2015-07-30, 04:55
(2015-07-30, 02:27)CpTHOOK Wrote: Hello forum-- ... wondering about a setup using my current AVR (not 4k/UHD capable) and the ability to utilize full 4096x2160 on my 55' UHD display. OG 1080p is just fine but this ChromeBox is an awesome piece of kit and I want to test all features. Currently I'm using a DP2DVI adapter connected to a DVI2HDMI cable to my display but the adapter max resolution is 1080p. The HDMI port from CB is ported to my AVR for HD bitstreaming.
I'm thinking of going THIS route to achieve both goals of 4k + HD bitstreaming w/o having to upgrade my AVR, but want to see if anyone else is using a setup similar to this currently. The adapter is what I'm most unsure about although it boast's full 4K (3840x2160) support, my UHD display signal from ChromeBox on my current setup is showing 4096x2160 if I use HDMI directly.
Questions:
A.) What is your display resolution showing using a 4k DP2HMDI adapter from the CB to your UHD display and which adapter are you using?
B.) 4096x2160 vs. 3840x2160 (UHD/4k) on CB?
Please advise on either if possible!
the max resolution using a DP->HDMI adapter is 4096x2160p at 24Hz (or 3840x2160p at 30Hz), since such adapters put the DP port into HDMI signaling mode, so it outputs a HDMI (1.4b) signal, the max possible by a Haswell mobile GPU.
(2015-07-30, 03:52)gene0915 Wrote: Currently running OE 5.0.8 with Kodi 14.2 on my Chromebox. (These are the versions installed by default when I used Matt's awesome scripts setting up my Chromebox many moons ago.) When OE 6 final is released, will my Chromebox automatically update to it (and Isengard)? Matt, are you waiting on a final version of OE 6 before putting Isengard in there? Since Isengard final has been out for a little while and I'm still on 14.2, is that the hold up?
I'm not sure if the OE team has decided to make 6.0 an automatic update from 5.0; if not, then you'd just do a manual install (which is dead simple) as linked on the ChromeBox wiki. The script currently gives the user the option to install either 5.0.8 stable or 5.95.3 beta, but doesn't handle updates since that's handled by the OS (and there's no need for the script to do so given how easy a manual update is).
Also note that there are test builds for Isengard using the new Intel VAAPI renderer, which is much improved over the current one both in performance and quality. It's what I'm running myself, and once released, the script will likely offer the option for either the standard OE 6.0 or 6.0-VAAPI test build, the latter probably being the default.
