[segobi]

Using that HP MCE RC6 IR-Receiver until Intel releases a new bios with IR fix - working fine with my harmony touch and NUC profile.

[nucmaster]

Has the Broadwell NUC fixed the HDMI connection dropping issue? This is the problem where the AVR (Receiver) is switched off, and the NUC drops the HDMI device and won't handshake with it upon turning the AVR back on without a NUC reboot.

[fritsch]

That's not a nuc issue. No edid no handshake.

[nucmaster]

That's not a nuc issue. No edid no handshake.

See this thread relating to pre-Broadwell NUCs - https://communities.intel.com/thread/41853?tstart=0
This is an 18 page thread spanning almost 2 years. Intel appears to have given up on the problem.

I may have miss stated the exact problem - " I have recently purchased an Intel NUC system (i3, dual HDMI) and while I love the form factor and design I am having issues using this as a HTPC. The system sets up flawlessly and I can use it to view and listen to whatever in a browser or via XBMC for streaming stuff from my NAS. However, when I turn off all my components and come back to the system later there are no Audio devices detected. "

No resolution was ever put up on that long thread, which leads me to assume that the problem with audio falling 'asleep' over HDMI still exists.

[noggin]

That's not a nuc issue. No edid no handshake.

See this thread relating to pre-Broadwell NUCs - https://communities.intel.com/thread/41853?tstart=0
This is an 18 page thread spanning almost 2 years. Intel appears to have given up on the problem.

I may have miss stated the exact problem - " I have recently purchased an Intel NUC system (i3, dual HDMI) and while I love the form factor and design I am having issues using this as a HTPC. The system sets up flawlessly and I can use it to view and listen to whatever in a browser or via XBMC for streaming stuff from my NAS. However, when I turn off all my components and come back to the system later there are no Audio devices detected. "

No resolution was ever put up on that long thread, which leads me to assume that the problem with audio falling 'asleep' over HDMI still exists.

I think what fritsch was saying was that it wasn't NUC specific - it may apply to non-NUC Intel boxes too?

[nucmaster]

I guess I'm trying to find someone who has tested this aspect of the Broadwell NUCs to see if it's a problem at all.

[fritsch]

For now I am not aware of any hardware (that does no edid caching), that switches on with all components off and works.

For linux you can use drm_kms_helper the edid overwriting has been fixed there - though manual work is still required, but boot without AVR and so on is easily possible.

Upstream commit: http://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/45675/

[sunnyfunny]

Has the Broadwell NUC fixed the HDMI connection dropping issue? This is the problem where the AVR (Receiver) is switched off, and the NUC drops the HDMI device and won't handshake with it upon turning the AVR back on without a NUC reboot.

I have no problem with my NUC5i3RYH @ Yamaha 475 Receiver. All works fine.

However, everyone should install a current kernel and the latest drivers. I've been using Kodibuntu and the default kernel has significant problems with 25fps for me. Only after the kernel update to 3.19.3 and current Mesa / Intel drivers everything worked without problems for me. The Kodi seems to run better after the update

For actuall drivers i used this ppa: https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ub...cs-drivers

[fritsch]

I cannot suggest fabio's drivers as they can break daily (though they might be needed for BDW now). The 3.19.3 is fine - with the above linked fix would be better. For more of importance is a current libva / libva-driver-intel installation which is for example provided via the wsnipex ppa

[JSLee]

Has the Broadwell NUC fixed the HDMI connection dropping issue? This is the problem where the AVR (Receiver) is switched off, and the NUC drops the HDMI device and won't handshake with it upon turning the AVR back on without a NUC reboot.

The only time I had HDMI dropping issue is when in Kodi, in power menu and set it to reboot.. For some reason it seems to switch off HDMI for like 10mins? I still have no idea why it does this..

[pcolmer]

I just installed windows 8.1 and Kodi.
The NUC is connected via HDMI to an A / V receiver.
Set up in windows HDMI output as 5.1 and the test succeeds.
I set Kodi to passthrow 5.1 but does not sound

In addition, this tab settings for HDMI audio output:
http://wiki.xbmc.org/images/2/25/Output_...ormats.jpg

compressed formats list is empty

It will issue the HDMI cable or mini-HDMI connector?


Any ideas?

You may want to work through the steps detailed in http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=146911. I've just set up my own NUC with Windows 8.1 and would point out particularly:

1. You must install the Intel graphics driver in order to get the correct Intel High Definition Audio driver.
   
2. You must install the Intel Management Engine software.
   
3. You must configure Kodi to use WASAPI.
   

I downloaded the driver bundle (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloa...ver-bundle) and installed everything in sequence. Note that the Intel installer for the graphics driver may say that you are installing an older driver. That is OK.

Hope that helps.

Philip

[nucmaster]

You may want to work through the steps detailed in http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=146911. I've just set up my own NUC with Windows 8.1 and would point out particularly:

1. You must install the Intel graphics driver in order to get the correct Intel High Definition Audio driver.
   

I downloaded the driver bundle (https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloa...ver-bundle) and installed everything in sequence. Note that the Intel installer for the graphics driver may say that you are installing an older driver. That is OK.

Hope that helps.

Philip

Thanks for that. I used the newer video graphics driver version 15.36.18.4156 which gave me all sorts of glitches, but after reading your post I installed the one from the bundle which is older 15.36.14.4080, which is much more stable. Fixed up some issues with audio and video; audio was low in volume, some files were completely unplayable, and the Kodi interface would sometimes just disapear.

(See here also: https://communities.intel.com/thread/62200 and https://communities.intel.com/thread/62957 and here: https://communities.intel.com/thread/61493)

[sempetuoje]

hi,
i would to buy a i3 5th nuc, but I have this question for you:

Can I set some BIOS feature in order to run the fan only when the CPU t emp goes over a certain degree? My goal is to obtain a semi-fanless system in a office, home, web, video scenario... it's possibile?
Thanks!

[Wolf666]

hi,
i would to buy a i3 5th nuc, but I have this question for you:

Can I set some BIOS feature in order to run the fan only when the CPU t emp goes over a certain degree? My goal is to obtain a semi-fanless system in a office, home, web, video scenario... it's possibile?
Thanks!

I own a NUC5i3RYH...with Fan BIOS default, it sits in my living room....I cannot really hear the fan.
If you want you can change settings and thresholds.

[nucmaster]

hi,
i would to buy a i3 5th nuc, but I have this question for you:

Can I set some BIOS feature in order to run the fan only when the CPU t emp goes over a certain degree? My goal is to obtain a semi-fanless system in a office, home, web, video scenario... it's possibile?
Thanks!

Yes there are lots of CPU fan options in the BIOS. You can set the fan duty cycle to zero, and it will only power up when the processor reaches a set temperature.
I tested various configs of the CPU fan:

NUC5i3RYK>Win8.1>Realtemp/Kodi
__40% min duty cycle - Idle 37C; 1080p Bluray file 39C
___0% min duty cycle - Idle 46C; 1080p Bluray file 58C

So you are running about 20C hotter with no fan. Not a huge problem to run fanless with these low CPU loads (~5-10%).

Honestly, the fan is so quiet at the default 40% that its not an issue unless it's sitting next to you on your desk, but mine is some metres from me as an HTPC. The NUC fan sounds like a notebook PC fan, so yo can guage it by that. My Panasonic VT60 Plasma fan is much more annoying, and I can't turn that one off.