[windows] xs35gt + xbmc?
#1
the xs35gt thread went on a linux hostile takeover Tongue

Anyone using windows 7 or XP with xs35gt?

I'm ready to order one with a 64GB SSD setup hooked upto my DS410.

zippy
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#2
XP won't play 720p/1080p files, since it doesn't support video hardware acceleration
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#3
Is there a particular Windows 7 edition (i.e. Ultimate) that is best for htpc use?
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#4
If I had to go with windows, i'd go with home premium.
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#5
Any non-Starter Windows 7 is fine.

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#6
i'm after someone who is using windows on a xs35gt and can vouch for lag free playback of 1080 video.
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#7
I ran windows 7 on my xs35gt and was able to play back 1080P content without any problems at all.

However i have just recently switched to a live build as the functions i needed to run in windows have been outsourced to my brand new unraid server Big Grin
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#8
the way i'm seeing win 7 described in terms of hardware acceleration, how safe is it to assume that pretty much any new computer fitted with a hdmi port, win 7, and x ram can comfortably play 1080p content that features intense shots (think planet earth with thousands of birds at once) with no issues?

i ask because i'm in the market for a htpc and am still trying to do thorough research.

thank you
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#9
Waseh Wrote:However i have just recently switched to a live build...

live build?
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#10
I very briefly tested windws on my xs35gt and it worked ok. Didn't real spend much time on it as I always planned on using linux on it.

I use openelec.tv on it - will give you a fully working xbmc set top box setup in less than 15 mins.

Most appropriate question might be, why do you specifically want to use windows?
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#11
I'm linux noob, and being comfortable with windows, that is what I'm going to use Smile
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#12
zippy Wrote:I'm linux noob, and being comfortable with windows, that is what I'm going to use Smile

Fair enough, but what i was trying to get at was what specifically are you going to be using the box for.

Just xbmc? XBMC and other bits, etc..
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#13
whatever a netbook can do after XBMC Big Grin
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#14
im running Win 7 on my XS35GT and it plays 1080p just fine, only times i have trouble is when i have it doing to many things in the background (It's my media server, and serves a couple other fuctions for me at the moment as well)
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#15
did it work out of the box? what are you using for audio out - analog? optical? hdmi?
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