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It will do both hardware and software decoding. What you've linked to there is pretty much the Cadillac of Android SoCs :D
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(This post was last modified: 2014-06-28, 15:34 by xbmcreallyrocks.)
Very cool, and it costs less than my Pandaboard ES + power supply.
Which drivers for that board can xbmc use for hardware decoding?
In case there are issues with the drivers, xbmc will function in software mode without GPU assistance?
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Not so sure. In benchmarks they compare Tegra3 to Intel D525 and you won't do any 1080 decoding on a D525. Also note that the Jetson Kit lacks support for vdpau. Means there is no hw decoding support. As long as you are not interested in writing you own hw decoder with the provided SDK, you won't have much fun with XBMC and this kit.
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Can't I just stick to 720p if necessary?
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I may be wrong but in order to make use of the GPU you depend on "Linux For Tegra". I doubt that a Linux distro like Gentoo can leverage any of the graphics features of K1.
Even if you can get either egl or opengl work, you have a $200 board without hw decoding. Resulting performance would be below Raspberry Pi which is at $40.
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I wouldn't be buying the board for its GPU, I would be buying for its CPU. Hardware decoding was a hassle with the DVD decoder boards from a million years ago, but faster CPUs eventually rendered them unnecessary. Then the same thing happened with GPU decoding and Blu-Ray/1080p on AMD64. The same thing will happen with ARM and I'm wondering if this is it.
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Does xbmc require egl or opengl? I want to make sure I don't run into the same problem with the TK1 that I have with the Pandaboard.
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I agree that a more powerful CPU does not harm. In my living room system I have an Intel 1820T. It is less than $50 and can easily decode Hi10P or high quality deinterlacing. Sorry, but I can't think of any reason why someone would want an ARM board for $200 because of the CPU.
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Yes it is - that's the problem ...
Case + board + 1820T + memory < 200 dollar and fanless.
First decide what functions / features you expect from a system. Then decide for the hardware. Don't waste your money on crap.
Seriously, what do you want to do with this board? I doubt that you would be able to get XBMC running using Linux. Afaik the Android dev pack for K1 was released this months. It won't be a trivial task getting XBMC to run using Android either.
