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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #180 on: Sep 09, 2011 at 10:13 PM »
Just acquired this for my HTPC:



Lenovo Multimedia Remote with Keyboard N5901
ang ganda pala nyan doc ;D
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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #181 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 06:33 AM »
ang ganda pala nyan doc ;D

Inisnab mo eh.  Gamitin ko nalang!  ;D

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #182 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 06:34 AM »
Inisnab mo eh.  Gamitin ko nalang!  ;D
noooo!!!!
doc gusto mo nood david foster in 3d?  ;D
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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #183 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 06:43 AM »
noooo!!!!
doc gusto mo nood david foster in 3d?  ;D

Hey hey!  Nabili mo na ang plasma mo? Woohoo!

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #184 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 07:19 AM »
Hey hey!  Nabili mo na ang plasma mo? Woohoo!
yup
pagkalipat ko doc, revamp ako htpc ko  :)
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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #185 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 10:37 AM »
Just acquired this for my HTPC:



Lenovo Multimedia Remote with Keyboard N5901

That looks nice! :)

I think that goes true with a dedicated video card.  ;D

Though I do have a dedicated video board, I think this is also true for current-day integrated video. AMD has been stepping up its integrated video in the A6 and A8 models, making these great HTPC platforms --- and while Intel's HD 3000 may be a bit behind, I can say that it isn't bad at all.

PC video playback is just superior to consumer-level dedicated players because of the processing capability that's available (and because players like PowerDVD take advantage of this capability).

With an HTPC, I'm also able to somewhat correct for the inherent gamma issues in my Panny TVs, since the controls are far finer than what's available in BDPs (at least those that I've used).

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #186 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 11:09 AM »
yup
pagkalipat ko doc, revamp ako htpc ko  :)

Level up ka na sa specs? Yesss!

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #187 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 11:16 AM »
That looks nice! :)

Though I do have a dedicated video board, I think this is also true for current-day integrated video. AMD has been stepping up its integrated video in the A6 and A8 models, making these great HTPC platforms --- and while Intel's HD 3000 may be a bit behind, I can say that it isn't bad at all.

PC video playback is just superior to consumer-level dedicated players because of the processing capability that's available (and because players like PowerDVD take advantage of this capability).

With an HTPC, I'm also able to somewhat correct for the inherent gamma issues in my Panny TVs, since the controls are far finer than what's available in BDPs (at least those that I've used).

Totally agree! With a dedicated video card, you can tweak settings even further without compromising the performance of your processor.

My comparison though in terms of PQ is just my PS3 vs. HTPC and definitely the latter had a distinct better output in my PJ.  ;)

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #188 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 11:25 AM »
Totally agree! With a dedicated video card, you can tweak settings even further without compromising the performance of your processor.

My comparison though in terms of PQ is just my PS3 vs. HTPC and definitely the latter had a distinct better output in my PJ.  ;)

Yup! :) Though with processors these days, even full software postprocessing is normally not an issue (i3-class and higher processors). This might not be the case for slower CPUs.

I'm comparing PCs against the LG and Cambridge Audio BDPs that I own, and the Panasonic, Samsung, Harman Kardon, Yamaha and Oppo players that I've used.

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #189 on: Sep 10, 2011 at 11:33 AM »
I also love PowerDVD's 24Hz -> 60Hz conversion. It's clean and smooth without needing to customize the settings. This works great with my plasmas, as they cannot display 24Hz properly. My LCD does 24Hz properly, so I keep this off in that TV.

By the way, for those looking for a budget HTPC notebook (Samsung prefers calling it an "everyday" notebook), the Samsung NP305V4A-S02 is available for 28.5k in gilmore with some freebies. Downside is that you'd have to hookup an external BD-ROM drive if you want to do BDs. :)

The A6-3410MX should be capable enough for most HT tasks. It has 380% of the E350's compute capability, its HD6520G GPU boasts 320% of the HD6310G's capability, and the memory subsystem could have 300% as much bandwidth.  That's just counting the internal graphics of the APU, but this Samsung model has dual graphics pa.

Specs:
AMD Fusion A6-3410MX Quad-Core APU
AMD Dual Graphics (HD6520 + HD6470)
14.0" Samsung HD LED 16:9 (1366x768)
4GB DDR3 RAM
640GB SATA HDD
Card Reader, GbLAN
Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #190 on: Nov 26, 2011 at 07:06 AM »
Here are my previous XBMC setups





Here is the current skin Im using.. Nkaka enjoy pla ang XBMC :)





and I use MPC-HC as my external media player. The best quality media player that you can get with good filters. :)

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #191 on: Dec 11, 2011 at 06:30 PM »
I agree, ganda ng PQ ng PowerDVD. :) I have two BDPs, and the PC + PowerDVD easily beats both.

problema ko sa powerdvd, mahina sound output kahit naka sagad volume sa apps. Pero kapag sa KMplayer na, normal na sound output

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #192 on: Dec 11, 2011 at 09:53 PM »
problema ko sa powerdvd, mahina sound output kahit naka sagad volume sa apps. Pero kapag sa KMplayer na, normal na sound output

Under audio settings, check noisy environment at lalakas output ng audio.  :)

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #193 on: Dec 11, 2011 at 10:08 PM »
^

problema ko sa powerdvd, mahina sound output kahit naka sagad volume sa apps. Pero kapag sa KMplayer na, normal na sound output

In addition, fyi, I use the SPDIF in my PC it sounds louder/clearer than the Analog (2 Channel setup, 4 chan etc)


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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #194 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 02:35 AM »
I'll  try your suggestions...

Can anyone point me to the right direction..

-I cant seem to find a guide on using external players from XBMC

Another thing, after messing around and clicked on Set Content and it updated, the "add Source" is nowhere to be found. Any ideas?

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #195 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 06:07 AM »
I'll  try your suggestions...

Can anyone point me to the right direction..

-I cant seem to find a guide on using external players from XBMC

Another thing, after messing around and clicked on Set Content and it updated, the "add Source" is nowhere to be found. Any ideas?

does this means using other media players through XBMC. If so make sure you have everything on the right spot with right title and right location. Edit all of it at your user data folder, should be right here

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\XBMC\userdata

open playerfactory.xml with notepad.

I use mpc-hc as my extension so the code should be like this as where my mpc-hc located at. Take a look at this example.

<playercorefactory>
 <players>
   <player name="pinoydvd" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
     <filename>F:\installers\freewares\MPC-HomeCinema.1.5.2.3456.x86\mpc-hc.exe</filename>
     <args>"{1}" /fullscreen /close</args>
     <hidexbmc>false</hidexbmc>
     <hideconsole>false</hideconsole>
     <warpcursor>none</warpcursor>
   </player>
 </players>
 <rules action="prepend">
   <rule filetypes="mkv" filename=".*720p.*" player="pinoydvd"/>
   <rule filetypes="mkv" filename=".*1080p.*" player="pinoydvd"/>
 </rules>
</playercorefactory> 

make sure everything's on place. Also take at the extension file on your external.
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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #196 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 07:45 AM »
I'll  try your suggestions...

Can anyone point me to the right direction..

-I cant seem to find a guide on using external players from XBMC

Another thing, after messing around and clicked on Set Content and it updated, the "add Source" is nowhere to be found. Any ideas?

Guide on Using External Players in XBMC

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #197 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 10:13 AM »
Thanks Nerveblocker and Slaveknight.

Stayed up until 4am this morning trying to figure it out on my own ahaha ended up  probably halfway done

@Slaveknight

I forgot to ask the name of the skin you posted above?

(Almost downloaded half of 'em)



Off to CDRking to buy a pc remote, and USB extension

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #198 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 11:47 AM »
Thanks Nerveblocker and Slaveknight.

Stayed up until 4am this morning trying to figure it out on my own ahaha ended up  probably halfway done

@Slaveknight

I forgot to ask the name of the skin you posted above?

(Almost downloaded half of 'em)

im currently using Night skin. It gives me comfort as of the moment.


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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #199 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 03:30 PM »
Just got me a CDRking PC remote:



it does work fine, however, Id love to configure all buttons to my specification. It seems the config file found on this link, Using your CDRKING PC Remote to control XBMC, is no longer available.

Doing more research on how to fully customize the remote. Nkaka nosebleed yung eventghost hehehe

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #200 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 08:28 PM »
Try mo muna to identify the keypresses using "showkey.exe" found here

Then you can use remapping tools like eventghost, intelliremote, or autohotkey to redefine your keys. I find autohotkey the most useful and easiest to configure specially if the remote's simply emulating keyboard presses.

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #201 on: Dec 12, 2011 at 11:47 PM »
Just got me a CDRking PC remote:



it does work fine, however, Id love to configure all buttons to my specification. It seems the config file found on this link, Using your CDRKING PC Remote to control XBMC, is no longer available.

Doing more research on how to fully customize the remote. Nkaka nosebleed yung eventghost hehehe


I noticed that your remote doesn't have "start" , "info" and "clear". Those buttons are very useful in xbmc.  Start is for the usual windows START button.  Info is being used for the options Menu such as scanning for new content or Movie Information.  And Clear is useful as exit when using an external player.  My CDRKing remote has those buttons and no need to map them.

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #202 on: Dec 13, 2011 at 05:25 PM »
@nerveblocker

I was actually looking for the one you posted on one of the thread here... unfortunately, only two are available, the one I purchased and the other one which looks like the usual tv remote.

Inaway ko pa yung bantay, ni hindi lumilingon para tingnan, wala na agad ang sagot, same thing nung tanong ko din yung 90deg HDMI adapter, wala eh nasa likod lang nya...

Thanks for all the info...

Plug and play na rin naman, kaso yung GUIDE kapag pinindot, WMC ang bumubukas. Standby nman yung Power Off... so I really need to remap a few keys

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #203 on: Dec 13, 2011 at 06:08 PM »
Hi @coolswitch, sang branch ka nakabili? ;D

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #204 on: Dec 13, 2011 at 06:23 PM »
laguna ko bro. Pavillion Mall Branch

Key Mapping is actually harder than it sounds hahaha   ???  ???  ???
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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #205 on: Dec 13, 2011 at 09:16 PM »


Here is the one I am presently using on my HTPC.  ;)
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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #206 on: Dec 14, 2011 at 02:34 AM »
^ @nerveblocker,

The rounded part of the remote is a mouse touchpad similar to laptops? How much does it costs and were u bought it?

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« Reply #207 on: Dec 14, 2011 at 04:52 AM »
^ @nerveblocker,

The rounded part of the remote is a mouse touchpad similar to laptops? How much does it costs and were u bought it?

Yup. Bought it from amazon for $16.45.

You might be interested in this...


Toys4Geeks is selling this at the Marketplace.  Here's the link.
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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #208 on: Dec 14, 2011 at 12:27 PM »
This remote @ amazon looks perfect for htpc needs. Does it need remapping pa or works out of the box? It's actually similar to cdrking TM-RC04 unit except that the cdrking remote doesn't have the directional keys and touchpad. The mouse movement are simulated through buttons. Using autohotkey, the directional keys can be reprogrammed through the mouse button. I've posted the scripts in the HTPC2 thread.

The keyboard is nice too though it doesn't work on bluetooth rather uses a wireless dongle which rides on the same frequency @ 2.4 ghz as with most wireless network router. Consequently might interfere with each other.

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Re: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread
« Reply #209 on: Dec 14, 2011 at 11:49 PM »
My remote doesn't need remapping anymore. Works well out of the box.  Truthfully, I haven't tried any of the key remapping programs like Eventghost or Autohotkey.  :)