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RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - hdmkv - 2014-06-11
Looking for clarification on 2GB vs. 4GB memory talk... if I only want OpenELEC (no dual-boot), is 4GB still recommended due to high CPU usage issue? Thanks.
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - Matt Devo - 2014-06-11
(2014-06-11, 19:55)hdmkv Wrote: Looking for clarification on 2GB vs. 4GB memory talk... if I only want OpenELEC (no dual-boot), is 4GB still recommended due to high CPU usage issue? Thanks.
nope, with the updated Coreboot firmware on the standalone setups, 2GB runs perfectly fine. Others with 2GB can confirm as well.
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - MrCrispy - 2014-06-11
(2014-06-11, 14:50)elsmandino Wrote:(2014-06-10, 15:57)Matt Devo Wrote:(2014-06-10, 14:35)elsmandino Wrote: Do you know whether you can use Hola, under ChromeOS, to unlock Netflix from other regions?
dunno, never heard of it, and living in the US, have never needed it.
Hola basically tricks your browser into making it think it is based in another territory.
In the UK, this is essential for watching Netflix as we get only a fraction of the stuff that you guys get in the US.
It would be great to know whether you can unblock Netflix with Hola on Chrome OS is the way you can with Windows.
One other thing - just to clarify, is it agreed that you can get 5.1 surround sound from Netflix, running it on Chrome OS?
Hola is in the Chrome store - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hola-better-internet/gkojfkhlekighikafcpjkiklfbnlmeio?hl=en
Someone can try it out on the Chromebook, see if it works.
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - longarai - 2014-06-11
(2014-06-11, 19:57)Matt Devo Wrote: nope, with the updated Coreboot firmware on the standalone setups, 2GB runs perfectly fine. Others with 2GB can confirm as well.
Confirmed.
xbmcbuntu + coreboot + 2Gb = flawless.
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - jsp1 - 2014-06-11
xbmcbuntu, Is that having any stability issues? I still get random crashes (not all video related) under OE. Am I the only one getting dropped out at random from menus to a blank screen with a blinking "_" in the top left corner? Only ctrl-alt-del will work after that point. I initially thought it was skin related but it has happened under default skin as well now.
I don't see anyone reporting on it so perhaps I have a hardware issue.
Incidentally, has anyone considered pulling the wireless card and dropping in a broadcom crystal hd to see if it would get picked up under OE...thus circumventing the intel video bug?
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - queonda - 2014-06-11
Has anyone XBMCBUNTU + XBMC +Chromebox work with MySQL?
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - hdmkv - 2014-06-11
(2014-06-11, 19:57)Matt Devo Wrote:Great, thanks Matt... jumped on newegg's $169.99 shipped deal(2014-06-11, 19:55)hdmkv Wrote: Looking for clarification on 2GB vs. 4GB memory talk... if I only want OpenELEC (no dual-boot), is 4GB still recommended due to high CPU usage issue? Thanks.
nope, with the updated Coreboot firmware on the standalone setups, 2GB runs perfectly fine. Others with 2GB can confirm as well.
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Re: RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - longarai - 2014-06-12
(2014-06-11, 22:58)queonda Wrote: Has anyone XBMCBUNTU + XBMC +Chromebox work with MySQL?my setup here... no problems.
using default 3.13 kernel, uptime is 19 days. xbmc from oficial trusty Repo (13.1). some small system changes/tuning
idle CPU is about 2~4%... with some spikes at 8% since I enabled fanart slideshow on refocus skin.
fantastic box...
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - guttermonk - 2014-06-12
I'm so close to pulling the trigger on this, but got two questions:
1) Can anyone confirm if HDMI-CEC works? If so, please let me know what OS you're using.
2) Can anyone using XBMCbuntu confirm if Steam in-home streaming works?
That would be a huge help. Thanks!
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - longarai - 2014-06-12
(2014-06-12, 21:04)guttermonk Wrote: I'm so close to pulling the trigger on this, but got two questions:
1) Can anyone confirm if HDMI-CEC works? If so, please let me know what OS you're using.
2) Can anyone using XBMCbuntu confirm if Steam in-home streaming works?
That would be a huge help. Thanks!
No CEC... My Samsung TV does not find any valid cec device.
Don't knoy about steam, not a steam user.
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - Matt Devo - 2014-06-12
(2014-06-12, 22:09)longarai Wrote:(2014-06-12, 21:04)guttermonk Wrote: I'm so close to pulling the trigger on this, but got two questions:
1) Can anyone confirm if HDMI-CEC works? If so, please let me know what OS you're using.
2) Can anyone using XBMCbuntu confirm if Steam in-home streaming works?
That would be a huge help. Thanks!
No CEC... My Samsung TV does not find any valid cec device.
Don't know about steam, not a steam user.
pretty sure you'd need an adapter from pulse eight for HDMI-CEC, but not sure if it would work with the ChromeBox
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - claydavis - 2014-06-13
How noob proof is getting xbmc on this? I want to pull the trigger, but not sure to do this or Intel Nuc
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - Matt Devo - 2014-06-13
(2014-06-13, 00:06)claydavis Wrote: How noob proof is getting xbmc on this? I want to pull the trigger, but not sure to do this or Intel Nuc
if you can use a paperclip, remove a screw, and run a script from a command prompt, then you should be all set.
see:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=ASUS_Chromebox
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=194362
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - guttermonk - 2014-06-13
Thanks, guys. Good to know - I have a Samsung TV also and just ordered a Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter the other day. Can't wait to test it out on my HTPC.
Any Steam users try in-home streaming on the Chromebox? A $180 satellite for streaming XBMC and Steam from my HTPC mothership would be awesome. Looking for a computer to stream all my movies, music and games to any room in the house, and I hope the Chromebox is it.
RE: Asus Chromebox announcement - Matt Devo - 2014-06-13
SteamOS ran fine from what I tested, and a cursory search shows others using lesser hardware for the client. You might want to just run SteamOS and install XBMC there: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/648816742742587380/
Or you can install SteamOS and OpenELEC and use a plugin to have OE reboot to SteamOS:
http://openelec.tv/forum/128-addons/62352-addon-reboot-once-to-another-os?limitstart=0
But that will likely require some advanced partition setup and editing