Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:29:34 +0100 From: Mathias Picker <Mathias.Picker@virtual-earth.de> To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations for HTPC's? Message-ID: <1355236174.48552.16.camel@mp> In-Reply-To: <CAFHbX1Jgx4PFkGGihkCXAybZB=KbTaZTEvDj1tPK586qCs30Vw@mail.gmail.com> References: <201212110851.47298.hselasky@c2i.net> <CAFHbX1Jgx4PFkGGihkCXAybZB=KbTaZTEvDj1tPK586qCs30Vw@mail.gmail.com>
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I'm thinking about this, too, but have not yet bought / tried anything. But I will try intel ivy bridge graphics, the new kms infrastructure should enable smooth hd playback with a lot less power then nvidia. The vaapi driver landet oct 25 in ports: http://www.freshports.org/multimedia/libva-intel-driver and I would hope it actually works ;) I don't need this to be running right away, I could tolereate some tinkering. If you need rock-solid from the get go, nvidia is probably the way to go. Cheers, Mathias Am Dienstag, den 11.12.2012, 10:50 +0000 schrieb Tom Evans: > On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@c2i.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations for HTPC's? > > > > Is mini-ITX OK or is ATX required? > > > > What about software and hardware decoding of H.264, flicker and X11 display > > drivers? > > > > --HPS > > Hi Hans > > I recommend basing it around nvidia. With nvidia, you get vdpau which > can hardware decode almost everything I have ever tried - H264, x264, > MPEG2, WMV, webm etc. vdpau is supported by mplayer, vlc, ffmpeg, > xbmc, myth ... > > You do not need extremely powerful cards for this either, any onboard > will work well, the card I use is a GT 610, which is passively cooled, > and can decode H264 @ 3840x2160 (4k) - obviously with the closed > source drivers from nvidia. > > A system built around something like the ZOTAC Z68ITX-B-E would be an > ideal FreeBSD mini ITX HTPC - not exactly the cheap end of the > spectrum, but very compact. I don't know that the wifi would be > supported. > > Cheers > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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