2012-01-10, 16:27
Hello
I've been reading through the guides and I'm a little confused
I read and searched but nevertheless I still got a lot of questions. I hope somebody may help me.
I assume that most of my questions can be answers in some threats but this forum is so huge that It is rather difficult for a HTPC noob to find his answers , so excuse me in advance if the answer is already out somewhere :-)
Here are my requirements.
I used until today a Popcorn Hour C-200 to play my video's (DVD , DVD ISO , Bluray ISO ,BluRAY Folders, DVD IMG , mkv ( full HD to SD), XVID , DIVX , MOV.
I used YAMJ .
All the movies and Videos are stored on a QNAP NAS.
I want XBMC to replace yamj to play those files.
I should have a Bluray Drive to read DVD Disc and Bluray DISC.
The possibility to rip my bought DVD directly to my NAS would be perfekt.
I use a Dreambox 800 HD to watch TV , in the Dreambox I use CCcam to use my Original PAYTV CARD.
All this should be girlfriend compatible.
So starting trough RemoteControl 99% of daily use should be handled with the remote, autostart of XBMC .....
HDMI output.
Now a few questions.
Hardware :
I build up a lot of PC and working on Unix machines ,so I am not a complete NOOB
is it true that not every chip-set is compatible with XBMC?
Can't I use any PC Hardware?
What are the advantages of using LINUX or Windows in my case? I would prefer LINUX....
How far can this replace my HD Satreceiver (Dreambox) ?
Can the Ripping process be automated ? and a background process ?
I wanted so start the start button on the remote and XBMC will be loaded , how can Watching TV be implemented in XBMC.
Which DVD-S Card is compatible?
Can i use CCCAM?
The conenction from the NAS to the HTPC should be NFS, which seems to me a lot quicker ? Is this possible ?
I would like to use ambilight ,atmolight... for TV and Movies?
Is XMBC automaticly downling Trailers for the movies ?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
Regards
Chris
I've been reading through the guides and I'm a little confused
I read and searched but nevertheless I still got a lot of questions. I hope somebody may help me.
I assume that most of my questions can be answers in some threats but this forum is so huge that It is rather difficult for a HTPC noob to find his answers , so excuse me in advance if the answer is already out somewhere :-)
Here are my requirements.
I used until today a Popcorn Hour C-200 to play my video's (DVD , DVD ISO , Bluray ISO ,BluRAY Folders, DVD IMG , mkv ( full HD to SD), XVID , DIVX , MOV.
I used YAMJ .
All the movies and Videos are stored on a QNAP NAS.
I want XBMC to replace yamj to play those files.
I should have a Bluray Drive to read DVD Disc and Bluray DISC.
The possibility to rip my bought DVD directly to my NAS would be perfekt.
I use a Dreambox 800 HD to watch TV , in the Dreambox I use CCcam to use my Original PAYTV CARD.
All this should be girlfriend compatible.
So starting trough RemoteControl 99% of daily use should be handled with the remote, autostart of XBMC .....
HDMI output.
Now a few questions.
Hardware :
I build up a lot of PC and working on Unix machines ,so I am not a complete NOOB
is it true that not every chip-set is compatible with XBMC?
Can't I use any PC Hardware?
What are the advantages of using LINUX or Windows in my case? I would prefer LINUX....
How far can this replace my HD Satreceiver (Dreambox) ?
Can the Ripping process be automated ? and a background process ?
I wanted so start the start button on the remote and XBMC will be loaded , how can Watching TV be implemented in XBMC.
Which DVD-S Card is compatible?
Can i use CCCAM?
The conenction from the NAS to the HTPC should be NFS, which seems to me a lot quicker ? Is this possible ?
I would like to use ambilight ,atmolight... for TV and Movies?
Is XMBC automaticly downling Trailers for the movies ?
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
Regards
Chris