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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 25, 2008, 05:08:34 pm »

Here is one issue I'm having.

" Video
Most people use nVidia cards to play HDTV, although ATI cards are capable as well. AGP is a minimum as the PCI bus does not have the bandwidth for HDTV unless XvMC is used. Which is a fine option for those looking to make use of an older system, but due to the hassle it can be to getting it working well it is not really recommended. "

I currently have a PCI card,  I don't have an AGP slot but do have a PCI express slot.  I'll see if I can return my PCI card for an PCI express.  Hopefully that will solve my HD issue.

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 25, 2008, 04:45:27 pm »

jgaffney:
sorry we got off on the wrong foot, and your point about the information being hard to find is taken. i still stand by my 'use the search!' statement but i can see how endlessly going through threads for clues isnt the best way to organize info. Hopefully the myth page i linked above will help you make your decision.

I agree with "use the search",  I did use the search, I searched the Wiki, I searched the forums, and couldn't find what I needed.  I don't think my question was that simple of a question that everyone should just know or easily find. It certainly didn't warrant the blasting I got for asking it or the many other similar ones I see quite often in other posts that look to be very valid questions.
Anyways, thanx for the link.  No hard feelings.

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 25, 2008, 04:33:43 pm »

jgaffney is your 1.2 ghz a core, a MD or a hybrid. I think it should do hd fine if its a MD, but for a core or hybrid every thing read leads towards ups 2's or a 3 ghz. You didn't mention how much ram, but it seems that for HD you need 1 gig in a core and 512 mb in a MD. A hybrid would probably benefit from more but mds and core don't seem to show an improvement from any more ram then listed even for HD. Not that they need an improvement they seem fine with the above. I'll be testing this out in a couple weeks with the same tuner that u have, trying a 3.0ghz for a core only and 1.1 ghz for a md, both intel and using the ram listed above.

Shaun

I want to disagree..  however, without being able to back it up....  I don't think 1.2 ghz in a MD will handle HD...  problem is, I haven't had anything to test with...  I just got a 720p version of Matrix that I will try on my 1.6 ghz MD with 784 RAM and get back with my results....

Ok..  I successfully played a 720p version of The Matrix on my MD with 1.6ghz sempron and 784mb ram..  no stuttering, no dropping..  everything seemed fine....  what I need is some 1080i or 1080p test clips to try out...  I'll download some trailers and see what happens...

Where are getting the video clips from?  I've gotten some from here http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/musicandvideo/hdvideo/contentshowcase.aspx
But can't seem to get them to play.

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 25, 2008, 04:31:16 pm »

Yeah excuse me for getting annoyed because somebody throws a fit when asked if they looked around, which they obviously haven't...

You just acknowledged there is no HD info in the wiki,  and come back with this comment?

Your a real piece of work Zaerc.  There is no use for trolls here.   

And now you've just acknowledged that you didn't search at all, cry me a river.

You're posts make no sense at all.  You're not only hypocritical with your advice but just plain ridiculous with your logic.
If you can help someone help them,  if not, move on.

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Users / Re: DVDCSS issue, can't play DVDs

« on: January 25, 2008, 03:11:41 pm »

That did it, It did fail running the script the second time telling me it could not contact www.dtek.chalmers.se.
I was able to resolve the host name but unable to ping.  I turned off the LMCE firewall and then it took off, I was then able to ping the IP also.

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Users / Re: DVDCSS issue, can't play DVDs

« on: January 25, 2008, 06:15:32 am »

That wasn't me, but I'll it give it a shot tomorrow.

Thanx

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Users / DVDCSS issue, can't play DVDs

« on: January 25, 2008, 05:01:14 am »

Hello,

I am unable to play/rip some DVDs, sounds like the encrypted ones bases on what I've found.  I will recieve this error soon after I put a DVD in.
Cannot read DVD. disk is unreadable or DVDCSS Library is not installed.

I am running 710B3 Athlon64.  I could play and rip these same DVDs on a different box running 710B3 i386.  Is there something extra I need to do to get this to work?

Thank you.

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 25, 2008, 02:46:28 am »

Geez, what's with you two.  You complain about not reading or researching when you can't even read the thread you are complaining about.   Again.... the info I asked for is not in the wiki or anywhere else to found,  unbelievable. 

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 24, 2008, 09:44:59 pm »

jgaffney is your 1.2 ghz a core, a MD or a hybrid. I think it should do hd fine if its a MD, but for a core or hybrid every thing read leads towards ups 2's or a 3 ghz. You didn't mention how much ram, but it seems that for HD you need 1 gig in a core and 512 mb in a MD. A hybrid would probably benefit from more but mds and core don't seem to show an improvement from any more ram then listed even for HD. Not that they need an improvement they seem fine with the above. I'll be testing this out in a couple weeks with the same tuner that u have, trying a 3.0ghz for a core only and 1.1 ghz for a md, both intel and using the ram listed above.

Shaun

I am using a core with 1 Gig of ram.

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 24, 2008, 07:19:06 pm »

Yeah excuse me for getting annoyed because somebody throws a fit when asked if they looked around, which they obviously haven't...

You just acknowledged there is no HD info in the wiki,  and come back with this comment?

Your a real piece of work Zaerc.  There is no use for trolls here.   

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 24, 2008, 06:09:31 pm »

So your one of those guys 

The Wiki does not have the info to answer my question.  Tom gave me the answer I was looking for.  There is no reference to the minimum processor needed to smoothly display High Def.  There is no reference to High Def at all for that matter that I can see.

Maybe you should do some searching yourself before playing tough guy.
It's people like you that turn others away.

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 24, 2008, 04:26:16 pm »

Thanx Tom, that's what I was looking for.

Golgoj4,  why post if you have nothing useful to contribute?   There seems to be quite a bit of people out here that do nothing but tell people to "search the forums".   The forums are to help people, not tell them to do what they already did.  The facts are the Wiki is not well organized or 100% accurate.  Searching the forums does not always return results, especially when people have a different sense of terminology or don't know exactly what they are asking for.  So instead of wasting yours and everyone else's time in the forums why don't you contribute to the Wiki so there are less repetitive questions that are so painful for you to help out with.

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Users / Re: trying to decide if linuxMCE is right for me....

« on: January 24, 2008, 04:15:44 pm »

I've used the 150, works great.  If you're looking to get High Def, then you'll need something like the HDHomeRun.

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Users / Re: Minimum Processor?

« on: January 24, 2008, 12:20:31 am »

28 Views and nobody had TV working smoothly?  Strange....

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Users / Re: trying to decide if linuxMCE is right for me....

« on: January 23, 2008, 08:17:04 pm »

Sorry for the bad info,  didn't expect LMCE to know the difference between a mount pnt.