Flashing
Radxa Rock 5B+
Flash IRLEncoder onto a Radxa Rock 5B+. The recommended board.
The Radxa Rock 5B+ is the recommended board for IRLEncoder. Its onboard HDMI input is the most resistant to radio interference from cellular modems sitting near the board, which is the failure mode that kills capture on every other RK3588 SBC.
You need
- Radxa Rock 5B+, 4 GB or 8 GB RAM (4 GB is enough)
- microSD card (16 GB+) or M.2 NVMe
- USB-C PD power supply, 30 W or higher
- The IRLEncoder image for Rock 5B+ from Download
- BalenaEtcher, Rufus, or
dd
Steps
- Download the latest image from Download.
- Insert the SD card into your reader.
- Open BalenaEtcher. Select the image, select the SD card, click Flash.
- Wait for write and verify to complete.
- Eject the SD card. Insert it into the Rock 5B+. Power on.
First boot
The first boot takes about a minute while the image expands the partition.
When it is done, open http://irl.local and follow the onboarding page. See
Login for what to do once you have the password.