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Tsutarja

Tsutarja

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    Just curious, but is there anyone here with an HTPC setup? What is some of the equipment you have and/or use? How about software, especially when it comes to watching TV through use of a capture card?

    Have any of y'all dived into the wonders of building a home theater PC setup before, whether for yourself or maybe someone else? Just curious!
     
    Not much of a TV/movie person, so I never really bothered setting something up for myself.

    Though, there was that one time when I had to set up a media PC for a customer during an internship. I had to do it, because at work I was the only one who actually knew stuff about Linux and for some odd reason that's what the customer wanted. Setting this thing up was such a mess, though; especially LIRC proved to be an epic fail doing whatever it pleased...
     
    Tsutarja said:
    Just curious, but is there anyone here with an HTPC setup?
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    I guess me kinda? It's not an HTPC like you're thinking (running Kodi or Plex or anything) but my PC runs through my home theater system. I do use it for Netflix, Hulu, etc., but mostly it's set up like that so I can game on the big screen with the big sound.

    I'd definitely be interested in building a dedicated HTPC in the future, maybe when I move into a new house. Not just for media but also for home automation. What I'm thinking of would really be more of a total "house brain."
     
    gehringgame said:
    I guess me kinda? It's not an HTPC like you're thinking (running Kodi or Plex or anything) but my PC runs through my home theater system. I do use it for Netflix, Hulu, etc., but mostly it's set up like that so I can game on the big screen with the big sound.
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    That's a pretty cool setup and now it has me wondering how you have it set up! 8)
     
    Tsutarja said:
    That's a pretty cool setup and now it has me wondering how you have it set up! 8)
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    It's all pretty straightforward but here's an awkward amount of detail in case you were really that curious:

    My PC sits next to my A/V cabinet which is all powered by my system power conditioner (I get storm outages and spikes a lot). I send HDMI out from my PC to my A/V receiver, which sends audio to my speakers (two monitors on the wall by the TV crossed at 80Hz with the sub along the side wall). Video signal goes to the TV on the wall. So I sit on my couch and use a wireless keyboard and mouse. Good for competitive gaming? Nope. Good for chillaxing? Yeppppp.
     
    if your referring to the computer itself here is mine
    case: Nmediapc 5000S
    motherboard Asus ipibl-lb (board from HP P6110Y)
    6gb ddr2 Samsung ram
    Intel Pentium Dual core e5300 2.6Ghz
    2x WD blue 320GB (one drive for OS the other for tv capturing
    Nvidia Geforce 8400GS
    Hauppauge WinTV HVR-2250
    hitachi dvd burner (i think its a hitachi burner)
     
    gehringgame said:
    Cool lookin' case! So is this your primary source for TV / movies / music?
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    the movies and stuff reside on my file server but it is my primary source for TV that is why there is a tuner i hate commercials to be honest and i like to game at night when my shows are playing (NCIS Los Angeles, Scorpion, NCIS, NCIS New Orleans, McGuyver) (the new american mcguyver)
     
    gehringgame said:
    HTPCs are designed for use with televisions rather than monitors, so you'd be set, even on that 73" slab!
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    Well, the PC I currently use doesn't have a BluRay Drive, so I doubt it'd be better than what I've been using now . . . Thanks for the tip, though!
     
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