Got my foxconn nt 330i, now what?

iscraigh · 2011-01-27 02:57

you will have to use restricted drivers. The non restricted drivers are open source reverse engineered and don't yet support vdpau for acceleration. On my foxconn I am running older drivers because the netboot image I use has to support another machine that will not work with the latest drivers. On my mythbackend I use the latest drivers and sound works fine with the tweaks I did.
With linux you do need to work a bit with the command line, if you can ssh into the box from your windows machine then you can copy and paste commands.

Download a program called putty it is an ssh client for windows.

Craig

steve1977 · 2011-01-28 13:54

sstavross Wrote:I 'am thinking of buying this "box". I saw an offer for about 140EUROs and I already have 2.5 HDD and 1 GB ram(from old laptop). My Question is this:

Will it play play smoothly 1080p content? Not recordings mythtv. etc. Just normal mkv movies 1080p at 24Hz. In windows 7 or live.

Would love to hear some thoughts on this question as well. For me, on Windows 7 I only get around half of my 1080p MKVs to work (and don't have mythtv). Anyone more successful?

steve1977 · 2011-01-29 11:29

handonam Wrote:which nvidia driver are you using right now?

I am using the nvidia drivers

* Nvidia 3D Vision Driver 266.35
* Nvidia Drivers 1.7
* Nvidia Graphics Driver 266.35
* Nvidia HD Audio Driver 1.1.13.1

Can anyone confirm that these are the right ones. Still cannot get all of my 1080p movies to play.

Thanks!

steve1977 · 2011-01-30 05:32

Any thoughts?

Hannes The Hun · 2011-01-30 15:28

I have no idea what's wrong with your configs, all my 1080p mkv content played smooth either with win7 or XBMCbuntu right from the start.

steve1977 · 2011-01-30 15:34

Hannes The Hun Wrote:I have no idea what's wrong with your configs, all my 1080p mkv content played smooth either with win7 or XBMCbuntu right from the start.

Thanks for your reply. The files even play on my CrystalHD enabled ATV1, so this shouldn't be the issue. Also, I even upgraded to 4GB, which didn't help either.

I must have somehow screwed up the driver or the XBMC settings. Can you please share with me what nvidia drivers show up under Win7 in the install/uninstall setting and also in your device manager. Plus, your settings in XBMC.

FYI, video goes directly over HDMI to my TV. Audio goes through the earphone jack to an amplifier.

Thanks a ton in advance!

Pondering · 2011-01-30 20:01

I've tried a few versions of official xbmc releases and xbmcfreak ones and for the life of me I cannot get the wifi to connect!

I'm using a WPA2-Personal network...and my box has the Atheros AR9285 rev01 chip like most of you probably have.

My current install is the xbmcfreak 10.00 maverick v2 - any help would be appreciated!

sebj · 2011-01-30 20:20

Quote:I've tried a few versions of official xbmc releases and xbmcfreak ones and for the life of me I cannot get the wifi to connect!

Totally oout of the box thinking here, but I've gotten bit by this before.

Did you enable mac address filtering for your wifi network and forget to add your new box?

Though I'd throw that out there, never know

Pondering · 2011-01-30 20:45

Almost had a *facepalm* moment there, checked but no =/

Triple checked the hex passphrase so it's not that.

steve1977 · 2011-01-31 05:12

Hannes The Hun Wrote:I have no idea what's wrong with your configs, all my 1080p mkv content played smooth either with win7 or XBMCbuntu right from the start.

Ok, was thinking about making a "clean" attempt. Formatting the harddisk and trying it all over to finally get the Foxconn HTPC working. 2 questions before I do that:

1) Is there any "live" version you have tested and which has worked out of the box? Any image somehwhere for download?

2) Do I need to dig my way though http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/xci/vi...p?f=11&t=2 and http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=69753 or is there an easier way?

steve1977 Posting Freak Posts: 1,581 Joined: Dec 2006 Reputation: 0	2011-01-30 05:32 Post: #134 Any thoughts? Server: Asus Sabertooth Z77 \| Intel Core i5 3.4 GHz \| 12 GB DDR3 \| 256 GB SSD, 40 TB (1 x 4 TB, 6 x 3TB, 9 x 2 TB) HTPC 1: Apple Mac Mini (mid-2011) \| Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 500 GB HTPC 2: Apple Mac Mini (mid-2007) \| Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz \| 4 GB DDR2 \| 16 GB SSD
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Hannes The Hun Posting Freak Posts: 1,212 Joined: May 2009 Reputation: 3	2011-01-30 15:28 Post: #135 I have no idea what's wrong with your configs, all my 1080p mkv content played smooth either with win7 or XBMCbuntu right from the start. XBMCbuntu Frodo --> Foxconn Netbox 330i --> Onkyo TX-NR709 --> Sharp Aquos LC-46XD1E XBMCbuntu FAQ <-- answers 99% of your questions. Forum Search answers the rest.
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Pondering Junior Member Posts: 20 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-01-30 20:01 Post: #137 I've tried a few versions of official xbmc releases and xbmcfreak ones and for the life of me I cannot get the wifi to connect! I'm using a WPA2-Personal network...and my box has the Atheros AR9285 rev01 chip like most of you probably have. My current install is the xbmcfreak 10.00 maverick v2 - any help would be appreciated!
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sebj Senior Member Posts: 171 Joined: Nov 2008 Reputation: 0	2011-01-30 20:20 Post: #138 Quote:I've tried a few versions of official xbmc releases and xbmcfreak ones and for the life of me I cannot get the wifi to connect! Totally oout of the box thinking here, but I've gotten bit by this before. Did you enable mac address filtering for your wifi network and forget to add your new box? Though I'd throw that out there, never know
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Pondering Junior Member Posts: 20 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2011-01-30 20:45 Post: #139 Almost had a facepalm moment there, checked but no =/ Triple checked the hex passphrase so it's not that.
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