[fritsch]

LOL - looking at the video again. They seem to use kodi, right? Should have tried the DX11 rewrite by afedchin ... yeah, we don't know really.

[oWarchild]

It's great to see some real test results from a Kodi member, instead of a vendor's promo video!

Regarding 4k@60p, aren't you limited by DisplayPort 1.1a?

- Supports DisplayPort 1.1a with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (3840x2160) @ 30Hz or 2560x1600 @ 60Hz

[fritsch]

It's not about the output, as I talked about "downscaling" above. I decode 4k@60p and watch it at 1080 60hz, just to test the decoding performance.

[oWarchild]

ASRock has published a new Beebox Microsite. In it they mention an Intel N3150 version with a fan which I didn't see before. According to them the noise levels are 17.5dB idle and 20.5dB under load.

[omnium]

[Caramba69]

Does anyone know when the box will be available in Germany?

[oWarchild]

@fritsch, can you please try playing a couple of h.264 Hi10P anime on your braswell N3150? I've placed 2 samples (720p / 1080p) in https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6iy4gxgsfn14o...Ph7Ga?dl=0 if you don't mind trying.

Thanks!

[fritsch]

hi10p ... anime was never meant for the masses - the scene chose it, so that average users cannot watch it ... in order to save some 100 MB ...

Better get a core i7 with 32 gb memory - if your primary use case is hi10p ...


i will test those ... always remember: if you have 2 cores and run windows, the very moment the virus scanner acts up or the file indexer ... it's not watchable anymore, same on linux if some background processes shortly need more oomph ...

[oWarchild]

Hi10P is not my primary use case, most times it's possible to find 8-bit encodes but others it's either impossible or a pain in the back side. Having some Hi10P support would be nice in order to save some time.

Thanks! My plans are to use OpenELEC.

[fritsch]

720p: CPU Load: max: 88.5 / 400 % min: 75% / 400% (*) - no skips, no drops
1080p: CPU Load: max: 199,7 / 400% min: 128 / 400% - no skips, no drops.

*: 4 cores == 400%.

Btw. 1080p hevc runs with less cpu load (depending on the bitrate of course).
Tested: http://www.libde265.org/hevc-bitstreams/...-cfg01.mkv (running fine)
http://www.libde265.org/hevc-bitstreams/...-tiles.mkv <- this is far too much - but we still work on HW accel, here.

[oWarchild]

Thanks again @fritsch, that's encouraging!

[fritsch]

Here is a sample, that brings it to its knees 1080p 8Mbit/s hevc: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4684...s_h265.mkv (arround ~ 300% load).

(After the ffmpeg / vaapi is implemented those should work without issue).

[oWarchild]

Testing the limits of the hardware? Now you got me wondering if it would be able to cope with 1080p hevc 10-bit, haha.

PS: stunning video btw.

[Roby77]

My english is not so good, but for what i can understand here

https://youtu.be/PlErG10llqY

it's not so good as advertised

[fritsch]

Does he test _anything_ relevant to us?