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vuzedome:
Yeah but 10bit to 8bit isn't exactly beginner friendly, if you've checked out the playback forums you'll see.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: lapa321 on November 20, 2012, 12:42:31 AM ---You can probably have the unit constantly re-encoding videos too. A properly encoded video will run off the GPU so the CPU really has nothing to do (audio playback is hardly stressful to a CPU).
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doesn't work with Hi10P/10bit, you're stuck with CPU doing all the shitty work, including re-encoding i suppose(since re-encoding uses [decode->encode] sequence).
Freedom Kira:
If you're looking at building an HTPC, this is the case I bought for my build. It's a bit difficult to work with if you are planning to use an SSD or some other 2.5" drive even with an adapter (but if you are using regular 3.5" drives, they fit perfectly, and you can actually fit several of them), and the optical drive tray cover thing makes a loud clunk whenever it opens and closes, but otherwise it looks very sleek and fits right in with the rest of your typical TV equipment.
lapa321:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on November 20, 2012, 05:21:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: lapa321 on November 20, 2012, 12:42:31 AM ---You can probably have the unit constantly re-encoding videos too. A properly encoded video will run off the GPU so the CPU really has nothing to do (audio playback is hardly stressful to a CPU).
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doesn't work with Hi10P/10bit, you're stuck with CPU doing all the shitty work, including re-encoding i suppose(since re-encoding uses [decode->encode] sequence).
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Yeah, that's what it's re-encoding. While an 8-bit video plays using the GPU hardware, a program in the background is using the CPU to convert 10-bit to 8-bit. It's how i use my netbook/nettop, i have quite a few coding tools that constantly use a lot of CPU (ex. flash pro), they're unaffected if i play a 720p anime in a corner.
Chaosbreaker:
--- Quote from: Freedom Kira on November 20, 2012, 05:38:51 AM ---If you're looking at building an HTPC, this is the case I bought for my build. It's a bit difficult to work with if you are planning to use an SSD or some other 2.5" drive even with an adapter (but if you are using regular 3.5" drives, they fit perfectly, and you can actually fit several of them), and the optical drive tray cover thing makes a loud clunk whenever it opens and closes, but otherwise it looks very sleek and fits right in with the rest of your typical TV equipment.
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The lack of user friendliness when it comes to 2,5" drives is no problem for me! I was planning to outfit whatever I was going to buy/build with a fat 3,5" drive, be it Media Player or HTPC, anyways. Being able to fit even two of those in there is absolutely a pro! Definitely looks sleek!
--- Quote from: kitamesume on November 20, 2012, 05:21:32 AM ---
--- Quote from: lapa321 on November 20, 2012, 12:42:31 AM ---You can probably have the unit constantly re-encoding videos too. A properly encoded video will run off the GPU so the CPU really has nothing to do (audio playback is hardly stressful to a CPU).
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doesn't work with Hi10P/10bit, you're stuck with CPU doing all the shitty work, including re-encoding i suppose(since re-encoding uses [decode->encode] sequence).
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--- Quote from: vuzedome on November 20, 2012, 04:33:01 AM ---Yeah but 10bit to 8bit isn't exactly beginner friendly, if you've checked out the playback forums you'll see.
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I'm not sure I'm getting what you guys are getting at, but I assume this is about "manually" reencoding the 10bit MKV files to 8bit MKV files on a PC. I've been trying to do some reencodes yesterday, and it went really great with no major quality loss. The file size shrunk a couple of 100MB's per file, too. It sure is CPU intensive, but I'm running a 2600K at 4.7GHZ, when fully stressed at 100% over four cores rarely sees temperatures above 65 degrees celsius, so I'm good there.
I'll look into a better way to create myself a task sequence rather than having to reencode every file manually though, but for now, it will do :D
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