2014-05-24, 01:30
I have a HTPC that I built years ago running Windows 7 currently, which is the only Windows I run in my house. It's hardware consists of AMD 4850e processor, 2 GB of Crucial DDR800, and a ATI HD 5450 Video Card. Those should be the most important hardware pieces needed to hopefully get my questions answered. First I would like to know if this hardware will work well with XBMCbuntu 13 Gotham. Next, HD Audio DTSHD and Dolby TrueHD bitstreaming are a must, will my setup support this with XBMCbuntu? From what I am reading it should but if someone could elaborate that would be awesome i.e. what issues I could face. Last, I did a small test running XBMCbuntu from a USB Drive and I couldn't get the overscan issue rectified. Even using video calibration there was still a good portion of the top, bottom, left, and right cut off. I am running HDMI from the HTPC to my Yamaha Receiver and then onto my Sony TV. How do I fix the severe overscan, this is easy in Windows of course with ATI proprietary Drivers installed and using ATI CCC. I also know that FGLRX Drivers can't be used with these newer versions of Ubuntu, so what do I do to fix the resolution issue? Thanks.