Joe L. Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 I am running OpenELEC-ION.i386-devel-20110727-r7581.tar.bz2 under the unofficial daily builds. That was the most current one when I installed it. They now have an 8/7/2011 build. The same build is running flawlessly on my Asrock 330 box. Wake from USB and all. What USB IR receiver/remote are you using? Joe L. (I purchased one of these Giga CUBE units when they were on sale the last time, but have not yet set it up. I need the remote control for it to work properly.) Quote Link to comment
RockDawg Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Both boxes I use a MCE USB receiver, but both are different brands. On the Asrock I use a Harmony 550 remote and on the Giada I use the MCE remote. Quote Link to comment
Queball Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I am running OpenELEC-ION.i386-devel-20110727-r7581.tar.bz2 under the unofficial daily builds. That was the most current one when I installed it. They now have an 8/7/2011 build. The same build is running flawlessly on my Asrock 330 box. Wake from USB and all. Worked Thank you. Now I have to decide weather or not to buy another. Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I got mine working using the OpenElec nightly build from Aug 7th also (my birthday ) It plays the Killa Sample at 42Mb/s easily, only 1 dropped frame. Haven't tested sound yet though. Mine gets pretty damn hot underneath it, is anyone else's like this? Also, the fan is a bit buzzy, but I've also got it on my desk and I'm only sitting less than 2 feet from it. BTW, that blue light in the front is BRIGHT! Has anyone thought of a nifty way to integrate an IR receiver? It was a PITA getting into the BIOS since the manual says to press F1 when it's actually DEL. I was hammering DEL and it finally went into BIOS. Sleeping/resuming from my USB keyboard works great, so I'm hoping it works as well with a USB MCE remote too. I'm only using a 2GB SDcard that works great, the thing goes from off to XBMC screen in exactly 30 seconds. That's faster than my 13 year old beast! Quote Link to comment
nemloc Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 What's the fastest way to boot these for openelec? SD card, compact flash (via HD adapter?), USB, SSD, HD, something else? I'm interested in fastest off to on and sleep to on times. Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 What's the fastest way to boot these for openelec? SD card, compact flash (via HD adapter?), USB, SSD, HD, something else? I'm interested in fastest off to on and sleep to on times. I'm using just a 2GB miscoSD card in an SD adapter that I got from my phone a few years ago. From pushing the button to XBMC screen it's 30 seconds. From sleeping to XBMC screen it's about 1 second, basically however long it takes for the TV to realize that there's something on that input. The thing takes almost no power when sleeping, so might as well sleep it. But, 30 seconds to boot isn't an eternity either, and I'm sure with a faster SD card it would be even quicker. It's cool that the SDcard reader is built in too. Quote Link to comment
cyrnel Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Mine gets pretty damn hot underneath it, is anyone else's like this? Also, the fan is a bit buzzy, but I've also got it on my desk and I'm only sitting less than 2 feet from it. They must have used multiple fan types or models. My db meter battery is dead but my fans are nearly silent, and the thing stayed mildly warm stressing overnight. Maybe check if your fan spins down smoothly? Might be bad or rubbing? It was a PITA getting into the BIOS since the manual says to press F1 when it's actually DEL. I was hammering DEL and it finally went into BIOS. DEL F2 F1, repeat. Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I enabled the long boot, and it says "Press DEL for Setup". No mention of any F keys either. Just the underneath of the case is warm. It's completely inaudible from the couch, I could only hear it when it was inches from the keyboard on my desk, less than 2 feet from my ears. Quote Link to comment
HatchetMan Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I have one and run OpenELEC (use the ion specific build) from a class 10 sd card (takes about 30 sec to boot from hitting the power button). I originally had only 1GB ram installed and it played everything without problems except for high bitrate blueray rips. I read somewhere on the XBMC forums that adjusting the video ram settings in the bios to 512MB dedicated this problem would be fixed. With 1 GB ram this did not resolve the problem but after upgrading the ram it plays everything including the blueray rips. If you don't plan to blueray rips 1 GB may be OK. I am very happy with mine. The only con I have discovered after several months of use is that the bios does not support wake from usb so I can't turn the device on from my remote. That's good to know about xbmc playing back BD rips, I just finished reading the wiki where is said it wasn't supported. What about BD menu support? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=What_is_XBMC_%26_What_Can_it_Do%3F Quote Link to comment
Queball Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I have one and run OpenELEC (use the ion specific build) from a class 10 sd card (takes about 30 sec to boot from hitting the power button). I originally had only 1GB ram installed and it played everything without problems except for high bitrate blueray rips. I read somewhere on the XBMC forums that adjusting the video ram settings in the bios to 512MB dedicated this problem would be fixed. With 1 GB ram this did not resolve the problem but after upgrading the ram it plays everything including the blueray rips. If you don't plan to blueray rips 1 GB may be OK. I am very happy with mine. The only con I have discovered after several months of use is that the bios does not support wake from usb so I can't turn the device on from my remote. That's good to know about xbmc playing back BD rips, I just finished reading the wiki where is said it wasn't supported. What about BD menu support? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=What_is_XBMC_%26_What_Can_it_Do%3F Here is another quote from the XBMC wiki: Does XBMC Live support Blu-ray or HD DVD playback with or without menus? No. There is not yet any C/C++ open source software out there yet capable of fully playing back Blu-ray or HD DVD so we can not add the code from somewhere in any case. FFmpeg (the open source codec-suit that XBMC uses) will probably relativly soon be able to decode all audio and video codecs used in both Blu-ray and HD DVD, but even when that happens you still have to get around the DRM encryptions used by the disc formats and there is not yet any C/C++ open source software library capable of that on-the-fly, nither is there any C/C++ open source software library out there capable of displaying Blu-ray or HD DVD menus. XBMC need C/C++ open source software libraries for all of these things to fully support Blu-ray or HD DVD playback. Quote Link to comment
french_guy Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sounds very interesting... I would like to buy one and in that case I would get 2Gb memory module (Corsair PC6400) , and will boot from a SD card with OpenElec I'm planing to use it with the Rii mini remote keyboard: http://www.tomtop.com/reviews-2-4G-Wireless-Mini-Keyboard-with-Touchpad----Black-C709B_p10332.html I have a Tenda N150 USB wifi adapter (that works great with my WD TV Live).....How do I know if it is supoprted by OpenElec? If not suported, what USB adapter is supported for sure? Thanks Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sounds very interesting... I would like to buy one and in that case I would get 2Gb memory module (Corsair PC6400) , and will boot from a SD card with OpenElec I'm planing to use it with the Rii mini remote keyboard: http://www.tomtop.com/reviews-2-4G-Wireless-Mini-Keyboard-with-Touchpad----Black-C709B_p10332.html I have a Tenda N150 USB wifi adapter (that works great with my WD TV Live).....How do I know if it is supoprted by OpenElec? If not suported, what USB adapter is supported for sure? Thanks I just used some cheap $21 2GB RAM from NEwegg and it works great. Mwave has their Avexir 1x2GB DDR2-800 set for $15 shipped, I'm kinda bummed that I saw that deal after I ordered the other stick. I don't think this is still fr $130 though. EDIT: Looks like the deal is good till the 15th. Quote Link to comment
HatchetMan Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I have one and run OpenELEC (use the ion specific build) from a class 10 sd card (takes about 30 sec to boot from hitting the power button). I originally had only 1GB ram installed and it played everything without problems except for high bitrate blueray rips. I read somewhere on the XBMC forums that adjusting the video ram settings in the bios to 512MB dedicated this problem would be fixed. With 1 GB ram this did not resolve the problem but after upgrading the ram it plays everything including the blueray rips. If you don't plan to blueray rips 1 GB may be OK. I am very happy with mine. The only con I have discovered after several months of use is that the bios does not support wake from usb so I can't turn the device on from my remote. That's good to know about xbmc playing back BD rips, I just finished reading the wiki where is said it wasn't supported. What about BD menu support? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=What_is_XBMC_%26_What_Can_it_Do%3F Here is another quote from the XBMC wiki: Does XBMC Live support Blu-ray or HD DVD playback with or without menus? No. There is not yet any C/C++ open source software out there yet capable of fully playing back Blu-ray or HD DVD so we can not add the code from somewhere in any case. FFmpeg (the open source codec-suit that XBMC uses) will probably relativly soon be able to decode all audio and video codecs used in both Blu-ray and HD DVD, but even when that happens you still have to get around the DRM encryptions used by the disc formats and there is not yet any C/C++ open source software library capable of that on-the-fly, nither is there any C/C++ open source software library out there capable of displaying Blu-ray or HD DVD menus. XBMC need C/C++ open source software libraries for all of these things to fully support Blu-ray or HD DVD playback. So in other words, xbmc does NOT play BD rips afterall? Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I play BD rips all the time, but they're not including menus ever. Just the movie itself. Quote Link to comment
Loch Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sounds very interesting... I would like to buy one and in that case I would get 2Gb memory module (Corsair PC6400) , and will boot from a SD card with OpenElec I'm planing to use it with the Rii mini remote keyboard: http://www.tomtop.com/reviews-2-4G-Wireless-Mini-Keyboard-with-Touchpad----Black-C709B_p10332.html I have a Tenda N150 USB wifi adapter (that works great with my WD TV Live).....How do I know if it is supoprted by OpenElec? If not suported, what USB adapter is supported for sure? Thanks I just used some cheap $21 2GB RAM from NEwegg and it works great. Mwave has their Avexir 1x2GB DDR2-800 set for $15 shipped, I'm kinda bummed that I saw that deal after I ordered the other stick. I don't think this is still fr $130 though. EDIT: Looks like the deal is good till the 15th. looks to be sold out. $150 + drive ain't bad for XMB and smooth Blu-Ray. Being sold out saves me the decision. Quote Link to comment
Queball Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I have one and run OpenELEC (use the ion specific build) from a class 10 sd card (takes about 30 sec to boot from hitting the power button). I originally had only 1GB ram installed and it played everything without problems except for high bitrate blueray rips. I read somewhere on the XBMC forums that adjusting the video ram settings in the bios to 512MB dedicated this problem would be fixed. With 1 GB ram this did not resolve the problem but after upgrading the ram it plays everything including the blueray rips. If you don't plan to blueray rips 1 GB may be OK. I am very happy with mine. The only con I have discovered after several months of use is that the bios does not support wake from usb so I can't turn the device on from my remote. That's good to know about xbmc playing back BD rips, I just finished reading the wiki where is said it wasn't supported. What about BD menu support? http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=What_is_XBMC_%26_What_Can_it_Do%3F Here is another quote from the XBMC wiki: Does XBMC Live support Blu-ray or HD DVD playback with or without menus? No. There is not yet any C/C++ open source software out there yet capable of fully playing back Blu-ray or HD DVD so we can not add the code from somewhere in any case. FFmpeg (the open source codec-suit that XBMC uses) will probably relativly soon be able to decode all audio and video codecs used in both Blu-ray and HD DVD, but even when that happens you still have to get around the DRM encryptions used by the disc formats and there is not yet any C/C++ open source software library capable of that on-the-fly, nither is there any C/C++ open source software library out there capable of displaying Blu-ray or HD DVD menus. XBMC need C/C++ open source software libraries for all of these things to fully support Blu-ray or HD DVD playback. So in other words, xbmc does NOT play BD rips afterall? Sorry to be unclear. It plays blueray rips perfectly, just no menus. Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 looks to be sold out. $150 + drive ain't bad for XMB and smooth Blu-Ray. Being sold out saves me the decision. What unit is this? Quote Link to comment
Loch Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 looks to be sold out. $150 + drive ain't bad for XMB and smooth Blu-Ray. Being sold out saves me the decision. What unit is this? Sorry, the original post: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856176002 Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Sorry, the original post: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856176002 OH, yeah. I was just curious since you didn't mention the need for RAM, and I wasn't familiar with XMB (I'm still not). Quote Link to comment
Loch Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Sorry, the original post: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856176002 OH, yeah. I was just curious since you didn't mention the need for RAM, and I wasn't familiar with XMB (I'm still not). that was supposed to be XBMC ... sorry for the confusion. Quote Link to comment
Superorb Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 that was supposed to be XBMC ... sorry for the confusion. Gotcha, it makes sense now Quote Link to comment
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