[mythtv-users] Intel NUC i3 as a frontend?

[Kenni Lund]

2013/5/26 Justin Johnson <justin.johnson3 at gmail.com>:
> It's what I'm currently using as a frontend only. It works pretty well. All
> my experience is with FFMPEG playback; I attempted to get VAAPI working but
> didn't have great success.

Good to know. Of curiosity, did you try to setup the drivers with the
new Intel Driver Manager? It appears that some people have greater
success with VAAPI and the graphics stack from new installer.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMyNDQ

> I'm not sure about the limited audio capabilities you mention, is this the
> fact that it cannot output multi-channel PCM? There is a setting in the
> frontend somewhere to always re-encode to dolby. This is how I use multi
> channel audio.

No, I was simply talking about the lack of physical connections :) I
would have prefered if it was possible to connect the frontend
directly to my DAC or my amplifier.

Thanks,
Kenni