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Hello bluray, thank for your post. I'm not so practical in HTPC configuration so I need a little help.
When you write "Intel" and "AMD/Nvidia" do you mean the CPU? Or the videocard?
And please could you explain me why disable hardware acceleration under Intel?
I appreciate your help!
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2013-01-30, 20:29
(This post was last modified: 2013-01-30, 20:33 by runnernorth.)
Bluray you Said "via 2 hdmi cables", can't we just do it with one cable?- from htpc (for me a Mac mini) to AVR with one cable, and from the AVR to HDTV with another cable, and let the AVR do the audio encoding and let the AVR pass the video SIGNAL without further......
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StartCodon, of course, you're right :-D
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2013-02-03, 21:47
(This post was last modified: 2013-02-03, 23:33 by bluray.)
Update some info related to Frodo 12.0 in the 1st post....
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Can someone please help me? I get extreme choppiness, slideshow, when playing a 3D .mkv movie. Here are my specs:
Intel i3-3225 with HD4000 graphics
Asrock H77M mobo
Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3 1600 RAM
Seagate 2TB 7K RPM SATA III HDD
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
BenQ w1070 1080P 3D Projector
Sony STR-DH520 AVR
All HDMI cables are 1.4a
NO optical cables are being used
Latest XMBC installed
2D playback is flawless. 3D is a slideshow.
All drivers are up to date.
Thanks for any help!!!
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2013-02-21, 19:13
(This post was last modified: 2013-02-21, 19:21 by BimmerCop.)
Hi Bluray,
What did the trick for me was after doing all the changes you suggested, I made sure my AVR was set to HDMI Passthrough. After this, playback was SMOOOOOTH!
But I still have one issue though. 3D movies still don't playback as 3D movies.
I have two 3D movies I downloaded from the Internet for testing. One is OU and the other is SBS. They both play smooth but the image does not show up as 3D. The OU one you can see the image repeated on top and bottom, while SBS shows the repeated images on each side.
Also, the projector is not detecting a 3D image.
Any thoughts?
BTW, the movies are 1080p
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Quick update, Bluray...
I finally got everything working!!! The problem is that XMBC just won't play any of the 3D .mkv files in my PC. No matter what I did, it just wouldn't send the 3D signal to my projector. I ruled out the receiver by connecting the PC directly to the projector, and still no joy.
After searching around, I ran into Stereoscopic Player. This program is great and played all the .mkv files as 3D movies and all of them, my projector recognized and kicked into 3D mode.
I then installed FFDShow and configured it correctly so that the audio was passed through as bitstream/DTS to the receiver.
Now I was able to play the 3D movies as 1080p/24 AND send DTS audio to the receiver.
ONLY problem is that not all my movies are 3D! So I definitely want to be able to use XMBC. So, I was able to setup a custom playercorefactory.xml file so that everytime I try to view a 3D movie within XMBC, XMBC will open Stereoscopic Player to allow me to use that instead and once I close SP, I will be automatically returned to XMBC!!!!
It took me ALL DAY today to get this figured out and man, it sure is satisfying to see everything working.
This will keep me set until HOPEFULLY, XMBC comes out with native 3D support. =)
Thanks for your help, Bluray!
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Hello,
I am in the case "HTPC-->AVR-->HDTV"
I followed these advices but all my movies still do not play smooth. Some are unwatchable, for others it is annoying.
I have an HTPC based on an AMD A6-3500 that should be sufficient. (WIN7 + 4GB RAM)
Pressing "O" for diagnostics info, shows that CPU is under 10% then it is using hardware for decoding I guess.
What to check next ?
JP
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