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Hi,
Just wondering which version of Openelec people are running with now? I'm currently on 4.0.7 and was thinking of trying the newer Beta versions do they run OK or just sit and wait for the next stable upgrade?
Next question what's the easiest way to upgrade, just drop the kernel and system files into the OE_System folder?
Thanks for the advice.
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Hi guys, I'm thinking of buying this nuc, but I could not find information about whether it is capable of playing 1080p mkv encoded in H.265 or x265, can anyone help me?
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fritsch
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You believe or you know? :-)
Don't forget nobody has tested the openhevc implementation within xbmc - though doing so is quite easy. Change the ffmpeg depends file to link to an openhevc release tarball - done.
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2014-08-25, 14:09
(This post was last modified: 2014-08-25, 14:12 by noggin.)
I've compared ffplay with and without OpenHEVC on my 4GHz i7-2600K playing 2160/60p H265 stuff and the OpenHEVC implementation appeared to be a bit better. This included either a crop or scale to 1080p. (Crop was obviously less computationally intensive and much more fluid)
ffplay without OpenHEVC on an i5-3570K (not over clocked) was not that great.
The source material was the BBC DVB-T2 38Mbs HEVC broadcasts of the World Cup that they ran that were easily received with a DVB-T2 USB tuner if you were in the coverage area. (They used the frequency reserved for the UK's third DVB-T2 multiplex which has yet to launch)
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I have looked but cant find the answer.
I own the N2820 Intel NUC and I want to buy a Xbox 360 black media remote. Only one thing is not clear for me. Can I turn on the NUC with this Remote or it works only when NUC already turned on?
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2014-08-29, 13:43
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If the N2820 is like the i5-Haswell NUC, and the Black 360 remote the same as the white 360 Media remote, then yes you can switch on the NUC from power off by IR.
My i5-Haswell NUC switches on from off with both a 360 White Media remote and a standard RC6 MCE remote - I'm pretty certain. (My regular RC6 remote had a sticky enter button, so I switched to the 360 remote I had as a spare and don't remember it being an issue)
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2820 NUC has CIR = S5 power on from off state via RC6 compatible remote.
All NUCs with IR built in can.
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Hevc will be supported in oe 4.2 xbmc does not use any codecs. It is pure ffmpeg based. Helix has hevc since the Start. Hevc is nearly useless for 1080p and 4k hevc needs a 3 ghz quadcore.
In short don't buy it cause of hevc.
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