2015-03-19, 23:20
I think his point is that a massive increase in bitrate doesn't necessarily result in a massive increase in listening experience for most listeners
(2015-03-19, 23:05)movie78 Wrote: So VidOn box should get B+
(2015-03-19, 23:23)poofyhairguy Wrote:(2015-03-19, 23:05)movie78 Wrote: So VidOn box should get B+
The issue is those boxes don't use normal Kodi and its player to pull off a lot of those tricks. They are basically dead-ends longterm as far as getting any other improvements, while something that does everything using only Kodi like the Pi 2 is better off with almost every software update. Heck the VidOn box in particular uses a forked and now old version of the program to work. Even if they created another forked version for Helix as soon as Isengard comes out you are behind and maybe your favorite pluggin stops working after a while. It is a suboptimal solution Kodi-wise, but if you need 3D ISO playback maybe you stick it next to an optimal Kodi solution like a Chromebox on the same shelf until open-source libraries can do that sort of thing.
I can see it going either way, it depend on what the grades are for.
Are the grades for Kodi support (since this is a Kodi forum) or for some overall mediabox grade? That is for OP to decide. I do think if its the former and not the latter the Pi 2 should get the best grade.
(2015-03-19, 23:20)nickr Wrote: I think his point is that a massive increase in bitrate doesn't necessarily result in a massive increase in listening experience for most listeners
(2015-03-19, 23:28)poofyhairguy Wrote:(2015-03-19, 23:20)nickr Wrote: I think his point is that a massive increase in bitrate doesn't necessarily result in a massive increase in listening experience for most listeners
Sure. Many people are happy with 128 mp3s. The 640 AC3 track gives them that or better per channel on a 5.1 setup. For most people that certainly is enough. Heck many people I know use the TV speaker. Then all this is irrelevant.
(2015-03-19, 23:27)movie78 Wrote: I use the VidOn box for my 3D ISO and Chromebox for 2D
Quote:I think ALL in one box doesn't exit yet.
(2015-03-20, 03:01)nickr Wrote: Support for generic platforms has to some from ffmpeg first.That's not really true. At least some of the Haswell CPUs have hardware capable of decoding MVC. Intel's drivers expose this functionality in Windows.
The pi happens to have MVC decoding support in hardware. x86 cpus do not.
(2015-03-19, 22:57)poofyhairguy Wrote: I like this chart. A quick reference guide is important seeing as how quickly this market has grown. If it is ok I will link to this thread in my stickied thread.Yes to both, thanks. On a business trip, so will incorporate changes to first post and chart by next week.
Two pieces of feedback...
(2015-03-20, 03:13)nickr Wrote: Well maybe with the pioneering work done on the pi code, maybe it will trickle into Haswell too.Wouldn't that be killer?!!! I did run Kodi on an Intel i3 NUC with Window 7 last year, but felt like a kludge (the OS, setting up external players, etc.).
But does anyone seriously run kodi on windows?
(2015-03-20, 03:13)nickr Wrote: Well maybe with the pioneering work done on the pi code, maybe it will trickle into Haswell too.
But does anyone seriously run kodi on windows?