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- If you ever asked the questions
- What HTPC should I get?
- What TV Should I get?
- What AVR/Receiver should I get?
- What Combination of the above 3 work best?
- What OS should XBMC be on?
- What drivers if any are reported to work?
- What limitations does this machine/setup have over another?
- What General capabilities does it have be it xyz audio/video?
- Then this page is for you, ideally!
Notice: This page is a user generated/driven content, with their hardware and setup's that work or dont work in any of these situations.
Updating: Feel free to update this list accordingly and add fields to table for other video types your hardware can or cant do.
Please add your experience below.
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Audio hardware capabilities and reported to work
Note: Dolby Digital Plus a.k.a. DD+ or E-AC-3 is supported in AE > ActiveAE (as of XBMC v13) and will not work properly in XBMC 12.3 or Older.
AMD Based
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HTPC Hardware | External Equipment | Audio Capabilities |
Operative System |
Driver | XBMC Version | |||||||||||||||||
Model | GPU - VPU type | Audio device | Code Name | Limitation | Plug | Receiver | Television | AC3 | LPCM | DTS | DTS-HD MA | DTS-HD | TrueHD | DD+/E-AC3 | Version | Limitation | ||||||
AMD A4-2800K APU | Radeon HD 6450M | ? | Caicos | No | 12.1 | No | HDMI | Denon | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows 7 x64 Pro | ? | ||||
AMD A4-3400 APU | Radeon HD 6410D | ? | WinterPark | No | 5.12.0.13 | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | ? | ? | ? | Windows 8 RTM | ? | ||||
AMD A6-5400K APU | Radeon HD 7540D | ? | Trinity | No | 9.0.0.9903 | No | HDMI | Onkyo TX-NR626 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | ? | Windows 8 Pro, x64 | ? | ||||
AMD A8-3870K APU | Radeon HD 6550D | ? | BeaverCreek | No | 12.1 | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | ? | ||||
AMD A8-3870K APU | Radeon HD 6550D | ? | BeaverCreek | No | 12.4 | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Windows 7 x64 Pro | ? | ||||
ASRock E350M1 | Radeon HD 6310 | ? | Wrestler | No | 13.2 Beta6 | No | HDMI | Onkyo HT-R380 | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Windows 8 Pro, x64 | ? | ||||
ASRock E350M1 | Radeon HD 6310 | ? | Wrestler | No | 12.10 | No | HDMI | Onkyo HT-R380 | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | OpenELEC 3.0 RC4 (2.99.4) | ? |
Nvidia Based
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HTPC Hardware | External Equipment | Audio Capabilities |
Operative System |
Driver | XBMC Version | |||||||||||||||||
Model | GPU - VPU type | Audio device | Code Name | Limitation | Plug | Receiver | Television | AC3 | LPCM | DTS | DTS-HD MA | DTS-HD | TrueHD | DD+/E-AC3 | Version | Limitation | ||||||
Gigabyte GV-N560OC-1GI | GeForce GTX 560 | ? | GF110/GF114 | No | 313.09 | No | HDMI | N/A | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | OpenELEC 3.0 | Frodo 12.1 | ||||
Asus ENGT430 DC SL DI | GeForce GT 430 | ? | GF108 | No | 295.59 | No | HDMI | N/A | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | Frodo 12.2 | ||||
Asus ENGT520 | GeForce GT 520 | ? | GF119 | No | 310.19 | No | HDMI | Yamaha/HTR-4063 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Debian Wheezy | ? | ||||
EVGA GTX550 | GeForce GTX 550 ti | ? | GF116 | No | 304.43 | No | HDMI | Sony/STR-DN610 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ubuntu 12.10 | ? | ||||
Asus ENGTX560 | GTX 560 TI | ? | GF110/GF114 | No | 304.43 | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | ? | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | ? | ||||
Palit GT640 | GeForce GT 640 | ? | GK107 | No | 304.43 | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | ? | ||||
Asus GT610-SL-1GD3-L | Geforce GT610 | ? | GF119 | No | 310.19 | No | HDMI | Onkyo TX-NR807 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Slackware 13.37 | ? | ||||
Zotac GT430 Zone Edition | GeForce GT 430 | ? | GF108 | No | 306.97 | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Windows 7 x64 Pro | ? | ||||
Asrock ION 330HT | GeForce 9400M G | gpu - #dev2 | G96a/G96b | Yes | 304.64 | No | HDMI | ? | Samsung Series 5 |
Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | No | ? | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | XBMC-V13alpha7 | ||||
ZOTAC GT 610 ZONE Ed. | Geforce GT610 | ? | GF119 | No | 331.65 | No | HDMI | Onkyo TX-SR608 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Win8 64bit + XBMCbuntu | ? |
Intel Based
Hardware and audio playback compatibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||
HTPC Hardware | External Equipment | Audio Capabilities |
Operative System |
Driver | XBMC Version | |||||||||||||||||
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Model | GPU - VPU type | Audio device | Code Name | Limitation | Plug | Receiver | Television | AC3 | LPCM | DTS | DTS-HD MA | DTS-HD | TrueHD | DD+/E-AC3 | Version | Limitation | ||||||
EXAMPLE | HD4000 | ? | N/A | No | HDMI | N/A | Smugsung X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | XBMCbuntu v13 | 313.09 | No | V13-beta3-e3sd46g |