My New HTPC Build

(2012-04-21 12:20)Mick1152 Wrote:  Damn, thought I remembered reading the default was much much lower... ah well... at least I got part of it right!

No your right about the 32..... it was me. I messed up in bios at first. I set it to 32..... I was day dreaming.... and that gave me all sorts of problems with the 32.....

Beer32oz FTW!!

On my motherboard the default was set to auto. Changed it to 512(the highest available choice) and it did not fix the problem. I have Eden installed and I think that may be the problem. All the files work flawlessly on the same machine using MPC-HC, they only stutter and have issues when played back using XBMC "eden." I tried to follow some guides here on setting xbmc up with an external player but it didn't seem to work. Gonna try DSPlayer next. If that doesn't work then reverting to an older version of XBMC

(2012-04-20 21:28)Horrorjunkie616 Wrote:  Haven't tried any gaming yet, but I chose the case cause it can fit a normal video card if I choose to add one later on.

I am thinking of building one with almost the identical parts especially the processor.
When you do get to play a PC game or two, could you post you results.
I'd also like to play a few games when not watching movies and such.

(2012-04-21 17:46)GortWillSaveUs Wrote:  

(2012-04-20 21:28)Horrorjunkie616 Wrote:  Haven't tried any gaming yet, but I chose the case cause it can fit a normal video card if I choose to add one later on.

I am thinking of building one with almost the identical parts especially the processor.
When you do get to play a PC game or two, could you post you results.
I'd also like to play a few games when not watching movies and such.

Will do

(2012-04-21 17:37)Horrorjunkie616 Wrote:  On my motherboard the default was set to auto. Changed it to 512(the highest available choice) and it did not fix the problem. I have Eden installed and I think that may be the problem. All the files work flawlessly on the same machine using MPC-HC, they only stutter and have issues when played back using XBMC "eden." I tried to follow some guides here on setting xbmc up with an external player but it didn't seem to work. Gonna try DSPlayer next. If that doesn't work then reverting to an older version of XBMC

have you setup xbmc to use hardware acceleration ?

David

@Horrorjunkie616-

Don't panic yet.....take it one step at a time, and it's part of DIY.....one way or another, you'll get it working.....

Try these-

1. Update the latest AMD driver from here- A8-3850.....
2. To get the best video/audio quality, you can connect your system this way- HTPC-->AVR-->HDTV via 2 HDMI cables. If there is an option in AVR, set it to pass-through video
3. Download the latest stable Eden 11.0.....if you want to enjoy bitstreaming HD audio, you can download XBMC-RC2 HDAudio.zip
4. Select AMD HD HDMI audio output in Windows 7 control panel and XBMC settings/system/audio output (select WASAPI: AMD HDMI HD......)
5. Select DXVA as render method and enable DXVA2 in XBMC settings/video/playback, but disable everything else in it
6. Disable "Use a fullscreen window rather than a true fullscreen" in XBMC settings/system/video output

It should be a good start.....

Thanks for the help guys. I'm not using an AVR right now as it's the next thing to be added to my set-up, so for right now it's just the audio from my tv speakers. I actually installed DSPlayer found at this link http://dsplayer.passion-xbmc.org/, Now everything seems to be playing great.

(2012-04-21 18:52)Horrorjunkie616 Wrote:  Thanks for the help guys. I'm not using an AVR right now as it's the next thing to be added to my set-up, so for right now it's just the audio from my tv speakers. I actually installed DSPlayer found at this link http://dsplayer.passion-xbmc.org/, Now everything seems to be playing great.

Without AVR, you still can use the same configuration as the above suggestion.......but since you got it to work with DSPlayer, it's time to enjoy the movie then......

this is weird, EDEN should be playing stuff without issues...