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perisoft
Joined: 29 Aug 2007
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Location: Ithaca, NY
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| Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Right now I'm ripping to HD with AnyDVD HD and playing the raw directories with MPC-HC. Only negative is that it doesn't understand menu structure, so no extras, etc - it just auto-selects the main feature. I love that in particular, but it'd be nice to be ABLE to use the menus...
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greg_mitch
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| Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Mark_A_W wrote: | Anydvd HD is the only software worth purchasing.
Powerdvd and Arcsoft are CRAP.
Good luck getting a gamma adjustment with them, and they downrez the audio.
It's much better to remux Blurays to MKV files. They just work, and you can use Zoomplayer (hard) or MPC-HC (easy), or even XBMC (sweet).
Oh, and I added an A$50 Nvidia 8500GT to my TV room HTPC, and the CPU load dropped dramatically (even though I'm not using hardware acceleration). Now it easily plays BD rips with the E5200 at stock 2.5ghz, with about 20% and 50% usage per core. |
I agree about the MKV's but do either of your software selections have an interface that doesn't require a mouse? Ok XBMC probably does...I haven't used that.
I haven't set up anything to play my MKV's in the theater but they look great through the My Movies plugin on my 42" LCD TV and even the wife can figure out how to get to the movies and play them.
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AFryia
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 965
Location: S.E. Michigan VPH-G70Q
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| Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Is this over kill for BluRay?
$ Video TBD
$199 Intel i7 920 2.67GHz
$250 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P X58 1366 ATX Motherboard
$120 OCZ Tech Gold XTC 6GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL8 Memory Kit
$570
I found combo pkg board and CPU ~$250 and up starting with Core 2 Duo. Quad Core ~ $ 350 and up. So after adding memory the pricing is not too far off an i7.
I'm trying to get some longevity out of this upgrade and not be totally obsolete after a year, only mildly obsolete 
Where are the bargains that will run BluRay?
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akajester
Joined: 09 Jul 2008
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Location: Wisconsin
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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| AFryia wrote: | Is this over kill for BluRay?
$ Video TBD
$199 Intel i7 920 2.67GHz
$250 Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P X58 1366 ATX Motherboard
$120 OCZ Tech Gold XTC 6GB DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) CL8 Memory Kit
$570
I found combo pkg board and CPU ~$250 and up starting with Core 2 Duo. Quad Core ~ $ 350 and up. So after adding memory the pricing is not too far off an i7.
I'm trying to get some longevity out of this upgrade and not be totally obsolete after a year, only mildly obsolete
Where are the bargains that will run BluRay? |
Yes, that is WAY overkill for bluray playback. I spent $200 total on a gigabyte ma770 motherboard, amd phenom quadcore cpu, 4gb of ram. I then added a $40 ati radeon 4350 and parts I had. I can play bluray without hardware acceleration at 50% cpu usage. With hardware acceleration about 10% cpu.
honestly the parts look nice but the intel route sure is pricey.
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AFryia
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Location: S.E. Michigan VPH-G70Q
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Jester,
I'm assuming your ati 4350 does the hardware acceleration?
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