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Just some information for those wondering about the power consumption of the Ouya.
At idle open : 5w
On sleep : 1w
While playing Avatar movie in 1080p : 8w
While playing some emulator game : 8w
Never went up more then 10w.
Great little device once you tweak it !
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I just purchased T-R42 with RK3188 cpu / Mali400 quad GPU. The video playback is very choppy even when using MX player instead of XBMC. It is flashed with a custom rom (wasser 1.2.4.). I believe he did a good job, but it is a hardware issue.
Does anyone know how the OUYA / Tegra3 compares to the RK3188 / Mali400 in terms of video playback?
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Hello forum..
So, I went into the hardware archives in my garage and dusted off my OUYA after reading how developers have improved upon some XBMC performance flaws particularly digital audio pass-through and video stuttering issues. SPMC unofficial fork seemed to be the most popular edition based upon users in the XBMC forums... so I gave it a try!
It seems as though all of the video file extensions in my library(.avi, .mkv, .m2ts..etc) now play very well and look beautiful on my 55in, but I was lead to believe in my reading that SPMC had fixed the pass-through issues. Apparently the OUYA team has failed to get DTS/DD digital audio formats licensed on the box. Well, video files containing digital audio still will not play AT ALL unless you disable all digital audio settings and specifically select HDMI with the 5.1 speaker setting. This is the ONLY setting that will work, regardless of your particular speaker configuration. I tested on my 7.1 setup. I will admit this is an improvement, at least I can play all of my files using multi channel PCM but this is still a workaround not a fix.
I appreciate the developer Koying for all of his hard work but it fell short of what I was expecting. But.. at least all video plays flawless and well enough for analog audio systems ...i.e., bedroom, or on-the-go in the camper or hotel room. Not a bad deal for $99 bucks!
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nickr
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I fail to see how passthrough requires a license.
The device you passthrough to decodes, and needs the license.
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Hello All!
I'm very seriously contemplating an OUYA for use as a Retro Rom and Media Player for a friend of mine.
Unfortunately she is not in the slightest tech savvy. So before I go ahead an purchase it I have a couple of questions.
1) Can videos be played off of different USB drives (NTFS format) within XBMC?
--> If so is it very hard to access/locate the files located on the flashdrives? (Again, not tech savvy)
2) If it is to complicated within XBMC is there a way to EASILY locate these files within the OUYA OS?
Thanks so much on any insight you may provide!
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Hey TS , my advice is the first day you get her it. Go over her house and set it up for her. Both the ouya and xbmc can be confusing, i spent like 90 hours researching stuff and i finally got my HT the way i like it.
I have 2 giant external drives, 1.5TB and 2TB , One of them is a WD My Passport, other one is a Seagate my expansion and they work fine . You don't need a Tech savvy to access the hard drives, but you do need to know how to. Basically from the ouya ( which btw sometime works sometimes doesn't, and might require a hard shutdown [ 5second press ] and reboot, afterwards it should work ) How to check if it read the usb? Go to Manage > System > Storage , and go down you should see your external drive.
Now you can't access the hard drive directly from the ouya, there's no built in file explorer , so you'll have to go Discover and search for FilePwn.
After Filepwn is downloaded, Go Play > FilePwm > Parent Folder > Parent Folder ( Again ) > Mnt > Usb Drive and there it is.
I'm assuming you know about XBMC , it is the same case as pc . Go to files > Add videos > Browse > Root file system > Mnt > Usbdrive and there you are. I believe if it was her she'd go straight Browse > USB which won't add files . you have to do it the way i just mentioned.
So it's not easy at all to figure this all out by yourself, But it's easy to get the hang of it.
Gluck!
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how well does this system handle blu-ray that need to convert dts to 2 channel.
I am looking at this possibly for my bedroom. Also have a lot of dvd;s that are mpeg-2.
Just trying to see how well this might work.
Thanks.
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There have been problems with ouya and mpeg2, but at sd framesize it may be ok.
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You know I really want to like my ouya but...the issues are big no hdmi cec, limited ir receiver support , playback is not flawless audio sync issues are common semper seems to crash more than it should almost seems like boxee box with promises about fixes coming , but on the other hand my issues should be getting fixed and if they do get fixed i will love this little box and buy 3 more
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I like my Ouya, I use it for movies only, seems to work well, no real issues. I find the remote easier to use then most of the android remotes! As for audio, I just play thru the tv, no home theatre hooked up yet as its just a spare setup in recroom. For $69.00 its a great little media player, most boxes have some sort of hicup flaws!
