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- bluray - 2011-09-05 20:02

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- M0dj0 - 2011-09-06 07:16

Do you mean there is an xbmc.exe file xbmc_hd_audio that you start instead of the xbmc.exe in the Dharma install directory?

If someone, like me for example, already have Dharma installed, and I just download the xbmc_hd_audio dir and run the xbmc.exe file from there, wouldnt that destroy my library? I guess the xbmc.exe you have in that xbmc_hd_audio directory is a pre-eden build? I think pre-eden and Dharma libraries are not compatible? So when trying to start Dharma 10.1 again, it wouldnt work. Hence I should use the -p (portable mode) option when launching the xbmc.exe from the xbmc_hd_audio folder (but have to build library from scratch)?

- getafix - 2011-09-06 09:21

bluray Wrote:you can do it several ways.
1. you can place xbmc_hd_audio on the desktop and you can launch it from there
2. you can rename the original xbmc dharma 10.1 fold in the program files folder to xbmc_dharma 10.1 and replace it with xbmc_hd_audio. but rename xbmc_hd_audio to "xbmc". the xbmc_hd_audio should become the main launcher in the program files folder.

you can choose your favorite bd file container. i preferred iso, and the first option in my guide can natively playback bd (iso/mkv/m2ts/etc) with all bitstreaming options and it still can playback all other standard audios too. it doesn't need an external player either.

I tried playing a BD ISO and it buffers terribly. BR MKV's play fine, and other files are also OK (AVI)

What would cause this? I tried playing from an attached USB drive as well as a network drive and the same thing.

So far this is the best way of combining BR with HD audio. Just wish I could sort out the BR ISO buffering.

- bluray - 2011-09-06 17:02

M0dj0 Wrote:Do you mean there is an xbmc.exe file xbmc_hd_audio that you start instead of the xbmc.exe in the Dharma install directory?

If someone, like me for example, already have Dharma installed, and I just download the xbmc_hd_audio dir and run the xbmc.exe file from there, wouldnt that destroy my library? I guess the xbmc.exe you have in that xbmc_hd_audio directory is a pre-eden build? I think pre-eden and Dharma libraries are not compatible? So when trying to start Dharma 10.1 again, it wouldnt work. Hence I should use the -p (portable mode) option when launching the xbmc.exe from the xbmc_hd_audio folder (but have to build library from scratch)?
it is best to do these> "you can rename the original xbmc dharma 10.1 fold in the program files folder to xbmc_dharma 10.1 and replace it with xbmc_hd_audio. but rename xbmc_hd_audio to "xbmc". the xbmc_hd_audio should become the main launcher in the program files folder."

regarding the library, i thought that there is a way to transfer the library to another version. i have to check into it. i don't have very much movies and i stores everything in a 2tb usb 3.0 drive. i can easily link any xbmc version to the usb drive..!

- bluray - 2011-09-06 17:08

getafix Wrote:I tried playing a BD ISO and it buffers terribly. BR MKV's play fine, and other files are also OK (AVI)

What would cause this? I tried playing from an attached USB drive as well as a network drive and the same thing.

So far this is the best way of combining BR with HD audio. Just wish I could sort out the BR ISO buffering.
iso should playback fluently with pre-eden because it works flawless in my 4 htpc's and others have great sucess with it too. audio/video settings have to be very precise for it to playback moothly. believe it or not, in-correct audio settings can cause video to stutter.

one thing i didn't mention in my guides> you need to select proper audio output in control panel and set it to stereo in speaker configuration (not the 5.1/7.1).

- clubwerks - 2011-09-06 17:18

Does this work in pre-Eden? I'm running the latest nightly and MQ3 and the instructions are a little unclear. Thanks.

- bluray - 2011-09-07 00:07

clubwerks Wrote:Does this work in pre-Eden? I'm running the latest nightly and MQ3 and the instructions are a little unclear. Thanks.
if it is windows 7, the settings in the guides should work.

- getafix - 2011-09-07 12:24

I also read somewhere that the realtek LAN drivers can give issues. Apparently rolling back the drivers sorts it out. I will try it tonight.

- pyrodex - 2011-09-07 15:57

Is the xbmc version you provided based on 10.1 or 11.0 code? The reason I ask is I use a shared MySQL DB on my NAS and don't want to upgrade it to newer schema and impact my setup for my main HTPC which has support for higher codecs.

- bluray - 2011-09-07 16:06

pyrodex Wrote:Is the xbmc version you provided based on 10.1 or 11.0 code? The reason I ask is I use a shared MySQL DB on my NAS and don't want to upgrade it to newer schema and impact my setup for my main HTPC which has support for higher codecs.
i would think that it based on 10.1, because it look very similar. the only different is the ability to natively playback bluray iso/m2ts/mkv with dts-hd/truehd audio without external player, and it still can playback everything that included in dharma 10.1.