Ultimate Home Theater Guide - Page 3

m4gicfour · Jan 21, 2011, 12:46 AM

For people who plan to use their HTPC with a TV card and need to control a Cable or Satellite box, this may help.

Human_error's USB IR Reciever/remote guide

freaksavior · Aug 14, 2011, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samdbugman

freeaksavior i want to thank you for the incredible guide. i now have all my movies installed, but what i did was send each to libraries>videos>my videos and made a new folder for each one, and i dont need the disc now to run any of the movies. however i didnt use any indexing program, i open media player, and the movies are listed alphabeticly. i figure thats good enough for me, i dont want to install an indexing program and possibly mess something up. i had no idea how many dvd's we had until i got finished and dont want to go through that install again.

and many thanks!

Yeah, that would work too. You only did DVD though, i'm not sure 7mc will play blu ray without a program so you got half way there.

7mc will index the movies for you if you have them in the right location, so if you ripped the movies correctly, you could essentially skip 90% of my guide.

Jetster · Oct 7, 2011, 10:53 AM

Just an added suggestion for Media Center software. XBMC is the bomb. Will play anything but BR disks has many options and skins. Will serve media to the whole house. Also has literately hundreds of options for Internet TV. I cant believe its free

TRWOV · Nov 20, 2011, 04:59 PM

The HD4000 series cards have bitstream audio too, don't they? I'm thinking about getting a blu-ray drive for my HTPC but the HD4670 is the best card I can use.

And ty for the guide

freaksavior · Nov 20, 2011, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

The HD4000 series cards have bitstream audio too, don't they? I'm thinking about getting a blu-ray drive for my HTPC but the HD4670 is the best card I can use.

And ty for the guide

No they do not. 5 + do.

TRWOV · Aug 1, 2012, 09:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freaksavior

The ATI HD 5 and 6 Series- (Need to purchase Arcsoft)
these cards come with the option of bit streaming your sound, meaning your receiving will decode the audio.

What about nVidia cards? Do they support this?

Jetster · Aug 1, 2012, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

What about nVidia cards? Do they support this?

Yes NVidia GeForce 210 or newer support bitstreaming audio 5.1

For HD audio bitstreaming requires Nvidia 430 or newer

Jan 21, 2011, 12:46 AM	#51
m4gicfour Join Date: May 2008 Location: Swift Current, SK, Canada Posts: 788 (0.43/day) Thanks: 38 Thanked 294 Times in 225 Posts System Specs	For people who plan to use their HTPC with a TV card and need to control a Cable or Satellite box, this may help. Human_error's USB IR Reciever/remote guide __________________ “Yes, but you are comparing Bethesda to EA. That's like comparing a fine dining experience at a gourmet restaurant to eating a turd out of a dumpster.” -Kreij E-Mail me? Please use with courtesy. Heatware

System Name:	Why did I put WC in an Antec 900?
Processor:	Phenom II X6 1100T @ Stock
Motherboard:	Asus M4A79 Deluxe
Cooling:	Swiftech ApogeeXT + EK-VGASupremeHF(x2) + EK-NB/SB + EK-VRM + 2x120MM Rad + 1x120mm Rad + 3xDDC1T
Memory:	8GB Gskill DDR2 1066
Video Card:	Gigabyte Radeon 5850 1GB OC 925MHz + Sapphire RHD 5870 1GB OC 920Mhz
Hard Disk:	Corsair ForceGT 120GB + 1TB WDC Black + MediaSonic Raid array (4x Hitachi 1TB Deskstar 7200.c)
Optical Drive:	Samsung SATA Lightscribe CD/DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	55" Olevia 1080P 255TFHD 10ms(it rules)
Case:	Modified Antec Nine Hundred
Sound Card:	Radeon Realtek HDMI 7.1 Audio -> Onkyo TX-SR876 + 7.1 Polk Audio
PSU:	Corsair HX850
Software:	Win 7 Pro 64-bit

System Name:	0 Kelvin 5.0 / Server
Processor:	i7 930 \|\| Q6600
Motherboard:	EVGA Micro X58\|\| Asus Rampage Formula x48
Cooling:	Mugen2 \|\| Rocketfish
Memory:	6Gb Crucial Value 1800mhz\|\| 4gb Patriot SLI
Video Card:	2x Asus 5850CU 800/1200 \|\| ATI 6450
Hard Disk:	Intel 320 80gb SSD + 72.11 750Gb \|\| 3 x 2tb Sea + 2 x 500gb WD B
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-S203N \|\| None
CRT/LCD Model:	2x Samsung 245BW \|\| Samsung 40" 650A
Case:	NZXT Rogue \|\| CM690
Sound Card:	Onboard \|\| ATI 6450
PSU:	8Silverstone DA800 \|\| Kingwin 1000w
Software:	7U x64 \|\| Windows 7
Benchmarks:	http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l294/freaksavior/Overclocking-1.png

System Name:	Delta // HTPC
Processor:	Intel i7 3770K // Intel i3 550 3.2Ghz
Motherboard:	ASRock Z77 Extreme6 // Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H Socket 1156
Cooling:	Corsair H100 // SILVERSTONE NT07-1156 90mm
Memory:	Corsair Vengeance 1866 16gb //Corsair DDR3 1600 4 Gb
Video Card:	HIS 7950 3 Gb //Sapphire 6670 1 Gb
Hard Disk:	Samsung 840 250 SSD, WD Caviar Blue 500// Corsair M4 64 Gb Solid State, SAMSUNG F4 2 Tb, WD 1 Tb
Optical Drive:	LG DVDR 24X // Lite on DVDR 24X
CRT/LCD Model:	HP 23xi IPS 1080p" // 50" Samsung Plasma 720p
Case:	Corsair Obsidian Series 550D // Silverstone Granada GD05
Sound Card:	ASUS Xonar DS // HDMI Bit Stream to Yamaha RX V571
PSU:	Seagate M12II 750 // Corsair CX 430
Software:	Windows 7 64bit // Windows 7 64bit with XBMC Eden
Benchmarks:	I scored P9327 in 3DMark 11

Nov 20, 2011, 04:59 PM	#54
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,053 (3.16/day) Thanks: 793 Thanked 1,067 Times in 553 Posts System Specs	The HD4000 series cards have bitstream audio too, don't they? I'm thinking about getting a blu-ray drive for my HTPC but the HD4670 is the best card I can use. And ty for the guide __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

Oct 7, 2011, 10:53 AM	#53
Jetster Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,875 (2.35/day) Thanks: 935 Thanked 865 Times in 633 Posts System Specs	Just an added suggestion for Media Center software. XBMC is the bomb. Will play anything but BR disks has many options and skins. Will serve media to the whole house. Also has literately hundreds of options for Internet TV. I cant believe its free

System Name:	Sandy Bridged 3rd Take
Processor:	Core i5-2320 @ 3.5Ghz
Motherboard:	GYGABYTE GA-Z77X-UD3H
Cooling:	Antec Kuhler H2O 620
Memory:	2x4GB A-DATA XPG 1600GS
Video Card:	ATi RADEON HD7870 2GB / Zotac GT430
Hard Disk:	500GB WD / 64GB Samsung SSD (SRT cache) / 2TB Seagate
Optical Drive:	Samsung SH-B123A Blu-ray/DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer V223W 22" LCD 1680x1050
Case:	Cooler Master Gladiator 600
PSU:	Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700w
Software:	Windows 8 Pro with Media Center
Benchmarks:	3dmark11 7925, IBT 90Gflops

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
[FS/FT][US] E8500 Rig, Home theater projector	Papahyooie	Buy/Sell/Trade/Giveaway Forum	8	Oct 1, 2009 11:34 AM
Connect your PC to home theater	rajan1311	Cases, Modding & Electronics	0	Aug 12, 2009 07:08 AM
Home Theater	Mike0409	System Builder's Advice	11	Mar 17, 2009 06:11 PM
new home theater	tater	Cases, Modding & Electronics	30	Oct 18, 2007 06:14 AM
Home Theater keyboard/Mouse....	oinkypig	General Hardware	5	Sep 10, 2007 11:39 PM