So, I’m up and running on the NUC 12 that @jmone recommended. My installation experience was very similar. I too had to supply the network drivers to get through the install process.
I didn’t read his post carefully enough or I also would have seen his tip about the video drivers not installing! The Intel update process doesn’t see the need to update the video drivers, so Windows installed the default driver and left me to figure it out.
After some searching, I’ve installed the Intel Arc drivers (v31.0.101.4146). Which driver and what version are you using @jmone? After getting the proper video drivers installed, I now have working HDR! Yea!!
I get a JRMark of 6588 on the new machine vs. 1880 on the old one. My server has a JRMark score of 3678. So, now my renderer is faster than my server! @jmone, I noticed your JRMark score, on the same machine is higher than mine (6588 vs 6927). Is there a configuration I missed that would bring our scores more in line?
A few questions about configuration:
Q1: MC gives me the choice of audio drivers of Direct Sound or WASAPI. Which should I use? What are the pros and cons of each?
Q2: @jmone, was your conclusion to load the balance presets or the Quality preset? Did you tweak your JRVR configuration from the preset?
Q3: When I watch a 4k HDR video, dropped and repeated frames are minimal, but when I watch videos downloaded from my TiVo, it drops about 30 frames every second. Why is it doing this and how do I correct this behavior? I’ve attached MediaInfo files for both videos.