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TV-Server Version: TVEngine3 Snapshot: 05-06-2007 01-22h Revision 14527
MediaPortal Version: MediaPortal 0.2.3.0 RC1 + MediaPortal SVN-Snapshot: 08-26-2007 13-40h - Revision:15649
MediaPortal Skin: Revision 1.1.6
Windows Version: Windows XP, sp2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
HDD: 1.78 TB..... 4x Seagate 320GB SATA2 8mb (2 via network on work PC) and 500GB USB2 8mb Mobile MyBook
Memory: 1GB: 2x 512Mb DDR2 667MHz
Motherboard: MSI Motherbord K9AGM2-FIH
Video Card: Club3D HD2400 pro lowprofile
Sound Card: 7.1 with SDIF optical-out
1. TV Card: Floppy FireDTV
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: BDA 4.7
MPEG2 Video Codec: K-Lite codec pack (3.3.0 Standard)
MPEG2 Audio Codec: AC3 1.46
MPEG2 Video Codec: Haali Media Splitter
HD Codec: PowerDVD 7 Deluxe
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Casema (Cable)
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC11 black (no alot of room but it rocks)
Cooling: St. AMD Athlon64 cooler
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W-SST-LC11
Remote: Microsoft MCE remote, MCE keyboard
TV: Samsung LE40F71B FullHD (it is just amazing!! no need to go outside for movies anymore)
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI
Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR303E
This is by now means a prefect setup or the best installation ever, but I tought i'd share how I finally got everything to work just the way I want.
Now I can play all files (Any type and/or codec) with ease and my Club3D HD2400 pro is doing the HD decoding.
I have full DTS SDIF (optical out) via my Onkyo receiver.
TV:
I have had problem with FullHD playback and with the TV.
TV did not work becouse I forgot to install the latest SVN, and therefore TVEngine3 did not work (stupid mistake but it too a log time before I figured this out)
FullHD:
FullHD playback I got fixed by uninstalling all my codecs (actually a reinstall of windows....
) and installing K-Lite codecpack with Haali Media Splitter and Power DVD.
Before I just installed FFDShow with Haali and Power DVD, but some files would not play so I decided to go with K-lite codec pack.
When installed, I select the FLV splitter as the H264 codec under movies player settings and FFDShow as the 'normal' codec.
For audio I select AC3 (and under the AC3 setup I select SDIF output)
Codecs:
I also used Gspot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) to make the PowerDVD decoder the favorite decoder to use (change the Merit to 0080000 and the MPV decoder merit to 0060000 you can do this with Gspot under system -> codec settings)
I use GraphEdit (http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_graphedit_141.html) to check the merits of the codecs.
Now my HD files have the PowerDVD as video decoder and AC3 as the audio decoder (wich gives me DTS via my Amp)
My setup step by step:
1: install Windows, update to Service Pack 2.0
2: Install the .Net 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
3: install K-Lite codec pack
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm
4: install Haali Media Splitter
http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/
5: isntall PowerDVD
(buy it, its good!)
6: install MediaPortal 0.2.3.0 RC1 + MediaPortal SVN-Snapshot
7: install TVEngine3 Snapshot (see http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/TV-Engine_0.3 for install guide, you need to install more programs)
8: install Microsoft Rollup to get MCE keyboard and Remote support http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
9: install BDA driver form Digital-everywhere for the FireDTV-C card.
10: add plugins that you want...
I hope this guide is some help to some, thanks to all at MP for this fantastic program!
MediaPortal Version: MediaPortal 0.2.3.0 RC1 + MediaPortal SVN-Snapshot: 08-26-2007 13-40h - Revision:15649
MediaPortal Skin: Revision 1.1.6
Windows Version: Windows XP, sp2
CPU Type: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
HDD: 1.78 TB..... 4x Seagate 320GB SATA2 8mb (2 via network on work PC) and 500GB USB2 8mb Mobile MyBook
Memory: 1GB: 2x 512Mb DDR2 667MHz
Motherboard: MSI Motherbord K9AGM2-FIH
Video Card: Club3D HD2400 pro lowprofile
Sound Card: 7.1 with SDIF optical-out
1. TV Card: Floppy FireDTV
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: BDA 4.7
MPEG2 Video Codec: K-Lite codec pack (3.3.0 Standard)
MPEG2 Audio Codec: AC3 1.46
MPEG2 Video Codec: Haali Media Splitter
HD Codec: PowerDVD 7 Deluxe
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Casema (Cable)
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC11 black (no alot of room but it rocks)
Cooling: St. AMD Athlon64 cooler
Power Supply: Silverstone 300W-SST-LC11
Remote: Microsoft MCE remote, MCE keyboard
TV: Samsung LE40F71B FullHD (it is just amazing!! no need to go outside for movies anymore)
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI
Receiver: Onkyo TX-SR303E
This is by now means a prefect setup or the best installation ever, but I tought i'd share how I finally got everything to work just the way I want.
Now I can play all files (Any type and/or codec) with ease and my Club3D HD2400 pro is doing the HD decoding.
I have full DTS SDIF (optical out) via my Onkyo receiver.
TV:
I have had problem with FullHD playback and with the TV.
TV did not work becouse I forgot to install the latest SVN, and therefore TVEngine3 did not work (stupid mistake but it too a log time before I figured this out)
FullHD:
FullHD playback I got fixed by uninstalling all my codecs (actually a reinstall of windows....
) and installing K-Lite codecpack with Haali Media Splitter and Power DVD.Before I just installed FFDShow with Haali and Power DVD, but some files would not play so I decided to go with K-lite codec pack.
When installed, I select the FLV splitter as the H264 codec under movies player settings and FFDShow as the 'normal' codec.
For audio I select AC3 (and under the AC3 setup I select SDIF output)
Codecs:
I also used Gspot (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/) to make the PowerDVD decoder the favorite decoder to use (change the Merit to 0080000 and the MPV decoder merit to 0060000 you can do this with Gspot under system -> codec settings)
I use GraphEdit (http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_graphedit_141.html) to check the merits of the codecs.
Now my HD files have the PowerDVD as video decoder and AC3 as the audio decoder (wich gives me DTS via my Amp)
My setup step by step:
1: install Windows, update to Service Pack 2.0
2: Install the .Net 2.0
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en
3: install K-Lite codec pack
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm
4: install Haali Media Splitter
http://haali.cs.msu.ru/mkv/
5: isntall PowerDVD
(buy it, its good!)
6: install MediaPortal 0.2.3.0 RC1 + MediaPortal SVN-Snapshot
7: install TVEngine3 Snapshot (see http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/TV-Engine_0.3 for install guide, you need to install more programs)
8: install Microsoft Rollup to get MCE keyboard and Remote support http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
9: install BDA driver form Digital-everywhere for the FireDTV-C card.
10: add plugins that you want...
I hope this guide is some help to some, thanks to all at MP for this fantastic program!