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2009-06-08, 00:48
I'm about to pick up a Zotac ION board for use as my HTPC, since the linux version uses hardware acceleration, i've been told in the forum that it will play 1080p content no problem on that system. I'm still uncertain however if it will smoothly work with AEON, so anyone know if it will? I'm sure it probably will, but I'd like to be certain before I drop the money on it.
Thanks.
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I'm using an Atom with ION and Aeon. The full version can be a little clunky but Paul's lite version is fine.... in showcase mode I have it in flat view for better transition framerate but you should be fine.
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Thanks for the reply Pete..., one question for you. Do you think that the "clunkyness" is from the slower CPU, or from the GPU? reason I ask is because I've seen on reviews that the zotac's can be OC'd to 2 Ghz, so I'm wondering if the 400Mhz speed increase would be enough of a boost to smooth things out. Also I'm thinking of using an SSD instead of a hard drive, wonder if that would make things more playable.
Board: Zotac ION-A-U Case: M350 Mini ITX Memory: 4GB Patriot PC6400
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Corsair 32GB SSD Media Storage: W2K8 running on 14TB RAID 5 on an Asrock board w/ AMD Athlon X2 250 and PERC 6/I controller w/ 8 Samsung HD204UI Green drives
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Hello,
I've a Zotac ITX A. So Atom 330. So far no performance issue and it's quite smooth with Aeon and 1080 backdrop.
As for the movies, I've launched an mkv (bluray) with 780p, picture are flawless and smooth. I just have an issue with the sound, probably due to the HDMI setup.
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lolau,
Have you tried it with 1080p content yet? Most of my stuff is 720, but I do have about 10 1080p mkv's, don't think they go above 12-15Mbps though, so not super intensive. Thanks for your reply though.
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Hello,
Not yet. I've just installed it last weekend and were fighting with HDMI (not yet fully solved on DVD and bluray). So no time to go further on video optimization and tests.
And this week I'm on business trip, so probably on Saturday.
I let you know.
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if your using the linux branch .. i guarentee you won't have ANY problems playing back content thanks to vdpau .. the skin and scrolling and such is a different matter
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Sorry for the late reply.
I confirm, no issue so far with VDPAU. CPU does not go above 15%.
The only issue I face from time top time is XBMC completely freezing. Mainly when I'm doing some setup changes or playing with Fanert and thumbs. So fare never when playing a movie.
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So does Aeon run smooth with Ion330 or do we NEED to run the Lite version?
