2015-07-20, 13:45
(2015-07-20, 13:07)ReMuZ Wrote: I have also been looking for quite a while for a decent successor of my Zotac XBOX. My "only" need: smoothly run 4K video and HD audio over HDMI via Kodi.
When i look at the specs of the Chromebox on http://kodi.wiki/view/Chromebox, it says; H.265/HEVC is software (CPU) decoded, so playback is limited to 1080p max and low/moderate bit-rates. Seems to me that my 4K content will be down-scaled or am I wrong?
4K H264 plays back fine with VAAPI acceleration, and the Chromebox will output 2160p at 23.976/24.000/25/29.97/30.00Hz over HDMI.
4K H265 won't as there is no hardware VAAPI acceleration for it, and the CPU doesn't have the power to decode it.