Samsung Chromebox

DP passes HD audio...

I picked one of these up at Google I/O and was able to get ChrUbuntu running on it by running the script from http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.com/2012/0...bits.html. I'm following the Linux XBMC instructions and installing it now.

EDIT: I had to manually add my Wireless SSID to get it to connect to my network, but after that I was able to install XBMC via apt and can confirm that XBMC runs great. Was able to play movies from a shared folder, scrape covers from moviedb etc. Only frustrating thing is that because you have to enable the developer switch to install Ubuntu, each time you boot the device you have to hit Ctrl+D to get past the un-verified boot screen otherwise wait 30 seconds with a giant blue sad-face computer on the screen.

Going to try connecting a USB IR receiver and see if I can get my MCE remote to play nice with it today

anxious to hear your results

Thanks for the info!

(2012-05-30 22:12)KraziJoe Wrote:  DP passes HD audio...

According to an Amazon review of the ChromeBox it doesn't pass the audio over display port, you have to use the 3.5mm audio jack on the front of the device.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1LKR1CPCYT...6&store=pc

I wonder if this is a hardware or software thing...

You can get analog audio via combo jack on the FP, the back 2 x DP's are dual HDMI and DVI also, this will require purchase of adapters, not provided in box.
Snappy piece of hardware, but has a cheapo plastic feel.

$329,...seems a bit pricey right now.

I do like the packaging that these net tops are employing.

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and no HDMI,..that very odd.

It's being reported that there's no audio coming from the DisplayPort......THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I have no idea why anyone would want to buy this now...having to plug in a 3.5mm splitter from the front of it for analog sound is absurd. I hope Samsung fixes this with a firmware update. It's bad enough you need to purchase a HDMI to DP adapter.

(2012-07-10 16:26)onizuka Wrote:  It's being reported that there's no audio coming from the DisplayPort......THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

Agreed, it's a pretty big oversight IMO. I wonder if the fact that the device itself has it's own built-in speaker for audio has anything to do with that. The first time I tried it I didn't plug any speakers in and was freaked out when I started hearing sound from the box when I was testing a HD video.

(2012-07-07 06:47)Drewdah Wrote:  Only frustrating thing is that because you have to enable the developer switch to install Ubuntu, each time you boot the device you have to hit Ctrl+D to get past the un-verified boot screen otherwise wait 30 seconds with a giant blue sad-face computer on the screen.

How can people leave with such an annoying screen?

Is there a better way to get rid of it?