2013-12-04, 18:03
Last week my mac mini (early 2009) stopped working. At the moment I’m looking around which htpc should be the successor. Before making the decision I’d like to know how the video-stream is handled by XBMC/OSX.
For example I have a MKV container with a video-stream of 40Mbit. Like everybody the video should be shown without stuttering.
If the machine has more than 1 core, how is the decoding process the video stream ? Is it a single core process or a multi-threaded process. Eg. the mac mini with intel i5 (duo core) is slower than the intel I7 (quad core) if the run on the same speed ?
What is the impact of more internal memory for decoding the video stream ? Eg. gives 8GB less stuttering then 4GB ?
And last, what is the impact of the GPU in the decoding process, especially compared that the GPU is integrated in the CPU and use the same internal memory. For example what can we expect from the Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU.
At the moment I’m comparing the mac mini to a windows based htpc with Intel Core i3 (2100) with integrated Intel HD Graphics 2000
For example I have a MKV container with a video-stream of 40Mbit. Like everybody the video should be shown without stuttering.
If the machine has more than 1 core, how is the decoding process the video stream ? Is it a single core process or a multi-threaded process. Eg. the mac mini with intel i5 (duo core) is slower than the intel I7 (quad core) if the run on the same speed ?
What is the impact of more internal memory for decoding the video stream ? Eg. gives 8GB less stuttering then 4GB ?
And last, what is the impact of the GPU in the decoding process, especially compared that the GPU is integrated in the CPU and use the same internal memory. For example what can we expect from the Intel HD Graphics 4000 GPU.
At the moment I’m comparing the mac mini to a windows based htpc with Intel Core i3 (2100) with integrated Intel HD Graphics 2000