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2009-03-03, 16:14
Now that apple has finally updated the Mac Mini to have a better video chip and wireless N, would this machine be capable of 1080 h.264? Its speced pretty much the same as the new macbooks. Has anyone tried 1080p on those yet? I'm looking to replace my old XB with something for HD, and don't want the Apple TV if it can't handle everything.
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Hm the *old* mac minis could handle 1080p h264, so I don't see why the *new* ones wouldn't. Dualcore decoding in XBMC FTW!
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New ones are 2Ghz... old ones are 1.8 from memory... rule of thumb is 3Ghz for 1080p in XBMC...
afaik only Linux has GPU hardware decoding alowing slower CPUs to handle 1080 especailly 264.
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Yep, can't wait to hear if this is the answer to my prayers.
High bitrate 1080p in a neat little box, running XBMC.. Looking forward to a confirmation.
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What he is saying is that if you put Linux on there, you can use VDPAU.
The Linux version of XBMC has a new branch for VDPAU integration and is working quite well. So, stuartmarsden is correct in saying that if you put linux on, you will be able to play 1080p.
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I've tried to search with no success. Wondering, is there any work going on in doing something like this inside Mac OS?
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I know the audio connection can be configured for S/PDIF output, but is there any way to get HD audio out of the new Mini? I'm concerned that it would be limited to traditional AC3 and DTS over S/PDIF since there's no true HDMI port. You can get DVI and DP to HDMI adapters, but I think they're video only.
Am I missing something?
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The lack of GPU-acceleration in Windows and OS X XBMC is quite annoying, requiring much greater CPU requirements... I'm hoping the new Mac Mini will be capable of playing all 1080P H.264 files with just the CPU... but would be really great to get some kind of hardware acceleration.