blu-ray in 1080p with dts-hd and truehd

xbmc_hd_audio settings photos:

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)?

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.

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..!

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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.