On 2017-01-14 15:08, Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
I did have a look at it, but I'm less adventurous. I built a small home server using an MSI Cubi N-020BEU miniPC box. It is designed to be bolted to the back of a display with what appears to be a standard bracket.
Probably a standard 100x100mm VESA display mount.
Yes, that's the name I forgot O:-) The box comes with a set of different brackets. One is the VESA bracket, but another allows to connect a laptop SATA HD inside. I used neither, the box is flat on a rack, with a bunch of other hardware. It also has an infrared receiver. I don't know what kind of emitter it needs, so I haven't tried it. Also has WiFI and BT (both untried).
In fact, video display with VLC or Xine is really bad. But with Kodi it works fantastic. It can heat up, though, and has no internal fan. I use a laptop cooling pad in those cases.
How about HDTV, does that work without pausing and stuttering?
Hard to say. The source of many of the videos (cable TV) is certainly HD, but this TV is small (it is hanging on the wall on my work room, just behind the computer table). The diagonal is 55cm, and is currently running at 1920*1200 dots, 60 Hz, via hdmi cable (that also carries the sound). VLC/Xine certainly stutters. But Kodi doesn't, on the same file, reason unknown, I still have not reported it on bugzilla. The sound had a problem when I initially installed: it was mute. I had to connect a headset to the box jack (which worked), then remove it, and then the TV set would have sound. But now, after the monthly update, sounds works from bootup. When the box heats up it appears that the kernel slows down the cpu and kodi has problems with sound/video sync, which is why I placed it on top of a laptop fan-pad. I can view the same cable TV source using Chrome and a plugin from the ISP, and this keeps the box cooler. Ie, less CPU load. I do not know why. Maybe they cheat and send lower resolution frames. I have the box horizontal on my hardware rack. Maybe I should have it vertical. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)