madhurvyas
Member
Hi All,
From the time AMD launched fusion series I was planning to build a HTPC based on it, I had been using PS3 as my media player through the PS3MediaServer for last few months, it does the job pretty well, but you need a powerful pc running to decode/encode files on the go, and not all formats work properly.
After reading few threads here and few at other sites, I decided to build a HTPC from scratch, I dont like the idea of media players, as they wont be as flexible as a HTPC.
The components used:
1. Msi E350IA-E45--AMD Fusion Platform Rs 6600
2. Corssair F40 SSD Rs 6100
3. Lenovo Multimedia Remote with keyboard N5901 Rs 1699
4. EVM 2GB Ram - Rs 900
5. Zebronics Genesis Case Rs 1400
Ram and case were purchased locally.
Installed Win7 with XBMC, also installed K-lite codec pack with MPC-HC.
I followed steps from sam9s post of directly booting to XBMC, also changed the boot animation using Mediaportal bootscreen changer.
Once everything was working fine I tried using MPC-HC as external player from XBMC, it worked but the CPU usage was too high, I think when MPC is launched from XBMC its not able to use GPU, or I'm missing few settings, because if I launch MPC directly from windows its working fine.
I will investigate further on this issue because MPC is better player then the default XBMC player.
I will add images later tomorrow.
From the time AMD launched fusion series I was planning to build a HTPC based on it, I had been using PS3 as my media player through the PS3MediaServer for last few months, it does the job pretty well, but you need a powerful pc running to decode/encode files on the go, and not all formats work properly.
After reading few threads here and few at other sites, I decided to build a HTPC from scratch, I dont like the idea of media players, as they wont be as flexible as a HTPC.
The components used:
1. Msi E350IA-E45--AMD Fusion Platform Rs 6600
2. Corssair F40 SSD Rs 6100
3. Lenovo Multimedia Remote with keyboard N5901 Rs 1699
4. EVM 2GB Ram - Rs 900
5. Zebronics Genesis Case Rs 1400
Ram and case were purchased locally.
Installed Win7 with XBMC, also installed K-lite codec pack with MPC-HC.
I followed steps from sam9s post of directly booting to XBMC, also changed the boot animation using Mediaportal bootscreen changer.
Once everything was working fine I tried using MPC-HC as external player from XBMC, it worked but the CPU usage was too high, I think when MPC is launched from XBMC its not able to use GPU, or I'm missing few settings, because if I launch MPC directly from windows its working fine.
I will investigate further on this issue because MPC is better player then the default XBMC player.
I will add images later tomorrow.