I have a question here..

some of hd-ripped content stated that it is encoded with digital sound,dts,dolby etc..
so, how is about the sound comes out from my speaker?? (*i use media player classic to play the content)
is it a pcm/analog or pure digital?

This post has been edited by ne0c0n: Oct 9 2008, 12:58 PM

Wow, this topic is gonna drop to some where. I'm going to build a htpc soon, some how my mind changed to amd side. BTW, I wish to get a case first before start doing my d-i-y project(build pc). Any good shop in lowyat or other places to recommend? I found that most of the pc shops only sell all those BIG casing.

There are some shops that sells HTPC casing.

MY HTPC... just to share

AMD X2 5200
Biostar 7050m
ASUS ATI4350 pasive cooling (0dB noise )
2Gram DDR2 667MHz
2.5Tbyte (1T,1T,500G Seagate Sata)
Pioneer DVD writer
Ah lian Casing...
Logitech Dinovo Mini bluetooth media keyboard
& a Gundam Robot.. he he he lol

Depends on your soundcard output and speaker set up. If you have a soundcard with coaxial/fiber then you can have pure digital sound. If you just use the normal headphone jack output then its analog. Simple

yeah i got plug properly looks like the chip is burned

if you connect sound card digital output / spdif to receiver, you get dts sound, with dts indication at receiver as sound is decode by receiver

if you connect sound card 3.5mm jack to receiver rca for all 5 channel, you still get the dts sound, but no indication at receiver as sound decode by soundcard

hope this is the answer

Hi guys...
I was wondering, Is there any interface or a Menu specifically design for HTPC? (for those who build their own)
Reason why i ask because i dont have a proper menu for all my movies..
Just like how the PS3 menu looks like where you can select, songs and movies kinda thing...
I wonder did anybody design a beautiful interface so when we watch movie we dont have to like go to the drive to korek the file...of course we have to set the link....

i wish i can just turn on the PC, the menu will start, options to select movies, song, etc... and just by looking at the pic icon then select and play the movie/song....

Guys, what you think about the 9300/9400 board in contrast to AMD 790GX ?

jerromeccm, ever heard of Media Portal?

best part is this software is free.

btw, nice case there.

thanks for the infomation. I will check it out..
by the way sorry for the low Quality picture... was taken using my phone without lights

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Added on October 23, 2008, 9:23 amhi kepco..

Seems that the media portal need a few fixing to do.. further more in only uses media player 11 if not mistaken.

how about the Media Player Classic? Most of my file are in MKV format for most of the 720p/1080p
Anybody use this software before? Looking review....

thanks

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Added on October 23, 2008, 10:01 amAnybody tried this open source software before called Elisa?
http://elisa.fluendo.com/



This post has been edited by jeromeccm: Oct 23 2008, 10:01 AM

My laptop Specs are given below

Acer Aspire 7720G

C2D T7500 2.2 GHZ 4MB L2 cache
320 GB HD
2GB DDR 2 667 Ram
17inch display
GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB DDR2 RAM Graphics with turbocache

My cheapest solution is I buy the LG BD ROM as i mentioned Above and buy a 5.25inch enclosure or SATA to USB 2.0 cable to make it external.
Can it work? Can it play Blu Rays and HDDVDs Smoothly?? without lag any reviews or proofs? then this would coolest but i have doubts.
Now you ppl might say why dont i buy an external bd drive instead, LG has one costs 370 usd but it doesnt play HDDVDs only blu ray and
its a burner also.

Another Question is Can 8600M Gt 512 MB GDDR2 support Smooth playback or not? It should coz many HP laptops has BLu ray Drive with 8400MGS rclxub.gif
but my question is when i play 720p or 1080p rips of mkv movie files in some media players it lags and pixelation and in some it plays smoothly. But this is MKV file


[SIZE=7]MKV Decoding and Blu Ray Decoding are different right??[SIZE=7] So can i make the drive external? and will it work?

Hi,
My altec lansing speakers somehow went crazy .. I get on and off power and if i'm lucky it works the whole day .. sometimes it does not at all. something wrong with the connection cables ..
Anyway, I wish to retire them. i think they are the ATP3.

My question is, I have 4 extra pasive speakers 6ohms 100w. what amp do i need if I wish to use them as stereo. maybe around budget of 200bucks. a subwoofer pre out would be great too.

Do i need special soundcard to make them work? current i have a SB Live.

hi guys, can u guys recommed me vga card that good for blue ray and HD playback? I want to setup a pc that can use for blue ray and HD play back.is it possible?

These days onboard graphics card can do , that is from AMD and even Nvidia (the new one). I can't recall its model , but for HD Playback its pretty good.

nvdia chipset 780 and upwards is a good choice..

It actually depend on ur diplay too....
my current AMD setting (refer my Sff rig), it can play smooth 1080p MKV file (using onboard GC) on my 19" Wide... but when i use it on my FUll HD LCD.... all goes wrong... jerky feeling, lag, pixelation ...

You must understand that MKV file uses CPU rather then GPU. My PC fails to playback any 1080p *Pirate MKV Files* clearly as it needs much more powerful PC. I just use 720p as my TV isn't Full HD and I don't need 1080p (after all 720p is good enough).

Your HD TV is pure HD , meaning that your CPU has to output pixel by prefect which takes up more CPU usage. Graphics card isn't doing anything here. Trust me , just press alt+control+delete and notice your CPU usage when you're playing MKV Files

if the MKV is properly encoded, it can support DXVA too.

My graphics card supports DXVA (PureVideo HD). Anyhow , I am asking what decoders do I need to make sure that it passes to my graphics card. It seems that now the software does it instead of hardware.