2012-08-11, 00:22
I would like to start by thanking everyone for their hard work on such an amazing app. I have been looking for a cable replacement for several years and don’t know how I missed this. If I see one more site that claims to have all these channels available with “THEIR” media player I will go crazy. Each one comes with “a new home page”, “toolbar” or any of the other numerous malware/ spyware/ virus available. They are only missing the channels they advertise to be complete.
I am still working through a lot of it but once I got XBMC and Niva-X installed it had already opened up a new world and then stumbling upon the “HTCP” and “getting started” threads worked perfectly for my current situation. I have a lot more to go but am started to get overloaded like a kid in a candy store so I thought it might be best to list what I am trying to do and let “The Experts” help me and point me in the right direction. I have searched the forums but am getting older, slower and overloaded with info easier.
Here we go,
The wife is on home dialysis, is it possible to use XBMC via wifi so she can have access to all the content available on her Ipad?
The wife loves reading e-books and I have read the thread about XBMC and e-books but on the other side of it, does anyone know the best place using XBMC and add-ons to find some? She used to get them from Demoniod, god rest their sole.
Below is a list of what we have and what I would like to do. I am not very good with figuring hardware out for my HTPC build unless it is written in black and white for me. As mentioned above, I have read the thread about "getting started" and building HTCP’s but wanted to take some of the decision making on hardware out of my hands…lol
We have a Samsung plasma mounted on the wall. It is about 1-2 yrs old and came with the 3d glasses along, has every possible connection needed and plays any possible file out there. The other side of the wall it is mounted on is where the computer and router are. I have put a hole through the wall, behind the TV, to send cables through and all hardware will be in the room with the computer.
Basically we want to stream all content to the TV, even 3D. Not that we use it at this time but want to be prepared for the future.
Do I really need a blue ray player? We usually go to the Drive In or download it and, since we don’t have cable, will watch streams. The reason I ask is because we want to have surround sound not quite sure how to hook it up. I think that you need a receiver or DVD player so might as well get a blue ray just in case.
How do I control all this remotely if the hardware is in another room? I did see one member’s post on their set-up and they used a Logitech dinovo for the wireless keyboard which looks like a must after doing some searching on it.
What would be the best hardware for my HTPC, on the list of “getting started” thread or with what I want to do? Please be specific. While on the subject, I moved to Australia from the states and when I tried to do a search of some of the parts for a HTPC listed they didn’t have them in Australia. I think the only thing that matters is the Power Supply so I will need info on that. We did ship our computer over and replaced the Power Supply with one here and it was fine.
What other hardware will I need to hook up the PC to the HTPC ?
I have a top of the line internet connection, for Australia. After doing a speed test from Sydney to Sydney it came up 99.7 Mbps/ 1.6 Mbps. I know that these numbers are inflated because the server is in the same city I live in but it gives a general idea of what speeds I could get, under ideal circumstances and in a dream… lol The question is, is this going to be good enough speed or not? When I download torrents I have reached download speeds of up to 4 Mbps/ 1.2 Mbps. The other part of the question is, is the amount of bandwidth used to watch a stream of a 1 hour movie compatible with downloading the 1 hour show/movie? Are they the same or different because I only have 120 GB (50 GB peak/70GB off-peak) a month before I lose my speed.
And last, we have other TV’s through the house and how would we go about hooking them up. They of course would have limitations and all but is the resolution and file type handled in the HTCP box or will I only be able to watch specific file types and resolutions with what the TV can handle? Ex. Would the HTCP lower the resolution on a 1080p movie to one that the Sony TV can handle?
I know that this is a very long post and I would like to thank everyone in advance for their patience.
I am still working through a lot of it but once I got XBMC and Niva-X installed it had already opened up a new world and then stumbling upon the “HTCP” and “getting started” threads worked perfectly for my current situation. I have a lot more to go but am started to get overloaded like a kid in a candy store so I thought it might be best to list what I am trying to do and let “The Experts” help me and point me in the right direction. I have searched the forums but am getting older, slower and overloaded with info easier.
Here we go,
The wife is on home dialysis, is it possible to use XBMC via wifi so she can have access to all the content available on her Ipad?
The wife loves reading e-books and I have read the thread about XBMC and e-books but on the other side of it, does anyone know the best place using XBMC and add-ons to find some? She used to get them from Demoniod, god rest their sole.
Below is a list of what we have and what I would like to do. I am not very good with figuring hardware out for my HTPC build unless it is written in black and white for me. As mentioned above, I have read the thread about "getting started" and building HTCP’s but wanted to take some of the decision making on hardware out of my hands…lol
We have a Samsung plasma mounted on the wall. It is about 1-2 yrs old and came with the 3d glasses along, has every possible connection needed and plays any possible file out there. The other side of the wall it is mounted on is where the computer and router are. I have put a hole through the wall, behind the TV, to send cables through and all hardware will be in the room with the computer.
Basically we want to stream all content to the TV, even 3D. Not that we use it at this time but want to be prepared for the future.
Do I really need a blue ray player? We usually go to the Drive In or download it and, since we don’t have cable, will watch streams. The reason I ask is because we want to have surround sound not quite sure how to hook it up. I think that you need a receiver or DVD player so might as well get a blue ray just in case.
How do I control all this remotely if the hardware is in another room? I did see one member’s post on their set-up and they used a Logitech dinovo for the wireless keyboard which looks like a must after doing some searching on it.
What would be the best hardware for my HTPC, on the list of “getting started” thread or with what I want to do? Please be specific. While on the subject, I moved to Australia from the states and when I tried to do a search of some of the parts for a HTPC listed they didn’t have them in Australia. I think the only thing that matters is the Power Supply so I will need info on that. We did ship our computer over and replaced the Power Supply with one here and it was fine.
What other hardware will I need to hook up the PC to the HTPC ?
I have a top of the line internet connection, for Australia. After doing a speed test from Sydney to Sydney it came up 99.7 Mbps/ 1.6 Mbps. I know that these numbers are inflated because the server is in the same city I live in but it gives a general idea of what speeds I could get, under ideal circumstances and in a dream… lol The question is, is this going to be good enough speed or not? When I download torrents I have reached download speeds of up to 4 Mbps/ 1.2 Mbps. The other part of the question is, is the amount of bandwidth used to watch a stream of a 1 hour movie compatible with downloading the 1 hour show/movie? Are they the same or different because I only have 120 GB (50 GB peak/70GB off-peak) a month before I lose my speed.
And last, we have other TV’s through the house and how would we go about hooking them up. They of course would have limitations and all but is the resolution and file type handled in the HTCP box or will I only be able to watch specific file types and resolutions with what the TV can handle? Ex. Would the HTCP lower the resolution on a 1080p movie to one that the Sony TV can handle?
I know that this is a very long post and I would like to thank everyone in advance for their patience.
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