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> > That's too bad. I thought the GPU on at least some of these boards |
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> > was capable of smooth 1080p playback. The Pandaboard ES claims "Full |
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> > HD (1080p) multi-standard video encode/decode" but I suppose that |
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> > doesn't mean it's stutter-free. |
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> > http://pandaboard.org/content/pandaboard-es |
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> > - Grant |
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> I had the same disappointment. I suppose 1080p is a rather variable |
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> quantity - a konsole in 1080p is not exactly the same thing in terms of |
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> computing requirement as Transformers3 :-) |
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> But what the heck, get yourself a Pi anyway and run OpenElec on it. |
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> Improvements are constantly being made to the code, you might find it's |
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> acceptable for your needs. And besides, it's always a thrill getting |
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> that tiny little pcb running something useful. |
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I think the Pandaboards actually can play 1080p video back smoothly as long |
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as hardware video decoding is enabled. I've found several threads with |
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some Ubuntu users saying they can't get it to work and others indicating |
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that it works for them. Here's one from February: |
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https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/pandaboard/WMi6iwEutX4 |
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- Grant |
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