Author Topic: MKV question:setting up new pc need suggestions (Read 7922 times)

dm1179 · « **Reply #30 on:** Feb 12, 2009 at 10:13 PM »

@Alfie: salamat mulit. ngtext na ko at PM now. wait ko na lng reply.

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #31 on:** Feb 13, 2009 at 06:01 PM »

Here's a cheap setup you can DIY from www.rsun.com.ph:

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6Ghz (2-yr wty)    P 3,350.00
Motherboard:
Redfox GF8200-M2+ GF8200 AV/GLan/DDR2 1066/PCI-E    P 2,900.00
Hard Drives SATA:
500GB Seagate 7200RPM SATA 32MB (2-yr wty)    P 3,000.00
Memory Modules DDR2:
2GB DDR2 800 Geil Single (2-yr wty)    P 1,150.00
2GB DDR2 800 Geil Single (2-yr wty)    P 1,150.00
Video Cards PCI-E:
Palit GF 9400GT Super 512MB 128Bit DDR2    P 2,100.00
Optical Drive:
Liteon LH-20A1L 20x DVD-Writer SATA with LS    P 1,270.00
Casing:
Modecom W&F with 300W    P 2,300.00

Total Price: Php 17,220.00 (with 9400GT video card) : Php 15,120.00 (onboard video only)

Board has:

NVIDIA GeForce 8200 GPU
Realtek RTL8111C - 10/100/1000 Controller

Hyper Transport Technology up to 5.2G
Hybrid SLI Technology, Pure Video HD
Supports AMD Cool'n' Quiet Technology

Case:

dm1179 · « **Reply #32 on:** Feb 13, 2009 at 10:08 PM »

@Verbl Kint: nice setup bro! the casing looks good as well.

ung cool naman sa setup ni kiko is the Asus M3N78-VM board with HDMI and Optical Out (Toslink). kaya lang wala sa pricelist ng rsun ung board na ito.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #33 on:** Feb 13, 2009 at 10:16 PM »

Quote from: Verbl Kint on Feb 13, 2009 at 06:01 PM

Here's a cheap setup you can DIY from www.rsun.com.ph:

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6Ghz (2-yr wty)    P 3,350.00
Motherboard:
Redfox GF8200-M2+ GF8200 AV/GLan/DDR2 1066/PCI-E    P 2,900.00
Hard Drives SATA:
500GB Seagate 7200RPM SATA 32MB (2-yr wty)    P 3,000.00
Memory Modules DDR2:
2GB DDR2 800 Geil Single (2-yr wty)    P 1,150.00
2GB DDR2 800 Geil Single (2-yr wty)    P 1,150.00
Video Cards PCI-E:
Palit GF 9400GT Super 512MB 128Bit DDR2    P 2,100.00
Optical Drive:
Liteon LH-20A1L 20x DVD-Writer SATA with LS    P 1,270.00
Casing:
Modecom W&F with 300W    P 2,300.00

Total Price: Php 17,220.00 (with 9400GT video card) : Php 15,120.00 (onboard video only)

Board has:

NVIDIA GeForce 8200 GPU
Realtek RTL8111C - 10/100/1000 Controller

Hyper Transport Technology up to 5.2G
Hybrid SLI Technology, Pure Video HD
Supports AMD Cool'n' Quiet Technology

Case:

dont buy the discrete card. no bearing, the performance cannot justify the extra cost.

why not get a 780g chipset instead, additional 500 pesos for the motherboard

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #34 on:** Feb 14, 2009 at 04:33 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Feb 13, 2009 at 10:16 PM

dont buy the discrete card. no bearing, the performance cannot justify the extra cost.
why not get a 780g chipset instead, additional 500 pesos for the motherboard

Hmmm...

Here's another DIY setup:

Processor:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ 2.6Ghz (2-yr wty)    P 2,950.00
Motherboard:
Emaxx AMD780G-Pro AVL/DDR2/PCI-E    P 3,500.00
Hard Drives SATA:
500GB Seagate 7200RPM SATA 32MB (2-yr wty)    P 3,000.00
Memory Modules DDR2:
4GB DDR2 800 Geil Dual (2-yr wty)    P 2,800.00
Optical Drive:
LG DVD-Writer 22X GH22LS30 Black SATA with LS    P 1,320.00
Casing:
Modecom 7502 with 300W    P 2,200.00

Total Price: P 15,770.00

Board has:

ATI Radeon HD3200 64MB Sideport memory
PCIe LAN (10/100/1000Mbit)
Realtek ALC 883/888 codec
8-Channel HD Audio, 24 bit Audio Codec
High Definition Audio
Supports for S/PDIF In/Out (via header)

1 x DVI port
1 x Debug LED
1 x HDMI port
1 x VGA port
1 x RJ45 port
8 x USB 2.0 ports, USB 1.1 is compliant
6 x SATA ports by SB700 , Maximum Speed to 3GB/s
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1

Case:

Yan yung pinili kong HTPC case kasi Valentine's ngayon.

Clondalkin · « **Reply #35 on:** Feb 14, 2009 at 07:54 AM »

Mga kababayan. Hindi aasenso ang Pilipinas if everytime you estimate the cost of a PC, walang cost ang OS.

Oh libre nga ba ang Linux?

dm1179 · « **Reply #36 on:** Feb 14, 2009 at 08:18 AM »

@Verbl Kint: nice! swak nga for V day!

here's a review of integrated Radeon 3200 vs GeForce 8200.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-blu-ray-video,2030.html

by the way, bakit preferred ang AMD processor for HTPC setup?

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #37 on:** Feb 14, 2009 at 03:47 PM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Feb 14, 2009 at 07:54 AM

Mga kababayan. Hindi aasenso ang Pilipinas if everytime you estimate the cost of a PC, walang cost ang OS.

Di rin kasama diyan ang cost ng pag-assemble. Usually Php500, please make sure to ask for all the manuals, boxes, extra cables, stickers and screws before you leave the shop.

Quote from: Clondalkin on Feb 14, 2009 at 07:54 AM

Oh libre nga ba ang Linux?

Aasenso ang Pilipinas kung linux ang gagamitin.

Possible choices (htpc distros):

KnoppMyth, MythDora and MythBuntu.

A particular favorite of mine is Linux Mint although (if I had the time) I would rather modify Slackware or VectorLinux to create my own fully personalized build.

dm1179 · « **Reply #38 on:** Feb 14, 2009 at 03:50 PM »

@Verbl Kint: actual price na ba ung nasa pricelist/website ng rsun? may naka-indicate na "All Prices are VAT exclusive" sa end portion ng pricelist nila e.

*update* i called rsun shop. pricelist are actual prices if without O.R. (sales invoice only). 12% VAT will be charged if with O.R.

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #39 on:** Feb 14, 2009 at 04:17 PM »

Quote from: dm1179 on Feb 14, 2009 at 03:50 PM

@Verbl Kint: actual price na ba ung nasa pricelist/website ng rsun? may naka-indicate na "All Prices are VAT exclusive" sa end portion ng pricelist nila e.

Try to give them a call para ma-confirm kung may VAT na nga ba.

pao625™ · « **Reply #40 on:** Feb 14, 2009 at 10:18 PM »

i use Combined Community Codec pack, xplayer -> you can download it through this link, http://www.cccp-project.net/

very effective player! plays almost all videos downloaded from the net.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #41 on:** Feb 15, 2009 at 05:53 PM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Feb 14, 2009 at 07:54 AM

Mga kababayan. Hindi aasenso ang Pilipinas if everytime you estimate the cost of a PC, walang cost ang OS.

Oh libre nga ba ang Linux?

i sell unboxed vista ultimate licensed ofcourse

konting karinyo lang 1/2 the price na

Clondalkin · « **Reply #42 on:** Feb 16, 2009 at 08:57 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Feb 15, 2009 at 05:53 PM

i sell unboxed vista ultimate licensed ofcourse
konting karinyo lang 1/2 the price na

Unboxed as in OEM version? or Unboxed as in taken out from its original box for some reason?

Karinyo karinyo karinyo.

Threat threat threat. Windows 7 coming soon! Better sell your Vista at 1/3 the price now.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #43 on:** Feb 17, 2009 at 06:06 AM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Feb 16, 2009 at 08:57 AM

Unboxed as in OEM version? or Unboxed as in taken out from its original box for some reason?
Karinyo karinyo karinyo.
Threat threat threat. Windows 7 coming soon! Better sell your Vista at 1/3 the price now.

full retail version, company provided

ok! is 5k good enough..

Clondalkin · « **Reply #44 on:** Feb 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Feb 17, 2009 at 06:06 AM

full retail version, company provided
ok! is 5k good enough..

Hmmmmm.

3K. Presyong Kuya.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #45 on:** Feb 17, 2009 at 10:26 AM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Feb 17, 2009 at 10:14 AM

Hmmmmm. 3K. Presyong Kuya.

license = 1tb .. hahaha
sorry guys sa ot: we are just merely bumping the thread

Clondalkin · « **Reply #46 on:** Feb 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Feb 17, 2009 at 10:26 AM

license = 1tb .. hahaha
sorry guys sa ot: we are just merely bumping the thread

Mukhang puidi na rin? BLANK?

ninjababez® · « **Reply #47 on:** Feb 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Feb 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM

Mukhang puidi na rin? BLANK?

empty or full i wont complain

dm1179 · « **Reply #48 on:** Feb 17, 2009 at 03:22 PM »

just discovered SilverStone casings..

http://www.silverstonetek.com/index.php?area=usa

products are available from TipidPC. mataas price.. $:-\$

http://www.tipidpc.com/useritems.php?username=camshow

deo · « **Reply #49 on:** Apr 18, 2009 at 02:40 PM »

meron na bang mkv format na may DTS-MA or Dolby True-HD audio output? gano kalaki ung file?

ninjababez® · « **Reply #50 on:** Apr 19, 2009 at 10:06 AM »

Quote from: deo on Apr 18, 2009 at 02:40 PM

meron na bang mkv format na may DTS-MA or Dolby True-HD audio output? gano kalaki ung file?

IIRC it starts around 25gb onwards

sx_abella · « **Reply #51 on:** Apr 19, 2009 at 01:47 PM »

ung mga 16gb na 1080p mkv file ano usually ung audio format niya?

Clondalkin · « **Reply #52 on:** Apr 20, 2009 at 07:26 AM »

Quote from: deo on Apr 18, 2009 at 02:40 PM

meron na bang mkv format na may DTS-MA or Dolby True-HD audio output? gano kalaki ung file?

sometimes I encounter mkv with "flac" audio but I dont know exactly what that signifies. yung meron "lossless" audio are "straight" BD of HD DVD rips. ts or m2ts format. you need specific versions of PowerDVD to play these formats through a PC and yeah they are about 25GB and bigger. Kaya yata ng NMT??? - makasubok ng isa.

Clondalkin · « **Reply #53 on:** Apr 20, 2009 at 07:28 AM »

Quote from: sx_abella on Apr 19, 2009 at 01:47 PM

ung mga 16gb na 1080p mkv file ano usually ung audio format niya?

usually DTS, at times AC3, quite rarely 2 channel stereo

deo · « **Reply #54 on:** Apr 22, 2009 at 02:45 PM »

Quote from: Clondalkin on Apr 20, 2009 at 07:26 AM

sometimes I encounter mkv with "flac" audio but I dont know exactly what that signifies. yung meron "lossless" audio are "straight" BD of HD DVD rips. ts or m2ts format. you need specific versions of PowerDVD to play these formats through a PC and yeah they are about 25GB and bigger. Kaya yata ng NMT??? - makasubok ng isa.

wew ang laki!

milken · « **Reply #55 on:** Apr 22, 2009 at 03:26 PM »

Quote from: deo on Apr 18, 2009 at 02:40 PM

meron na bang mkv format na may DTS-MA or Dolby True-HD audio output? gano kalaki ung file?

Yup matagal na meron. Look for "Remux" in the title. Remux means they just rip off the video and audio files off BluRay/HDDVD, untouched and without compression, leaving out the special features. The file container is TS. The size ranges from 10gb to 40gb+ depending on the size of the original disc.

Sample: http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4751/hdcscrn.jpg

I never dl them coz they're too big. For the size, I'll rather dl the full disc to get the special features. But rips are enough for me. Besides you need a receiver that can decode the new lossless audio to get the full benefits, which I don't have at the moment. SARS!

Quote from: Clondalkin on Apr 20, 2009 at 07:26 AM

sometimes I encounter mkv with "flac" audio but I dont know exactly what that signifies. yung meron "lossless" audio are "straight" BD of HD DVD rips. ts or m2ts format. you need specific versions of PowerDVD to play these formats through a PC and yeah they are about 25GB and bigger. Kaya yata ng NMT??? - makasubok ng isa.

NMTs don't support multichannel FLAC support at the moment. There's a feature request for this here: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=1848&highlight=multichannel+flac. Let's hope they'll incorporate this feature in the near future.

Movies with FLAC means the encoders transcode the lossless audio (DTS-HD, TrueHD) to another lossless format FLAC so there's no loss in audio quality. MPC can decode FLAC but not DTS-HD, TrueHD (the last time I know, not so sure now) but PowerDVD Ultra version can so it's the player of choice for playing Bluray disc in PC. http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd/compare-retail_en_US.html

nerveblocker · « **Reply #56 on:** Apr 25, 2009 at 10:31 AM »

Quote from: Verbl Kint on Feb 14, 2009 at 03:47 PM

Aasenso ang Pilipinas kung linux ang gagamitin.

Possible choices (htpc distros):

KnoppMyth, MythDora and MythBuntu.

A particular favorite of mine is Linux Mint although (if I had the time) I would rather modify Slackware or VectorLinux to create my own fully personalized build.

Agree ako dyan! Open Source is the way to go!

deo · « **Reply #57 on:** Apr 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM »

Quote from: milken on Apr 22, 2009 at 03:26 PM

Yup matagal na meron. Look for "Remux" in the title. Remux means they just rip off the video and audio files off BluRay/HDDVD, untouched and without compression, leaving out the special features. The file container is TS. The size ranges from 10gb to 40gb+ depending on the size of the original disc.

Sample: http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/4751/hdcscrn.jpg

Malaki nga talaga. Curious lang talaga ako, malaki ba talaga difference ng sound quality? Wala rin ako bagong decoder ***SARS*** :p Thanks for the info.

milken · « **Reply #58 on:** Apr 25, 2009 at 02:16 PM »

malaki diff? well, napaka-subjective ng audio e. depende sa tenga ng nakikinig. there was a shootout before among PDVD members and based on the results most of them have difficulty distinguishing the difference between lossless vs. lossy audio in certain tracks. mas naririnig yng diff sa concert bluray. http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php?topic=81472.90

btw, to those interested, hdchina.org is open for sign ups. they have some remux.

sientobente · « **Reply #59 on:** Apr 28, 2009 at 05:45 AM »

kapag linux, anong magandang player ang ginagamit niyo?