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Hiiish
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Hello
I wonder which is the best alternativ, to have XBMC run on Windows 7 or to dualboot With a live XBMC and Windows 7 beside?
Which one is the best for hardware acceleration?
I only watch 720P movies, i do NOT watch 1080P movies becouse my TV isnt Full HD
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XBMC (recent builds) works as well on W7 as it does on Linux, so there is no need to dual boot unless you have some other reason to run Linux.
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I have an Acer Revo 1600 that I've setup with dual boot between Win 7 & XBMC Live installed.
It works great! My biggest reason behind doing dual boot vs. just running it within Win 7 is the boot time. It takes Win 7 far longer to boot than XBMC does, so for my convenience I have it setup that way, especially since I dont keep my Revo running all the time.
Just my .02
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so last svn use hardware acclarator ? like boxee does?
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It would be helpful to know what hardware you are using. That would allow us to tell you just how much better XBMC would run under Linux (using a straightforward install).
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im not sure thats true
maby in linux there is hardware accelarator
but in windows i tried the last svn with zotac hd-nd01 pc and its not working smooth even with 720p , while boxee does
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natethomas
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moshelog, did you enable DXVA?
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probebly not ,can u tell me where i can find it ?