How good it is to use this Mini-PC as a media player? Is YouTube running okay with this thing?
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No, I wouldn't buy zotac mini PC for that. We bought it and wasn't really a good idea.
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It is a barebones with no operating system. So I never used it. You have to have Windows+USB mouse+USB keyboard and monitor+external drivr
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XBMC works fine with my cheaper ZBox I'm running Linux Light and youtube is run from either an app or XBMC far as I know Flash Videos will not open in Chromium or Firefox but there are plenty of apps out to either watch or download from and VLC will open most flash media all that I've tried. I plan on trying windows 8 on the same unit soon. Hope this helps Dean
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very nice to use this item! very very fine with youtube. if you already have other external accessories such as keyboard or mouse, one external driver. this is very good.
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I tried win 7 profession and ubuntu, if the hd video is on the pc them it run fine, but if your streaming it won't play hd video well. I wanted just for streaming video from netflix, abc.com, nbc.com and youtube.com. Other than the OS and the browse there was no other intent purpose for it. if you going to use it for a web server this great but the video card on it is very poor, though, cpu is ok
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Ya it works just fine for streaming, ive streamed lots of movies on it. If anything is slow its going to be because of your internet speeds not the computer.
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Hello KC. Your mini would come with more then enough ram to do what you need. You have a 2.5 ghz processor, 4 gigs of ram... and if you manage to outgrow that you can upgrade the ram down the road. I am a graphic artist and work with memory intensive programs, it is very fast and haven't noticed any lag time as long as you don't have too many other programs open in the background. There is also an additional perk that you Mini comes pre-loaded with iMovie software so you can create videos from scratch. :)
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No!, please do not buy this mini pc for media streaming, or watch movies here is why: 1. The video card is an old intel model, and they doesn't provide drivers for hardware aceleration, so videos won't play smooth, neither in windows or linux enviroments. 2. This box lacks of hdmi, dvi ports for pure digital high resolution screens. You should look for a zotac mini pc, these boxes have better hardware and suppprt for what you're looking for.
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We bought the Poloraid MP3 player for music at our church; therefore that is all we use it for. Being only 4GB, not too much video could be downloaded. However I can't really say whether or not it would download video.
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I have an advice for you; throw that piece of crap and buy this one [G-Box Midnight MX2 Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Dual Core XBMC Streaming Mini HTPC TV Box Player]. If you really want a 5* Media Player that's The One!!!
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Stuff like flash (youtube) is very processor (cpu) dependent; I recently put this in an old machine which had an old intel core 2 duo e4700 and it was fine. So compare that with your own setup. It did seem like it was stuttering if anything else was running. It might be worth it to put another 10 dollars into the video card, but if all your going to be doing is running youtube video it's fine. (Although seriously consider bumping up slightly.)
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Hi.sorry.I do not play computer games. Video quality wise I can say that sometimes it "hangs" on hd YouTube videos,sometimes it's ok.I'm not if it's video or network card problem. Overall I would say it's 4/5 device for the price.
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It's borderline for 1080p Youtube videos: Some play smoothly while others exhibit dropped frames every two seconds or so. CPU ultilization is never maxed out though. So it seems as though the Intel Integrated Graphics Processor isn't quite up to the task.
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You are forgetting this that this is a REAL pc not a toy - A REAL i5 processor. Not a stripped down video player. A 12 in sceen. I've work on a Lenovo Tablet PC that I thought was amazing 6 months ago but it was $2200 - remember a usable Ipad is $800+ This will BLOW that away in usage!!!!
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I suppose, buy why would you want to? It is not a media player. The screen is much too small and too low resolution.
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have had no problems.youtube is a little slow sometimes and needs a 5 sec. pause,but streaming lg file 1080 movies is always smooth that's were this unit excels.for streaming your own or downloaded video this is best.for youtube and internet android type are better.try kdlinks
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It's a little low on RAM, but with another 2GB stick it should be able to run Windows 7 fairly well. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04LTS on mine with XBMC using Aeon MQ5 skin and I have zero complaints. Runs quiet and reliably. The only time I ever have to restart it is when one of my add-ons has an issue (not the machine's fault).
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I really hope this question and the two answers below are joking/trolling. This thing would never play any modern title with reasonable performance and simply is only useful for outputting video to monitors, not running anything graphically intensive.
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I've had absolutely no problems with this motherboard. I use it for streaming in 1080p for hours a day. Just make sure you install the drivers from the maker's website before use!For more video compression and audio editing, this thing is perfectly fine. Not exactly a powerhouse, but it doesn't stutter.
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Oh yeah, it will play it just fine. Here is the requirements page, and this laptop exceeds the recommended. http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/