Acer Revo R3610 ?

Well my Revo arrived yesterday and is now all setup and installed with Ubunto Live install for XBMC and its working fine. Got a sound issue myself. When I play any video file encoded in 5.1 his get a white noise kind of sound from the tv. If I play a mp3 or any file in stereo its completely fine.

All my TV shows went on flawlessly using media companion also my meagre film collection, all my films are still on DVD

I have a PS3 remote here it's doing nothing as my PS3 is fried, would I only need a bluetooth usb dongle? Just looking for a cheap option until I can get the Harmony remote. Also what would you guys recommend I start using to rip my DVD's to harddisk so they can be added to my library? I dot mind paying for a program as long as it's reasonably priced

Many Thanks

rainking2020 Wrote:Well my Revo arrived yesterday and is now all setup and installed with Ubunto Live install for XBMC and its working fine. Got a sound issue myself. When I play any video file encoded in 5.1 his get a white noise kind of sound from the tv. If I play a mp3 or any file in stereo its completely fine.

All my TV shows went on flawlessly using media companion also my meagre film collection, all my films are still on DVD

I have a PS3 remote here it's doing nothing as my PS3 is fried, would I only need a bluetooth usb dongle? Just looking for a cheap option until I can get the Harmony remote. Also what would you guys recommend I start using to rip my DVD's to harddisk so they can be added to my library? I dot mind paying for a program as long as it's reasonably priced

Many Thanks

Use MakeMKV if large files do not scare you. Use Handbrake if they do. Both are free (MakeMKV for now, maybe pay later).

I paid $19 for the MCE remote and IR Receiver on Amazon and it worked out of the box. You would be hard pressed to find a bluetooth dongle for much less.

apotropaic Wrote:Audio was a bit more tricky, in my setup I wanted stereo out via HDMI to my TV and pass-thru via optical to my Onkyo and be able to switch - it's working but needs some tweaking and I'm going to wait for the 10.05 release before I spend any more time tinkering!!

i have the exact same issue with no sound though HDMI or optical, how did you get it going albeit temporary?

GJones Wrote:I paid $19 for the MCE remote and IR Receiver on Amazon and it worked out of the box. You would be hard pressed to find a bluetooth dongle for much less.

Seconded. Well, to be fair, you can get very cheap Bluetooth dongles, but if you buy an official MS remote or full compatible then not only will it work out of the box but when you get a Harmony it just needs configuring to emulate the MS remote.

JR

jhsrennie Wrote:Seconded. Well, to be fair, you can get very cheap Bluetooth dongles, but if you buy an official MS remote or full compatible then not only will it work out of the box but when you get a Harmony it just needs configuring to emulate the MS remote.

JR

Ding Ding Ding. My thinking too.

just got one of these ordered. should be arriving tomorrow morning sometime. out of curiosity, has anyone tried installing os x on there and running xbmc that way. i know it seems kind of a roundabout way of doing things but that's just how i roll. i've had a pretty good look into it and it seems like it should work fairly well. there are a few guides where half the hardware works and by piecing the guides together it should be possible to get a fully functioning system. just wondered if anyone has any hands on experience running things that way?

thanks,

marc

Does OSX run on atom CPU?

Thomss Wrote:Does OSX run on atom CPU?

yeah, it does on 10.6 natively i believe and possibly 10.6.1 (someone correct me if i'm mistaken) and needs a patched kernel anywhere after that. i plan on running 10.6.3 due to the video acceleration so i'll be using the patched kernel.

Interesting thanks.

got this fully working under snow leopard. i intend to write a full guide over the coming week.