Quentin_T
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*yawn* Fair enough.
Sorry, got a bit carried away
*yawn* Fair enough.
Sorry, got a bit carried away
No, you provided a resonable amount of evidence. I highly respect that.
Do you think one of these cards would be better for "Ninja's" situation? Are the outputs true HDMI?
Well I went out and decided to guinea pig it with this mobo
Biostar TF7050-M2
According to some reviews it is a true HDMI port. Weather the board alone can display a 1360x768 and be able to play HD, I am not sure.
Gonna find out the difference in quality (TV has analog DB-15 input and HDMI) as soon as it gets here. Ordered it on 11/14, it shipped today.
Wow I go away for thirty minutes and this debate sprouts up! Its amazing what you miss So for the money, what is the best option for a PSU? This pc is going to be strictly used for playing movies, no games or anything like that.
1. Storing DVD's on a HTPC is just downright stupid. I'm sorry to say, but it is. You will need at least 2 TB to store 300 dvd's (unless you downsample them)
im pretty sure DVD's aren't 7gb big. Take an avg size of 4gb and you only need 1.2TB of space fyi, even if you take into account the 1GB on a hdd != a real GB of memory you have more than enough space
other than that, spending nice amounts of money on a HTPC is worth it, eventually you will be doing something other than just ripping/playing dvd's
other than that, agree wholeheartedly with your post
1. Storing DVD's on a HTPC is just downright stupid. I'm sorry to say, but it is. You will need at least 2 TB to store 300 dvd's (unless you downsample them)
theresthatguy said:If you use something like DVD shrink it will compress it without losing any noticable quality to files about 4.4 gb in size. I have 74
DVDs on my computer all like this and one left uncompressed at around 7 gb. My total movie folder size is 348 gb. So 300 movies at 4.4 gb avg is ~ 1320 gb of hdd space.
Yeah, what he said!
Btw, you definatley notice a loss in quality unless you rip the extras. Especially on a 2+ hour long movie (as long as your running a 720p or higher anyway)
300 is an estimate, If he reaches the point where he filled up a terabyte, we would add another HDD no big deal.
Here is what I would recommend and the reasons.
1) Scrap windows, Myth TV all the way. Plus with Linux you don't have to worry too much about exploits, viruses, malware etc.
2) VLC will play any thing with no codec needed, it will even play ISO files like you asked about earlier.
3) You don't need a heavy duty gaming graphics card, you could get a TV tuner card that already has true HDMI support.
4) This will also allow you to record live TV, and Myth TV has an option to automaticallly edit out commercials.
5) All the software is free
6) added features, has web browser interface so you can surf the web, has a MAME front end so you can play all your favorite arcade and console roms on your HD TV, is highly scriptible and customizable, works with just about any cable service, you can program your DVR from over the internet - say you are at work and read about a show and know you are going to miss it, remote in over the internet to your computer and add it to be recorded. The only other service that offers remote control is uverse from ATT to my knowledge.
www.mythtv.org
VLC plays Iso's? I so didnt know that but that answers an ongoing concern! Also, is myth tv a version of linux or a program FOR linux?
A program for Linux. However I do believe there are precompiled versions of a Linux OS that come with Myth TV already installed. I would google it, but check out their site I linked last post first. Look at all the features and screen shots. Also check out the hardware compatibility list. If the hardware you are set on running isn't supported you will have to either go with windows, or look at the supported hardware.
Check out their wiki!
I like Ubuntu Studio a lot, so I am probably going to go with that. but from what you can see, will everything i chose be compatible?
I have no idea their wiki has a full compatibility page, I would look at that. You can navigate there from their main page. If its newer hardware I don't see why it won't be supported. The TV tuner card choices may be a bit slimmer but I would say the more quality ones would be supported.