If you get the PVR-150MCE version of the tvcard you also get built in FM radio. That version wont come with a remote though, but I tend to think the MCE2005 remote is better than the OEM hauppauge remote anyway.
If you get the PVR-150MCE version of the tvcard you also get built in FM radio. That version wont come with a remote though, but I...
Hello,
I've recently hear about this forum and I must say I've been impressed by the quality of its content.
As you might...
Personal opinion - the GT520 is not powerful enough for MP + 1080p display + 1080i video, for nVidia look at GT430/440/530/620/630 i.e. a minimum of 96 CUDA cores (the GT520 has 48)
My take on things would be:
G540 + GT520 = low(ish) end CPU + low end GPU
A8-5500 = mid range CPU + low/mid range GPU (but make sure you use...
Personal opinion - the GT520 is not powerful enough for MP + 1080p display + 1080i video, for nVidia look at GT430/440/530/620/630...
Hi there,
Im building a basic HTPC for my parents. Im looking to not have any overkill at all. Just the basic hardware/lowest cost...
Please, help me!
I've try and try and try again with graph editor, but mediaportal don'n work with Idea500, becouse he don't recognise the tv tuner card!
Can someone post the xml file with the tv tuner card compiled?
Many,many thanks!
Please, help me!
I've try and try and try again with graph editor, but mediaportal don'n work with Idea500, becouse he don't...
Does someone know this HTPC ?
Processor
Intel® Core™ Duo processor with Intel® 945GT + ICH7M-DH chipset (Viiv™...
I just got a quad core pentium based NUC (https://www.scan.co.uk/products/intel-pinnacle-canyon-nuc-kit-(barebones)-quad-core-pentium-n3700-4k-video-output-ddr3l-up-to-8gb-4x) with 8Gb RAM and a 64Gb SSD (crucial) and it seems to work absolutely fine with everything i've thrown at it so far. High bitrate 1080p works fine, live TV...
I just got a quad core pentium based NUC...
Hello,
I'm looking for something really small to use Mediaportal with.
Are there any NUC Users here who use it with Mediaportal...
My shuttle HTPC does something like that. Instead of a cpu fan it has block that sits on top of the cpu. It moves the heat through 4 heat pipes to a large 120mm fan and radiator set. When everything is working properlly, meaning there are no dust hippos on the radiator fins, its the most quiet PC I've ever had.
My shuttle HTPC does something like that. Instead of a cpu fan it has block that sits on top of the cpu. It moves the heat...
Hi,
I have now finished my HTPC and am very happy with it except it makes a bit too much noise.
I have a Thermaltake Orb...
Some update about that graphics card.
Since that hardware upgrade I did notice that my HTPC had a new annoying noise even when idle.
I thought it was the new CPU heatsink and fans.
I was always going to replace the fans on that GPU to lower the noise while playing AAA games and got around doing it the other day.
You can very easily...
Some update about that graphics card.
Since that hardware upgrade I did notice that my HTPC had a new annoying noise even when...
Been a long night:
Hehe, I wasn't really buying from scratch, but I sold my other parts to a friend, so that I could buy these ^^,
Hehe, I wasn't really buying from scratch, but I sold my other parts to a friend, so that I could buy these ^^,
Hi!
I am upgrading my HTPC now, and I'm going to buy a new MB and perhaps a GPU if I need one.
The thing is that after some...
There is...but ATI has been demoing a new driver build that basically erases the difference between a 2400 and a 2600 with regard to HW acceleration for the various codecs involved in HD-DVD and BluRay.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071230-measuring-cpu-usage-during-hd-playback-ati-vs-nvidia.html
BTW, i believe use of...
There is...but ATI has been demoing a new driver build that basically erases the difference between a 2400 and a 2600 with regard...
I'm looking at setting up a MediaPortal-based HTPC instead of buying a HD-capable DVR.
Since I'll be powering a 1080p LCD screen, I...
I would really recommend seperate system due to noise. I small neat system with a small SSD and then external storage with 1gbit connection is the way to do it.
(sorry didn't read to whole topic - just wanted to say that noise is a annoying factor)
I would really recommend seperate system due to noise. I small neat system with a small SSD and then external storage with 1gbit...
Hi there,
I am currently running a single PC that has got three Hard Drives in it (500GB, 1.5TB and 2TB).
Said PC acts as my...
Asus offers TV-OUT (look like s-video and composite), SPDIF (appears to be coax and optical), and USB all on brackets that must be purchased separately.
Asus offers TV-OUT (look like s-video and composite), SPDIF (appears to be coax and optical), and USB all on brackets that must be...
Hi all,
I spent quite some time thinking about the platform for my first HTPC. It shall play DVD and record and playback TV...
Too bad you had so many problems! I am running the same motherboard, with XP x64, MP0.2.3 RC3+SVN.
...I wouldn't say that I have never had a problem, but nothing strictly MB related. Get the latest ATI drivers, ffdshow & Cyberlink for codecs and you should be good. I really like all of the audio-vidio input/output options...
Too bad you had so many problems! I am running the same motherboard, with XP x64, MP0.2.3 RC3+SVN.
...I wouldn't say that I...
Hi all!
I have just tested my new HTPC running MP on Vista x64 with following components:
ASUS M2A-VM/HDMI (AMD 690G)...
Cheetah -
Sorry, didn't see your question a month ago regarding the Mac Mini video, and whether or not it's enough for MP.
I use all SD content right now (SD TV card, regular DVD), as I have just gotten a 1080p display, and haven't starting getting the HD components. But I've got the Mac Mini running at 1920 x 1080 hooked up to...
Cheetah -
Sorry, didn't see your question a month ago regarding the Mac Mini video, and whether or not it's enough for MP.
I...
Hello All,
Well I stumbled upon MediaPortal the other week and now I am hooked. So I going to build my frist HTPC and if all...
I think the problem isn't HDTV so much as VMR9. On board video may work fine for HDTV with software that doesn't use VMR9.
I really wish VMR9 wasn't a requirement for Media Portal but I guess that's not up to me.
I think the problem isn't HDTV so much as VMR9. On board video may work fine for HDTV with software that doesn't use VMR9.
I...
Thinking about using onboard video for my htpc build. Which chipset would you recommend (not very familiar in all these things)...
Are you not able to pick up something like the Asrock K8NF4G (Socket 754) & a Sempron Socket 754 CPU? That would make a cheap & decent HTPC starting point.
Are you not able to pick up something like the Asrock K8NF4G (Socket 754) & a Sempron Socket 754 CPU? That would make a cheap &...
Hey, I am new to this. So, cut me some slack.
I have done some research on hardware to build a media portal box and have come up...
Yeah, I get this when I got an iso image mounted with DeamonTools. Solved it by "not mounting isos" anymore :-) I just unpack them and click the video_ts.ifo file, it works better for me.
/S
Yeah, I get this when I got an iso image mounted with DeamonTools. Solved it by "not mounting isos" anymore :-) I just unpack them...
hi All
I decided to Build myself a New HTPC using the Above MOBO
Ran into all sorts of problems with MediaPortal Starting up -...
I bought a HD tower with port multiplier as well about a year ago, and I bought a cheap controller like the ones that come with your eSata towers and had quite a few problems with it.
It Made my pc freeze a few times, had very slow transfert speed (Sometimes, I couldn't even stream a DVD, picture was choppy and sound too, took me a...
I bought a HD tower with port multiplier as well about a year ago, and I bought a cheap controller like the ones that come with...
I thougth 4TB would be enough and boy was I wrong.
I have an eSata, 1 firewire and 2 USB ports free on the back.
I have have...
hi what you mean that the signal strength is a bit sensitive ??
could you please explain a bit more
thanx michael
hi what you mean that the signal strength is a bit sensitive ??
could you please explain a bit more
thanx michael
Hi am michael from uk what a would like to do is build me 1st htpc
a will be use it for hd movies / blueray / h.264 1080p and...
Barracuda from Seagate!!! Got that on my HTPC that sits in the Living room and you simply do not hear it.....!
Barracuda from Seagate!!! Got that on my HTPC that sits in the Living room and you simply do not hear it.....!
:?:
Folks,
I am looking for a very very quiet hard disk into my livingroomPC. Can you recommend one?
Can be IDE or SATA...
OK THX for the comment. I can grab the signals from 3 directions (1 slovenian, 2 italian transmitters) in this area (i live 10 kms from the border of Italy), i think that the signal strenght/quality should be ok, except from one (italian) direction. The critical transmitter is located 97kms (straight line) away. I did misured the...
OK THX for the comment. I can grab the signals from 3 directions (1 slovenian, 2 italian transmitters) in this area (i live 10 kms...
Hello all!
I'm lookin' for components to build a new HDTV HTPC system. Let me say that i'm from Slovenia and here it 'll be used...
I can confirm that the pinnacle 3010ix PCI-e does work with the current (RC4) version of mediaportal.
I had a problem that the card was not recognised using the internal TV engine but switching to the TV Server solved this and it has been trouble free since.
Good luck in your choice, It can be a bit of a gamble choosing hardware for...
I can confirm that the pinnacle 3010ix PCI-e does work with the current (RC4) version of mediaportal.
I had a problem that the...
My apologies if this issue has come up before, but a brief search showed no results.
I'm currently in the process of speccing...
That's what I ment.
That's what I ment.
Hi
Does anyone know the difference between the HVR-1300 and the HVR-1300 MCE? (except the price :p)
Thanks
Having hdtv out does not necessarily imply that the chip does any hdtv processing.
Purevideo is a marketing label from nvidia combining the DVD playback codec with hardware (graphics card) acceleration for all kinds of video processing.
Hdtv out is usually 3x rca plugs that can output composite analog video at 720p or 1080i...
Having hdtv out does not necessarily imply that the chip does any hdtv processing.
Purevideo is a marketing label from nvidia...
Case: Silverstone-somthing
PSU: NorthQ 350W (15A@12V)
CPU: AMD64 3200+
MB: Either Asus og MSI nForce430 (integrated 6150...
Your new AMP may
a) work with the lip sync feature just fine - I dount it
B) vasilich solution should work. It might affect audio quality depending on how the TV processes audio
c) set the av sync delay in the new amp. Typically input lag is around 80-130ms for TV mode and 50 or less for game mode. There are video files with visual...
Your new AMP may
a) work with the lip sync feature just fine - I dount it
B) vasilich solution should work. It might affect audio...
Hi guys,
I am running in quite a few lipsync issues and get more and more the feeling, that its related to my current...
I am pretty sure there is Purevideo HD acceleration for 85/8600 cards in the forceware 163.xx releases.
edit: on windows xp now, I mean. previously it was only vista.
I am pretty sure there is Purevideo HD acceleration for 85/8600 cards in the forceware 163.xx releases.
edit: on windows xp now, I...
Both the nVidia 8600gt and ati 2600pro have onboard acceleration for HD content. Does MP currently utilise this ability? If so...
Maybe this one: MSI H67MA-E45 (B3)
Or: Asus P8H67-M EVO
Maybe this one: MSI H67MA-E45 (B3)
Or: Asus P8H67-M EVO
Hi all,
I'm planning to build a new HTPC and build a server out of my old components.
My HTPC should look like this:
Asus...
moab-
Even under heavy load (e.g. I had a disk die on the 8x500GB array, and replaced the disk last night and started the rebuild) the CPU load is pretty low - still under 10%. That's with the CPU running at full power. I can't use the power saving feature of the processor because TV Server and cool 'n' quiet don't get along...
moab-
Even under heavy load (e.g. I had a disk die on the 8x500GB array, and replaced the disk last night and started the rebuild)...
can someone please recommend a decent 4 port Sata PCI card that supports RAID5.
ive found this one on ebay, but wanted to see if...
No i didn't say that i wanted a 8800, i just mentioned that it's the only gpu with fan that i know. It is WAY TOO noisy for a htpc, hehe. But i think the HIS Radeon HD 5750 iCooler IV 1 GB is a good choice :)
No i didn't say that i wanted a 8800, i just mentioned that it's the only gpu with fan that i know. It is WAY TOO noisy for a htpc...
Windows Version: Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU Type: Intel C2D E8400 2x3GHz
HDD: Samsung 1TB
Memory: Corsair TWIN2X PC8500 4GB...
From what I've seen a lot of people are recommending the 780g chipset mobo's. They seem to be pretty decent.
From what I've seen a lot of people are recommending the 780g chipset mobo's. They seem to be pretty decent.
Hi All,
I've been reading your threads with interest, and am now posting my proposed system. I am currently living in Singapore...
ATi added software support for DirectX 9 to the 92xx series and it may include the 9000 as well. Ireally don't know. I do know it's not as fast as a card with DX9 in hardware. Make sure you download the latest ATi drivers and give it a shot. You've already bought it so you might as well try it.
ATi added software support for DirectX 9 to the 92xx series and it may include the 9000 as well. Ireally don't know. I do know...
Okay, I finally got a machine fast enough to do what I want. Now, I need to know what extra components I need. The audio and...
Looks good,
Only downside to these 2 clients is no I/R.
There is a new case coming the Origen ae M10. This looks the dogs dangly bits.
Origenae M10: Stylish mini-ITX HTPC case - 2009/06/_DSC9592.JPG - PC Games Hardware
When this arrives. Through in the dual core Zotac motherboard and you're laughing.
Looks good,
Only downside to these 2 clients is no I/R.
There is a new case coming the Origen ae M10. This looks the dogs dangly...
Has anyone been following up on this?
Basically its a platform which combines Nvidia 9400M chipset with an Intel Atom. Which...