Guide for HTPC

Clipsey · 9 Jan 2009 at 04:18

When ripping your Blu-Ray movies what is the typical size of the output?
I have just ripped Bee Movie and the file is 46GB

Now trying 300 as an ISO image but guessing it is going to be somewhere high?
I thought only the big movies such as Dark Knight etc would be up to 40GB?

Vertigo · 9 Jan 2009 at 07:57

Most will be single-layer BD discs so will be limited to 25GB but some are 50GB dual-layers.

Generally they'll use as much space as the can or need to - if you want it smaller you'll have to re-encode at a lower bitrate.

spookywillow · 9 Jan 2009 at 10:56

spookywillow said:
didn't want to create a thread about this and its htpc related i suppose so here goes,

my kids watch their films on the tv (secondary display) that are played from my pc using MPC with FFDshow, while they are watching their films i want to be able to play games.

when i try and run a game i the tv will go black and no picture is displayed, i figured it out once before but have forgotton now. what settings are needed so i can game and have a film on the tv at the same time?

Oxy said:
in my nvidia settings go > display > setup multiple displays > check dualview.

job done

i have an ati card

agent_paul · 9 Jan 2009 at 11:04

Hey Oxy,

any update on that guide you said you would be working on?

eagerly waiting for it so i can set my htpc up too.

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:35

agent_paul said:
Hey Oxy,

any update on that guide you said you would be working on?

eagerly waiting for it so i can set my htpc up too.

oh ok. ill start it today! I didn't thikn anyone else was interested apart from me and photoshop

It will be online by tommorrow.

It was the guide on how to get the remote working with mediaportal, kmplayer and mediaplayer classic?

photoshop · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:37

Oxy said:
It was the guide on how to get the remote working with mediaportal, kmplayer and mediaplayer classic?

Yep, thats the one.
Hey dude quick question. Did you get MPC mapped aswell using eventghost? Or just KMP?

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:43

photoshop said:
Yep, thats the one.
Hey dude quick question. Did you get MPC mapped aswell using eventghost? Or just KMP?

I got them both mapped, but MPC was crashing so I couldnt really test it.

All the mapping should be within that zip file i sent u

photoshop · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:46

Oxy said:
I got them both mapped, but MPC was crashing so I couldnt really test it.

well kmp crashes for me

i'll test mp with mpc

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:47

photoshop said:
well kmp crashes for me
i'll test mp with mpc

have u got eventghost working now?

photoshop · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:48

Oxy said:
have u got eventghost working now?

not yet. was busing sorting my surround sound set up yesterday. But its friday so i've got the weekend to catch up

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 19:29

agent_paul said:
Hey Oxy,

any update on that guide you said you would be working on?

eagerly waiting for it so i can set my htpc up too.

Here is a link ot my guide to get kmplayer/MPC working with the mce remote

http://forum.team-mediaportal.com/t...lassic-powerdvd-mediaportal-52308/#post357677

Clipsey · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:36

Having a bit of trouble withing MP.
Ripped movies as .iso file set in their own movie folder. 'My Movies' then points towards this directory and all the folders have their own movie posters/fanart on the cover. Now on my old computer I just clicked on the folder and it would automount the .iso within that folder then automatically play. However, now when I click on the movie poster it just enters that folder and shows the .iso (which then does work)

What have I missed ??? Can't work it out

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:45

Clipsey said:
Having a bit of trouble withing MP.
Ripped movies as .iso file set in their own movie folder. 'My Movies' then points towards this directory and all the folders have their own movie posters/fanart on the cover. Now on my old computer I just clicked on the folder and it would automount the .iso within that folder then automatically play. However, now when I click on the movie poster it just enters that folder and shows the .iso (which then does work)

What have I missed ??? Can't work it out

u set up deamon tools?

Daemon Tools support
Next we need to use a utility called Daemon Tools in order to playback image files such as .iso:
14) Install the latest Daemon tools from their website

15) During Install Unitck any reference to installing 3rd party/sponsor software and read wizard carefully

16) Once installed right click the demon tools icon in the taskbar and Goto:

17) Options and turn off AutoStart and Secure Mode
Next, we need to set MediaPortal to use to use Daemon Tools. So that once you click the movie in MediaPortal it will automatically mount the image and play directly in KMPlayer:
18) Enter MediaPortal Setup from the icon on the desk and Goto:
19) General--->Daemon Tools
20) Tick "AutoMount .iso files"
21) Enter in the path for Daemon Tools
22) Enter in the Virtual Drive letter (you can find this by right clicking Daemon tools icon)
23) Enter the Drive number (you can find this by right clicking Daemon tools icon)
Finally, when you put in a DVD or mount an .iso you dont want Windows autostart to appear:
28) Open Windows Control Panel
29) Go into AutoPlay
30) Untick "Use AutoPlay for all media and devices

Clipsey · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:50

Hi,
Yeah got that lot all set up and once I click the .iso image it works and runs fine.
However I don't want to have to go into the folder where the .iso is located i,e Cars/cars.iso
I should just be able to click/enter on the cars folder and it auto loads the .iso file within.
I'm missing something but can't figure it out?

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:56

Clipsey said:
Hi,
Yeah got that lot all set up and once I click the .iso image it works and runs fine.
However I don't want to have to go into the folder where the .iso is located i,e Cars/cars.iso
I should just be able to click/enter on the cars folder and it auto loads the .iso file within.
I'm missing something but can't figure it out?

well i dont actually have iso DVD rips yet anyway. Why do u have to have them in a folder anyway?

Clipsey · 9 Jan 2009 at 22:03

Not sure, but just tried without a folder and does not work (when displaying movie images)
They have to be in their own folder (might be another way around it?)
I have it working on my laptop just fine, but can't seem to find the problem on my HTPC why it won't automount what is in the folder i.e. the .iso

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 22:28

Clipsey said:
Not sure, but just tried without a folder and does not work (when displaying movie images)
They have to be in their own folder (might be another way around it?)
I have it working on my laptop just fine, but can't seem to find the problem on my HTPC why it won't automount what is in the folder i.e. the .iso

Would moving pictures plugin support it?

Clipsey · 9 Jan 2009 at 22:31

Yeah I should think so. The trouble is I know it works as it has been working on my laptop just fine, but now uninstalled everything and moved it to my HTPC - now it won't work how I want

I can have the .iso without folders but then need to figure a way of having MP not display the .iso tag (i have added it to the file extension area also)

Dam it lol

sid · 9 Jan 2009 at 23:06

Has anyone been playing with Windows 7 media centre?

So far so good, improvement all around except, its added a random folder to monitor which I can't get rid. I have literally tried everything in MCE and WMP but nothing gets rid of it.

Weird but I can live with it
sid

craptakular · 9 Jan 2009 at 23:11

sid said:
Has anyone been playing with Windows 7 media centre?

So far so good, improvement all around except, its added a random folder to monitor which I can't get rid. I have literally tried everything in MCE and WMP but nothing gets rid of it.

Weird but I can live with it
sid

nah I haven't tried Win7. Tbh mediaportal is so good IMO, I don't think I will bother trying it. Loving Moving pictures and TvSeries plugin to much.