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(2012-02-08, 21:38)atandon Wrote: I have eden beta2 running on my mini (with amd GPU).
Overall I am happy with the performance. Eden2 also looks to be pretty stable.

The CPU utilization is pretty low for h.264 videos.
But with vc-1 encoded ones (or 1080i AVCHD .m2ts videos off my camcorder) the CPU utilization jumps up. Don't see the same if I run xbmc in boot camped windows on the same machine.
Looks to me like OS X may be the culprit here. It may not be h/w accelerating the vc-1 decode. I could be wrong of course.
But I guess I can live with this. Not too many videos in my setup that are vc-1 encoded

Correct, vc-1 is not h/w accelerated on OSX.
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Anyone know if i can bitstream hd audio from the base mac mini i5 / intel 3000 hd

I remember reading something that i need a intel MEI download of some sort, now that we have a audio branch i would love to hear if anyone has tried it

talking windows of course
TV: UE55F8005
XBMC: Mac mini 2012 with windows 8.1
SOUND: Sonos playbar + Sonos Sub + 2x Rear Play: 3
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(2012-05-01, 18:49)henrikyo Wrote: Anyone know if i can bitstream hd audio from the base mac mini i5 / intel 3000 hd

I remember reading something that i need a intel MEI download of some sort, now that we have a audio branch i would love to hear if anyone has tried it

talking windows of course

... I'm also quite interested in this. Would love to run XBMC on a Mac again.

Chris
unRAID Server, Pioneer VSX-LX52, Panasonic 65VT30, Marusys VU+ Duo, Zotac AD10
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(2012-03-19, 03:21)gizmotoy Wrote: I searched through the thread, but I couldn't seem to find a definitive answer.

Will one of these 2011 Mac Minis bitstream HD audio in BootCamped Windows 7 if they have the base Intel HD 3000 Graphics instead of the upgraded AMD card?

Yes!
I recently bought an entry level Mac Mini (i5, Intel HD3000) and I can confirm that HD Audio can be bitstreamed while playing lossless bluray content (from original Bluray disc or from mkv file) using BootCamped Windows 7. I have done this through Total Media Theatre 5 as well as an XBMC version supporting bitstreaming of HD Audio.

However!!!!
I have not yet been able to do it on OSX. Still trying to find a way but so far it seems the best option is bitstreamed DTS Surround. Sucks to run Windows on a Mac but so far it seems to be the only way to get bitstreamed HD Audio.
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Is the Intel QuickSync also possible with the Sandy Bridge Mini under BootCamp? And has anyone some experience doing any transcoding with this feature? Output quality, speed, flexibility and so on..
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