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<blockquote data-quote="Azhrei" data-source="post: 319381" data-attributes="member: 83796"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>Recently we decided to get a media pc for our new apartment. I'd built one myself a year ago and had no problems with it, however to save time we went ahead and bought a cheap Acer Aspire M1610 desktop instead of actually building a pc. However, we've had no end of trouble with it so far. The issues that are of interest here, however, are as follows - </p><p></p><p>We installed Vista Home Premium with all the updates, including SP1. We installed it on a 120GB drive while putting all of our media, divided into three folders (Movies, TV Shows, Music) on a seperate 1TB SATA2 drive. Like I did with the previous media pc, and like I always do with my desktop and laptop, I installed the latest Klite codec pack. Videos were playing alright but on zoom mode 3 on Vista's Media Center, videos kept jumping. I went on the 'net and people suggested the codecs were at fault. Uninstalled Klite, installed a different pack. Same issue. Installed the Radeon HD3450 that had just arrived in the mail with the latest Catalyst driver set, installed yet another recommended codec pack. Videos jump in zoom mode 1 now, while they're fine on zoom mode 3. The hell?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, we decided to give it up as a quirk of Vista's MCE (and bad luck on our part) and looked for alternatives. Tried a Kubuntu media centre distribution - it took over an hour to install, was ugly as hell and wouldn't accept the 3450. Back to Windows. Looked for alternative Windows-based MCE's and found MediaPortal. Installed it. Videos play fine. Won't accept the remote. The hell? The remote that came with the pc is an Acer media remote that looks </p><p>almost exactly like - and is recognised by Windows as - the Microsoft MCE Remote. Tried all kinds of configurations in options but nothing will work - from the Windows MCE Remote option to the general IR remote option. We did get it partially working with the Windows Remote option after a bit of fiddling but the up, down, left and right buttons wouldn't work. There's nothing wrong with the remote as Vista's MCE has no problem with it and it works fine even in Vista itself, navigating folders. All we see is a hugely confusing list of bindings that are in no way user-friendly or obvious to configure. So that's our first problem with MediaPortal, if anyone has any suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Our second problem is the way MediaPortal recognises our media folders. As stated, we've split our media into three different folders - Movies, TV Shows and Music. For some inexplicable, unbelievably stupid reason, MediaPortal will only allow one folder to be viewed for "videos" in general. Why do we have to put the TV Shows folder into the Movies folder before we can watch them (pre-recorded shows going way back). I mean, why is there a restriction to one folder at all? Why, for the love of God?</p><p></p><p>Third problem is that while MediaPortal has several options for viewing movie folders, not all of them work. I'd like to select Album or Film Strip, but neither of those will work. The best I've got to work to our taste is the Big Icons option.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry if I sound like I'm ranting and unappreciative of any help before you give it, but this pc is driving me crazy. Problem after problem crop up on it. The PCI wi-fi card keeps dropping the signal before ignoring it altogether and refusing to see any wireless networks at all, while the Wii sitting next to it can see it and several more with no problems. Laptops with wireless connections have no problem while in the same room neither, and even my DS has no problems, ffs. The HDMI audio device onboard the HD3450 refuses to show itself - it came up twice in the device list and worked once, but with both resets, it disappeared again. It still hasn't shown up, so in order to use the HDMI port on the tv and have sound we had to buy speakers. I've been building computers for years now and the last media pc I put together myself had absolutely zero problems, so you can imagine how angry I'm becoming with this one.</p><p></p><p>If anyone can help me in any way, I'd appreciate it. Also, if there's a list of plugins I should really download, please let me know about it.</p><p></p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: Latest</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: Blue 3</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Vista Home Premium SP1</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Pentium Dual-Core 1.8GHz</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: 120GB PATA, 1TB SATA2</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2GB PC6400 DDR2</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: ATi Radeon HD3450</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: Catalyst 8.10</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Realtek HD Audio</p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: Acer media remote</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: Mirai 32" HDTV</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: DVI-HDMI</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Azhrei, post: 319381, member: 83796"] Hi there, Recently we decided to get a media pc for our new apartment. I'd built one myself a year ago and had no problems with it, however to save time we went ahead and bought a cheap Acer Aspire M1610 desktop instead of actually building a pc. However, we've had no end of trouble with it so far. The issues that are of interest here, however, are as follows - We installed Vista Home Premium with all the updates, including SP1. We installed it on a 120GB drive while putting all of our media, divided into three folders (Movies, TV Shows, Music) on a seperate 1TB SATA2 drive. Like I did with the previous media pc, and like I always do with my desktop and laptop, I installed the latest Klite codec pack. Videos were playing alright but on zoom mode 3 on Vista's Media Center, videos kept jumping. I went on the 'net and people suggested the codecs were at fault. Uninstalled Klite, installed a different pack. Same issue. Installed the Radeon HD3450 that had just arrived in the mail with the latest Catalyst driver set, installed yet another recommended codec pack. Videos jump in zoom mode 1 now, while they're fine on zoom mode 3. The hell? Anyway, we decided to give it up as a quirk of Vista's MCE (and bad luck on our part) and looked for alternatives. Tried a Kubuntu media centre distribution - it took over an hour to install, was ugly as hell and wouldn't accept the 3450. Back to Windows. Looked for alternative Windows-based MCE's and found MediaPortal. Installed it. Videos play fine. Won't accept the remote. The hell? The remote that came with the pc is an Acer media remote that looks almost exactly like - and is recognised by Windows as - the Microsoft MCE Remote. Tried all kinds of configurations in options but nothing will work - from the Windows MCE Remote option to the general IR remote option. We did get it partially working with the Windows Remote option after a bit of fiddling but the up, down, left and right buttons wouldn't work. There's nothing wrong with the remote as Vista's MCE has no problem with it and it works fine even in Vista itself, navigating folders. All we see is a hugely confusing list of bindings that are in no way user-friendly or obvious to configure. So that's our first problem with MediaPortal, if anyone has any suggestions. Our second problem is the way MediaPortal recognises our media folders. As stated, we've split our media into three different folders - Movies, TV Shows and Music. For some inexplicable, unbelievably stupid reason, MediaPortal will only allow one folder to be viewed for "videos" in general. Why do we have to put the TV Shows folder into the Movies folder before we can watch them (pre-recorded shows going way back). I mean, why is there a restriction to one folder at all? Why, for the love of God? Third problem is that while MediaPortal has several options for viewing movie folders, not all of them work. I'd like to select Album or Film Strip, but neither of those will work. The best I've got to work to our taste is the Big Icons option. I'm sorry if I sound like I'm ranting and unappreciative of any help before you give it, but this pc is driving me crazy. Problem after problem crop up on it. The PCI wi-fi card keeps dropping the signal before ignoring it altogether and refusing to see any wireless networks at all, while the Wii sitting next to it can see it and several more with no problems. Laptops with wireless connections have no problem while in the same room neither, and even my DS has no problems, ffs. The HDMI audio device onboard the HD3450 refuses to show itself - it came up twice in the device list and worked once, but with both resets, it disappeared again. It still hasn't shown up, so in order to use the HDMI port on the tv and have sound we had to buy speakers. I've been building computers for years now and the last media pc I put together myself had absolutely zero problems, so you can imagine how angry I'm becoming with this one. If anyone can help me in any way, I'd appreciate it. Also, if there's a list of plugins I should really download, please let me know about it. [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: Latest [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: Blue 3 [b]Windows Version[/b]: Vista Home Premium SP1 [b]CPU Type[/b]: Pentium Dual-Core 1.8GHz [b]HDD[/b]: 120GB PATA, 1TB SATA2 [b]Memory[/b]: 2GB PC6400 DDR2 [b]Video Card[/b]: ATi Radeon HD3450 [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: Catalyst 8.10 [b]Sound Card[/b]: Realtek HD Audio [b]Remote[/b]: Acer media remote [b]TV[/b]: Mirai 32" HDTV [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: DVI-HDMI [/QUOTE]
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