2015-11-03, 19:21
Is that a yes or a no
(2015-11-02, 02:15)hdmkv Wrote: I'll create a new column for HiMedia M3, and demote Gecko from featured players. Will reflect in next update of chart. Cloud Media needs to take control of their forum back from likes of Willem55. Talk about antagonistic behavior for a mod.
Couple of updates:
- RPi2 can now do VC-1 perfectly. Terrific as only my Chromebox could play VC-1 29.970 well until now. May finally sell my Chromebox
- RPi2's latest Kodi 16 builds play 3D ISO's well, and resuming in 3D is also working, but I'm still getting occasional stutters and green pixellation with some 3D BD rips. Same rips play fine on HiMedia Q5
- Testing HiMedia Q5's latest private beta v3.0.2, video playback seems improved, even though changelog doesn't say anything about this. I'm not getting audio dropouts anymore. 3D ISO's are still playing at 24.000 instead of proper 23.976, but no stutters or green pixellation like with RPi2. But, as no true 23.976 for 3D ISO's, occasional microstutters are noticeable
(2015-11-03, 22:18)3dgeek Wrote: How about this new kodi 3D player, any info?Yeah sure if you want to buy from some untrustworthy company that not long ago sold piles of junk filled with piracy
TLBB V8 4K
http://thelittleblackbox.com/products/
(2015-11-04, 00:05)hdmkv Wrote: Exactly my point. VidOn is a selling point for Minix. By reading user comments in their forum, many are using it with their X8-H Plus.VidOn is in bed with Amlogic. Minix is just using the SDK provided by Amlogic and allowing VidOn use possible on their boxes. Yes, if they wanted to distance from VidOn, they could have done so. They took it as an opportunity because there were several users asking for HD audio passthrough on Minix forum.
(2015-11-04, 03:34)hdmkv Wrote: True, but still not right for a Kodi sponsor to rely on a solution from a GPL violating entity. Kind of makes it hard to shun VidOn and their box.
(2015-11-02, 17:09)hdmkv Wrote: There's no best, but here's what I'd consider between the two as far as PQ and 3D support...
RPi2
- Seamless playback of 3D via Kodi internal dvdplayer/videoplayer
- Excellent PQ, unmolested, output as is from videos
- Perfect framerates, especially the most important 23.976 (majority of movies & TV shows)
- 3D support for both ISO's and MVC MKV's
- Some artifacts exist (not all 3D ISO's): green pixellation and random stutters (latter seems like at points where bitrates peak in BD rips)
- The best support you could ask for
Update: The Pi2 green pixellation issue is being worked on.
HiMedia Q5
- Video playback (including 3D) via external player solution (not seamless w/Kodi, but not bad either)
- No wired SMB/NFS playback stutters
- Excellent PQ, leveraging Imprex Processing Engine (a Darbee Darblet-like video processor)
- 23.976 is only supported for 2D. 3D ISO's play at 24.000 (some microstutters are noticeable)
- Only 3D ISO's supported, not MVC MKV's
- Fairly good support (wish it was faster, with more frequent updates)
(2015-11-05, 02:47)hdmkv Wrote: Howdy. 3D ISO's definitely play in full 3D via Q5. What firmware do you have? Are you using the HiMedia wrapper, which forces Kodi to use the external player? Which projector do you have? Have you tried connecting directly to projector to rules out AVR?
TrueHD, I have zero issues with stutter/skip frames via cate5e wired connection (SMB) via my gigabit router to my Synology NAS.
Re: RPi2, it's very good. Few issues remain (green pixellatation in some ISO rips, stutters in a few, and shakiness in a couple), but overall, it's fairly solid. Yes, you can use Harmony remote. I'm using this IR receiver, which I control my Pi2 via my Harmony. You can also use Flirc or any other similar solution. For 3D MVC MKV, you need to name your files moviename.3D.MVC.mkv if you're on latest Kodi 16 builds or moviename.3D.SBS.mkv if you're on official 15.