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kitamesume:
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--- 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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i'm currently a fan of retro-fitting slim-line ODDs and a 3.5" bay on a single 5.25" slot, quite a space saver considering you can turn that free 3.5" bay into two 2.5" bays with a converter. might wanna look into that since it encourages more drives to be fitted on a tiny case, more so on a large case.
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-3-5-Inch-Mounting-5-25-Inch-SLIMCDFDCAGE/dp/B0009F8DV4/ref=pd_ybh_18
you got quite a beast rig eh, have you considered streaming the decoded content?
i also found a slightly cheaper and (i think) easier to configure case on amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-Aluminum-Steel-Center-ML03B/dp/B004GGUAUE/ref=acc_glance_pc_ai_ps_t_5
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Freedom Kira:
That case doesn't look nearly as nice. And there's no flipping front panel cover! How lame is that?
kitamesume:
wait what, no front panel cover? o.o
Freedom Kira:
Flipping front panel cover. Take a closer look at the images in my link. Specifically, close to the bottom of the case's front. It's pretty slick.
kitamesume:
ah, well yeah, although the price isn't pretty XD although its still quite cheap considering some other awkward brands like lian-li had those types of case at over 100$.
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