Linux Intel Celeron G1840 for FullSBS / Framepacked, etc..
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Hi, I'm looking into upgrading my OpenElec machine and was wondering if a cheap Haswell Celeron will be sufficient in decoding 3840x1080 or 1920x2160 (or framepacked 1920x2205). Or even 4K video (3840x2160)? My current AMD E-350 can't handle that.

http://ark.intel.com/de/products/80800/

Since the Intel NUC is capable and it's fastest is only a 1.8GHz DualCore i5 I was wondering if the IGP might do a difference or if the Celeron Gs IGP is just as capable in decoding 3D HD or 4K video?

Thank you!
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#2
This may interest you
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=202790

so basically dont buy anything till the refresh NUC comes out but that I guess wont be till end of september...just made that last part up lol

Gigabyte do an i7 model, maybe look into that to
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#3
The current Haswell Celeron 2955U (I was using a Chromebox) will decode and output 2160/24-30p 4K H264 stuff over HDMI. This was connected to a Sony 4K UHD set. I only tested a few clips but it was VAAPI decoding and CPUs were both sitting at quite low figures. I haven't tested anything other than HSBS 3D.
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#4
Thank you. Although FSBS or above might be a difference if the video decoder in the Intel IGP it can't handle that resolution well enough.

The new NUCs do look promising but I was more looking into a cheap upgrade of my current system. I would only need the mentioned Celeron G1840 CPU and one simple 1150 Mini ITX Board which is roughly 80€
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#5
I didn't know everything in XBMC could run that fast... the speed improvements coming from an AMD E-350 compared to the Intel Haswel Celeron G1840 are enormous. Full-SBS and 2160p Files I tested do run cooled passively and with <10% CPU usage. Awesome! And the video looks better somehow ... it's probably my imagination but I was thinking it repeatedly yesterday.

The only down-side: Every hour or so the video crashes and XBMC (current OpenElec frezes) ... but the temperatures at still around 35°C. Does anyone know what it might be? I did set up all C-Stage related settings (C6/C7) quiet aggressively towards energy-savings on my mainboard (ASRock B85M-ITX v2.1) and read this might cause some problems.
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(2014-09-02, 11:43)meka Wrote: I didn't know everything in XBMC could run that fast... the speed improvements coming from an AMD E-350 compared to the Intel Haswel Celeron G1840 are enormous. Full-SBS and 2160p Files I tested do run cooled passively and with <10% CPU usage. Awesome! And the video looks better somehow ... it's probably my imagination but I was thinking it repeatedly yesterday.

The only down-side: Every hour or so the video crashes and XBMC (current OpenElec frezes) ... but the temperatures at still around 35°C. Does anyone know what it might be? I did set up all C-Stage related settings (C6/C7) quiet aggressively towards energy-savings on my mainboard (ASRock B85M-ITX v2.1) and read this might cause some problems.

Are you running OpenElec, another Linux distro or Windows. Interested in how the FSBS is configured. I may want to play some FSBS on the Sony 4K set I mentioned earlier - which will accept a 24p Frame Packed input.
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#7
In SandyBridge/IvyBridge full framepacked 3D HD required at least an i3. I don't know if Haswell has changed that. Usually the way to know is to look in Intel ARK and see if the CPU says "Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology" under the graphics specification. I don't see that for the G1840 but it's there for the i3-4130 so I suspect it's the same.
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(2014-09-02, 17:35)Dougie Fresh Wrote: In SandyBridge/IvyBridge full framepacked 3D HD required at least an i3. I don't know if Haswell has changed that. Usually the way to know is to look in Intel ARK and see if the CPU says "Intel® InTru™ 3D Technology" under the graphics specification. I don't see that for the G1840 but it's there for the i3-4130 so I suspect it's the same.

I was never sure if the InTru 3D was for MVC decoding or Frame Packed output - which are two distinct requirements - or both.
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