dlmh Wrote:But the 2010 model won't allow for bit streaming HD audio formats

ashand Wrote:I read somewhere that the Gforce chip support it but the OSX SW is not , So I was wondering that if someone tried to install W7 on a VM or on a new partition and tried to have a full bit stream...

darietto84 Wrote:I encountered this problem
So, is there no solution for this problem?
I'm very angry for this and I think to buy the mac mini with ati gpu because I can't live with this problem.

bombart Wrote:Hey Ned,

I actually have the older generation mac mini (1.6Core 2 Duo) with the CrystalHD card in it and it runs really well for the most part. However, it wasn't trivial to set it up properly and upgrades to newer versions are always very troublesome. (TMI, I know).

I just figured that I needed a version that has a good video card. I wanted the newest one so I don't have to worry about bitrates and resolutions and the such for a few years.

I will try looking for an older one (prev. gen). Thank you for your advice.

Cheers.

Ned Scott Wrote:Ah, I see. The newer minis did get a really nice performance jump in this last revision, but for an HTPC you probably would be better off with last year's model since the 2011 version lacks an optical drive.

dlmh Wrote:...

The only reason you'd want the AMD model is that the Intel HD Graphics still suffer from the same 24p bug that plagued the previous iterations. This bug causes 24P material (recorded at 23.976Hz) to be played back at 24.00 Hz, causing a small stutter every 40 seconds or so, while it should be played back at exactly 23.976Hz.

Every AMD and nVidia graphics chip from at least the last 5 years has been able to this correctly.

bombart Wrote:So, I bought the 2011 AMD mac mini (default config) and installed Dharma. Everything looks good for the most part on HD content. On SD content, something looks odd... it looks like it's skipping a frame cause there's a break in continuity and fluidity, but no frames are being dropped. Is it possible that my setup is not playing back the content at exactly 23.976Hz like you describe above even though I have the AMD VC? When I have "O" display stats, it's fluctuating somewhere between 23.9 and 24Hz. Is this normal? I don't notice this behaviour on HD content.

Cheers

AbMagFab Wrote:Is there any way to get true native refresh rates on the Mac mini? I set XBMC to do that, but it just sticks to 1080p/60.

voip-ninja Wrote:XBMC on Mac cannot dynamically change the refresh rate based on the content being played. You either have to go in manually and change it from 1080p/60 to 1080p/24 or you just have to let it pump everything out at one specific refresh rate.

You should look at the giant thread that involves the requested support for this, which won't be coming for a while yet.

bombart Wrote:I just recently made the switch from XBMC on windows to XBMC on MAC and I did not know this.
Curious... when I set XBMC to change the refresh rate to match the video and enable debugging, the refresh rate switches from 60Hz just before playing the video to 24Hz when playing the video. Is this inaccurate?

voip-ninja Wrote:I can't say for sure, as I have Mac on XBMC but don't use it in a HTPC environment at the moment. I just know the feature has been requested forever and has been one of several things (HD audio support being foremost) that has prevented me from getting a Mac Mini for my home theater to run XBMC on.