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The “Minions” are micro PCs which we use for encoding at the events.
They feature a Desktop Core i7 CPU on a very very small form factor.
On the downside they get very loud so you want to place them somewhere outside the lecture hall.
We run debian and ffmpeg on them.
Specs
- Features Intel® 4th generation Core™ processors
- Intel® Iris™ Pro graphics 5200
- Supports 2.5” thickness 7.0/9.5mm Hard Drives (1 x 6Gbps SATA3)
- Ultra compact PC design - 0.79L (62 x 111.4 x 114.4 mm)
- 1 x mSATA SSD Slot
- 2 x SO-DIMM DDR3L Slots (1333 / 1600 MHz)
- IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi / Bluetooth 4.0 Mini-PCIe card
- HDMI plus Mini DisplayPort Outputs (supports dual displays)
- 4K resolution output (4096 x 2304 via HDMI)
- 4 x USB 3.0
- Gigabit LAN
- Headphone jack with S/PDIF
- VESA mounting bracket (75 x 75mm + 100 x 100mm)