Comments on: A Super User’s Complete Guide to Building an HTPC: Planning and Purchasing http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/22/a-super-users-complete-guide-to-building-an-htpc-planning-and-purchasing/ The Super User Community Blog Mon, 05 Dec 2016 07:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: Hater http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/22/a-super-users-complete-guide-to-building-an-htpc-planning-and-purchasing/#comment-108809 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:24:20 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3719#comment-108809 It should be mentioned as well that the Boxee Team left all of its customers out to dry after coming out with the BoxeeTV. I loved my BoxeeBox. It died, like so many other peoples. With no help from Boxee.

]]> By: Harley http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/22/a-super-users-complete-guide-to-building-an-htpc-planning-and-purchasing/#comment-972 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:51:49 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3719#comment-972 Only when software decoding of a Full HD 1080p high-definition video is performed by the system CPU, a dual-core 2 GHz or better CPU is required in order to allow for perfectly smooth playback without dropping frames or giving playback a jerky appearance.

XBMC can however offload most of the video decoding process onto GPU graphics hardware controller that supports one of the following types of hardware-accelerated video decoding: Intel’s VAAPI, Nvidia’s VDPAU, AMD’s XvBA, Microsoft’s DXVA, Apple’s VDADecoder/VideoToolBox, OpenMAX, and Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Media Accelerator. By taking advantage of such hardware-accelerated video decoding, XBMC can run well on most inexpensive, low-power systems which contain a modern GPU.

So you can run XBMC on an old P4 system as long as you have a modern graphic card, like NVIDIA GeForce 8400 or newer.

]]> By: KronoS http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/22/a-super-users-complete-guide-to-building-an-htpc-planning-and-purchasing/#comment-369 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:36:25 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3719#comment-369 That’s a good link!

]]> By: Tukom http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/22/a-super-users-complete-guide-to-building-an-htpc-planning-and-purchasing/#comment-368 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:23:24 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3719#comment-368 Very thorough guide for beginners wishing to enter to the world of HTPCs! I see that you have listed out some good resources about building your own HTPC. May I suggest to add the following popular HTPC resource to the list: http://mymediaexperience.com/how-to-build-a-silent-pc-for-home-theater-in-10-easy-steps/

]]> By: Marco Ceppi http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/22/a-super-users-complete-guide-to-building-an-htpc-planning-and-purchasing/#comment-367 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:28:24 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3719#comment-367 It should be mentioned that Boxee is essentially XMBC at it’s core with a facelift and improvements by the Boxee team.

]]> By: Stphen http://blog.superuser.com/2011/07/22/a-super-users-complete-guide-to-building-an-htpc-planning-and-purchasing/#comment-366 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:50:15 +0000 http://blog.superuser.com/?p=3719#comment-366 I’m surprised you haven’t mentioned Media Portal.

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