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Compatible Media Player Hardware

Asked by Ibrahim Faza

1st of all, I'd like to thank you for the project and all efforts:
Please advice if any Media Player hardware was tested with Xibo and if there are recommended Media Player hardware?
Thanks
Ibrahim Faza

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Best Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#1

We don't recommend any particular brand.

If you're looking to do hd video playback then get something with a nvidia graphics card so you can use cuda or vdpau to offload video decoding.

Something like the Acer Aspire Revo makes a good player but it really depends so heavily on what you use the system for so you need to get one and try it for yourself.

Alex

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Ibrahim Faza (ifaza) said : 		#2

Thanks Alex Harrington, that solved my question.

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Ibrahim Faza (ifaza) said : 		#3

Thanks Alex

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Bartek (czajka) said : 		#4

Foxconn NetBox-nT330i is also a good choice if you need something small with nvidia acceleration, and more customizable (and with a little more powerful cpu) than acer revo.

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#5

For info, the Revo is available now with the 330 processor:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/182588

At £153 UK it's cheap enough too!

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Maya (mayada-yehia) said : 		#6

hello, i want to from your experience with xibo which media player i should use to connect with lcd , should i use a media player device or a mini pc please help with this inquiry

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#7

Hi Maya

You need a PC - not a media player. Exactly which one depends entirely
on what you're going to do with it, but I personally use Acer Aspire
Revo PCs because they're small and inexpensive.

Alex

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Maya (mayada-yehia) said : 		#8

ok what i want to do is using xibo to display ads on screens in a mall , i had two options using an HD media player or a mini pc , i found a media player called DSP 1000w from planet corp. but i don't know what to do , what would you recommend?

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Maya (mayada-yehia) said : 		#9

by the way that media player take the content and display it on the screens and it also could be linked to 2 pcs sharing the content folder with the linked pc

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#10

Maya. Xibo DOES NOT SUPPORT using any Media Player device. It only supports PCs. This thread has suggestions for two different models that work well.

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Maya (mayada-yehia) said : 		#11

ok thanks

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Nattwat P. (nattawat-intel) said : 		#12

Maya,

I advise you searching the Next Unit of Computing (NUC) by Intel. It may be your answer.