[24pfreak]

I have read that there will be a version of Windows 10 OS for the Raspberry pi 2.

I had imagined this will bring the possibility of a cheap platform to host not only Kodi but also ITUNES Store , Google play movies and Netlfix all on one device (with the exception of Kodi , all via web browser) , hopefully even at 23.976 Hz/fps.

Will 23.976 Hz/fps be theoretically feasible via a Windows 10 web browser on the Raspberry pi 2 ?

[Milhouse]

It's not going to be the Windows 10 desktop you're thinking of, it's Windows 10 for Internet of Things - it may not even have a GUI at all.

[24pfreak]

Oh , ok thanks.

[kinison]

Think WindowsRT, the version of Windows meant to run on ARM based systems, where you get an app store but that normal x86 apps clearly wont work.

[24pfreak]

I have read that there will be a version of Windows 10 OS for the Raspberry pi 2.

I had imagined this will bring the possibility of a cheap platform to host not only Kodi but also ITUNES Store , Google play movies and Netlfix all on one device (with the exception of Kodi , all via web browser) , hopefully even at 23.976 Hz/fps.

Will 23.976 Hz/fps be theoretically feasible via a Windows 10 web browser on the Raspberry pi 2 ?

Ok , so are there any bare bones PC that will allow this ?

[Milhouse]

NUC.

[24pfreak]

Ok. I've been reading that hardware decoding of HEVC/H.265 will be supported with Skylake microarchitecture due out late this year or next year. I think I'll await the NUC that utilises that .

I have a RP2 on order as a stop gap , hopefully I'll be picking it up tomorrow.

[noggin]

I have read that there will be a version of Windows 10 OS for the Raspberry pi 2.

I had imagined this will bring the possibility of a cheap platform to host not only Kodi but also ITUNES Store , Google play movies and Netlfix all on one device (with the exception of Kodi , all via web browser) , hopefully even at 23.976 Hz/fps.

Will 23.976 Hz/fps be theoretically feasible via a Windows 10 web browser on the Raspberry pi 2 ?

Ok , so are there any bare bones PC that will allow this ?

Some of the Baytrail-T Mini PCs that are appearing do this - including running the Windows 8 Netflix app (which will give you Dolby Digital Plus audio bitstreamed over HDMI - which I don't think you get in the browser version). Things like the Pipo X7 etc. They aren't perfect - but they are pretty cost effective if you want a Windows 8.1 (With Bing) box - and some come with a year of MS Office 365 thrown in as well. They aren't going to be amazing Kodi boxes, and in some cases you might have to bodge a better heat sink, but they are an option to look at if you want a low-end Windows solution (They are effectively tablets without a screen)

Windows 10 on the Pi will be an Internet of Things OS - it may well have a UI though (discussion from Pi Foundation types at the Raspberry Pi forums seemed to say it would) but I don't think we know what form it will take yet. ARM-based Windows RT tablets haven't really been discussed with the whole Windows 10 thing - but ARM-based phones have... The Pi probably is a new category? (There is the Intel Gallileo platform as well which runs an IoT Windows - but that is pretty much like a DOS command line experience over a telnet or UART connection I think?)