Author Topic: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread (Read 93585 times)

nerveblocker · « **Reply #420 on:** Oct 20, 2013 at 12:21 PM »

Quote from: Gino on Oct 20, 2013 at 11:02 AM

Yes, I already did that and things with the Android remote running fine. I just have a bug with successive nav button inputs when I want to rapidly scroll the menus. It goes into a looped hyper scroll mode. I have to force exit each time. To avoid I just scroll slowly.

Xbmc PC sometimes goes to a wrong screen resolution. I have to tweak System Video settings again when it happens. I have not noted conditions when this happens because it doesn't happen all the time.

It also happened to me yesterday while I was using my android phone but I do not remember this occuring with my PC remote. It is an isolated incident though and I consciously try to navigate slower than usual to prevent it from happening again.

The wrong resolution in video settings hasn't occured to me yet. Btw, are you using Frodo?

Gino · « **Reply #421 on:** Oct 20, 2013 at 01:33 PM »

Yes it is Frodo. Is there a physical remote that works with wifi? I really need all of the usb ports on my pc.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #422 on:** Oct 20, 2013 at 03:47 PM »

Quote from: Gino on Oct 20, 2013 at 01:33 PM

Yes it is Frodo. Is there a physical remote that works with wifi? I really need all of the usb ports on my pc.

What I am using is the Windows 7/Vista HTPC remote. It has an IR receiver plugged in USB.

titor · « **Reply #423 on:** Oct 20, 2013 at 11:15 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Oct 20, 2013 at 03:47 PM

What I am using is the Windows 7/Vista HTPC remote. It has an IR receiver plugged in USB.

If I may ask san mo nabili at magkano? tnx...

nerveblocker · « **Reply #424 on:** Oct 21, 2013 at 04:49 AM »

Amazon sir.

Windows 7 HTPC Remote

titor · « **Reply #425 on:** Oct 21, 2013 at 10:31 PM »

thank you... kala ko locally purchased.

cHess · « **Reply #426 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 08:57 AM »

Sirs/Masters, pede po bang magtanong... I installed xbmc for the first time in my newly set up HTPC. The problem is that pictures/fanart is quite slow in rendering. Delay ang pasok ng mga posters and symbols?
My current setup po:
CPU: Haswell core i5 4670
RAM: 4GB
Need some help sana, how to speed up the images/posters...
Thanks inadvance.

cHess · « **Reply #427 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 02:14 PM »

sirs / masters, another thing hindi masyado maganda yung default video player ng xbmc. Can I change it to KMplayer or mplayer home cinema classic?

jh@meeh · « **Reply #428 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 02:20 PM »

Quote from: cHess on Oct 22, 2013 at 08:57 AM

Sirs/Masters, pede po bang magtanong... I installed xbmc for the first time in my newly set up HTPC. The problem is that pictures/fanart is quite slow in rendering. Delay ang pasok ng mga posters and symbols?
My current setup po:
CPU: Haswell core i5 4670
RAM: 4GB
Need some help sana, how to speed up the images/posters...
Thanks inadvance.

https://mediacompanion.codeplex.com/
Eto gamitin mo sa metadata mo. Pero dapat yung mga file names ng media mo ay tama. Fully compatible sa XBMC. Pwede ka pa mag auto download ng movie trailer.
Advantage nito, lahat ng posters/image/nfo/trailers ay nasa directory ng movie files mo. Kahit magka problema XBMC mo, hindi ka na ulit mag dadownload ng posters/images etc after using media companion.

jh@meeh · « **Reply #429 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 02:22 PM »

Quote from: cHess on Oct 22, 2013 at 02:14 PM

sirs / masters, another thing hindi masyado maganda yung default video player ng xbmc. Can I change it to KMplayer or mplayer home cinema classic?

Maganda player ng XBMC, baka hindi mo lang na setup ng maayos...can play HD files even high bitrates without stuttering. You can change skins to your liking.

cHess · « **Reply #430 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 02:33 PM »

Sir pede ba paturo ng setup or setting sa player? Medyo di maganda parang blurred ang dating ng movies.

jh@meeh · « **Reply #431 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 02:40 PM »

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=146911

Kung Intel HD ang videocard mo, punta ka Playback , Video settings at disable mo yung dxva2 hardware acceleration. Select Software as render method.
Sa audio output, system settings, use hdmi wasapi and check dts dolby etc if your av receiver is capable.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #432 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 07:47 PM »

Quote from: cHess on Oct 22, 2013 at 02:33 PM

Sir pede ba paturo ng setup or setting sa player? Medyo di maganda parang blurred ang dating ng movies.

You can use an external player if you are not satisfied with the internal XBMC. Go to Program Files>>XBMC>>System>>playercorefactory.xml. Open playercorefactory.xml with notepad then edit it as follows if you are using MPC-HC as your external player. Just change the path and name in the script depending on what player you will be using:

Quote

<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="MPC-HC" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>C:\Program Files\MPC-HC\mplayerc.exe</filename>
<args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
<hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
<hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
<warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
</player>
</players>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule filetypes="mkv|wmv|avi|m2ts" player="MPC-HC"/>
</rules>
</playercorefactory>

You can add or remove any filetype depending on what your player can play. If it is not in the script, the default player will play it.

The disadvantage I can see with external players is the inability to use XBMCs internal player features like downloading subtitles on the fly, show plot while playing, etc. If using an external player, you will be forced to use a mouse to navigate. If you are using an HTPC remote, XBMC internal player is the way to go. But if you have a keyboard-trackpad/trackball combi then using an external player wouldn't pose a problem.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #433 on:** Oct 22, 2013 at 07:55 PM »

Quote from: cHess on Oct 22, 2013 at 08:57 AM

Sirs/Masters, pede po bang magtanong... I installed xbmc for the first time in my newly set up HTPC. The problem is that pictures/fanart is quite slow in rendering. Delay ang pasok ng mga posters and symbols?
My current setup po:
CPU: Haswell core i5 4670
RAM: 4GB
Need some help sana, how to speed up the images/posters...
Thanks inadvance.

Actually initially if you are getting the data for your movies, matagal talaga as it will be getting info from your scraper (IMDB, Movie Database). Depende pa yan kung gaano kalaki ang drive mo and how many movies there are. I advise that you put each file inside a folder with the folder named as follows:

Name of Movie (year) Ex: Despicable Me 2 (2013)

You have to check with IMDB the exact filenames so you will be getting the right data. Also name your file with the same name as your folder. Ex: despicable.me.2.2013.mkv

The speed in updating your library also depends on your internet speed.

Once your library is updated, go to Settings>>Video>>Library then click export list. Choose Separate Names then choose Yes on fanarts. The data and posters will then be saved in each of the folders where your movie files are. So the next time you will update your library, XBMC will just get the data locally from the folders rather than getting all data from the internet.

cHess · « **Reply #434 on:** Oct 24, 2013 at 02:28 PM »

Salamat po! Very nice support talaga dito.

Gino · « **Reply #435 on:** Oct 27, 2013 at 07:54 PM »

I exported my list as above and now it loads fast. Thanks.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #436 on:** Oct 28, 2013 at 09:40 AM »

Even if all data has been stored in your individual folders, loading now would depend on the size of the drive and the number of files. Definitely a 1TB HDD woul load faster than a 2TB and so on.

Also try to disable automatic updating of library as you would find the navigation slower while your library is updating. You can just check movie information per file to update new files as the need arises.

cHess · « **Reply #437 on:** Oct 29, 2013 at 03:30 PM »

Sirs patanong ulit. Sa confluence skin wala ako nakikitang maliliit na squares sa posters. But sa other skins there are small transparent squares and the symbols are are not clear... Hope somebody can assist me on this. TIA.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #438 on:** Oct 29, 2013 at 05:01 PM »

Quote from: cHess on Oct 29, 2013 at 03:30 PM

Sirs patanong ulit. Sa confluence skin wala ako nakikitang maliliit na squares sa posters. But sa other skins there are small transparent squares and the symbols are are not clear... Hope somebody can assist me on this. TIA.

Please clarify. What do you mean by maliliit na squares. Meron kabang screenshot?

Eto screenshot ko ng confluence.

cHess · « **Reply #439 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 01:36 PM »

printscreen the posters in transparency and aeon nox skin. sir. by the way meron din lines on the top. will try to post it. saglit limut ko na mag post ng image.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #440 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 01:52 PM »

Are the small squares you are referring to labels the movie if it is watched or not?

cHess · « **Reply #441 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 02:54 PM »

No sir. it is small squares in diagonal of a poster. Then there are lines on top. Will try to post an image.

jh@meeh · « **Reply #442 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 03:01 PM »

Quote from: cHess on Oct 30, 2013 at 02:54 PM

No sir. it is small squares in diagonal of a poster. Then there are lines on top. Will try to post an image.

I think what you are saying is the tearing of GUI. Default skin is not affected. If that is the case, then it is the Intel graphics driver problem. Try to use an older driver for the intel graphics or update to the latest driver from win 8.1 graphics driver.

Gino · « **Reply #443 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 03:09 PM »

Guys ano ba ang nangyayari kapag bumabalik sa default screen resolution and Systems settings ko? Occasionally I have to go into Systems again and adjust my video settings for the correct screen resolution. I do not remember what I did for those times the settings held and those times they didn't. Gusto ko sana each time bukas ng tv, tama ang video.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #444 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 06:28 PM »

Quote from: Gino on Oct 30, 2013 at 03:09 PM

Guys ano ba ang nangyayari kapag bumabalik sa default screen resolution and Systems settings ko? Occasionally I have to go into Systems again and adjust my video settings for the correct screen resolution. I do not remember what I did for those times the settings held and those times they didn't. Gusto ko sana each time bukas ng tv, tama ang video.

Tuwing kelan nangyayari to? Baka kelangan update mo yung drivers ng videocard. Nakadual display kaba? Yung desktop mo kamusta ang resolution?

Gino · « **Reply #445 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 06:45 PM »

Hindi ko pa na ooberve ano conditions when it happens. Dual display. Yung desktop ko is normal. I usually switch from desktop to exclusive external monitor. From laptop-->vga to composite box--->tv. Yung settings ng box hindi nagiiba. sa XBMC lang talaga nagdedefault na high res. Result is maling framing sa tv.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #446 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 07:44 PM »

Quote from: Gino on Oct 30, 2013 at 06:45 PM

Hindi ko pa na ooberve ano conditions when it happens. Dual display. Yung desktop ko is normal. I usually switch from desktop to exclusive external monitor. From laptop-->vga to composite box--->tv. Yung settings ng box hindi nagiiba. sa XBMC lang talaga nagdedefault na high res. Result is maling framing sa tv.

Yung connection ng TV composite? Hindi VGA or HDMI? Wala bang connection na VGA or HDMI TV mo? Kasi sana testing natin kung rekta at di dumaan sa VGA to composite box. 16:9 ba TV mo o 4:3?

Gino · « **Reply #447 on:** Oct 30, 2013 at 07:59 PM »

Old school crt tv. No vga or hdmi. If it had then I won't be using the box. Anyway, I'll just have to remember conditions when the resolution goes default.

nerveblocker · « **Reply #448 on:** Oct 31, 2013 at 04:00 AM »

Windows 7 Dual Screens with Different Resolutions

*You have to do Extended Display rather than Mirroring the 2 monitors as Mirroring will prioritize the screen with the lower resolution.

You can also use this program:

Display Fusion

cHess · « **Reply #449 on:** Oct 31, 2013 at 10:07 AM »

Quote from: jh@meeh on Oct 30, 2013 at 03:01 PM

I think what you are saying is the tearing of GUI. Default skin is not affected. If that is the case, then it is the Intel graphics driver problem. Try to use an older driver for the intel graphics or update to the latest driver from win 8.1 graphics driver.

Seems possible solution. since my htpc is new will try to update to latest intel video driver. Is it win 8.1 graphics driver?