Acer Revo
#1
Hey guys, been following XBMC for a while and now i finally get the chance to use it on my newly aquired Acer AspireRevo AR1600. I installed the latest XBMC Live and have made all of the changes by following this guide

http://lifehacker.com/5391308/build-a-si...-the-cheap

So far most things are working well.

For some reason the wireless remote i bought does not work anymore. it was working yesterday when i installed everything, and this morning when i power on the unit it no longer works. what can i do to fix this.

here's my remote http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as..._-80121001


2nd. video playback is not smooth. i have enabled VDPAU and see 10% or less cpu, but still the video is really jerky.

i am playing
dvd rips .mp4 .x264- these are really bad
bluray rip .mkv .x264- better but not great.


3rd. not as big of a problem but where can i change the output for the hdmi. it is currently set at 1080p and i would like to set it to 720p since none of my movies will ever be 1080p. i changed the resolution setting in xbmc to 1280x720 but my tv still says it's 1920x1280.

over all this is the best thing since sliced cheese.
keep up the good work
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#2
righty Wrote:2nd. video playback is not smooth. i have enabled VDPAU and see 10% or less cpu, but still the video is really jerky.

I'm certainly no expert on this but are you running a recent SVN build and are your Nvidia drivers up to date?
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#3
righty,

sorry i cant help you with your issues with playback but i have a question and would be most gracious if you could answer it. Does XBMC support the wireless controller in the revo 1600 out of the box, or do i need to get drivers from somewhere or will it simply not work

Thanks
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#4
Birtybasset,
When i get home from work i will check the build and driver vers.

imagn,
yes it supported it right out of the box. I did notice that if i had the keyboard plugged in the remote would not work. so i had to unplug keyboard, reboot, wait for the home screen to appear and then i could plug the keyboard in and both keyboard and remote worked. unfortunately only the keyboard worked this morning..
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#5
Update,
Video playback is working great now. I picked up a 1GB stick of ram and all videos are playback flawlessly.

now only if i can get the remote to work.
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