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OnkelChris · 2008-07-21, 15:34

don't know by heart... but the differnces aren't worth to talk about... ATI vs. NVIDIA...

armandp · 2008-07-21, 16:11

i'm happy with the 3200.. might upgrade to the DS2H mobo (passing the S2H to my girlffriends pc) with a low power phenom in the future and a soundcard upgrade to achieve full HDMI 1.3 sound spec. And the ATI "problem" (flickering overlay with DXVA) is more of a MP issue than an ATI one

carmenm · 2008-07-21, 17:48

Can we already find low power phenom? couldnt find one here in France.

armandp · 2008-07-21, 19:31

9150e is available here in Holland and 9350e should also be available (but i haven't spot it yet) ..
They both have a TDP of 65W. Another trick (to be found somewhere in this thread) is to take a 9550 and undervolt it to act like a 9350e. You can also wait for the triple core e's.

justerini · 2008-07-21, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmenm

@justernini: you are very interesting. With audio through HDMI can you do HD lossless audio formats ?
Another question is do you know the difference between the 8200 and the 3200 (for movie rendering not games) ?

Thanks

Yes HD audio is possible throught hdmi but only pcm not bitstream yet,asus xonar it´s supposed to be the first one to do bitstream of audioHD.
don´t know to much about the difference but I think 3200 it´s a little bit better with games for movie as onkelchris said nearly the same.

Quote:

Originally Posted by OnkelChris

with HDMI it's possible to use lossless audio formats... but DTS-HD isn't supported yet.

difference between 8200/3200... just your own oppinion... the 3200 has (had) some driver problems in combination with MediaPortal GUI... but playback of HD-contents is nearly the same...

DTS-HD it´s supported but send it as bitstream not.

some one can give a hand with the harmony and antec configuration for MP?
thanks

justerini · 2008-07-22, 09:50

ok I fix my remoe problem wiyh harmony555 now I can control MP perfectly

Quote:

Originally Posted by kimko

I'm still hoping someone will answer dave's interesting question about running powerdvd with the remote!? anyone? i would like to know that too!

I remapped harmony as MCE with imon soft to control pwdvd and its work great but I have a problem i can control outside of MP perfectly but if i mount a iso and mp launch pwdvd the remote control MP not Pwdvd even being pwdvd as main window,anyone know hot to conrol pwdvd once MP launches it?

craigparris1 · 2008-07-22, 10:27

Hi Justerini,

Interesting ...... I just happened to be browsing through this post, but I experienced exactly the same problem with my remote (a Leadtek remote that came with my TV card) when I configure MP to use PowerDVD as an external DVD player! If I launch PowerDVD on its own, without MP playing, my remote can control PowerDVD (I have a separate app which maps remote buttons to PowerDVD shortcut keys). But, when MP launches PowerDVD as an external player, the remote doesn't work.

I'm guessing it's got something to do with MediaPortal still being in full-screen mode behind PowerDVD, and maybe the little app that does my remote mapping isn't activated, so it can't pass the commands to PowerDVD.

Does anyone know how to workaround this issue? It's kind of like MP needs to be minimised when it launches the external DVD player - that might work.

To be honest, I haven't spent a lot of time mucking about with it - originally, I was having problems with DVD in MP on an earlier version, so I was thinking I'd have to use PowerDVD as the external player (it has no problems with any DVDs that I've tried). In the end, though, RC1 with the latest SVN seems to be much better with DVDs, so I'm sticking with that for the moment. Would be interesting to know if anyone's sorted this issue out, though.

Cheers,
Craig

carmenm · 2008-07-22, 13:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by armandp

9150e is available here in Holland and 9350e should also be available (but i haven't spot it yet) ..
They both have a TDP of 65W. Another trick (to be found somewhere in this thread) is to take a 9550 and undervolt it to act like a 9350e. You can also wait for the triple core e's.

ok those two are not available here.
You think 65W still allow us not to use a a proc fan?

EDIT: i just received the antec fusion and there is only one thing annoying i think. I was almost sure(must have read wrong) you could put up to 4 HDD and it seems you can only put 2. Is there something i didnt see?

justerini · 2008-07-22, 15:02

[quote=carmenm;285728]

Quote:

Originally Posted by armandp

EDIT: i just received the antec fusion and there is only one thing annoying i think. I was almost sure(must have read wrong) you could put up to 4 HDD and it seems you can only put 2. Is there something i didnt see?

the case its for 2HDD but you can put a third one under DVD behind soundgrph´s lcd at your own risk, the manual says that its not good but with good airflow nathig must happens.

Craigparris if you find a solution please let me know,I use powerdvd8 to play BR iso files it will be nice to use MP player.

craigparris1 · 2008-07-23, 01:53

Hi Carmenm,

Yes - justerini is right. The specs you read may well have said that the case could take "up to 4 drives", but that would only be the case if you didn't have anything else in the 5.25" bays.

I have the Antec Fusion 2480B (I assume it's the same as yours) - it has 2 x 3.5" drive slots, plus the 2 x 5.25" drive bays. I only have a DVD in my machine (no display panel) so I have an extra hard drive installed in the spare 5.25" bay under the DVD.

Cheers,
Craig

p.s. I'll let you know if I found anything out about the remote and PowerDVD, justerini ...

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OnkelChris Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 184 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts Country: My System	don't know by heart... but the differnces aren't worth to talk about... ATI vs. NVIDIA... Last edited by OnkelChris; 2008-07-21 at 15:42.

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armandp Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 28 Posts: 382 Thanks: 20 Thanked 55 Times in 33 Posts Country: My System	i'm happy with the 3200.. might upgrade to the DS2H mobo (passing the S2H to my girlffriends pc) with a low power phenom in the future and a soundcard upgrade to achieve full HDMI 1.3 sound spec. And the ATI "problem" (flickering overlay with DXVA) is more of a MP issue than an ATI one __________________ - "Improving the WAF" Running: Mediaportal 1.0 + Moving Pictures + My Trailers + MP-TVSeries (details) Htpc: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H + AMD Athlon X2 4850e + Gigabyte GV-R455D3-512I ATI Radeon HD4550 (details) Blogs: http://htpc.zerobarrier.nl/ --- http://apondman.blogspot.com Spotlight: My Trailers 2.0.x --- Moving Pictures 0.6.x

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armandp Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Age: 28 Posts: 382 Thanks: 20 Thanked 55 Times in 33 Posts Country: My System	9150e is available here in Holland and 9350e should also be available (but i haven't spot it yet) .. They both have a TDP of 65W. Another trick (to be found somewhere in this thread) is to take a 9550 and undervolt it to act like a 9350e. You can also wait for the triple core e's. __________________ - "Improving the WAF" Running: Mediaportal 1.0 + Moving Pictures + My Trailers + MP-TVSeries (details) Htpc: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H + AMD Athlon X2 4850e + Gigabyte GV-R455D3-512I ATI Radeon HD4550 (details) Blogs: http://htpc.zerobarrier.nl/ --- http://apondman.blogspot.com Spotlight: My Trailers 2.0.x --- Moving Pictures 0.6.x

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craigparris1 Portal Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 86 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country:	Hi Justerini, Interesting ...... I just happened to be browsing through this post, but I experienced exactly the same problem with my remote (a Leadtek remote that came with my TV card) when I configure MP to use PowerDVD as an external DVD player! If I launch PowerDVD on its own, without MP playing, my remote can control PowerDVD (I have a separate app which maps remote buttons to PowerDVD shortcut keys). But, when MP launches PowerDVD as an external player, the remote doesn't work. I'm guessing it's got something to do with MediaPortal still being in full-screen mode behind PowerDVD, and maybe the little app that does my remote mapping isn't activated, so it can't pass the commands to PowerDVD. Does anyone know how to workaround this issue? It's kind of like MP needs to be minimised when it launches the external DVD player - that might work. To be honest, I haven't spent a lot of time mucking about with it - originally, I was having problems with DVD in MP on an earlier version, so I was thinking I'd have to use PowerDVD as the external player (it has no problems with any DVDs that I've tried). In the end, though, RC1 with the latest SVN seems to be much better with DVDs, so I'm sticking with that for the moment. Would be interesting to know if anyone's sorted this issue out, though. Cheers, Craig

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craigparris1 Portal Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 86 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Country:	Hi Carmenm, Yes - justerini is right. The specs you read may well have said that the case could take "up to 4 drives", but that would only be the case if you didn't have anything else in the 5.25" bays. I have the Antec Fusion 2480B (I assume it's the same as yours) - it has 2 x 3.5" drive slots, plus the 2 x 5.25" drive bays. I only have a DVD in my machine (no display panel) so I have an extra hard drive installed in the spare 5.25" bay under the DVD. Cheers, Craig p.s. I'll let you know if I found anything out about the remote and PowerDVD, justerini ...