(2013-07-14, 22:28)jammyb Wrote: Can I just chime in that my OE Celeron NUC [in my eyes, is running flawlessly]

No crushed blacks, no glitches in motion shots, hell, even modding internal IR's for on/off and remote control work perfectly.

I can't fault any of it. I praise XBMC and I praise OE.

Just get sky go working on it and I'll live happily ever after!

(2013-07-14, 19:33)FlammableD Wrote:

(2013-07-12, 20:10)p750mmx Wrote:

(2013-07-10, 13:54)FlammableD Wrote: That's a shame, I want Netflix, so I guess I'm stuck.

Just use the older drivers and that problem is solved? Intel knows now what the problem is and they will fix it but at this moment they can't say when the new drivers will be available. That won't take months I presume.

Edit: Beta drivers for Windows 8(.1); http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-Releases-Iris-and-HD-Graphics-Driver-Version-9-18-10-3214-367506.shtml

Thanks for the tip, how old do I need to go?

(2013-07-14, 22:09)Ned Scott Wrote: The number of XBMC Windows devs haven't gone down. We probably have more than when we didn't have Android. Very few devs work on just the new platforms. If anything, Windows is the best platform for XBMC right now because the audio stuff.

The issue in this case has far more to do with intel GPUs than OS. Even OpenELEC has issues on NUC GPUs.

(2013-07-16, 02:40)ridinkidonk Wrote: Hey guys,

There is some great info on this thread; I am very interested in purchasing an Intel NUC, ideally the i3 version.

With the eve of the Haswell versions of these units coming out, do you think it's worthwhile waiting for them or should I just go for the current version available?

I plan on running Openelec as most people seem to have a great experience with it and can run Windows 7/8 if need be instead. I also plan on plugging it into an Marantz NR1603 receiver to use my 5.1 setup and this is the main reason I got those things, so that I'd get a NUC to utilise them.

I am only going to get content from my Synology NAS and from addons/repositories via online links and that's really all the unit will be used for, I don't need to plug anything in via USB but appreciate that I can.

I guess what I am trying to get at is, do you think the newer Haswell revisions of the Intel NUC really be worthwhile over the current generation? I also wondered about whether or not there would be issues in using the Mini HDMI that is on the newer revision over the standard HDMI ports on the current generation. Would there be any disadvantages here? I've used both types of cabling before with other devices and just wondered if there would be any problem in using Mini HDMI with XBMC.

Sorry for all of the questions - haven't seen much talk of the Haswell units yet seeing as how lots of people are happy with the current generation so for anyone who was interested perhaps we can discuss it.

Thank you.

(2013-07-16, 08:01)Raytestrak Wrote: I believe the haswell NUC will have an IR receiver built in. This could be a good thing, because it'll probably be able to power on via remote control. Secondly, in the OpenElec forum I read someone who had 23,97fps playback working correctly on haswell. I can only get my Ivy Bridge to do 24fps (not that I see any judder issues). Another new feature is usb 3.0, but that's only handy if you have an external usb 3.0 disk connected.

Mini HDMI versus standard HDMI makes no difference, it's just a different connector.

(2013-07-16, 02:40)ridinkidonk Wrote: Hey guys,

There is some great info on this thread; I am very interested in purchasing an Intel NUC, ideally the i3 version.

With the eve of the Haswell versions of these units coming out, do you think it's worthwhile waiting for them or should I just go for the current version available?

Quote:I plan on running Openelec as most people seem to have a great experience with it and can run Windows 7/8 if need be instead. I also plan on plugging it into an Marantz NR1603 receiver to use my 5.1 setup and this is the main reason I got those things, so that I'd get a NUC to utilise them.

(2013-07-16, 09:30)dazm46 Wrote: well having read all this thread im looking at the 1.1 celeron version but can't help wondering what do these nuc have over a med8er 600 which can do frame packed 3d ,and i don't have to had memory /flash pen or msata .the med8er 600 is only £120 / nuc with memory is gonna be about £150.some of you wise people might know thanks .

(2013-07-16, 22:36)johanp Wrote: Hi all,

About to pull the trigger on the i3 version. One thing I'm very worried about after reading this thread though is noise. My plan is to get a 64 GB SSD, 2 sticks of 4GB RAM and the Intel 6235 WiFi card. Very intent on running WiFi. I will run XBMCBuntu or some other full fledged Linux distro.

My impression from reading this thread is that fan noise is typically not an issue when watching movies, but perhaps when using heavy skins? A bit unclear here, but quite a few people have complained about heavy noise (and I am very sensitive in this area). I don't think I will be running Aeon Nox, but will need something more customizable than Confluence. However, what about YouTube and other streaming services? As I understand YouTube is using flash and flash is not hardware accelarated currently on Linux, right? So will this tax the CPU so much that the fan kicks in?

Down the line I will probably get one of those passive chassis, but a bit budget constrained right now, and also I want to wait til the market matures. Also, I am worried about how it will affect the WiFi.

(2013-07-16, 09:41)arokh Wrote:

(2013-07-16, 02:40)ridinkidonk Wrote: Hey guys,

There is some great info on this thread; I am very interested in purchasing an Intel NUC, ideally the i3 version.

With the eve of the Haswell versions of these units coming out, do you think it's worthwhile waiting for them or should I just go for the current version available?

The i5 is just hitting the market, so I wouldn't expect the haswell units to be ready at the same time.

The haswell units will have integrated IR, but the current i5 has vPro capability which means you can turn on/off through the network and also control it remotely something the haswell units can't do. Both have USB3 but the current gen only has one port in the front. Performance won't be very different except for maybe GPU where haswell will get a nice boost. As far as power usage it's 15W vs 35W I believe? In any case not going to make a big impact on your electric bill.

Quote:I plan on running Openelec as most people seem to have a great experience with it and can run Windows 7/8 if need be instead. I also plan on plugging it into an Marantz NR1603 receiver to use my 5.1 setup and this is the main reason I got those things, so that I'd get a NUC to utilise them.

OpenELEC is a nice appliance like distribution for small and embedded systems. I used it a lot before, creating addons and making custom builds for my Xtreamer, but it's really a very limited distribution only meant for running XBMC on weak machines. It's extendability is limited in that the root filesystem is read-only and addons can only be installed on the storage partition through XBMC's addon service. Addons are of poor quality and scattered around the forum. The great thing about the NUC is you can run a fully fledged distribution. If you have any kind of Linux experience I recommend going for something like Arch. It has bleeding edge software (X/Mesa/Intel drivers/kernel) and is very light weight in that you only install what you need. Customizing OpenELEC is a PITA and really quite unnecessary when you have something as powerful as the NUC. With something like Arch, you can install any kind of emulator you want and easily create your own xinit and customize xbmc to handle it all. Bluetooth software etc can also be more easily handled.

(2013-07-16, 17:52)solomon23 Wrote: Hey There,

People in the beginning of the thread were saying they were able to get Dark Knight ( vc1 truehd ) to work without frame drops on their i3 intel nuc.

I've just built two of them, one with Windows8 and one with Windows7. Neither can play Dark Knight without lots of stuttering and frame drops. I tried with both dxva enabled and disabled without much difference. The cpu is pretty high but never maxes out. I'm bitstreaming the truehd audio track out to my amp.

Anyone else able to play Dark Knight inside of xbmc on windows without issue ?

Thanks,

Solomon