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XBMC requires so little in terms of processing power to drive its interface. As I said previously, the grunt of the work in terms of decoding video is done by the GPU itself so is not dependant on processor. The low end NUC is a dual core Celeron which is plenty powerful to drive the XBMC interface even with a very large media library (I have ~1200 movies and ~150 TV shows with multiple seasons in each) and the NUC doesn't break a sweat.

The only thing to worry about in the future really is h.265/x265 as I don't know if the onboard GPU will be able to decode this format. Saying that, it may be able to do it in software, who knows? I still think it is a good couple years to go before the format really takes hold and replaces h264 though.

edit: everything I am reading suggests that h.265 is decodable within DXVA 2.0. The only thing this NUC won't do is 4K as it is HDMI 1.4a which restricts it to 1080p/60hz. HDMI 2.0 will be needed for 4K/60hz.
 
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At the moment I'm trying to get an idea for some parts for an HTPC. In case I go down the NUC/HTPC route. So far these items have been suggested to me.

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1 x AMD Athlon 5150 1.60GHz Quad Core Processor - Retail (Socket AM1) £35.99
1 x MSI AM1I AMD AM1 (Socket FS1b) Mini ITX Motherboard £24.95
Total : £60.94 (includes shipping : ).



I already have RAM and HDD's which leaves just a case/PSU. In terms of hardware performance this is going to be better surely? Also it seems like it would be easier to swap out parts.

The benefits of an NUC over this would surely be just power consumption/maybe size. Are there things I'm missing?

Thanks everyone for your time :)
 
Again, "better" is subjective. I doubt it would run XBMC any "better" as it isn't like a game where one will give you 1080p @ 30FPS and another at 1080p @ 60FPS. It either plays content with DXVA or it doesn't. In terms of swapping out parts for future expandability then yes, it has that over the NUC. Will it be necessary? No idea until the time comes where 4K and h.265 are out in the wild.
 
If you want silent, cheap and not a huge amount of power you can't go wrong with what I've just ordered.

http://www.zotac.com/products/mini-...box-ci320-nano-plus-windows-81-with-bing.html

Although the shops and half of zotacs literature state it as having 4gb not 2 of ram.
Seeing as it includes windows for under £200 it's a bargain. Although some might not want/need windows. But there's stuff zbmc can't do, so can drop out to windows for that stuff.
 
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If you want silent, cheap and not a huge amount of power you can't go wrong with what I've just ordered.

http://www.zotac.com/products/mini-...box-ci320-nano-plus-windows-81-with-bing.html

Although the shops and half of zotacs literature state it as having 4gb not 2 of ram.
Seeing as it includes windows for under £200 it's a bargain. Although some might not want/need windows. But there's stuff zbmc can't do, so can drop out to windows for that stuff.
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It's not silent though, it has a fan.
 
Gotham 13.2 has been released.

Here it is. One of the last versions ever that will be using the XBMC name, as we are renaming XBMC to Kodi. All our future releases will be using the Kodi name. You can read about that here. However lets focus on this release. After three beta releases and a release candidate, we are happy to announce the final 13.2 release. This follows a couple of months after the 13.1 release, and is considered a small bug fix release. Unfortunately we cannot fix all things reported. Below you will find a list of most important fixes included in this release.

Do note that this release only contains fixes and no new features. So it should be safe to install on top of any of the current 13.x releases. Please read the important notice at the bottom as well. Should you find any problems, you can find how to report these at the bottom of this announcement.

Fixes

Fixes done in 13.2

* Fix audio problems with pass-through on OSX
* Crash in Android if an app is favourite, then uninstalled from system.
* Fix crash in Android when entering programs menu in some skins
* Bitstream conversion fix for some BD mkv iso rips
* Fix labelcontrols with autowidth set were always marked as dirty (re-render)
* Update included PVR add-on
* Set “remote as keyboard” default to true for Android
* Fix FTP TLS not working
* Fix some disappearing characters on Mac OSX
* Fix onplaybackstarted event for external players
* Don’t show OSD menu DVD menu with mouse/touch
* GetText and delete sound option for add-on developers
* Fix wrong sample-rate selection on OSX
* Fix optical usb devices with > 2 channels on OSX
* Fix firewall popups in OSX on start-up
* Make the fake full-screen option only visible when running OSX snowleopard
* Fix overlapping subtitles
* Fix accented letters. Example: “VARIéS” rather than “VARIÉS”
* Prompt for master pin in case the add-on manager is locked
* Update GUI translations
* Update included add-ons
* Fixed several bugs and memory leaks
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Think I'm gonna install this on my Mac Mini over the weekend.. any basic noob tips?

Things I should install, skins I should use etc.

I'm just using my mini as a testing platform to see what its like before I invest in a purpose built machine :)
 
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Think I'm gonna install this on my Mac Mini over the weekend.. any basic noob tips?

Things I should install, skins I should use etc.

I'm just using my mini as a testing platform to see what its like before I invest in a purpose built machine :)
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If you are looking to stream wirelessly Google how to set the cache up to avoid buffering on 1080p.
 
Guys,

Have set XBMC before, using my TV as a second screen. Which can be a PITA sometimes, as it's not 'always on' and I'd be aswell just opening up the media in VLC. I'm tempted to get a PI, install XBMC on it and use the PC as a NAS. How are the PIs at running 1080p rips?

Is it possible to get spotify to work in conjunction with XBMC too now? I tried before, but it wasn't great.

Ideally I want an always on soloution, so as soon as I turn the TV on it's there ready to be used. So any other 'cheap' suggestions would be great.
 
I used to build openelec with Spotify and run on a pi. Worked OK. Pis are fine with all but very large rips 1080p. Pretty sure it used to play 20gb movies fine for instance
 
Just put xbmc on my nexus 7 (2013).

Dropped my advancedsettings.xml / sources.xml and passwords.xml in userdata on the nexus and everything is synced up with the xbmc master. Perfect ;)

Played a couple of TV shows and can't see any issues.

Anyone else ? Problems / Issues as I've not used it in anger yet. Yet to try addons
 
Slight on-topic with the post above, is there a quick guide anywhere for changing your main media drive in XBMC? I'm swapping out a ropey old GRAID for a new WD 2TB. I didn't want to name them the same, sorry :p

Would like to keep all my library/sources/watched etc if it's fairly straightforward?
 
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