Topic: HTPC Front-end Software: The XBMC Thread

[mujacko2002]

Mabuhay!

OT lang po...(tried reading from page po pero di ko po ma-gets ang iba)
Pasensya na po sa threadstarter

Tried downloading XBMC and it works fine with my music (mp3s-improved sound quality) and photos po. I have encountered certain challenges :

1) I dont know what to press para full-screen sya.
2) It can only detect movies in my VCDs. Ni-try kong mag-play ng DVDs di nya ma-detect..why oh why...
3) May mga additional softwares po ba ako na dapat i-download?
4) Ang basa nya sa CD writer ko DVD rin..eeek! 
5) Di nya ma-detect ang DVD ko po pero kapag sa CD ko po nade-detect nya.
6) Has anyone encountered napuputol ang interent connection nila after installing the XBMC?

esep-esep pa po ako..

TIA for any response.

Godbless

[otepsy]

so, xbmc ang ginamit mo to add thumbnails? TIA

yes and ok na talaga XBMC complete details na pati mga thumbs and actors pag movie and tv series, sa music naman pati biography ng artist nakukuha nya kaya naman hanga mga pinakitaan ko ng XBMC ko..

[mujacko2002]

Mabuhay!

hi mga gurus and experts. newbie lang po...sana matulungan nyo po ako sa mga queries ko po sa itaas.

marami pong salamat

Godbless

[AC]

sa basa ko po dito.. similar ang xbmc sa windows media center? so if i already have windows media center.. hindi ko napo ito kailangan..? thanks

[deo]

Doc Nerveblocker, ung sa XBMC, kailangan nasa isang folder lang lahat ng movies para lumabas sya na tulad nung nasa screenshot mo, right? After ko nilabas sa mga folder ung movies, saka sya gumana, kaso hindi ko na ma modify ung ibang movies na walng thumbnail, nawala ung option

Meron bang option para makapg lagay ng thumbnail sa Windows Media Center?

[gunblade977]

^ Bro deo, sa XBMC pede mo lagyan ng thumbnail yung folder name itself instead of the movie.


sa WMC hindi ko pa natry ung mga thumbnails eh.

[deo]

^ Bro deo, sa XBMC pede mo lagyan ng thumbnail yung folder name itself instead of the movie.


sa WMC hindi ko pa natry ung mga thumbnails eh.

ah, talaga? can you show me? walang ngyayari pag ni-right click ko ung folder eh

[gunblade977]

ah, talaga? can you show me? walang ngyayari pag ni-right click ko ung folder eh

May YM ka?
niwei, AFAIK irename mo lang ung thumbnail jpg to the folder name.
e.g. folder name = Hellboy2 --> so ung thumbnail/jpg should be renamed to Hellboy2.tbn tapos same ang file location ng folder at nung *.tbn file.

Pag reopen mo ng XBMC it should display that folder with a thumbnail.

[deo]

May YM ka?
niwei, AFAIK irename mo lang ung thumbnail jpg to the folder name.
e.g. folder name = Hellboy2 --> so ung thumbnail/jpg should be renamed to Hellboy2.tbn tapos same ang file location ng folder at nung *.tbn file.

Pag reopen mo ng XBMC it should display that folder with a thumbnail.

Yap, ganyan din ung ginawa ko before. Gumana nung ni ginamit ko ung "set content" -> imdb. then ni refresh ko. Sa windows media center naman ginagamit nya ung "fan art" file as thumbnail...

thanks.

[deo]

may problem nanaman ako pag naka set ung audio hardware ko sa digital ->dts & dolby, nag hahang ung movie at hindi tumutuloy mag play. pero pag tinaggal ko ung option ng dts & dolby sa option, ok naman..kaso 2 channels lang

[ninjababez®]

may problem nanaman ako pag naka set ung audio hardware ko sa digital ->dts & dolby, nag hahang ung movie at hindi tumutuloy mag play. pero pag tinaggal ko ung option ng dts & dolby sa option, ok naman..kaso 2 channels lang

what motherboard are you using?  is it using a 780g chipset?  check the ac3 filter settings

[deo]

Asustek M3N78-VM Motherboard. Not sure kung gumagamit ng 780g chipset. Ill check the ac3 filter.

[ninjababez®]

Asustek M3N78-VM Motherboard. Not sure kung gumagamit ng 780g chipset. Ill check the ac3 filter.

i think its using nvidia 8200 M3N78-VM

[deo]

i think its using nvidia 8200 M3N78-VM

does it have anything to do with the sound problem? pag naka disable ung dts at dolby sa xbmc ok naman, 2ch nga lang. but if either of them is on, mag pplay mga 1-2secs tapos hang na ung movie. thanks again!

[stick]

Hi Guys,

This is regarding my earlier post (on page 3) regarding "video tearing".... Finally I was able to remove it, no more video tearing and frame drops.... I just turned on (always on) the "wait for V-sync refresh"  under 3d settings of the ATI control panel options (I'm using the 780g chipset, and I think this goes the same for nvidia chipsets)... no more tearing for 720p videos... i even tried a 1080p video and still no tearing.... I was very happy... now I use XBMC more than MPC and KMP....

Also my HDTV (samsung LA22A450 series 4) now shows that the video is at 1080p/i (Just Scan option on set is now available) while using XBMC (MPC and KMP only uses the monitors set resolution)... XBMC has a screen option under appearance setting so you can set it to different resolutions like 1080i, 1920x1080, 720p, 480p, 720x480... and many more.... I set mine to 1080i since my monitor is cable of 1080i....

may problem nanaman ako pag naka set ung audio hardware ko sa digital ->dts & dolby, nag hahang ung movie at hindi tumutuloy mag play. pero pag tinaggal ko ung option ng dts & dolby sa option, ok naman..kaso 2 channels lang

I also experience this... but I think you should only select this if you are using SPDIF, otherwise select analog.... in analog you can still have 5.1 ch... check your settings under windows audio properties.... XBMC is using windows default audio...

This is currently my problem with XBMC... because I keep on switching audio hardware... while MPC and KMP can easily switch between them.  I hope XBMC can include this option on the next update....

Sorry for the long post... just sharing...

[otepsy]

same problem here after 5-10 sec naghahang na im using optical out of emaxx 790g chipset running on vista.

how do i deal with this? i have no analog connections so i use spdif via optical to receiver, one of the post above suggest to use analog.

tama ba pagkaintindi ko:

xbmc= i will select analog or stereo only (not dts or dolby)
windows = spdif

kaya lang paano kung dts un mkv ko sayang naman. baka may iba pa paraan...

[cHess]

Sirs/Madam:

You might want to try Media Portal. Very nice HTPC front end software. Been using it for a while and seems much better than XBMC. 

[nerveblocker]

When using XBMC I noticed while watching that the movie freezes in about half a second then it goes fastforward for a second for around maybe 3-5 times during the whole movie.  There is no overall AV sync problem but is just gets annoying when this happens.  I don't notice this in MPC or Zoom player.  I am using the onboard graphics of my ASUS MOBO via HDMI.  I notice this during 720p, 1080p mkv playback and even in DVDs. 

Do I need to buy a dedicated Graphics card or is it the software itself?  TIA 

[gunblade977]

Hi doc! long time no hear ahh..

I would assume it is on the software itself because XBMC uses its own codec so it does not utilize the strengths of the onboard graphics card but rather depends on the CPU power. If possible, you can try it on your other rig(quad-core rig) and see if the freezing still occurs.

[ninjababez®]

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Hi doc! long time no hear ahh..

I would assume it is on the software itself because XBMC uses its own codec so it does not utilize the strengths of the onboard graphics card but rather depends on the CPU power. If possible, you can try it on your other rig(quad-core rig) and see if the freezing still occurs.

bilis naman nyan response andrew .. naunahan mo ako 

[gunblade977]

haha.. sumakto lang sa recent posts yung message..

[ninjababez®]

haha.. sumakto lang sa recent posts yung message..

hahaha wala ka rin ba gawa sa office 
papunta ako greenhills eh .. bili damit kasi mukha na daw ako gusgusin sabi ni chia ..

[nerveblocker]

Hi doc! long time no hear ahh..

I would assume it is on the software itself because XBMC uses its own codec so it does not utilize the strengths of the onboard graphics card but rather depends on the CPU power. If possible, you can try it on your other rig(quad-core rig) and see if the freezing still occurs.

Hmmm...I see so even if I install a dedicated video card, it wouldn't improve the performance?

OT:  Yup been busy lately catching up on my movie viewing.  Akala ko naliligaw ako when a different layout appeared when I logged on again to pdvd. BTW, a friend gave me the CDR-king wireless mini keyboard w/ trackball mouse for my birthday.  Thanks for giving me the idea. 

Sayang bro, you let go of your PJ.  Guess it's just a matter of preference.  Ako going on the 800th lamplife hour already and going strong.    Excited to see Pacquiao again on the big screen.

[nerveblocker]

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bilis naman nyan response andrew .. naunahan mo ako 

Jami, kamusta?  Parang mapapabalik ako sa MPC because of the small quirks that I noticed on XBMC.  Dami ko ng referral sa QL ha.   

[gunblade977]

Hmmm...I see so even if I install a dedicated video card, it wouldn't improve the performance?

OT:  Yup been busy lately catching up on my movie viewing.  Akala ko naliligaw ako when a different layout appeared when I logged on again to pdvd. BTW, a friend gave me the CDR-king wireless mini keyboard w/ trackball mouse for my birthday.  Thanks for giving me the idea. 

Sayang bro, you let go of your PJ.  Guess it's just a matter of preference.  Ako going on the 800th lamplife hour already and going strong.    Excited to see Pacquiao again on the big screen.

Yup, sa tingin ko the dedicated video card wont help. I think an upgrade in the processor will help  Musta performance ng wireless mini keyboard?

OT: I still prefer the PJ bro, its just that time is not on my side now, hehehe. Pero once magka oras try ko yung DIY PJ mentioned in one of the threads here 

[nerveblocker]

Yup, sa tingin ko the dedicated video card wont help. I think an upgrade in the processor will help  Musta performance ng wireless mini keyboard?

OT: I still prefer the PJ bro, its just that time is not on my side now, hehehe. Pero once magka oras try ko yung DIY PJ mentioned in one of the threads here 

Tingin ko lang bro nag-iba ka na ng hobby. 

[ninjababez®]

Tingin ko lang bro nag-iba ka na ng hobby. 

ako doc tsiks .. 

Hmmm...I see so even if I install a dedicated video card, it wouldn't improve the performance?
OT:  Yup been busy lately catching up on my movie viewing.  Akala ko naliligaw ako when a different layout appeared when I logged on again to pdvd. BTW, a friend gave me the CDR-king wireless mini keyboard w/ trackball mouse for my birthday.  Thanks for giving me the idea. 
Sayang bro, you let go of your PJ.  Guess it's just a matter of preference.  Ako going on the 800th lamplife hour already and going strong.    Excited to see Pacquiao again on the big screen.

tama si gunblade doc .. a discrete video card wont help .. QUAD CORE NA!!
OT: punta ba kayo sa may 2 kila streetsmart?

Jami, kamusta?  Parang mapapabalik ako sa MPC because of the small quirks that I noticed on XBMC.  Dami ko ng referral sa QL ha.   

tagal na akong di napasyal dun bro 
ubos na pera eh .. hahaha

[Dowals]

been practicing this in my office pc, before trying out at home.  Do i have to manually add the avis/mkvs individually? I have sucessfully added .tbn for one of the avis,  it's in the library. pero di ko na maulit mag-add ng movie file to the library  

[gunblade977]

^ bro you can use the "set content" button and set it recursively to automatically add it to the library with tbns. ALthough your folder names must be the movie names found in the IMDB database

[Dowals]

^ bro you can use the "set content" button and set it recursively to automatically add it to the library with tbns. ALthough your folder names must be the movie names found in the IMDB database

thanks, i will try a couple of files tonight