I am just finishing up with my home theater. I've been building my own computers and playing with them for years now so I have a decent understanding of the hardware aspect. I just started playing around with Media Browser in WMC7 tonight that was suggested in some other threads. I like the program a lot. Seems easy to use so far and looks clean. But now I'm running into some software issues.
I have W7 first off. I can play .avi movies and videos but cannot play my ripped SD DVD videos (Video_ts folders) or any downloaded .mkv files (Have BD's to burn but no reader yet). I downloaded the ffdshow file and can now play the .mkv on my divx player with sound which is HORRIBLY choppy. But still cannot play the video in WMC.
So.....
Couple questions.
1. Will a ripped BD file play with the same quality of video and audio as putting it into my PS3 (I have 7.1 system)?
2. What is the best format to rip a DVD or BD? iso, mkv, video_ts folders
3. I'm thinking about picking up a ati 5800 series card tomorrow, which has a hdmi port on the back, will that also send audio or does audio have to be send to the AVS via a sound device (I want it to sound as it would coming from my actual disk)?
4. What software ad-ons do I need to play my .mkv files with media browser?
5. Any suggestions why my audio is crap?
6. Whats the best way to control my rig once I get it done? Just use wireless keyboard and mouse or is there a remote? I havent bought one yet for my theater so I'm open to suggestion.
Sorry for all the questions. I've been reading for hours and it seems like there is a lot of different paths I can take. I have over 400 BD and DVD's and this would be a GREAT improvement over the racks and racks of DVD shelves. Really guys, thanks in advance for any help!
Travis
I have W7 first off. I can play .avi movies and videos but cannot play my ripped SD DVD videos (Video_ts folders) or any downloaded .mkv files (Have BD's to burn but no reader yet). I downloaded the ffdshow file and can now play the .mkv on my divx player with sound which is HORRIBLY choppy. But still cannot play the video in WMC.
So.....
Couple questions.
1. Will a ripped BD file play with the same quality of video and audio as putting it into my PS3 (I have 7.1 system)?
2. What is the best format to rip a DVD or BD? iso, mkv, video_ts folders
3. I'm thinking about picking up a ati 5800 series card tomorrow, which has a hdmi port on the back, will that also send audio or does audio have to be send to the AVS via a sound device (I want it to sound as it would coming from my actual disk)?
4. What software ad-ons do I need to play my .mkv files with media browser?
5. Any suggestions why my audio is crap?
6. Whats the best way to control my rig once I get it done? Just use wireless keyboard and mouse or is there a remote? I havent bought one yet for my theater so I'm open to suggestion.
Sorry for all the questions. I've been reading for hours and it seems like there is a lot of different paths I can take. I have over 400 BD and DVD's and this would be a GREAT improvement over the racks and racks of DVD shelves. Really guys, thanks in advance for any help!
Travis
