2015-09-07, 16:12
(2015-09-07, 15:09)giacombum Wrote:(2015-09-07, 14:01)noggin Wrote: I'd probably skip 4K HEVC for another generation. There is no current, low-cost, optimal solution for 4K HEVC yet.
I'd probably go for an interim, low cost, solution as a stop-gap until the situation has settled down a little bit and the situation with 4K HEVC is clearer. Something like a Raspberry Pi 2 or an ODroid C1+ would be a good suggestion ? The C1+ will also do HEVC 1080p
Thank you, you're right and probably the best solution is to skip 4k HEVC player now. I didn't know that odroid c1+ can play 1080p HEVC, great, I think VP8, am I right? It's necessary the latest kodi alpha for HEVC playing? Or also kodi 15 can play HEVC 1080p? And sorry, another question: do you suggest to install the unofficial openelec, the official ubuntu image or the official archlinux-arm image (I love arch...) to obtain a full hardware accelerated media center?
I'd go for wrxtasy's OpenElec builds - have a look around the forum and you'll find them. They're really the best solution for an ODroid C1 at the moment.
Only thing to say about the C1/C1+ is that it doesn't do HD Audio (bitstreamed or multichannel PCM decoded) and I haven't had great success with deinterlacing interlaced DVDs.
Quote:And what about the odroid xu4? It can hardware decode HEVC @ 1080p?
Best avoided. The XU4 is a powerful board but it uses a Samsung Exynos not AMLogic SoC that the C1/C1+ uses - and the Exynos MFC/VPU decoder support is not as good. It's not been targeted as much for Kodi, and the experience isn't as good. I have a U2 (older Exynos) and the OE builds are still very basic. (No deinterlacing for instance)