Author Topic: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread (Read 97389 times)

gb · « **Reply #60 on:** Nov 23, 2008 at 09:31 AM »

may naka try naba nito? ano comment nyo d2>?

According to xbmc...
XBMC (formerly named "XBox Media Center") is a free and open source (GPL) media-player and entertainment hub. XBMC can play a very complete spectrum of of multimedia formats, and featuring playlist, audio visualizations, slideshow, and weather forecast functions, together with a multitude of third-party plugins. Originally developed as XBox Media Player (XBMP) for the first-generation Xbox game console in 2002, XBMC have eventually become a complete graphical user interface replacement for the original Xbox Dashboard, and it is currently also being ported to run natively under Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating-system. This, The XBMC Project is also known as "XBMC Media Center" or simply "XBMC").

ito poh ung URL:
http://www.xbmc.com.au/xbmc/

Philander · « **Reply #61 on:** Nov 23, 2008 at 09:52 AM »

^^^

Hi, XMBC thread is here:
http://pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=87964.0

gb · « **Reply #62 on:** Nov 23, 2008 at 09:57 AM »

tanks for the link bro,

otepsy · « **Reply #63 on:** Nov 24, 2008 at 10:06 AM »

question....

for example paano kung yung mga movies, music and pictures ko ay nasa external HDD lahat then dito ko sa ofc nagdodownload ng mga movie info sa imdb nagupupdate automatically ng mga poster thumb plot cast at kung ano ano pa then pag dinala ko yung external HDD ko at kinabit sa pc ko sa bahay automatic na ba maloload yung mga settings album art, posters, thumbs, casts etc. na ginawa ko sa ofc?

kung hinde pwede may iba bang paraan para ma embed sa folders yung ibang infos kasi sa pagkakaintindi ko pag nag manual add ka na by folder isasama mo na dun yung mga jpg ng thumbs pwede pero kung automatic sa imdb ginawa mo mukhang hindi yata pwede palipat-lipat ng pc...

pls help

jojitb · « **Reply #64 on:** Nov 26, 2008 at 10:41 AM »

try this
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33961

otepsy · « **Reply #65 on:** Nov 27, 2008 at 10:47 AM »

Quote from: jojitb on Nov 26, 2008 at 10:41 AM

try this
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=33961

thanks for the suggestion but na-try ko na din to wala din nanyari eh... or hindi ko lang makuha? hehe does anyone try this?

HD_MOVIES · « **Reply #66 on:** Nov 27, 2008 at 12:54 PM »

supported din ba ng codec neto ang dxva?

otepsy · « **Reply #67 on:** Nov 27, 2008 at 05:07 PM »

Quote from: otepsy on Nov 27, 2008 at 10:47 AM

thanks for the suggestion but na-try ko na din to wala din nanyari eh... or hindi ko lang makuha? hehe does anyone try this?

ok na napagana ko na Wahoo! it works..
sayang lang hindi kasama nakuha yung mga cast thumbnails.

stick · « **Reply #68 on:** Nov 28, 2008 at 08:12 AM »

Hi Guys,

Question lang... how did you address the "video tearing" issue?

there are lots of them especially on fast scenes.. also lots of frame drops... for now I'm using MPC-HC 0-frame drops and no tearing issues (FLAWLESS)

... at first there was tearing (on MPC) but i was able to tweak the settings to remove them. Guys help naman... sayang yung GUI nung XBMC kung di ko sya ma-maximize... by the way just this moring i was able to remove tearing on XBMC, but frame drops are still many and video stutters...

Heres the given:
AMD X2 5000
780G Mobo
1Gbx2 Ram (1Gb shared for video)
XP SP2
Drivers are upto date...
MKV files 720p (4GB & 8GB sizes)

jojitb · « **Reply #69 on:** Nov 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM »

Meron ngang tearing sa mga fast-paced scenes kaya pag mga 1080p and action 720p movies I just use MPC.

Pero I heard that ffmpeg has experimental patches to use HW acceleration for decoding. Pag ginamit na sa XBMC it baka mawala na yun mga problema na yan.

stick · « **Reply #70 on:** Nov 28, 2008 at 10:37 AM »

Quote from: jojitb on Nov 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM

Meron ngang tearing sa mga fast-paced scenes kaya pag mga 1080p and action 720p movies I just use MPC.

Pero I heard that ffmpeg has experimental patches to use HW acceleration for decoding. Pag ginamit na sa XBMC it baka mawala na yun mga problema na yan.

Thanks for the info... so ngayon it means inherent pa sa XBMC ang video tearing specially on 1080p and 720p... sana magawan nila ito ng paraan as soon as possible... MPC for the mean time...

momay · « **Reply #71 on:** Nov 28, 2008 at 11:22 AM »

Quote from: jojitb on Nov 28, 2008 at 10:08 AM

Meron ngang tearing sa mga fast-paced scenes kaya pag mga 1080p and action 720p movies I just use MPC.

Pero I heard that ffmpeg has experimental patches to use HW acceleration for decoding. Pag ginamit na sa XBMC it baka mawala na yun mga problema na yan.

sadly this only works on MPC-HC.

Clondalkin · « **Reply #72 on:** Nov 28, 2008 at 11:37 AM »

XBMC for "exploring" whats inside my hard drive - when deciding which one to view.

For actual playback, MPC and KMP mas maganda.

docelmo · « **Reply #73 on:** Nov 28, 2008 at 04:36 PM »

Quote from: jojitb on Nov 17, 2008 at 12:42 PM

even though nobody showed interest in my suggestion (Cdrking PC remote),
I will still suggest that you try it out. It is only 450 pesos anyway.

sa mga gusto i-try, I'll try to help you configure yours.

Sir jojitb,
Got this same remote, can pm me home how to configure it.
Thanks!

bigbird2323 · « **Reply #74 on:** Dec 04, 2008 at 04:51 PM »

is this IF or RF.i need an RF remote because i have no direct line of sight to my pc and i'm looking for something in this price range.any ideas?

bigbird2323 · « **Reply #75 on:** Dec 08, 2008 at 09:15 PM »

Hi,I also bought the cdrking pc remote.can you teach me how to configure it in xbmc.Thanks

ninjababez® · « **Reply #76 on:** Dec 09, 2008 at 08:52 AM »

i was asking cdrking market2x for 2 weeks already .. out of stock na daw

where can i get one ??

cHess · « **Reply #77 on:** Dec 09, 2008 at 09:03 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Dec 09, 2008 at 08:52 AM

i was asking cdrking market2x for 2 weeks already .. out of stock na daw
where can i get one ??

Sir marami sa Megamall CDR king....Kaya lang yung mga sales lady medyo nakalimutan na na may stock sila. Nasa may technician side na window...

ninjababez® · « **Reply #78 on:** Dec 09, 2008 at 10:30 AM »

Quote from: cHess on Dec 09, 2008 at 09:03 AM

Sir marami sa Megamall CDR king....Kaya lang yung mga sales lady medyo nakalimutan na na may stock sila. Nasa may technician side na window...

thanks bro

bigbird2323 · « **Reply #79 on:** Dec 09, 2008 at 12:37 PM »

Hi anyone figured out what type of remote this is sa evenghost plugin? i'm having hard time making it work

jojitb · « **Reply #80 on:** Dec 09, 2008 at 01:47 PM »

this remote needs HID-Generic Eventghost plugin instead of MCE. Plus if you need to use almost all buttons you also need to activate the keyboard plugin.

Verbl Kint · « **Reply #81 on:** Dec 25, 2008 at 09:04 AM »

I wonder if XBMC is actually better than Media Portal (http://www.team-mediaportal.com/)?

cHess · « **Reply #82 on:** Dec 25, 2008 at 10:22 PM »

I am using Media Portal. I don't know which is better. For me, I have able to maximize the use Media Portal.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #83 on:** Dec 25, 2008 at 11:39 PM »

i think i already texted nerveblocker about this but xbmc performed better than my trusted kmplayer and mpc when i played band of brothers 1080p (hddvd .mkv ripped) .. kinda weird though ..

nerveblocker · « **Reply #84 on:** Dec 27, 2008 at 12:41 PM »

Media Portal is only 28MB as compared to XBMC's 80MB but the screenshots and the skins looks promising. Tried downloading and installing it in my PC. When running the program for the first time, it requires Framework 2.0 which you need to download and install. On installation, there were some configuration such as loading of DirectX, etc. which really took a long time then the program hanged and crashed.

XBMC is easier to install.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #85 on:** Dec 29, 2008 at 12:54 AM »

Quote from: ninjababez on Dec 25, 2008 at 11:39 PM

i think i already texted nerveblocker about this but xbmc performed better than my trusted kmplayer and mpc when i played band of brothers 1080p (hddvd .mkv ripped) .. kinda weird though ..

i think i just answered my question

doc do you have kmplayer or classic media player installed? do you have a copy of band of brothers (1080p hd-dvd ripped)?
your answers will prove my theory right

cHess · « **Reply #86 on:** Jan 06, 2009 at 10:42 PM »

Quote from: nerveblocker on Dec 27, 2008 at 12:41 PM

Media Portal is only 28MB as compared to XBMC's 80MB but the screenshots and the skins looks promising. Tried downloading and installing it in my PC. When running the program for the first time, it requires Framework 2.0 which you need to download and install. On installation, there were some configuration such as loading of DirectX, etc. which really took a long time then the program hanged and crashed. XBMC is easier to install.

Hmmmm... bro, i have not encounter problems in installation. Tried XBMC but I still prefer Media Portal. Medyo heavy sa CPU loading ang XBMC and it is affecting heavy 1080p playbacks. Unlike Media Portal very easy ang playbacks, no problem at all kahit heavy 1080p mkv files, kayang kaya. Skin can also easily changed.

ninjababez® · « **Reply #87 on:** Jan 07, 2009 at 09:38 AM »

this seems a good player for my laptop

media portal

buhakee · « **Reply #88 on:** Jan 07, 2009 at 11:17 AM »

Quote from: cHess on Dec 25, 2008 at 10:22 PM

I am using Media Portal. I don't know which is better. For me, I have able to maximize the use Media Portal.

i also prefer media portal over xbmc since you can use a different player of your choice

deo · « **Reply #89 on:** Jan 19, 2009 at 11:26 AM »

Quote from: otepsy on Nov 27, 2008 at 05:07 PM

ok na napagana ko na Wahoo! it works..
sayang lang hindi kasama nakuha yung mga cast thumbnails.

so, xbmc ang ginamit mo to add thumbnails? TIA