2011-08-25, 00:22
soopersonic Wrote:Ok, I think I solved the "file not found" problem, so it's time for some photos. Sorry for the bad quality, I don't have a real camera...
Image 1 shows how I made the videocard suffer. As I said: I took one of the brackets that covers the expansion slots on the case and cut holes in it to fit the DVI and HDMI outputs. I removed the VGA output.
Image 2 is the complete setup just before booting it first. You can see I took some time for cable management, which is quite easy with that case if you don't install a 5.25" drive.
Image 3 shows my new HTPC doing it's work :-) The USB-stick-like looking thing in the front USB port is the receiver for a wireless keyboard I had lying around. Some day that's going to be replaced by a IR remote, of course.
Now pretty much the only thing left for now is finetuning my TV and XBMC's audio and video settings. I'm really unsure about those sync- and refresh-rate related settings. Also: Would it be best to set 2.0 speakers in XBMC or more, even though it's only connected to a TV without external speakers?
if you haven't update the latest nvidia, you can update it from here- NVIDIA Driver Downloads. you need to adjust the hdtv resolution in the nvidia control center fill in the entire hdtv screen, and set it to enforce smooth video playback. do these in xbmc: system>settings>video>playback (select allow hardware acceleration (dxva2), adjust display refresh rate to match video and sync playback to display) and system>settings>system>video output (select full screen for display model and select same resolution as adjusted in catalyst). for audio in xbmc, do these: system>settings>system>audio output (select proper audio output to match your connection).