Post your setup pictures

hi..dude...your thinking is awesome

(2012-03-30 05:09)thevillain9 Wrote:  what kind of rack is this? fits perfectly in area and beautiful whole house setup.

APC Netshelter I think AR3810 or AR3812, the one without the panels.

(2012-03-25 19:03)tsiroadkill Wrote:  Here"s mine. Still have to build the rack but its more or less done now.
http://24.66.139.214/Crap/IMAG0345.jpg

that is a clean screen. I like it. I would LOVE it if you could hide those speakers and sub.

Does anyone here live in SF and can help me polish off my system? I have a 70 inch Sharp, Revo R3700 connected to a drobo with 12 TB of storage and have about 9 TB of media. The R3700 shoots the audio and video to my Pioneer Elite SC 27 amp and my speakers are a set of B&W XT surrounds and floor standing. I want to get my XBMC working like some of the great set ups I've seen here.

I live in SF by the ball park and have a full bar at my place and great views of the city. I can bring my set up to you if you can help, I just want this thing nicely set up. Thanks

(2012-04-16 03:29)Aaa_cubed Wrote:  Does anyone here live in SF and can help me polish off my system? I have a 70 inch Sharp, Revo R3700 connected to a drobo with 12 TB of storage and have about 9 TB of media. The R3700 shoots the audio and video to my Pioneer Elite SC 27 amp and my speakers are a set of B&W XT surrounds and floor standing. I want to get my XBMC working like some of the great set ups I've seen here.

I live in SF by the ball park and have a full bar at my place and great views of the city. I can bring my set up to you if you can help, I just want this thing nicely set up. Thanks

I am in Davis. What type polish are you looking for. It sounds to me like you've got a pretty nice setup already (9TB of media! I'm only at a lowly 6 )

(2012-01-28 14:05)smiffy1989 Wrote:  The server also sends a WOL packet and a library update command to my Acer Revo 3700 each morning at 6AM to keep my library up to date.

can i ask why you set your server to wake up the machine to run an update each morning at 6am i usually just have xbmc set to update when i first turn it you can still navigate and play a video whilst xbmc is scanning for new content i too have a mysql database setup for the same purpose and i am not really sure of the point of this as no matter which htpc i turn on the first one will scan in the new content and update the library and it will automatically show up if i turn on the other machine later on

(2012-04-24 20:26)protocol77 Wrote:  

(2012-01-28 14:05)smiffy1989 Wrote:  The server also sends a WOL packet and a library update command to my Acer Revo 3700 each morning at 6AM to keep my library up to date.

can i ask why you set your server to wake up the machine to run an update each morning at 6am i usually just have xbmc set to update when i first turn it you can still navigate and play a video whilst xbmc is scanning for new content i too have a mysql database setup for the same purpose and i am not really sure of the point of this as no matter which htpc i turn on the first one will scan in the new content and update the library and it will automatically show up if i turn on the other machine later on

My guess (although I just have sickbeard force library updates when new content is added) would be that he leaves his machine on all the time, and therefor needs to force an update.

New TV since my last post...


Added:
Mitsubishi WD-73640
IKEA Lack TV Unit
32 sq ft of Auralex DST-114

Details for the rest of the gear:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1348931

(2012-04-27 05:28)blacklist Wrote:  

(2012-04-24 20:26)protocol77 Wrote:  

(2012-01-28 14:05)smiffy1989 Wrote:  The server also sends a WOL packet and a library update command to my Acer Revo 3700 each morning at 6AM to keep my library up to date.

can i ask why you set your server to wake up the machine to run an update each morning at 6am i usually just have xbmc set to update when i first turn it you can still navigate and play a video whilst xbmc is scanning for new content i too have a mysql database setup for the same purpose and i am not really sure of the point of this as no matter which htpc i turn on the first one will scan in the new content and update the library and it will automatically show up if i turn on the other machine later on

My guess (although I just have sickbeard force library updates when new content is added) would be that he leaves his machine on all the time, and therefor needs to force an update.

That is correct. I only ever put the clients on standby so can't do a scan on power on

Hey people. UK guy here and below are some pics of my setup. I'm a novice to this so forgive some of the equipment. I'm running latest XBMC in my living room with Aeon MQ3 skin. All the media is pulled through a gigabit switcher box and all games consoles, PC's and TV's are equipped with RJ45 Cat6e Gigabit network cabling.
My media server is a custom built machine comprising of:
AMD Sempron 145 OEM Processor
Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 mATX Motherboard
4GB DDR3 Memory
Corsair 430W V2 CX Series PSU
Windows 7 Ultimate
I opted to run Windows 7 as I had 6TB of data already installed on the drives. I read that Unraid wipes the drives before you can use them and I had no way of backing this data up to anywhere.

Motherboard


7TB of SATA drives


Case for Media Server


Living Room uses a LG 47"LW650T 3D TV


Sony STR-DH820 AV Receiver


Connected to back of TV is multicolour changing LED strip's.

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My XBMC Machine is an Acer Revo R3610 upgraded with 4GB memory


Devices connected to AV includes a PS3 (Slim), RGH Xbox 360 (Slim) with 1TB usb drive and SKY+ HD Box


WAY to many remotes! Think I need an all in one

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BT modem is connected to TP-Link TL-SG1008D 8-port Gigabit Switch. The cabling is cat 6e that feeds all my systems. Don't like wireless.