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What software do you use on your HTPC?

LiveOrDie

LiveOrDie

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Processor Intel Core i9 10980XE @ 4.7Ghz 1.2v
Motherboard ASUS Rampage VI Extreme Omega
Cooling EK-Velocity D-RGB, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX240 Ultrathin, EK X-RES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3000C14D 64GB
Video Card(s) Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC WC
Storage M.2 990 Pro 1TB / 10TB WD RED Helium / 3x 860 2TB Evos
Display(s) Samsung Odyssey G7 28"
Case Corsair Obsidian 500D SE Modded
Power Supply Cooler Master V Series 1300W
Software Windows 11
im using iMEDIAN HD at the moment i dont think its that good im looking for some thing better that plays all formats of MKV's, iMEDIAN HD doesn't play all DTS formats, so something with a inbuilt library to thanks.
 
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brandonwh64

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well as of right now my last upgrade will be a BR drive once i can get one and im thinking of trading my ATI 4870 for a GTX 260 due to the LG tv not liking it too much but since i dont have BR i dont have much software except codecs and some games
 
wickerman

wickerman

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Processor Ryzen 7 5800x3d
Motherboard Asrock b550m riptide pd
Cooling Thermalright Peerless Assassin
Memory 32gb (4x8) G.Skill RGB DDR4 @ 3200
Video Card(s) XFX Speedster QICK319 RX 7800 XT 16gb
Storage 1x Hynix P31 1tb (os) 1x 4tb SP UD90
Display(s) 1x Acer Predator X34, 2x 13.3 mobile USBC wings
Case Jonsbo D31 mesh
Audio Device(s) EVGA Nu Audio
Power Supply Corsair SF750w
Software Windows 11
hands down my favorite is XBMC, even supports GPU accelerated HD decoding. Easy management of library for tv shows, movies, music, photos, etc, and the scrapers download all the episode content, covers, etc for you. Has a windows, linux, OSX, and linux-based liveCD client. Has built in addon manger so you can browse for new skins, streaming content, and so forth.

Really its the best software I've found for any HTPC build as it scales very well to match each level of hardware.
 
LiveOrDie

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Processor Intel Core i9 10980XE @ 4.7Ghz 1.2v
Motherboard ASUS Rampage VI Extreme Omega
Cooling EK-Velocity D-RGB, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX240 Ultrathin, EK X-RES 140 Revo D5 RGB PWM
Memory G.Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3000C14D 64GB
Video Card(s) Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC WC
Storage M.2 990 Pro 1TB / 10TB WD RED Helium / 3x 860 2TB Evos
Display(s) Samsung Odyssey G7 28"
Case Corsair Obsidian 500D SE Modded
Power Supply Cooler Master V Series 1300W
Software Windows 11
thanks wickerman ill try it out @ brandonwh64 yer i went for i3 with a onboard gpu it works really good i picked up a evga h55v to go along with it.
 
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brandonwh64

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Im running a ATI 4870 :) its alittle overkill for watching movies but it kicks ass at games when i need it
 
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caleb

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System Name HAL
Processor Core i5 2500K
Motherboard Asus P8P67 Pro Rev3.1
Cooling stock
Memory 2x4GB Kingston 1600Mhz Blu
Video Card(s) Asus 560Ti DirectCuII TOP
Storage Kingston 120 3K SSD,WD Black WD1502FAEX
Display(s) LG 1440x900
Case Chieftec Mesh Midi
Audio Device(s) onboard
Power Supply Corsair TX750V2
Software w8
+1 on XBMC.
 
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