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OJey
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isn't there stil the problem that gpu decoding (VDPAU) isn't supported under windows? if it is than you have to use xbmc live or you mighty ion2 gpu is doing nothing while watching 720p+ content ... believe me i'm a total linux noob, but have no problems getting xbmc live to run. it's fairly easy !
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I just got one of these. Updated bios fan silent from across the room.
Put xbmclive stable on a usb stick. Could not get the tv to stay at 1080p24hz.
Also playing a 720 mkv i was getting frame drops.
Put xbmcfreaks most recent build, updated to newest nvidia drivers....same 2 problems. I'm tearing my hair out.
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so any of you guys got the HDMI audio to work with the new Dharma Beta1 ?
i cant seem to get any audio out of my zbox hd-id11
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2010-09-07, 18:28
(This post was last modified: 2010-09-09, 14:37 by calibos.)
Apologies in advance for being a moron but I need help!! I've tried reading all HD-11 related threads and whether its the device for me or whether I will run into problems with my setup being that I am a linux virgin but its just information overload for me.
I've got all my content on a pair of DNS323 Nas boxes. I don't need to store any content on the XBMC machines at all.
At the moment I need two XBMC machines both connected to 720p Panasonic Plasmas via HDMI. Atm I need these XBMC machines to output 2 channel audio to the plasmas via HDMI because the only av cable I have ducted behind the walls to the TV locations is a single HDMI cable. In the future however I will have 5.1 speaker systems and Old 5.1 AV receivers in these rooms and will want to output 5.1 to these via Spdif. I have no interest now or in the future to output HD audio formats via HDMI nor Spdif. I'll want to control the boxes with IR dongle and MCE remotes.
Is the ZD11 capable of all that right now with the latest Dharma beta with little or no messing about with linux code/scripts to get everything to work?
If I were to order a pair of ZD11 right now what do I need to order with them. 2x 2gb sodimm ram? 2x ?gb usb sticks? 2x USB IR dongles and MCE remotes? Should I get the smallest cheapest 5200rpm HDD seeing as all my content is on a nas or a 7200rpm or do I need an SSD for a smooth UI experience even if I enable the dds images and am booting of a Live USB stick? Actually, do I even need a HDD of any kind if all my content is on a Nas and I boot off Live on a USB stick?