New to XBMC and a lot of questions.

Morning blertybot,

Thanx for the assistance, I think that I will go this path but need some quick advice. I did some checking and found the following graphics cards but couldn't find out if the HDMI carried sound or not. Could you please take a look and let me know if one or these will work ?

Gigabyte GV-N610SL-1GI GT610 VGA Card - $43
Asus GT630-2GB GT630 2GB DDR3 VGA Card - $88

This brings up a couple more questions.

It looks like my current video card is one of those that is on the mother board, is there going to be a conflict if I add one ?

What is the HDMI version my TV manual talks about ?

As far as the computer being used, We have an older one that we use for downloading and stuff, a network drive shared between the two so there really isn't any reason to use it if the TV is being watched.

Once again, Thanx for your time.

nob4uask

The other cheapish option is to get a set of 2:1 pc speakers and again connect to the green audio output on your pc.
On my bedroom setup I have a cheap £20 Logitech set connected to my tv, whilst they couldn't hold a candle to the sound produced by the AV reciever in my living room they do imho knock spots off of the sound produced by even the expensive tv's I've heard.

Morn stammie,

Part of the reason I wanted to go through the PC at this point in time was to work out all the bugs so when I can afford to build a HTPC it will be a pretty easy change over. Since XBMC will be the heart of everything if I can't get sound working then it isn't going to be very useful. Quite dissappointing but I will keep working on it.

Even XBMC,

The wife went to the movies with her mother and it gave me some time to have a beer and think. After having a beer and searching I have solved the sound problem. I will explain what I did in hopes that it will help others.

I searched on how to find out if my HDMI port was working because everything is onboard and wasn't sure what went with what. Most said plug something into it but I don't have anything but the TV I am trying to get it hooked up to... RLMAO The howto or something like that website said to go into the Hardware area and check under "Display Adapters" to see if HDMI shows up and it didn't. I looked at my driver and it was 2 years old so went to Intel and checked for new drivers (It is always helpful to keep those up to date... RLMAO) I updated the driver and now I have video and sound through the HDMI port even though I still don't have HDMI port showing up under "Display Adapters" so what it works... What a dang relieve.

There are some picture issues dealing with the 2 different displays but that is a low priority that I can look up. The main thing is that I can now continue on fine tuning everything until I can build the HTCP.

I guess the next question is How do I get this working with a remote ? I will start looking but once again any help would be appreciated.

Thanx for all those that have helped.

nob4uask

Glad you got it sorted
There are many good remote options available depending on your budget,
I just went with the cheapest possible one and have 2 of these for my XBMC machines:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Remote-Con...4aadb186a5

They are pretty basic but hey they work straight out of the box

Others will have to advise you on the best to get if you want something a bit more complex with more functions.

Even stammie,

Hope all is ok on the homefront.

Thanx for the info. I will probably go for something like that for test purposes but wanted to give you the following link.

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?rt=nc&...86.c0.m283

Australia gets screwed once again.. lol I guess overpaying for things is the norm over here because I only see things getting swept under the rug.

It is kind of late here and need to hit the sack. Be safe for now.

nob

(2012-08-26 14:41)stammie Wrote:  Glad you got it sorted
There are many good remote options available depending on your budget,
I just went with the cheapest possible one and have 2 of these for my XBMC machines:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Remote-Con...4aadb186a5

They are pretty basic but hey they work straight out of the box

Others will have to advise you on the best to get if you want something a bit more complex with more functions.

(2012-08-21 14:17)nob4uask Wrote:  Can someone help me with what is a good keyboard and mouse enumerator I can install on the Iphone & Ipad instead of buying a wireless keyboard and mouse ? I have been looking at things like HippoRemote and Eventghost but am a little lost on some of it. I basically want to use it with IE to surf the net. I have installed Advanced Launcher and attached IE to it but since I am running system in "Clone" monitor mode it really doesn't need to go through XBMC at this time because I can just use the TV as the monitor while in the living room.

Not so much a keyboard / mouse but an option that would give you full control of the htpc and use the ipad's native pop-up keyboard is teamviewer

http://www.teamviewer.com