2011-09-20, 01:05
cbxbiker61 Wrote:My git branch has been brought up to date with current xbmc master. I've been updating it about every two weeks or so. Everything seems to be working well.
I've just ordered an asus e35m1-i deluxe, so I've been testing xbmc with vaapi/xvba on my notebook with an mobile ati 4200. Seems to work OK on the mobile 4200, although the 4200 doesn't seem to have enough power to handle hardware decoding without some artifacting on high bandwidth blu-ray streams. It seems to work well enough that I though I'd give the e35m1-i's built in graphics a shot. If that doesn't work out well....then I'll just buy a low-profile GT430 and be done with it.
Well it turns out the e35m1-i/vaapi/xvba doesn't work well enough to stream blu-ray content, so I put in a GT430 which is about $60. Now have a really nice "little" xbmc box. The Atheros 9285 that comes with the e35m1-i doesn't handle 5GHz wireless so I swapped it out for a 9280 that does, $15 on ebay. I had already bought one for my notebook, so I knew it worked well. The case is an Antec ISK 310-150, which is nice little case, only 2 1/2" disk drives and slim-line dvd/blu-ray are supported, but that's the price you pay for a small case.