2010-07-05, 14:14
I got some questions to existing ION + XBMC users, it would be great if you guys could answer them because I am considering buying an ASRock or Acer Aspire Revo system. I currently own an older TviX media player but since the player firmware is still very dodgy and has limited use besides watching videos (bad music, picture support etc) I am considering an ION solution with XBMC. Anyways, over to the questions:
- Is there any lag/shudder when playing content ? esp for those who play NTSC content but has a PAL TV.
- Is it possible to play 24p content without lag/shudder ?
- How good is the up-scaling of video content ? I read a thread where some filters wasn't accelerated through the GPU on win7 and that could cause issued like fps drops. Can XBMC change resolution based on content and thus let the TV upscale ? for instance if I play 720p content, can XBMC switch to 1280x720 ? or is the up-scaling from XBMC fast and sharp enough?
- In XBMC, can you define what audio content should be passed through to the speaker system and what should be processed before passing ? My audio system can handle DTS and AC3 just fine but it do have problem with AAC for instance, if it is passed through unprocessed. On the TviX I could set AAC and some other formats to process through Analog instead of Digital.
- Any recommended remotes for an ION system ? preferably something that works on linux since I am probably going to try that first. I might decide to use win7 in the future though since I am not a linux savvy person.
- Any tip on a bluetooth receiver that works on linux? I might consider the WII Remote.