Andrew Van Til

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  • June 20, 2011 at 1:31 pm in reply to: Any codec packs (or ffdshow) #4429
    babgvant
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      Any codec packs (or ffdshow) installed?  If you’re comfortable using graphstudio we can try to track it down.

      June 19, 2011 at 8:25 pm in reply to: There’s a setting in TMT/PDVD #4421
      babgvant
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        There’s a setting in TMT/PDVD to enable hardware acceleration.  Maybe it got unchecked?

        June 15, 2011 at 5:21 pm in reply to: I have one and for $25 it’s #4396
        babgvant
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          I have one and for $25 it’s not a bad option.  I’ve been meaning to do a real review, but just haven’t found the time so here’s a mini one in bullets:

          • Range isn’t great (5′ = OK, > 10′ = not so much), especially if the dongle is attached to the rear of the HTPC.
          • That said, the dongle is small enough to not look terrible hanging off the front.
          • Love the on/off switch
          • Pretty easy for the kids to use, so it is attached to the HTPC in the family room.
          • Lack of phone style “sticky” shift/control/alt keys makes true one-handed use impossible
          • No “F#” keys is a huge minus in some situations (e.g. getting into BIOS, or using Visual Studio)
          • Battery life is good
          • Typing anything longer than a few sentences sucks (probably could have guessed this point :))
          • Keys have decent feel/feedback
          May 31, 2011 at 6:28 pm in reply to: ferrytrip1 wrote:I found the #4148
          babgvant
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            [quote=ferrytrip1]

            I found the manual on the us website – the european one does not have it.  It is still not clear which connector goes to whaon the board.  If anybody has idents with cable colours it will help.

            Thanks, Simon

            [/quote]

            Page 16 of the manual has directions for the cables (3 x USB, 1 x Power). 

            May 31, 2011 at 6:21 pm in reply to: The 320 (and 312) don’t have #4146
            babgvant
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              The 320 (and 312) don’t have hard drive or power LEDs that connect to the board so you don’t have to worry about that.  IIRC, there are two USB cables (4 pins) and the power (two pins) cables that need to be connected.

              The USB (one is for the IR/VFD the other is for the SD card slot) just plug onto internal USB headers; the power can go either way and if the USB devices don’t show up or the PC won’t boot just flip it around (connect them one at a time). It’s not going to do any permanent harm to put them on wrong.

              May 31, 2011 at 1:36 pm in reply to: Is there a technote #4138
              babgvant
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                Is there a technote associated with this?  LcdWriter simulates keystrokes in a way similar to how any other remote application would and it works fine with UAC disabled. 

                May 21, 2011 at 8:57 pm in reply to: If you can’t figure it out, #4047
                babgvant
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                  If you can’t figure it out, you could write a CMD file that does that for you when you login.

                  May 17, 2011 at 1:42 pm in reply to: I like what I saw on the site #4016
                  babgvant
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                    I like what I saw on the site (especially the OLED display option:)).  As you get closer to final spec’s some higher res photos would be great.

                    May 10, 2011 at 1:29 pm in reply to: If you wrap the files with #3963
                    babgvant
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                      If you wrap the files with PlayReady and specify the HDCP flag WMP should handle everything correctly.  I haven’t looked into it too much, but I would expect that Expression Encoder 4 Pro ($200) would be able to do that.

                      May 9, 2011 at 2:36 pm in reply to: Is the player running on #3942
                      babgvant
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                        Is the player running on Vista or 7?  If not, another mechanism will be required to trigger HDCP.

                        Ideally using OPM would be built into your player application, do you have the source for your player?

                        May 7, 2011 at 12:57 pm in reply to: One way to enable HDCP is to #3939
                        babgvant
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                          One way to enable HDCP is to use the Output Protection Manager.

                          May 6, 2011 at 5:57 pm in reply to: Yes, but the xml files should #3929
                          babgvant
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                            Yes, but the xml files should end up in the %public% folder by default.  If they are in the Recorded TV folder SA might not be setup correctly.

                            May 6, 2011 at 5:21 pm in reply to: As long as you put a modern #3927
                            babgvant
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                              As long as you put a modern video card with HDMI in the server it will support HDCP.

                              May 4, 2011 at 6:07 pm in reply to: SageTV will do that easily, #3911
                              babgvant
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                                SageTV will do that easily, but it’s not as cheap as XBMC.

                                May 4, 2011 at 1:41 pm in reply to: This might be a good starting #3902
                                babgvant
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                                  This might be a good starting point.

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