2014-05-08, 22:42
I have watched full movies and never witnessed any dropped frames or audio drop outs.
(2014-05-08, 22:54)ozkhan1 Wrote: so where do I buy this M8 box? Does it come preinstalled with XBMC? Do Netflix, Hulu, etc work fine on it?
(2014-05-08, 20:41)Timster Wrote:Well let me ask you this question.(2014-05-08, 19:20)ozkhan1 Wrote: Its not the chip, its the OS you are using thats the issue. No native support on Android for HD Audio and 24P as he mentioned. So even if you get Intel NUC and put android on it, you will not get those features.
Right, gottit, thanks.
Makes you wonder why they don’t develop a version of XBMC (or whatever), to fully exploit the potential of the chipset ... rather than crippling it’s capabilities with Android.
(2014-05-09, 01:15)tential Wrote:(2014-05-08, 20:41)Timster Wrote:Well let me ask you this question.(2014-05-08, 19:20)ozkhan1 Wrote: Its not the chip, its the OS you are using thats the issue. No native support on Android for HD Audio and 24P as he mentioned. So even if you get Intel NUC and put android on it, you will not get those features.
Right, gottit, thanks.
Makes you wonder why they don’t develop a version of XBMC (or whatever), to fully exploit the potential of the chipset ... rather than crippling it’s capabilities with Android.
You're the maker of iOS (or any other mobile platform but I'm choosing Apple just to differentiate from Android so it's not confusing).
I tell you it costs $20,000 extra in coding hours to add HD Audio and 24P support.
I tell you that it'll bring in an additional $1,000 in sales. Do you do it?
Numbers are just arbitrary but the point is, Android is a mostly mobile computing OS. In what world do you need 7.1 HD Audio on your phone? So it's not a priority for them to ensure such a thing works.
(2014-05-09, 11:18)jjd-uk Wrote: People seem to be mixing up software decode and hardware decode with passthrough, there is no software vs hardware passthrough.
I have seen no reliable information on the audio capabilities of the new Amlogic SoC as the people who've done the reviews so far seem totally clueless on how audio is done, some don't even have a AVR.
(2014-05-09, 19:11)MrCrispy Wrote: Yes, I don't want the chip to decode anything, just pass the signal unmolested. I'd imagine that's not hard to do, but there's no clear info.
(2014-05-09, 16:40)Packetcrypt Wrote:(2014-05-09, 11:18)jjd-uk Wrote: People seem to be mixing up software decode and hardware decode with passthrough, there is no software vs hardware passthrough.
I have seen no reliable information on the audio capabilities of the new Amlogic SoC as the people who've done the reviews so far seem totally clueless on how audio is done, some don't even have a AVR.
Correct. The chip is not able to decode HD on its own ( it will downmix it ) and send that signal directly to a tv however it will passthru the signal to a capable AVR which will decode and play the format fine. I think a large part of the reason that most of these boxes offer passthru is due to the licencing agreements. This was the issue that Ouya had.. if you licence Dolby for instance you have to pay for each dolby format and I believe the agreement says you are not allowed to passthru any of the other formats not licenced.