Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Richard Scobie
Frantisek Rysanek wrote: OTOH, I don't like Asrock for two reasons: 1) they tend to support UEFI booting only, no legacy BIOS boot 2) they don't seem to have BIOS images publically available on the downloads site... I've not had a problem finding BIOS updates - here's the page for the board

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Karim AFIFI
Yes, PCI is on the way of extinction... But good news, I just found an ASUS "standard mb" which seems to be perfect : - DisplayPort (+ HDMI + DVI) - 2 x PCI - 4 x PCIE - 1 x COM port (I use a TSOPxx module for LIRC) https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-H270-PRO/specifications/ If I buy

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
Hello Karim, ...the parallel PCI slots really seem to have gone out of vogue... I work as a service techie for *industrial* PC's - a niche that is rather backward in its tastes :-) and if you take a look at e.g. the portfolio of Advantech, you may find ATX boards with LGA1151 with more than

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
Hello everybody, On 9 May 2019 at 8:57, Richard Scobie wrote: > Asrock do a range of mATX cards with integrated Gemini Lake, but none > with PCI slot, just 3 x PCIe 1x. > Good to know, nice try from AsRock, hardly anyone does mATX boards with an ATOM, which is a shame :-) OTOH, I don't like

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Richard Scobie
Karim AFIFI wrote: I will take a look to Atom CPU and Gemini Lake, but it seems there is no ATX motherboards, only mini-ITX (not enough slots PCI/PCI-E for me). As you see, it's very complicated, I continue to search ... Hi, Asrock do a range of mATX cards with integrated Gemini Lake, but

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Karim AFIFI
Dear Franck, Thanks a lot for all theses precisions ! I missed the 4k rate's difference DP vs HDMI... For lowest consumption, I try to avoid external video card : the entry level I found (fanless GT 1030 - 4K@60Hz HDMI 2.0) is about 30w !!! Active converter DP > HDMI 2.0 seems to be a good

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Frantisek Rysanek
Dear Karim, thanks for raising that point... At first I thought that the i3 "T" edition was somehow limited in the graphics output, to make people buy the i7 - but no, if I look at some mainstream i7 CoffeeLake CPU, the set of outputs is the exact same spec: the CPU can produce 4k at 24 Hz

Re: [vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Karl-Heinz Volk
I just purchased an Amazon FireTV 4k stick and this is amazing. It is working until 2160p60 consuming 1..2 Watt using an USB power supply. Why is there no VDR for Android using network DVB sources? Kind Regards Karl-Heinz Am Mi., 8. Mai 2019 um 19:01 Uhr schrieb Karim AFIFI <

[vdr] Questions about good hardware to view VDR 4K

2019-05-08 Thread Karim AFIFI
Hi, I am looking for an ATX motherboard with PCI and PCIE slots, for using with new VDR 4K (PCI S2-3200+CI and PCIE Hauppauge quad), and ASTERISK (PCI Digium FXO/FXS card). At the beginning, I was thinking about an Intel 1151 socket (for best vaapi support), like this one (*):