[mythtv-users] Gigabyte Brix Celeron N2807

[Mike Perkins]

On 17/11/15 13:11, Gerald Brandt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just bought one of these units (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5038#ov).
> The price was right, and I had the RAM and SSD already.
>
> The first thing I did was install Lubuntu and a mythfrontend.  It works pretty well, but my regular
> frontend is a quad core AMD with an Nvidia GT 730.  There are definitely quality differences in the
> video.
>
> vainfo gives me this:
>
> vainfo: VA-API version: 0.38 (libva 1.6.0)
> vainfo: Driver version: Intel i965 driver for Intel(R) Bay Trail - 1.6.0
> vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
>        VAProfileMPEG2Simple            :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileMPEG2Simple            : VAEntrypointEncSlice
>        VAProfileMPEG2Main              :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileMPEG2Main              : VAEntrypointEncSlice
>        VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline:    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSlice
>        VAProfileH264Main               :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileH264Main               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
>        VAProfileH264High               :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileH264High               : VAEntrypointEncSlice
>        VAProfileH264StereoHigh         :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileVC1Simple              :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileVC1Main                :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileVC1Advanced            :    VAEntrypointVLD
>        VAProfileNone                   : VAEntrypointVideoProc
>        VAProfileJPEGBaseline           :    VAEntrypointVLD
>
> Is there anything I can do to tweak the video?  Kodi seems to give me better quality.
>
> I'd probably be better off with the Brix i3 version and Intel HD 5500 video, but it has a fan and
> I'm not sure how much noise it generates.
>
For UK folks, that would be £100 from Maplin. Looks interesting.

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Mike Perkins