Comments on: Setting up my HDTV HTPC with xUbuntu 8.10 http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/ \'dij-iŋk\ Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:40:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Roxanne Moudy http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Roxanne Moudy Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:10:29 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-487 Greetings just wondering if any one could suggest a good torrent downloader. Preferable free but if reasonable and quick with large storage I would consider a paid service. Greetings just wondering if any one could suggest a good torrent downloader. Preferable free but if reasonable and quick with large storage I would consider a paid service.

]]> By: diginc http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-271 diginc Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:40:54 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-271 I'm running torrentflux-b4rt now and love it :) thanks for the recommendation Wheelchair Ninja I’m running torrentflux-b4rt now and love it :) thanks for the recommendation Wheelchair Ninja

]]> By: diginc http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-32 diginc Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:06:52 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-32 I haven't had time to fix my overscan problems yet but I did find a very helpful looking thread that seems to have cropped up since I last did research into this matter: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1003099 I hope following the steps from hpadrick on page 2 or David Valentine on page 4 will fix this problem. Once I find what works for me I'll try to make a quick & concise how-to. I haven’t had time to fix my overscan problems yet but I did find a very helpful looking thread that seems to have cropped up since I last did research into this matter:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1003099

I hope following the steps from hpadrick on page 2 or David Valentine on page 4 will fix this problem. Once I find what works for me I’ll try to make a quick & concise how-to.

]]> By: stardotstar http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-31 stardotstar Sat, 23 May 2009 13:10:02 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-31 Just found you, looking for info on completing my mythbuntu to a 50"Viera - TH-50PZ80A and note that I am using the 8800GT - not got so far as to playing with the TV since I have built the box using a monitor while I got sound, video, DVB and so on sorted. I would be interested in your work on the nVidia card with this tele - I will be working to get around an overscan that I couldn't properly defeat with a Sony Bravia 42" that has since kicked the bucket... My setup is a basic BR/DVD/PVR HTPC running mythbuntu9.x - my last effort on the Sony was via Gentoo which I use for my regular systems and only dived into mythbuntu because I didn't have time to do a gentoo build and cut everything loose myself 8: It took days to get it more or less perfect last time. The Viera did display for the mythbuntu installer via dvi->hdmi but only for framebuffer it didn't want to play for x - so I am going to look at it tomorrow. I have tried the opengl and nvidia prop drivers and think that I will be able to configure dual with the nvidia control panel. I would be interested to hear how you have gone with this! Best regards, Will \\' Just found you, looking for info on completing my mythbuntu to a 50″Viera – TH-50PZ80A and note that I am using the 8800GT – not got so far as to playing with the TV since I have built the box using a monitor while I got sound, video, DVB and so on sorted. I would be interested in your work on the nVidia card with this tele – I will be working to get around an overscan that I couldn’t properly defeat with a Sony Bravia 42″ that has since kicked the bucket…

My setup is a basic BR/DVD/PVR HTPC running mythbuntu9.x – my last effort on the Sony was via Gentoo which I use for my regular systems and only dived into mythbuntu because I didn’t have time to do a gentoo build and cut everything loose myself 8: It took days to get it more or less perfect last time. The Viera did display for the mythbuntu installer via dvi->hdmi but only for framebuffer it didn’t want to play for x – so I am going to look at it tomorrow. I have tried the opengl and nvidia prop drivers and think that I will be able to configure dual with the nvidia control panel. I would be interested to hear how you have gone with this!

Best regards,
Will
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]]> By: diginc http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-30 diginc Thu, 14 May 2009 22:14:17 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-30 My faimly and I are used to uTorrent+webui and it runs fine in wine...actually it used to run fine but the webui portion has been failing randomly recently, requiring a restart. It's easy to add torrents to the webui with a little .exe called 'uTorrentHandler' where you just put in your webui IP, user and pass. I also add torrents from work through a forwarded port. I will try some of your suggestions out and if they can replace my current functionality (the key part being a webui handler which opens .torrent extensions in windows and sends them straight to the torrent server). Oh...and also I've switched to an NVidia card (8800GT) since I wrote this and have been putting up with overscan, LOL. Maybe I'll write an article about how to fix it, if I ever do. My faimly and I are used to uTorrent+webui and it runs fine in wine…actually it used to run fine but the webui portion has been failing randomly recently, requiring a restart. It’s easy to add torrents to the webui with a little .exe called ‘uTorrentHandler’ where you just put in your webui IP, user and pass. I also add torrents from work through a forwarded port.

I will try some of your suggestions out and if they can replace my current functionality (the key part being a webui handler which opens .torrent extensions in windows and sends them straight to the torrent server).

Oh…and also I’ve switched to an NVidia card (8800GT) since I wrote this and have been putting up with overscan, LOL. Maybe I’ll write an article about how to fix it, if I ever do.

]]> By: corruption http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-26 corruption Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:03:44 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-26 Came across this while lookin to see if theres an easy fix yet for ati + hdmi out of curiosity, as I had dealt with this before as well -- but noted something else you mentioned here in the article: uTorrent for webui.. Just out of curiosity, is there a particular reason you choose to go this route? TorrentFlux, IMO, is a perfect frontend for torrenting, and its even better if you install tf-b4rt (http://tf-b4rt.berlios.de/) as this allows the use of 4 different torrent engines, for whatever your needs may be (simplicity vs choosing individual files)... the base TF will install through apt, and work out of the box... try it, you may be impressed! :) BTW -- you have the most comprehensive 'guide' to the hdmi issue I've seen yet, and with the latest ATI drivers fixing spdif passthru, I'm considering switching back over ;) -The Wheelchair Ninja Came across this while lookin to see if theres an easy fix yet for ati + hdmi out of curiosity, as I had dealt with this before as well — but noted something else you mentioned here in the article: uTorrent for webui..

Just out of curiosity, is there a particular reason you choose to go this route? TorrentFlux, IMO, is a perfect frontend for torrenting, and its even better if you install tf-b4rt (http://tf-b4rt.berlios.de/) as this allows the use of 4 different torrent engines, for whatever your needs may be (simplicity vs choosing individual files)… the base TF will install through apt, and work out of the box… try it, you may be impressed! :)

BTW — you have the most comprehensive ‘guide’ to the hdmi issue I’ve seen yet, and with the latest ATI drivers fixing spdif passthru, I’m considering switching back over ;)

-The Wheelchair Ninja

]]> By: diginc http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-6 diginc Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:00:44 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-6 I've already switched to an nvidia card out of necessity, the repeated use of aticonfig commands somehow caused an issue in my /etc/ati/amdpcsdb file which would make XServer freese upon start. I'll have a write up on my ordeals trying to fix my overscan on the nvidia card once I get around to fix it (I'm just putting up with it right now). I’ve already switched to an nvidia card out of necessity, the repeated use of aticonfig commands somehow caused an issue in my /etc/ati/amdpcsdb file which would make XServer freese upon start.

I’ll have a write up on my ordeals trying to fix my overscan on the nvidia card once I get around to fix it (I’m just putting up with it right now).

]]> By: Mike http://diginc.us/2009/01/setting-up-my-hdtv-htpc-with-xubuntu-810/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Mike Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:07:28 +0000 http://diginc.us/?p=3#comment-4 Bless you for showing me how to fix my screen overscan/resolution/position. How can the Catalyst control center NOT include such basic functions, especially when ATI picked such brain-dead defaults for digital video output (they should be 1920x1080+0+0 as the *default*) Bless you for showing me how to fix my screen overscan/resolution/position. How can the Catalyst control center NOT include such basic functions, especially when ATI picked such brain-dead defaults for digital video output (they should be 1920×1080+0+0 as the *default*)

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