thx but those series were given by my friends .
have you ever try those youtube clips .flv (AVC) or .webm (VP8) ? or HD .avi (XviD) ?

Yes, I've tried the one bolded and highlighted in blue.
Full HD 1080p AVI movie container encoded in Xvid played smoothly without stutter but do note, I downscaled the resolution of XBMC to 720p. But I honestly don't notice the difference between 720p and 1080p on a 42". Or maybe just my eyes...

I'm going to buy one today. Planning to get the Belkin USB 4-Port Powered Desktop Hub.
More expensive but it's powered and it's Belkin. It comes with a power cable btw.


This post has been edited by TechnoDude94: Dec 6 2012, 10:52 AM

Why so rich? :'( I have to even design my own USB hub for power only :'(

Walk into lowyat and u will find plenty..or maybe if u lazy,then try eBay,might be cheaper but plus shipping almost the same

ok , thx for the info , meaning Pi is powerful enough to soft decode the 1080p AVI source
why downscale since your source is full hd ?

I was told that it's Raspberry policy which doesn't allow them to sell directly to end consumers.

Here is what they wrote to me when they cancelled my earlier order:

"Sorry that now we check so strictly as to follow the regulation of this raspberry pi."

Anyway, just order it under your company name and deliver it to the office lah. That should work.

Yep. And there're always people in my office, so parcel never gets undelivered.

Lol, I'm a poor kid only mate. I've got no idea how to design my own USB hub.
And my soldering skills are pretty bad to say the least.
But you could link me/help me design, I'll really appreciate it and will buy you a cuppa!

Yes, RPi is powerful enough for playing AVI-contained movies encoded in Xvid @ FHD 1080p resolution.
However, when you access the menu/OSD/on-screen display while the FHD 1080p (AVI/Xvid) movie is being played, it (movie) will stutter every 5 seconds.

The reason I downscale to HD-Ready 720p since my source is FHD 1080p is because to play FHD 1080p it's quite processor intensive towards the RPi, causing video stuttering and I hate video stuttering while accessing OSD (to seek/fast forward/rewind/subtitles/audio video settings, etc).

This is a drawback because it's only RM111 of hardware. These are some acceptable trade-offs as expected. Furthermore, I don't notice the difference between FHD 1080p and HD-Ready 720p. When your RPi is running @ HD-Ready 720p @ 60Hz, everything is smooth as butter!

just follow this guide http://www.instructables.com/id/Adding-an-...-cheap-USB-hub/

Thanks a lot mate! Unfortunately, I don't have the parts required.
Will probably go get the parts (Jln. Pasar?) and DIY it though!

Hey guys, what type of remote that works for raspberri?
Rite now I have the HP MCE remote, will this work as simple as plug and play, or do I need to configure it to get it working?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004PXJGXU

Also, what skin works best for xbmc, other than confluence?

but the source still 1080p right ? so the processing intensity should be still the same for descaling unless you re-encode the 1080p to 720p

Haha! I'm gonna build mine this week I think if I have time to go to Jln pasar..will post a pic of it when I'm done

I don't have any remote but you may check RPi verified peripherals here:
http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals#USB_Remotes

As for XBMC skin, I'll definitely recommend xTV SAF. Light and makes me feel at home (ATV).

Yes, the source is FHD 1080p. I'm not sure how the descaling process works but all I did was choose:
Settings, System, Video, Output resolution @ 1280X720p @ 60Hz instead of default 1920X1080p @ 60Hz.
Hope I've helped mate. This is a resolution kick-down and not so much of a video file descale.
Sorry for the confusion mate!

Okies okies, awesome mate! I hate driving to Jln. Pasar, the traffic jam is horrendous and parking is a bit*h to find.

ya , i got u , i was saying you process the same source (1080p in this case) , the only diff is you choose to output in 720p , but decoding wise is still the 1080p file , so i think that is not gonna help in mitigating the processing intensity . unless you re-encode the 1080p to 720p (with lower bitrate) , then your cpu could be relieved by decoding a 720p file rather than 1080p

Alright, good to know. Btw, which XBMC package are ya gonna use? OpenElec, Xbian or RaspBMC?
IMO, RaspBMC is the most full featured (biggest footprint too). I'm currently using RaspBMC.

Btw, If you find that it stutters there are some tips to 'speed up' your RPi.
Such as disabling thumbnails, RSS feeds, etc.

Anybody here using xTV SAF skin on RaspBMC?
I can't seem to fast forward/rewind by clicking or dragging the slider on the OSD bar.
It's as though the slider on the OSD bar isn't click-able or anything... With this, I've to revert back to Confluence skin and it does lag a tad bit. Help guys?

Here is a very short and simple summary of all flavours:

OpenELEC - almost bleeding-edge, fast, for those who want the most recent of XBMC.
RaspBMC - stable, the most active community, most support of hardware
Xbian - very bleeding-edge, always the latest, using nightly builds than stable builds. for those who want the absolute newest features of XBMC. may or may not break hardware with each version. not following GPL since no sourcecode, community not friendly and not supportive.

Well,I always walk there from times square,haha! Train and walk,save the earth

same here! i thought mine was from UK, i just checked the box and didnt pay much attention to the board itself. i have only noticed when another forumer said that black audio port is made in china.

the case from element 14 fits nicely! the board doesnt move at all if you try to shake the case