Hardware for Linux and XBMC

Thanks. What do You use for video output if not HDMI? If HDMI, than could You check if You hear any audio?

So I see that the problem is lack of free/open source >1 core codecs. I read that latest ffmpeg got experimental dual core support but I also read that it doesn't work perfectly

I use the DVI output.

1. Rodalpho which exact C2D are you using? E6750 OC to 3hz?

Planning on buying an n630i/Geforce 7100 board too, any problems with drivers under Linux? I'm not an linux expert but can manage around.. just looking for a board without much trouble installing.

Except from the Birdscene, any other problem with 1080p x264 .MKV material? or not yet tested properly?

2. Like many before said, maybe time to get some reference clips and start a WiKi page with results and such.. someone a big webserver with unlimited data....?

(Well dont know what the developers think about this idea, maybe they dont like it yet and they would like to wait till they have reached some more mature state of development.....but I think many people would like such a place to check the HW configurations....)

I have the same mb as rodalpho it works ok but I had to use the graphical safemode to install ubuntu and I had to install the nvidia 169 beta driver to get video working properly and I had to install from synaptic backported_linux_modules to get the sound working.

Oh and it's an EVGA 7150/630i not 7100 someone else mentioned they had one of the older ones and had slow xbmc menus with it. TSlayer I think

I see, TSlayer used 7050 indeed, well I was planning on buying the GigaByte GA-73PVM-S2H which uses the nForce 630i/GeForce 7100 chipset..

But i find it strange the GUI wont run on a 7050.. got it running smoothly on a GeForce Ti4200 @ 1366 x 768.. (60FPS @ 20% CPU Pentium 4 2,26ghz)

Well have to wait anyway before buying my new system.. just gonna do some more research about the Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H.

1 Question left, since the n630i doesnt support Dual-Channel memory.. will that ever be a problem in running a Mediacenter box? I dont supose it will does it? And how much memory is adviced..

I'm using 2gig and never see it go too high.

I'm using an E4500 overclocked to 2.93Ghz. It works perfectly on most 1080p; that bird scene is unusually high bitrate.

I installed via the GUI, too. But I did have to disable acpi in the kernel to get the live DVD to boot, maybe that was gzusrawx's problem.

Singlechannel memory is a problem if you do encoding, or compress a lot of files, or play videogames. It's not a problem in a HTPC.

gzusrawx Wrote:I have the same mb as rodalpho it works ok but I had to use the graphical safemode to install ubuntu and I had to install the nvidia 169 beta driver to get video working properly and I had to install from synaptic backported_linux_modules to get the sound working.

You might want to look into ENVY. http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html

Envy will install the very latest NVIDIA or ATI video drivers - ones NOT in the Ubuntu repositories. I've used it twice now with no issues and if you want any support from NVIDIA you'll have to be running the latest drivers.

I don't believe ENVY installs beta drivers, which are required for the 630 integrated video. It installs the latest general release.

Note that my windows desktop can't play that bird 100% clip with ffmpeg either. It's an e6600 at 3.2Ghz, 8800GTS 640MB video, with dual channel ddr2-800. CoreAVC is smooth as butter of course.