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I'll take a screenshot of what Windows shows for HDMI audio capability and instructions how to get to that section when I get home tonight so you can see what your system shows.
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2015-01-09, 00:28
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-09, 00:29 by flhthemi.)
In windows player sound settings it shows the TV as being stereo. So it might be a driver needs to be added or replaced.
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2015-01-09, 15:29
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-09, 15:38 by flhthemi.)
I guess, since my amp (Yamaha HTR-5830) has no HDMI inputs my only way to get passthrough is the optical inputs on the amp from the Zotac.
I just think it strange that the crappy little android box I had was fine with the setup I have. I'll just have to program a new Activity into the Harmony 880 remote for the Zotac.
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Hello, There seems to be a need to clear up he model and specs.
Zbox-BI320-B/E/U/J/TW is a bare bones unit, no hard drive, ram or OS. (US uses the U, Europe the B, and etc)
ZBOX-BI320-B/E/U/J/TW-W2 (important part is the W2, the rest is regional codes)
W2 (windows models) comes with a stick of 2 gb ram, a 64gb Msata, and Window 8.1 w/bing.
And its important to note that these unit come with a MSata and not the traditional 2.5, that slot is left open for customer to add HD capacity.
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2015-01-11, 15:50
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-11, 15:51 by Mark142.)
Update all. I have since decided to keep it and replace a revo rl70 that is wanted by a friend. upgraded it with 4gb ram and 120gb ssd. Current running a dual boot with openelec and windows 7. Openelec is default as it will be mainly used as media player but nice to have windows also for other stuff you cannot do in openelec. Currently runs very smooth. Will test more over the next few days.
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I got the barebones so no ram was included. Mine is running single 4gb ram. May upgrade later but it's only needed when I use Windows.. 2gb is plenty for openelec. I'm not really interested in running kodi on Windows as I know it will perform a lot better under openelec. Windows is more for other stuff which you can not do on openelec.
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Today I tried Kodi under Windows 8.1 and like flhthemi I was not able to get it to pass Dolby Digital to my Samsung HDTV. I guess it honors what the Windows drivers think the device's capabilities are. The SPDIF output run to my Pre-Pro worked fine.
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Would a driver update fix it? This processor is supposed to be able to do HD audio under windows unlike the bay trail 2820/30 processors.
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Hey guys....
Just found this post from another post....does this Zotac include some sort of IR receiver? I've got a Harmony One remote that I'd like to use to control everything, ie projector, av receiver, zotac.
Thanks!
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Ok....I guess I can get around it by getting one of those USB IR receivers...but another question. How is the performance of this box with Windows 8.1 and XBMC? I'm planning on running a 120GB SSD and 8GB RAM with the BING version of this Zotac...if I stream a 20GB .mkv with DTS audio over CAT6 will it stutter?