Choose original mixing in the sound output of TMT.
If it does not work, you need to do a clean install of ATI CC 10.3.

1) Uninstall all previous AIT driver by clicking current ATI CC driver update.
2) Restart pc
3) Reinstall 10.3 CC.
4) Restart pc
DTS MA should work fine then. If TrueHD does not work, you would need EDID override from Tulli in AVS.

Thanks a lot Ronaldjoe , will try it out and see how it goes hopefully, I'll get to enjoy HD Audio this weekend

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Added on March 27, 2010, 3:46 pmAiya, looks like the driver updates didn't work. I'll have to go the EDID Override route. Haihhh.. spent like 10 hours trying to figure this thing out

This post has been edited by shuto1: Mar 27 2010, 03:46 PM

My fren HTPC paired with TOSHIBA regza 32'' LCD shows colour over saturated.

The black text with red, blue, or green at the side..

any solution?

Change resolution to native resolution (should be 1366x768 assuming the 32" is only hd ready and not fullhd)

Then set the picture mode to "PC" instead of movie, game etc.

look like no one wanna to help!!.. thanks

All done. stil cant fix it

my fren even brought to toshiba service center, tested with all the LCD, all with the same problem..

but the HTPC is working fine with sony and samsung

Just wanna share some photos of the HTPC I built for my hometown at KL, connecting to my dad's 42LG53FR and our old-but-faithful Sony Mini Hi-fi

Our hall have no space for 5.1/7.1 setup so it's stereo all the way for us

Specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Asus P5G43T-M PRO HDMI
2x2GB ADATA XPG DDR3-1333 CL8
3x500GB Samsung HD501LJ HDD
Asus DRW-201451T DVD Writer
K-World TV878 PCI TV Tuner
Vantec ION2+ 450W ATX PSU
Cooler Master Aquagate Mini R80 (self-contained water cooling kit)
XQbox X-Cube HTPC Case

Water cooling + silent fan + silent PSU = silent HTPC


















AV connection is on-board G43 => HDMI => LG TV => RCA audio => Sony Hi-fi

Other connections:
Astro decoder (RCA video) => LG TV
Astro decoder (S-video) => TV Tuner
Astro decoder (RCA audio) => splitter => LG TV + on-board sound line-in
Wii => YPbPr component video + RCA audio => LG TV

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Added on March 28, 2010, 12:20 amNot no one wanna help, more like nobody know how to help!! (maybe you also posted in the wrong section)

As far as I know only genuine AMP-brand Cat5e cable can run gigabit reliably, or go for other brand Cat6

I dunno how to answer your question about the idea of putting network cable and power line together, perhaps it's okay? Dun blame me if it doesn't work

Since this is network related question, try asking it in the appropriate section of the forum

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Added on March 28, 2010, 12:22 amWhat connection are you using? VGA? DVI? HDMI?

This post has been edited by Bart-man: Mar 28 2010, 12:22 AM

Don't really understand your question...

Cat 5E or Cat6 is for Gigabit Ethernet.. read the details here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable


I hv similar setup as I store all my content in a DNS-323 NAS...

To prevent from doing ugly wiring, I use a pair HomePlug Powerline Adapter ( 85Mbps or higher ) and connect to the NAS via mounted network drive..

With minimal power adaptors in between the two power points, I can get somewhere like 15Mbps pure speed, enuf to stream the HD movies content from the NAS to my HTPC.. no need speed until Gigabit Ethernet...

Just google for HomePlug.. I think there are newer models with 200Mbps or options with wireless...

I am using the Aztech brand.. my model 85Mbps is selling for like RM110 per unit in a lelong.com.my posting.

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Added on March 28, 2010, 1:38 amNice pics and HTPC setup!!!

I tried both Astro RCA Video and S-video to TV and TV Tuner card..

I find the picture quality is much better for S-video goes to the TV and RCA Video to the PCI card TV Tuner ..

Picture quality, especially the text on the TV is much sharper using S-Video cable to the TV.

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Added on March 28, 2010, 1:46 amHi, on my Dlink DNS-323 NAS, to achieve transfer of like 150-200Mbps , set both the NAS and the PC network card to use Jumbo frames ( 9000MTU ).

It will force yr PC or NAS to use 9000 MTU instead of the default of 1500 MTU when doing tranfer...

Read more about it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_frame






This post has been edited by stan001: Mar 28 2010, 01:46 AM

Thanks!

Yes, S-video is better quality than RCA video. That is why I connect it to TV Tuner coz I prefer to record in higher quality

Awesome HTPC setup. This must have cost you fortune.

Homeplug might not have enough bandwidth for Blu-ray movie. Note that 200Mbps is theoretical speed and depends on noise in your power line and if it is in the same gang. You would be lucky to get consistent 30Mbps out from Homeplug and remember it is share network. If you are doing from ground up, best go for Cat5e (up to 30m) and Cat 6 (100m) for gigabit network. I do a copy from network for large file and the speed is almost as fast as eSATA HDD local copy. Also get a gigabit switch instead of hub.

Regarding power line and network cable, normal recommendation is to cross the cable instead of running parallel. Normally UTP cable is quite good at noise rejection due to twisted pair. If you are paranoid, go for STP (shielded twisted pair).

This post has been edited by pierreye: Mar 28 2010, 07:24 PM

Cat 5E or Cat6 is for Gigabit Ethernet.. read the details here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_6_cable
I hv similar setup as I store all my content in a DNS-323 NAS...

To prevent from doing ugly wiring, I use a pair HomePlug Powerline Adapter ( 85Mbps or higher ) and connect to the NAS via mounted network drive..

With minimal power adaptors in between the two power points, I can get somewhere like 15Mbps pure speed, enuf to stream the HD movies content from the NAS to my HTPC.. no need speed until Gigabit Ethernet...

Just google for HomePlug.. I think there are newer models with 200Mbps or options with wireless...

I am using the Aztech brand.. my model 85Mbps is selling for like RM110 per unit in a lelong.com.my posting.


thanks... that help!

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Added on March 28, 2010, 7:41 pmthanks.. you are helping me alot!!!..

This post has been edited by hilk: Mar 28 2010, 07:41 PM

Shuto, use driver sweeper to clean up all the ex-ati driver + realtek driver (if any)
Restart pc. Then reinstall 10.3 CC. Bitstream should work fine with TMT3 (with 0.170 patch update).

Thanks for the advice, will run that Driver Sweeper. Never heard of it. Sounds like a great idea. After about 15 hours of wrestling with my HTPC, I've finally sorted out my HD Audio. GOODNESS! So much work but I'm glad it's all settled.

Best program for me in getting HD bit streamed is PowerDVD 10 Ultra. I use TMT3 for BDMV. MPC for mkv for movies that require subtitles and misc files.

Now my final HTPC spec is WITHOUT the Asus Xonar HDAV 1.3 (Thanks guys, you saved me some money
And is as follows:-

Intel Core I5 750
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5670 1GB
5x Samsung 1.5TB 5400rpm SATA HDD
Win 7 Home Premium
Sony DRU-870S DVDRW
TP-Link TL-WN951N Wireless
Xigmatek PSU 650watts NRP-MC651
Silverstone ATX LC20B-M

Time to enjoy the movies/music

Taukeh, good specs you have
How do you install all hdds in a htpc?
I can only have my hdds lying external and mount them on external dock.

Personally I prefer TMT3 over PDVD.

What is TMT3 and PDVD?

Wah ! only the casing "Silverstone ATX LC20B-M" itself oledi cost >rm700.

Can show some picture here? Really interested to see how you fit 5 Hdd into this casing.

Boss,
TMT3 is total media theatre 3 from Arcsoft
PDVD is Power DVD Ultra from Cyberlink

Both are media player (software) for BD playback.

Hahaha, got it. Thansk for the explaination. I tot there were the HW part, silly me.

Silverstone ATX LC20B-M is overkill....

Silverstone KL01 or KL02 allows for 5 hard drive bays and is about RM400+ nia...

hot swap is elite! *thumbs up*



This post has been edited by yonggoh: Mar 30 2010, 04:17 PM