Intel NUC blu-ray ISO playback

[wakkawakka321]

Hi,

I was looking at getting an intel NUC DCCP847DYE model (the celeron one). I'll be using it for a few things such as MediaPortal for TV, with the most strenous thing being playback of remuxed blu-ray movies through VLC.

I've read conflicting information on forums such as whirlpool and so though I'd come here for a more expert opinion. It appears the processor is a dual core 1.1GHz and the video card isn't the same as the i3 NUC models, being a HD4000 or so. This made me a little nervous as blu-ray remuxes (MKV of the main movie with no encoding done to it) have very high bitrate and CPU usage.

It seems in AU the celeron NUC can be bought for around $180 versus the i3 model at $299 so I was really hoping the celeron model would do the job.

Thanks!

 

[crashtestdummy]

I have a slightly nuanced answer, but here's the simplest one: for exactly what you propose, it will struggle.

The Celeron can't handle HD decoding on the processor side, but it can through GPU decoding. Unfortunately, DXVA2 is only available for h.264 encoded files. The result is that an ISO rip can only be decoded on the CPU side.

A solution, if you're willing, is to convert the ISO files to MKVs encoded in h.264. You'll lose the menus, but otherwise the files should work just fine on the 847.

 

[Bryf50]

I have a slightly nuanced answer, but here's the simplest one: for exactly what you propose, it will struggle.

The Celeron can't handle HD decoding on the processor side, but it can through GPU decoding. Unfortunately, DXVA2 is only available for h.264 encoded files. The result is that an ISO rip can only be decoded on the CPU side.

A solution, if you're willing, is to convert the ISO files to MKVs encoded in h.264. You'll lose the menus, but otherwise the files should work just fine on the 847.

No. First, The majority of Blu-rays are already encoded in H.264. Second, the other two options, MPEG2 and VC-1, can most definitely be GPU decoded.

The Celeron will be able to playback Blu-Ray isos. My first Blu-Ray equipped HTPC had a single core Athlon 3200+ and super low end ATI card. It played Blu-Rays from the disk just fine.