In the process of building your own HTPC or did you complete one? Show them to other MediaPortal users!
Well, the problem is the combination of the ATI HD 4350 h/w and it's catalyst driver, the MPC or ffdshow codec, VMR9 and MP 1.1.0 RC1.
On the client with NVIDIA ION h/w there is no issue.
With the ATI codec it works, but I do not like the image quality.
When using EVR is works, but there are other problems, no surprise under XP.
With...
Well, the problem is the combination of the ATI HD 4350 h/w and it's catalyst driver, the MPC or ffdshow codec, VMR9 and MP 1.1.0...
I have been using MP for a living room setup for quite some years now. The family has enjoyed the functionality and the wife has...
there is a plugin to control mediaportal with the voice. that could be a good start.
very nice project btw.
there is a plugin to control mediaportal with the voice. that could be a good start.
very nice project btw.
I like to share this little project, build with the help of my wife and son, which consumed many evenings over the last 4 months...
Did some updates on the skin info. Will post modded files tonight (not sitting behind my home PC right now)
Did some updates on the skin info. Will post modded files tonight (not sitting behind my home PC right now)
Since about two years Mediaportal has replaced the regular TV in our living room. By now it's getting somewhere, so I'll try to get...
Some little updates ;)
Swapped the Asus P5Q for a recycled Gigabyte X48-DQ6 high-end mobo, which was the one I had on the workstation before passing to Xeons :) now no need for the Marvell add-on controller, the 8 onboard SATA ports are enough. Swapped storage too: for the HDTV drive, a new WD10EARS, for HDV a WD5000AADS in place of...
Some little updates ;)
Swapped the Asus P5Q for a recycled Gigabyte X48-DQ6 high-end mobo, which was the one I had on the...
After failing with various HTPC set-ups on my Travla 1U rackmount case (which now will be recycled as a home server), I finally...
Hi,
No, I use PDVD9 from the HDPack2.2 for 1080i and set deinterlacing to best - works fine on my machine, but mine is very gruinty. Has Vista (32 bit) SP2 installed.
Cheers
Graham
Hi,
No, I use PDVD9 from the HDPack2.2 for 1080i and set deinterlacing to best - works fine on my machine, but mine is very...
Hi All,
I have a Samsung Series 6 52 inch TV and I'm running Vista 32 bit on my machine.
All my display settings are under...
hallo
i allow have a Party PC just like as u have/had?
how dose ur setup look today, do u still use it?
my frends and me use Stepmania for exercise.
bought 2 dancepady for just 20€ at amazon
and we did not regret it :-)
what do u use for Frets on Fire?
did u manage to do something with the WII-controlser?
and what webcam games do u...
hallo
i allow have a Party PC just like as u have/had?
how dose ur setup look today, do u still use it?
my frends and me use...
As the name suggests, My HTPC is my party machine. I've got it loaded to the brim with SNES games (Some odd 11,000 of them ;P), NES...
AW: My new OrigenAE or Antec Fusion HTPC Plan
Order complete ... will make a build story with pictures soon :)
AW: My new OrigenAE or Antec Fusion HTPC Plan
Order complete ... will make a build story with pictures soon :)
Hi all,
because the soon coming MediaPortal Relaise, Windows 7 and the Problems with my actual hardware and just because i want to...
I'm planning on building a mini-itx dedicated HTPC system but I'm seeking advice on whether people think my plan is possible and would appreciate views and opinions.
I have done a bit reading on the subject and understand there are a number of factors I need to consider. The situation is I would prefer to have one PC - both server...
I'm planning on building a mini-itx dedicated HTPC system but I'm seeking advice on whether people think my plan is possible and...
I'm planning on building a mini-itx dedicated HTPC system but I'm seeking advice on whether people think my plan is possible and...
Hi Chris,
I do NOT use a SSD. My setup uses a Compact Flash Card with an adapter to IDE as timeshift drive only and works fairly well.
To switch the NVIDIA graphic card between CLONE FullHD@50Hz / SINGLE FullHD@24Hz / SINGLE FullHD@50Hz I wrote some scripts with AutoIt and perhaps you want to have a look at them: View Mode...
Hi Chris,
I do NOT use a SSD. My setup uses a Compact Flash Card with an adapter to IDE as timeshift drive only and works fairly...
Hi all,
after my first HTPC died after nearly two years, I decided to create a new one with.... MORE POWER :P
In the old...
I just built another one recently using a mini-itx board
Its the J&W MINIX 780G-SP128M Mini-ITX AM3/AM2+/AM2 Motherboard
Amazon.com: J&W MINIX 780G-SP128M Mini-ITX AM3/AM2+/AM2 Motherboard: Electronics
Very happy with it, I dont use the slot but it has a pci-e slot.
Mine consumes 60w playing HD and thats using a amd 65w cpu. The 45w...
I just built another one recently using a mini-itx board
Its the J&W MINIX 780G-SP128M Mini-ITX AM3/AM2+/AM2 Motherboard...
I've been running a dual-purpose Gaming/HTPC for months, and it was well past due time to build a dedicated HTPC.
First step was...
At this moment I have a functional HTPC running Mediaportal 1.01, but I'm in the process of rebuilding the machine. Basically the hardware will be the same but I will replace the case. Now, I am using an Antec NSK-2480, while this case does the job, I want a case that is more elegant, so I've ordered myself an Antec Fusion Remote...
At this moment I have a functional HTPC running Mediaportal 1.01, but I'm in the process of rebuilding the machine. Basically the...
At this moment I have a functional HTPC running Mediaportal 1.01, but I'm in the process of rebuilding the machine. Basically the...
AW: Re: New HTPC - Will these components work?
i had some trouble getting it to work, but this had something to do with the 'save folder' or something for recorded tv stuff.
however, channel switching was so slow that i decided to use my htpc without a tv card. i hardly watch live tv anyway, and if i do, i can use the tv...
AW: Re: New HTPC - Will these components work?
i had some trouble getting it to work, but this had something to do with the...
i'm building a new htpc for exclusive use with mediaportal. the htpc only serves as client and database host, all files are on...
AW: Momo's Media Wall
I'd love to see some higer res pictures as well - quite interesting solution!
AW: Momo's Media Wall
I'd love to see some higer res pictures as well - quite interesting solution!
See HomeTheatre showroom/momo - MediaPortal Wiki Documentation
first of all congrats for the successful setup.
i am also interested in a similar setup as my HDDs are about to reach their limits (5 1TB HDDs). currently i am thinking about exchanging 1-2 HDD with bigger HDDs, i.e. swapping a 1TB HDD with a 2TB HDD. this would be a dirty approach though.
so my quesiton would be:
is your media...
first of all congrats for the successful setup.
i am also interested in a similar setup as my HDDs are about to reach their limits...
I've gone ahead and ordered the parts for a new server for the basement, and thought I'd detail it all here. Had a hard time...
yes...it's the decoder box of the videologic digi theatre dts...
yes...it's the decoder box of the videologic digi theatre dts...
I completed my Media Portal HTPC Project yesterday :)
Setup:
Moneual Moncaso 312 case
Asus M4A785TD-M Evo
AMD Athlon II X2...
According to:
Watching h.264 videos using DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA). | My collection of short anime reviews
Nvidia is way better than ATI in quality on DXVA, and able to use its shaders to get a better quality depending on model.
It uses MP-HC to explain all that, but does mediaplayer do it for itself? this issue with...
According to:
Watching h.264 videos using DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA). | My collection of short anime reviews
Nvidia is...
I have been reading on this forums for long time but I think I still don't get all hardware info to build my own mediaportal...
My tip:
*MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H - AMD 785G (ATI HD4200)
*CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240e
*Storage: WD AV-GP
My tip:
*MotherBoard: Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H - AMD 785G (ATI HD4200)
*CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240e
*Storage: WD AV-GP
Asus P5Q SE PLUS
Intell Q8300
Asus ENGT240 512gb ddr5
Geil 2 gb ddr2 800mhz 5-5-5-15
Scythe Ninja 2
Samsung DVD-R
Samsung...
A 16GB SSD should be more than enough, since it is only a client - even for Windows 7.
Space is only really consumed with additional software, not only the space consumed by the program but Windows 7's shared files expand.
My build of 7 is sitting at 9.8GB, with everything but remote software installed.
I see yours is also about...
A 16GB SSD should be more than enough, since it is only a client - even for Windows 7.
Space is only really consumed with...
The one year of the experiments and mistakes with Media Portal and here is final solution:
Media Portal (MP) Multiseat concept...
I alredy have a server with mysql on it, so I decided to use it.
The hardware card sharing solution is bought at http://www.cardsplitter.nu/
Conny
Pnyberg, I see that you also have more than one tv-card in your server.
Do you have any problems with that?
How do map your channels?
I have a big problem with my setup that...
I alredy have a server with mysql on it, so I decided to use it.
The hardware card sharing solution is bought at...
Hello.
I would like to present my system to give swedish people a hint on what can be done.
Hardware:
PC #1: "database...
Well I got everything together and Win7 installed along with Mediaportal and IR Server.
Everything was simple with Win7, I didnt even need to install any drivers for the mobo.
Mediaportal went fine as usual, had to get the Win7 remote .dll for here to make the mce remote work.
Temps are great on the mobo also I had a 15Mbps encode...
Well I got everything together and Win7 installed along with Mediaportal and IR Server.
Everything was simple with Win7, I didnt...
Building another htpc to add to the collection and decided to go mini-itx.
I was first thinking about using the atom/ion mobos...
well just test it ...
i have one Client @ my neighbours house and we use a normal 108 Mbit Wlan connection to my file-Server
only movies (MKV-HD'S) with more than 7 Gigabyte size stutter a bit ...
all the other things go smooth ...
a few weeks ago we tested the connection to my TV-Server
everything was working
SDTV - and...
well just test it ...
i have one Client @ my neighbours house and we use a normal 108 Mbit Wlan connection to my file-Server...
I have been using MP for 4 years now on a single-seat setup. I am looking at setuping up a media server and am toying with some...
Yes! i was thinking about TerraTec Cinergy 2400i DT, i have readed that it works fine with mediaportal.
I think that i have more or less the final config decided.
Thank for your help!
Yes! i was thinking about TerraTec Cinergy 2400i DT, i have readed that it works fine with mediaportal.
I think that i have more...
Hi all. First of all, i'm not english speaker, so i will try to explain as better as i can.
I'm very interested in HTPC's world...
update . With MP 1.0.2 and the Nvidia 182.06 driver the power up and S4 all work well. Uninstalled MCE standby tool. Only issue is the sound over HDMI. running SAF v.4.00 beta19.
update . With MP 1.0.2 and the Nvidia 182.06 driver the power up and S4 all work well. Uninstalled MCE standby tool. Only issue...
Case:hec Black SECC 7K09
MB: Asus M3N78-EM
CPU: AMD 4850e
Memory: 2Gb DDR2 -800
HardDrive: 250Gb WD 2500KS
Optical: Samsung...
Crikey, I'd forgotten all about this thread! I was just about to start myself a new project thread when I discovered this one linked in my bookmarks... :D
Anyway, as is often the case with projects like this my media build got rather sidelined for a few months, due to other commitments, however it's firmly back on track now...
Crikey, I'd forgotten all about this thread! I was just about to start myself a new project thread when I discovered this one...
Evening all,
I've been planning a media build for quite some time now and have finally gotten my act together and made a start...
beazlewide and monochrome are working on some skins designed specifically for touch screens.
beazlewide and monochrome are working on some skins designed specifically for touch screens.
Hi All,
Been out of the custom PC game for a long while (P4 3Ghz was a phenomonal CPU when i last built anything). But last...
Update: Found the menu editor exe file. Anyway to load your old menu and make edits to it vs building a new one from scratch? Every time I open to program, it gives me a blank canvas. I just need to tweak my existing menu somewhat. Had major errors when I started with the blank canvas. Dont know what happened rofl.
Thanks.
Update: Found the menu editor exe file. Anyway to load your old menu and make edits to it vs building a new one from scratch...
I've made a short video clip for my MediaPortal/HTPC setup.
YouTube - HTPC SETUP VIDEO SHOWCASE
;)
from what i can gather wireless isnt good at any speed for HD content. This is mentioned here Asrock ION330 thread and i have read about it in a LOT of other forums. Seems that frames and allsorts get dropped.
I know that Asus are making a box at the moment to stream HD stuff wirelessly BUT it will be VERY expensive :(
I would...
from what i can gather wireless isnt good at any speed for HD content. This is mentioned here Asrock ION330 thread and i have read...
Hi All,
I have read quite a few of the various guides and what people have done to build a media server. I looked at...
Hi Jackal5,
Hi @all,
I want to build the same HTPC. The case has already been ordered. But most of the other components are not available anymore.
So, can anyone help me to choose the right set of components? I want to play BD, watch TV (DVB-T + C) and the HTPC shoult be as quiet as possible. But I think that I prefere quiet...
Hi Jackal5,
Hi @all,
I want to build the same HTPC. The case has already been ordered. But most of the other components are not...
Hello everyone, I'm about to build my 3rd HTPC and hopefully I'll keep this build for a long time.
Here is my parts selection...
To nanoflower and visuatrox
I have a few questions that I hope you will answer.
I’m asking because I might build a setup like yours.
Are you still satisfied with your setup?
Where did you buy the ORIGEN AE S10V HTPC Case in Denmark?
Can you play and record HD at the same time?
What TV-card is installed?
do you think XP...
To nanoflower and visuatrox
I have a few questions that I hope you will answer.
I’m asking because I might build a setup like...
New HTPC up and running, described below the installation process and problems encountered
Hardware Components:
ORIGEN AE S10V...