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dhrandy · 03-22-08

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Originally Posted by will25u

Nice camera work. What cooler are you using? I cant wait to get back from this deployment to start work on mine. That Gigabyte motherboard has everything you could possibly want for a HTPC. Blu-ray players are headed down in price. Around $120-$140. Hopefully by the time I build my HTPC they will be down below $100.

I'm just using the stock cooler that came with the Brisbane. I'm not worried about an aftermarket cooler for this system. I've read other complaints about the stock cooler being noisy at low speed, but I haven't heard of any such problems.

I'm also waiting for the price of Blu-ray player to come down in price. Then I'll start renting Blu-ray from Netflix.

dhrandy · 03-22-08

I've got Beyond TV and Meedio back up and running. The HVR-1800 tuner works great. Of course the OTA HD programs are shrunk to fit the screen. Everything is working so far. This PC runs cooler than my P4. I post so many pictures because I know I like to see lot of pictures of peoples systems. Here you go.

Currently using my 7600GT with the S-video out. I will be using HDMI when my TV returns.

Here is what my HTPC is currently hooked up to.

Here is what my HTPC will be hooked up to when the TV comes back. Right now it's out for repair. This was the old P4 in action.

I love my Harmony remote.

moses51149 · 03-27-08

I just built a new media center based around the asus M3A78-EMH HDMI with an amd x2 4400, 4gb corsair ram, and 2 500gb wd hard drives. I am using onboard audio and video. Running Vista ultimate 64. I am using coreavc for the video codec and ffdshow for the audio. When playing 1080p mkv files the audio is out of sync and the video stutters also my cpu usage maxes out. When I uninstall the ffdshow audio codec the video plays like butter the cpu usage doesn’t go higher the 50% on both cores, but no sound if I install the ffdshow I get audio but then I get the stuttering on playback. I am using the latest coreavc codec and ffdshow 2000. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am pretty sure I should be able to play back 1080p files with no problems with my system specs.

moses51149 · 03-27-08

I just built a new media center based around the asus M3A78-EMH HDMI with an amd x2 4400, 4gb corsair ram, and 2 500gb wd hard drives. I am using onboard audio and video. Running Vista ultimate 64. I am using coreavc for the video codec and ffdshow for the audio. When playing 1080p mkv files the audio is out of sync and the video stutters also my cpu usage maxes out. When I uninstall the ffdshow audio codec the video plays like butter the cpu usage doesn’t go higher the 50% on both cores, but no sound if I install the ffdshow I get audio but then I get the stuttering on playback. I am using the latest coreavc codec and ffdshow 2000. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am pretty sure I should be able to play back 1080p files with no problems with my system specs.

DuckieHo · 03-27-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by moses51149

I just built a new media center based around the asus M3A78-EMH HDMI with an amd x2 4400, 4gb corsair ram, and 2 500gb wd hard drives. I am using onboard audio and video. Running Vista ultimate 64. I am using coreavc for the video codec and ffdshow for the audio. When playing 1080p mkv files the audio is out of sync and the video stutters also my cpu usage maxes out. When I uninstall the ffdshow audio codec the video plays like butter the cpu usage doesn’t go higher the 50% on both cores, but no sound if I install the ffdshow I get audio but then I get the stuttering on playback. I am using the latest coreavc codec and ffdshow 2000. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am pretty sure I should be able to play back 1080p files with no problems with my system specs.

*sigh* In my other thread, I told you to start your own topic.... It's for your own benefit. Also, what's with the triple re-posting?

moses51149 · 03-27-08

I hit the button three times thinking it was'nt going thru. Thanks.

dhrandy · 03-29-08

I hope it ships Monday. Can't wait to get my tv back from repairs.

dhrandy · 04-04-08

Everything is working great. HD tuner is sweet. I even hooked up my xbox HD dvd player up and tested it out. Looks amazing. Here is a pic of the meeTvshows module in Meedio.

dhrandy · 04-07-08

Finally ran into a problem. I knew being trouble free was too good to last. Whenever I enable spdif output with my Auzentech Xplosion sound card, it tends to make my PC lockup when I'm using Beyond TV. Everything works fine when using analog output. I'm going to try to use some older drivers in a couple of days. I'll post back the results. I really wanted to use the coaxial output on this card. Currently my Xbox 360 is using the optical input on my receiver.

Spart · 04-08-08

Did you think of maybe getting an Optical Audio Switch? Here's a cheapo one I found.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013HP90K?...0&linkCode=asn

I haven't read any reviews though. Just a thought.

03-27-08	#33 (permalink)
moses51149 Intel Overclocker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 21 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	I just built a new media center based around the asus M3A78-EMH HDMI with an amd x2 4400, 4gb corsair ram, and 2 500gb wd hard drives. I am using onboard audio and video. Running Vista ultimate 64. I am using coreavc for the video codec and ffdshow for the audio. When playing 1080p mkv files the audio is out of sync and the video stutters also my cpu usage maxes out. When I uninstall the ffdshow audio codec the video plays like butter the cpu usage doesn’t go higher the 50% on both cores, but no sound if I install the ffdshow I get audio but then I get the stuttering on playback. I am using the latest coreavc codec and ffdshow 2000. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am pretty sure I should be able to play back 1080p files with no problems with my system specs. __________________ System Specs EVGA 790ultra QX9650 @4ghz 1.3v 35c Idle 55c load 4 GB OCZ PC3-12800 Platinum @1800 Timings 7-6-6-24 1 1.95v 4X Raptor 150GB 16MB Cache Raid 0 2X WD 500GB 16MB Cache 2X evga 9800gx2 QUAD SLI Xf-I gamer Plextor 755 DVD-RW Tagan 1100watt psu Custom water cooled system 1 120x3, and 1 120x2 thermochill rad with d-tek fuzion Silverstone TJ09 Dell 2407

03-27-08	#34 (permalink)
moses51149 Intel Overclocker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 21 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	I just built a new media center based around the asus M3A78-EMH HDMI with an amd x2 4400, 4gb corsair ram, and 2 500gb wd hard drives. I am using onboard audio and video. Running Vista ultimate 64. I am using coreavc for the video codec and ffdshow for the audio. When playing 1080p mkv files the audio is out of sync and the video stutters also my cpu usage maxes out. When I uninstall the ffdshow audio codec the video plays like butter the cpu usage doesn’t go higher the 50% on both cores, but no sound if I install the ffdshow I get audio but then I get the stuttering on playback. I am using the latest coreavc codec and ffdshow 2000. Any suggestions would really be appreciated. I am pretty sure I should be able to play back 1080p files with no problems with my system specs. __________________ System Specs EVGA 790ultra QX9650 @4ghz 1.3v 35c Idle 55c load 4 GB OCZ PC3-12800 Platinum @1800 Timings 7-6-6-24 1 1.95v 4X Raptor 150GB 16MB Cache Raid 0 2X WD 500GB 16MB Cache 2X evga 9800gx2 QUAD SLI Xf-I gamer Plextor 755 DVD-RW Tagan 1100watt psu Custom water cooled system 1 120x3, and 1 120x2 thermochill rad with d-tek fuzion Silverstone TJ09 Dell 2407

03-27-08	#36 (permalink)
moses51149 Intel Overclocker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 21 Rep: 1 Unique Rep: 1 Trader Rating: 0	I hit the button three times thinking it was'nt going thru. Thanks. __________________ System Specs EVGA 790ultra QX9650 @4ghz 1.3v 35c Idle 55c load 4 GB OCZ PC3-12800 Platinum @1800 Timings 7-6-6-24 1 1.95v 4X Raptor 150GB 16MB Cache Raid 0 2X WD 500GB 16MB Cache 2X evga 9800gx2 QUAD SLI Xf-I gamer Plextor 755 DVD-RW Tagan 1100watt psu Custom water cooled system 1 120x3, and 1 120x2 thermochill rad with d-tek fuzion Silverstone TJ09 Dell 2407

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