hardware acceleration. Native hardware 10-bit YUV support. Hardware performance optimizations for R_video UI.
Memory : 1MB L2 cache, 4GB RAM, 32GB ROM eMMC NAN.
Connectors : HDMI Audio Video 2.1a up to 4K 60p HDR (HDCP 2.2, CEC, Deep Color, 12-bit, xvYCC), 1x USB 2.0, 1x USB 3.0, S/PDIF optical audio output (TO-slink), Ethernet Gigabit 10/100/1000 Gb/s, Wi-Fi with 2 gold-plated removable antennas, RF with dedicated antenna, DC 12V input, power LED.
USB Ports : Easily connect external hard drives up to 32TB using the 2 USB ports.
Media Sources : External HDD (USB), USB devices (USB flash drive, USB card reader, etc), PC and NAS in local network (SMB 2), other Internet and local network media sources. External multi-bay USB storage enclosures supported.
Easy and Fast File Transfers : Up to 90 MB/s via SATA and USB 3.0 and Ethernet.
SMB Client/Server : Direct access from another R_volution Player / computer through your local network. Samba Client up to SMB 2. R_share technology.
Video Codecs : HEVC, H.265, x265 (up to Main10 Level 6.1 High 60p in 4K UHD), AV1 (up to 4K UHD 60p), AVC, MPEG, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, VC-1, H.264/x.264 (up to 60p in Full HD and 24p/20 Mbps in 4K UHD), FLV, XVID, DIVX (3/4/5/6), RealVideo8/9/10, VP9 Profile 2 (up to 4K 60p and HDR) ; ultra high bitrate support up to 300 Mbps.
Video File Formats : UHD ISO, BD ISO, BDMV, MKV, MPEG-TS, MPEG-PS, MPEG, MPE, MPG, TS, TP, M2TS, VOB, ASF, AVI, VC-1, MOV, MP4, QT, WebM, DVD-ISO, VIDEO_TS, RMVB, RM, DAT, VOB, FLV, DAT, WMV, AVCHD, 3D SbS/T&B.
Dolby Vision support : UHD ISO, BDMV, MKV, MPEG-TS, TS, M2TS, MP4. Full support of Dolby Vision Profiles P5, P7 MEL, P7 FEL and P8.
AV1 video codec support : Get up to 50% video quality improvement compared to HEVC codec. AV1 requires up to 50% lesser bitrate for the same video quality.
Widevine L1 DRM : Watch premium online video services in 1080p and UHD. Security Level 1 (L1) is a complete processing performed in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). This level refers to the highest level of DRM (hardware DRM) and let R_volution Player to stream premium video services at resolutions up to UHD quality. Level 2 cannot stream videos higher than 480p.
Video Output Flexibility : Output video in any resolution and format from SD to 1080p and 4K Ultra HD (3840×2160). Up to 4K 60p. Display your movies in true 24p (23,976 Hz ouput).
Audio Codecs : AC-3, E-AC3, AC-4, DTS, DTS-WAV, MPEG, MPGA, MP3, ALAC (Apple lossless), APE (Monkey's Audio), Apple CAF, M4A, M4A, AIFF, WAV, WavPack, VSELP, FLAC, AAC, AAC-LC, HEAAC, HE-AAC v2, AMR-NB, OGG (Ogg/Vorbis), RA_COOK, LPCM, PCM, ADPCM, FLA; lossless and audiophiles formats support (up to 32-bit / 384 kHz), SACD ISO, SACD DSF, SACD DFF.
SACD (DSD) : Play high-quality Super Audio CD (DSD) music files in all popular formats (ISO, DFF, DSF), including stereo and multichannel files, as well as files using DST compression. Stereo and multichannel DSD files can be output to HDMI in high-quality multichannel PCM (up to 48 kHz). Stereo DSD files can be output to both HDMI and S/PDIF as stereo PCM (up to 48 kHz).
Multichannel Audio : Bitstream, decoding and downmix LPCM 2.0/5.1/7.1 (up to 48kHz) of virtually any audio codec such as AAC, MP3, MPGA, WMA, FLAC, WAV, LPCM, OGG, AIFF, DTS, DTS-HD MA, DTS-HD HRA, DTS:X, DTS:X Pro, AC-4, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital EX, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Atmos, Dolby MAT, Auro 3D.
Playlist file formats : M3U, PLS, CUE.
Subtitle Formats : SRT (Subrip / external), SUB (MicroDVD) (external), text (MKV), SSA/ASS (MKV, external), VobSub (MP4, MKV, SUB/IDX external), SMI (Sami), IDX, PGS (UHD ISO, BD ISO, BDMV, M2TS, MKV), DVBSUB (DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C).
Subtitle Options : Option to download subtitles. Forced subtitles support for MKV, ISO and BDMV (simultaneous display of multiple subtitles not supported). Customization of sync, size, color and encoding. Changing the vertical position of subtitles, including on Blu-ray (PGS) subtitles. Multiple external subtitles supported. Customization of the default subtitles.
Photo File Formats : JPEG (hardware decoding), PNG, BMP and GIF. Slideshow, transition effects, picture rotation, zoom, browse playlist, repeat, shuffle.
Supported Formatting : FAT16/FAT32 (read-write), EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 (read-write), NTFS (read-write), exFAT (read-write), HFS/HFS+ (Mac OS Standard/Extended) (read-only), BTRFS (read-write).
Ethernet : 10/100/1000 Mb/s.
Wi-Fi : Dual Band 2.4+5 GHz IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6), two external Wi-Fi antennas (removable and gold-plated connector).
Android 11 : Install and enjoy additional apps via GooglePlay or APK files.
Warning! Some Android apps are not suitable for use with the remote control. In this case, use a connected computer mouse or an AirMouse (not supplied).
Network Playback : Special optimisation of the network, guaranteeing better performances of the local network playback no matter which type of media thanks to SMB protocol (HEVC UHD files included) via Gigabit Ethernet or Ethernet 10/100.
Universal RC : Integrate seamlessly into smart home installations via IR and IP codes.
Dimensions : (W × H × D) : 6.30 × 0.95 × 4.64in (without carton), 16.0 × 2.4 × 11.8 (without carton), 9.44 × 2.48 × 6.29in (with carton), 24.0 × 6.3 × 16.0 cm (with carton)
Weight : GW: 0.9 Kg / 1.98lbs (with carton), NW: 0.4 Kg / 8.81lbs (without carton)
Limited Warranty : 2 years
Certification : RoHS, CE, FCC
Country of Origin : Design: France, Software: France, Production: China
EAN : 3760115010147
TARIC Number : 8521900090
Operating Temperature : 10~30°C
Operating Humidity : 30%~70%
Consumption : Max consumption: 42W, Typical: 39W (Without HDD), High power standby: 9W, Low power standby: 0.02W
Rack Mount Kit : In option
Power DC Adapter : DC 100-240V - 12V / ≥3A
Accessories
High Quality Backlite IR Remote Control
Wi-Fi Antennas x2
RF Antenna
Power DC adapter
User card
