Comments | azekeil: The trouble with time off is...

azekeil

The trouble with time off is...

May 24, 2010 21:53

...you get the temptation to spend money. I've had several somewhat disappointing attempts over the last few years to get a machine that is silent and easy to use that will play 1080p video through my home theatre. ( But each attempt has lead to a refinement... )

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ev1ldonut May 25 2010, 05:57:23 UTC

Another one?! Hehehe, hope this one works properly in the way you want. ;)

So, just that pesky hi-fi nonsense to sort out then.

nairoz May 26 2010, 12:23:15 UTC

I may well have to build a similar PC, I've been looking for something like this! Thanks for the update!

thespirit3 May 26 2010, 21:09:30 UTC

Did you stick with XBMC? I keep switching between MythTV and XBMC; XBMC is far sleeker but Myth does the live TV stuff - and often I can't be arsed to exit and restart XBMC (I know there's a Myth plugin for XBMC but I've not played with it yet). Also, is the GPU accelerated stuff you mention VDPAU?

azekeil May 27 2010, 18:58:52 UTC

I don't worry about live TV. It's crap. You want the latest nightly build (binary) for your OS. I actually use the Windows one now as graphics support for different refresh rates is easier. They're supposed to be releasing a new stable version soon but it's overdue.

azekeil May 27 2010, 19:30:48 UTC

Yes, the latest builds all have hardware acceleration. VDPAU on linux, DXVA on Windows.