2012-11-28, 20:01
Hmmm... is 5.1 over HDMI working for you Dougie Fresh?
2012-11-28, 20:04
(2012-11-28, 20:01)plupien79 Wrote: Hmmm... is 5.1 over HDMI working for you Dougie Fresh?
I have not hooked one up to my AVR, only to the TV directly.
2012-11-28, 20:05
was just wondering. I can't seem to get 5.1 in any way shape or form from this board.
2012-11-28, 23:25
(2012-11-28, 20:05)plupien79 Wrote: was just wondering. I can't seem to get 5.1 in any way shape or form from this board.
According to the manufacture site it should work. How do you have things connected and what programs are you using for playback of the media? Are you playing a physical disc or a ripped format?
2012-11-28, 23:28
I'm running OpenELEC. I've found that support for 5.1 will be included with the 3.7 kernal
2012-11-29, 00:01
(2012-11-19, 09:56)b0ssman Wrote: Asus has a nm70 board in the pipeline
http://support.asus.com/download.aspx?SL...mED9VhwpIZ
No Product page yet, but the manual is up
Nice find. I prefer ASUS for sure.
[Edit]More here: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_C...ifications ... pictures show no HDMI port.
[Edit 2]This is for sale at Newegg right now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6813131933
No HDMI? Absolutely disappointing. ASUS? What were you thinking?!
2012-11-30, 11:39
2012-11-30, 13:26
I noticed Intel also has higher clocked versions of this CPU. Maybe that is the little bit extra needed for smooth software rendering.
When these boards get available here I might buy one. I think this is the cheap, small and low-power board I'm looking for
. I've been looking at a G530 but with all costs added up it's a bit too much for my taste (it will be a "bedroom" HTPC, not the main one).
When these boards get available here I might buy one. I think this is the cheap, small and low-power board I'm looking for
. I've been looking at a G530 but with all costs added up it's a bit too much for my taste (it will be a "bedroom" HTPC, not the main one).
2012-11-30, 16:17
(2012-11-30, 11:39)b0ssman Wrote: Gigabyte board with hdmi and a better cooler
http://bd.gigabyte.com/products/product-...id=4419#ov
Dual NIC's and PCI instead of PCIe. Wtf?
2012-11-30, 16:22
(2012-11-30, 11:39)b0ssman Wrote: Gigabyte board with hdmi and a better cooler
http://bd.gigabyte.com/products/product-...id=4419#ov
There's a single-core 1.5GHz version too. I don't get that choice, the dual NICs or the PCI slot decisions.
http://bd.gigabyte.com/products/product-...id=4418#ov
It'd be nice to see a Celeron 887 board. The tray price on the 887 is actually cheaper than the 847.
2012-11-30, 16:49
(2012-11-28, 23:28)plupien79 Wrote: I'm running OpenELEC. I've found that support for 5.1 will be included with the 3.7 kernal
Just to follow up on this I saw the thread you started over in the openELEC forums, it looks like someone was nice enough to build a 5.1 compatible build with Frodo. I just ordered my board and case (thanks for the quick turnaround Dougie) last night so I have to wait till sometime next week to check this out.
http://openelec.tv/forum/68-audio/53190-...y-51#54588
Does anyone have a cpu fan to recommend? I cannot stand noisy fans.
2012-11-30, 17:35
(2012-11-30, 16:49)esk1 Wrote:(2012-11-28, 23:28)plupien79 Wrote: I'm running OpenELEC. I've found that support for 5.1 will be included with the 3.7 kernal
Just to follow up on this I saw the thread you started over in the openELEC forums, it looks like someone was nice enough to build a 5.1 compatible build with Frodo. I just ordered my board and case (thanks for the quick turnaround Dougie) last night so I have to wait till sometime next week to check this out.
http://openelec.tv/forum/68-audio/53190-...y-51#54588
Does anyone have a cpu fan to recommend? I cannot stand noisy fans.
You're welcome. I put the Scythe Mini Kaze 40mm fan on my test board and it was much better. You might want to get two, one for the board and one for the case.
I'll be building out a barebones with the E-i3 soon ... pix to come...
Installing OpenELEC...
2012-12-03, 17:07
BTW, OpenELEC runs great on this board. I ran all kinds of movies on it. Very nice. I really like OpenELEC. If it only had CableCard support.
Hopefully OpenELEC counts as XBMC
Hopefully OpenELEC counts as XBMC
2012-12-03, 17:54
(2012-12-03, 17:07)Dougie Fresh Wrote: BTW, OpenELEC runs great on this board. I ran all kinds of movies on it. Very nice. I really like OpenELEC. If it only had CableCard support.
Hopefully OpenELEC counts as XBMC
Did you use an official build or the one in the thread I linked above? My case comes in today and my board tomorrow so I won't get to try it out for a few days. I am curious if that build fixes the 5.1 issue for know which is a big deal for me. Really excited to give this a go, the power usage and performance seems to make it a really great system for the price.
2012-12-03, 19:18
I've yet to get 5.1 working on any build of OpenELEC. Good thing it's not a sticking point, but it is annoying
Everything else works 100% I've yet to find something it won't play.
Also if using ALSA for sound CPU usage is high, when using custom settigns plughw; 0,3 it's around 10% or less
Everything else works 100% I've yet to find something it won't play.
Also if using ALSA for sound CPU usage is high, when using custom settigns plughw; 0,3 it's around 10% or less
