2015-09-18, 12:21
Hello,
I am planning a low budget HTPC and read a lot of topics / forums / opinions / tests ... and everytime that seems I found the setup agian found some issues about drivers / audio / dts-hd ma ...
I kindly ask those more experienced to clarify to me which configuration should I go ...
first I have to mention that the sound will be output from HDMI to a capable (probably Yamaha Aventage 1050) new/2015 AV Receiver, and for the sound I am very very interested to get even the last bit but on video I am not such a fan, of course I want 1080P, but 3D is not a must for me and 4K could wait 2-3 years for me also. No games in this HTPC!
Also, I am interested in Linux / Openelec for using Kodi. (maybe I could learn Ubuntu to also have some other small soft utility ...)
So, reading about the nice video capabilities from AMD APUs I was thinking about:
AMD A6-6400K Richland Dual-Core 3.9 GHz
with GIGABYTE GA-F2A78M-HD2
and some 2x2GB Dual Channel Memory
But it seems I can't be sure in above configuration that I will get all possible audio formats output (raw passthrough to HDMI output) to my AVR !? I have read a lot and finally I don't understand if audio output issues (from HDMI !!!) are 100% solved in curent Openelec/Kodi?
Please can we state if above config will be 100% functional with Linux / Kodi? or still are some "issues"
If yes (still NO 100% functional) than I will ask exactly the same question(s) for an Intel configuration:
ASRock N3150M with integrated APU Intel N3150 http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/N3150M/?c...ifications
and some 2x2GB Dual Channel Memory
Will this Intel config be 100% functional with Linux / Kodi? both audio and video 1080P ...
In my position what will you choose?
Many thanks for your time
I am planning a low budget HTPC and read a lot of topics / forums / opinions / tests ... and everytime that seems I found the setup agian found some issues about drivers / audio / dts-hd ma ...
I kindly ask those more experienced to clarify to me which configuration should I go ...
first I have to mention that the sound will be output from HDMI to a capable (probably Yamaha Aventage 1050) new/2015 AV Receiver, and for the sound I am very very interested to get even the last bit but on video I am not such a fan, of course I want 1080P, but 3D is not a must for me and 4K could wait 2-3 years for me also. No games in this HTPC!
Also, I am interested in Linux / Openelec for using Kodi. (maybe I could learn Ubuntu to also have some other small soft utility ...)
So, reading about the nice video capabilities from AMD APUs I was thinking about:
AMD A6-6400K Richland Dual-Core 3.9 GHz
with GIGABYTE GA-F2A78M-HD2
and some 2x2GB Dual Channel Memory
But it seems I can't be sure in above configuration that I will get all possible audio formats output (raw passthrough to HDMI output) to my AVR !? I have read a lot and finally I don't understand if audio output issues (from HDMI !!!) are 100% solved in curent Openelec/Kodi?
Please can we state if above config will be 100% functional with Linux / Kodi? or still are some "issues"
If yes (still NO 100% functional) than I will ask exactly the same question(s) for an Intel configuration:
ASRock N3150M with integrated APU Intel N3150 http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/N3150M/?c...ifications
and some 2x2GB Dual Channel Memory
Will this Intel config be 100% functional with Linux / Kodi? both audio and video 1080P ...
In my position what will you choose?
Many thanks for your time