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(2012-06-25 05:26)lagledavid Wrote:  

(2012-06-25 05:22)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-06-25 05:01)Dougie Fresh Wrote:  What about launching an external player such as MPC-HC from XBMC?

It worked fine, but you have to use this code "<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>" in playercorefactory codes "Another External Player Code, but Very Simple to Setup".....it is stutter when set to "false".......

i am confused 1080p=blu ray dvds are not 1090p? so if I want to play a ripped blu ray mkv file would this work

When I said playback blu-ray in full 1080P, I meant 1:1 blu-ray ripped to ISO. If it is 1:1 blu-ray ripped, it is stutter on my E350......if it is transcoded to low bitrate using HandBrake, it is fine....

(2012-06-25 05:35)jangjong Wrote:  

(2012-06-25 05:26)lagledavid Wrote:  i am confused 1080p=blu ray dvds are not 1090p? so if I want to play a ripped blu ray mkv file would this work

Bluray (the user) is talking about actual image files of the 1080p bluray discs. Which can be more than 30GB / file. MKV's are video files that compress a bluray disc movie to a single video file, so MKV's are usually smaller. It can be ranged from 2GB to even 15GB.

Also, bluray (the user) is saying that it stutters in Windows. I am saying it doesn't stutter when I play MKV's in OpenELEC. OpenELEC is basically an OS on it's own if you dont know what it is.

well darn it i just cancelled my order earlier. I am planning on running open elec so i was going to buy this setup for a few bucks more i just want to keep it under $200 is this worth the extra$$$




Intel G530 CPU 2.40 GHZ 2M CACHE 2.4 2 LGA 1155 Processor



Biostar USB 3.0 Intel H61 Mini ITX DDR3 1333 Intel - LGA 1155 Motherboards TH61 ITX



Corsair XMS3 4 GB 1333MHz PC3-10666 240-pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Intel Core i3 i5 i7 and AMD CMX4GX3M1A1333C9



MI-008 Tower Black P4 Chassis with 250W Itx Psu+sata Power Supply

cimes out to be $182

That G530/H61 systems is a great choice too -- it gives you a lot of options and much more horsepower -- for just a few bucks more.

(2012-06-25 05:35)jangjong Wrote:  Bluray (the user) is talking about actual image files of the 1080p bluray discs. Which can be more than 30GB / file. MKV's are video files that compress a bluray disc movie to a single video file, so MKV's are usually smaller. It can be ranged from 2GB to even 15GB.

I know......my Avatar is 49 GB (1:1 ripped to ISO).......if I convert it to MKV with just the main movie (which mean without all the extra features), it'll be smaller file......some of my kid movies, I used tsMuxeR to strip everything by muxing it to smaller m2ts file (w/ just the main video/audio/english sub)......

(2012-06-25 06:04)Dougie Fresh Wrote:  That G530/H61 systems is a great choice too -- it gives you a lot of options and much more horsepower -- for just a few bucks more.

Thanks Dougie, That way i can alwas upgrade down the road, Hopefuly the intergrated graphics will suffice for a couple of months untill i buy a seperate one. I will start up another thread once i have evrything put together, and if anyone sees something wrong with this please let me know.

(2012-06-25 06:00)lagledavid Wrote:  Intel G530 CPU 2.40 GHZ 2M CACHE 2.4 2 LGA 1155 Processor

Great choice....you'll have room to grow too!

I have all of my media stored on a WindowsXP machine that has an OS drive and then 4x2TB drives that are dedicated to media storage. Currently I have the 4 drives shared and my wired Windows 7 HTPCs stream from these four SMB shares. If I go with a purely Openelec XBMC will I be able to connect to the SMB shares even though they are on a Windows box?

(2012-06-25 22:15)jasmill1969 Wrote:  I have all of my media stored on a WindowsXP machine that has an OS drive and then 4x2TB drives that are dedicated to media storage. Currently I have the 4 drives shared and my wired Windows 7 HTPCs stream from these four SMB shares. If I go with a purely Openelec XBMC will I be able to connect to the SMB shares even though they are on a Windows box?

Yes. OpenELEC can access Windows SMB share.

Whew! Thanks!

Just got One for $125 from newegg. Tips?