the ocz its quite nice.
but the bad thing i dont like bout this keyboard is
the button is made from rubber.
"dust sticker"
need to rub it clean after few day

Plan to assemble the Asus E35M1-M PRO (dual-core AMD® Zacate APU) , 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, LITE-On BD-ROM, silverstone Ml-03 case and 6gb RAM HTPC system, want to ask this AMD CPU+IGP=APU system can handle Blueray 50GB 1080 24P well? means without judder problem
the tv i may b use is Panasonic v20k plasma tv with 24p smooth/playback thanks

Supposedly, the built-in 6310 GPU is capable.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4134/the-bra...n-for-miniitx/4

The link above is for the MSI mobo but you get the idea since the Asus runs the same chipset.

p/s: Not possible to run 6GB memory on the board with 2 empty DDR3 slots.

could always run single 4 gb ram with it and pair it with a 2gb ram

How much this cost? Share your pic?

Any sifu here already using AMD fusion for HTPC? mind to share the Blueray playback experience? thanks

guys i wanted to ask.. i wanted to watch full HD movies from my HTPC to PS3, through local network. if im on 10/100 will i have lag issue for 1080 movies? or i need gigabit ?

Need help on XBMC, nobody on the xbmc forums could help so i hope you guys can

I'm using XBMC to play back MKV files with embedded subs (and also external ass & srt files) and they seem to appear all over the screen (Top, left, right, bottom of screen). They seem to be squeezed and flattened as well, making them unreadable. Any idea whats going on? I have already reformatted my XP machine but still same problem.

OS: Windows XP Pro 32 bit
XBMC version : 10.0
Shark codec installed. Tried k-lite but same problem.

Tried the video file in MPC and VLC, no problem.

I face no problem in using XBMC with my win7 notebook though. It plays beautifully on it.

And XBMC always freezes when I try to search at network drives (SMB).

Any ideas?



I already tried video calibration but no difference.

... i've been using xbmc quite awhile now.. i've played mkv files with it before and have not encountered problems with the subs...

Does the problem happen in general to all your mkv videos ? have u tried with another mkv video different ripper/subber.. some mkvs come embedded with subs.. u might want to try removing those srts when using embedded or reverse...

Try removing those codec packs and re-install xbmc.. i never install these codec packs... the standard xbmc is able to play all files without them

Im using version 10 as well, but i might have watched my mkv files on a earlier version ... trying downgrading to version 9..

Let us know the result...

does XBMC support DD TrueHD and DTS HD-MA, try play bluray copy, play with MPC got DTS-HD MA, but when i play with XBMC, only DD dan DTS

after more than half a day tweaking and reading and setting up...finally got my new HTPC to bitstream HD audio onto my AVR. but with a solution, come a new problem...

first, i only get HD audio with MPC-HC and not on XBMC for some reason. both Dolby TrueHD & DTS-MA works on MPC but on XBMC, all i get is PCM. whatever i try to do.

second problem, (i only have 1 TrueHD source) when i try playing the title with TrueHD using MPC-HC, the video playback is jerky...kinda like choppy...don't know what's the best word to describe it...but i play anything else, no problem, although there's another file with DTS-HD MA tat's giving problem, kinda like watching badly scratched DVD disk, or those Uncle Ho's DVD...

but the same title (with TrueHD) played using XBMC, no problem but i can't get TrueHD or HD-MA...

i guess i'll have to live with it for the time being...perhaps anyone kind enough to let me know what's the problem?

i also read one net that Cyberlink PowerDVD comes with HD Audio decoder...i have a copy of the PowerDVD 8 that came with the BD-Rom i bought...i haven't tried it yet...maybe will update here later...

btw, i've tried MPC-HC, XBMC and MCE. MCE sucks real bad...i hated it the minute i started with it.

XBMC is probably the best, but somehow, not able to bitstream HD-MA & TrueHD.

MPC-HC, User Interface not the best, able to output both HD audio format, but a couple titles' video playback with its individual problem.

what other media center software is available out there? preferably freewares

i also had a copy of the cyberlink powerdvd 8 tat came wit the bd rom
when i used hdmi output
no sound output at all
when i google it
many ppl kind of complain bout the powerdvd software
in tat it cannot use hdmi n such

suffice to say
i uninstalled it

then i tried the arcsoft totalmedia theater tat cames wit my card
the asus xonar hdav
n it can do hdmi no problemo
dolby true hd n dts hd ma no problem

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Tried it, still have that problem. At wits end now . It happens to SRT subs as well, I tried xbmc 9.1 and still got the same issue. Boxee wouldn't even play the video at all!

I'm using Win XP Pro, any idea how to install Windows Media Center without reinstalling/reformatting Window Media Center Edition?

hey you guys
need lil help.
am looking into letting go of my laptop and into htpc.

what am looking for is a HTPC/some gaming like sims
anyhow how should i build this with a budget not more than 1500.

anyone? thanks a million.

You means all your mkvs give sub problem? Try check your directVobSub settings. A lot of things your can configure a sub right there


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Yeap all mkv got subs problem, I think DirectVobSub is fine cuz MPC-HC works perfectly fine.

hello.
i want to built a htpc that use for download files only.can give me suggestion for m-itx,ram and hardisk tht can handle 24/7 usage?i dont mind about the cd rom or then display as i wanna use if as downloader only.

any suggestion?hope can get less than rm400.many thanks

I think it impossible to get HTPC within your budget.

get a BT/FTP capable NAS + 500Gb HDD shud be alrite with that budget

pls share with us how to get a NAS and HDD within 400..as far as I know a decent NAS itself is already costing more than 400?