AFAIK, 780G does not support 7.1 LPCM through HDMI

anyone know how to enable subtitle (mkv embedded and srt) for vista media center?

where did you buy the hp remote?

ok..found the answer from pictar thread.

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Feb 13 2009, 09:22 PM

should be the Antec Fusion as stated in the previous post.

try AC3filter it should be able to decode dts and dolby digital sound from your video.

just make sure you get a motherboard using intel G45 chipset.
ram size 2gb or 4gb and hdd size up to your budget.
for a nice lookng htpc, u may need to spend a lot for a casing.

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Mar 1 2009, 08:35 AM

it should be fine. better yet, get an ATI Radeon HD4350.

ATI HD4350 at RM125 only.

it's very difficult to find htpc casing in lyp.
the best with a budget of 300 is the xqbox 400 that niclasteoh used to sell. but no more stock.



This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Mar 17 2009, 06:22 PM

u can get a pinnacle media center remote kit (with ir blaster) at viewnet or allIT ar RM119

try MCE video browser with Salami Movie Organizer. these 2 are the best combo for vista media center. i can view the movie library with big dvd/bd cover art or with title name. it also shows genre, director actors name (by grabbing info from imdb). best of all...freeware. i really have My Movies plugin cos its bloated and no animation in vmc.

i'm not sure about Win7 support. But it's designed for Vista. I hope there'll be no problem in Win7 as it's almost the same, unless M$ decided to roll out a new remote. (this is what M$ do with every version of media center)

currently, my wmp11 plays mkv files nicely in fullscreen. but when i play it in vmc fullscreen, it jerks. when play in vmc window mode, it is smooth. the mkv files are only mHD as well as 300MB rip. even playing 1080p videos in wmp is fine. problem is only vmc fullscreen.

i'm on E8400 3GHz, 2GB ram with 7300GT 128MB DDR3. codec is CoreAVC v1.9. ffdshow for subs and other video codecs (divx/xvid).

after google, someone fix that by adjusting (adding 20%) the video controls in nvidia control panel.
by i don't understand why the fix is in nv control panel.

in matroska, i try to enable load vsfilter (i have vsfilter installed to for testing), but mkv doesn't call up the srt sub in vmc and wmp. in order for the mkv files to match with srt subtitle, i need to enable ffdshow raw video support and use ffdshow subtitle support. but doing that causes the jerkiness to start again.
why?

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Mar 19 2009, 05:17 PM

@ Matrix
you should go to "Pictures + videos > Video Browser." NOT "video library"

@ ahjames
this is one of the viewing types. othere are others that you can choose from.

here's a sample of how the interface looks like when you have entered "Video Browser"


This is how the next level of structure looks like. The info is shown after you've used the Salami tool to grab the info from IMDB.


This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Mar 20 2009, 05:17 PM

HTPC Cases Reviewed by TechSpot

Love the Lian Li

how does it looks like? where's the location of the kb?

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Mar 23 2009, 06:09 PM

i mean where they keep the keyboard in the shop
i always scout around sricomp, the area where they sells mouse/keyboard/accessories (opposite the pci/usb/card reader area), hoping to look for cheap mce remote or keyboard but never find any.

scout there too (almost every month). all i see is logitech, m$, a4tech, china brand kb and mouse only.
even the PVR 150MCE displayed there is old model

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Mar 23 2009, 08:17 PM

it's normal for the stock intel cooler to be loud.

try to reuse my old rig as a htpc.
here's the spec:

AMD Sempron S754 2800+ @ 1.6GHz
512MB x2 DDR400 RAM
Biostar S754 6100-M7 motherboard
Onboard NVIDIA 6100 graphics
PATA HDD, Combo Drive
Cooler Master 460W Exreme Power PSU

i've tested playing those microHD 2.5GB MKV movies using media player classic home cinema (using its own H264 codec). everything ran smoothly.

i've also tested those Bluray M2TS 1080p files....laggy.
so, i use CoreAVC to render, but still laggy (no difference from MPC-HC internal codec).

do u think getting an ATI HD4350 can smooth out the 1080p video playback?

with CoreAVC playing those M2TS 1080p HD files, my cpu load is still 100%. sigh.