Frogmort's HT Pad

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Netflix Denmark has just raised it's minimum price from 11$ to 13$ but im not using netflix so i don't care.

So the X-Files episodes are 5.1 AC3 or something a like? Coooool. I believe the old show always started with the "Stereo (or Dolby Digital)" logo at the beginning of the show.

Did they stretch the image to 16:9? Properly did. Oh well im a sucker for native format if at all possible but i guess it depends.. There might have been an upgrade to the negative laying in some dusty cellar somewhere.

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Did you say 3 fiddy a day?

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The audio is DD+ 5.1

No, they didn't stretch the image. Some of the earlier episodes have had a tiny bit taken off the top and bottom, but the sides have been opened up to reveal more information. After a few episodes, I don't remember how many, the top and bottom is same as ever, but with the sides unmatted and opened up. I really like the sides opened up on it. It makes it seem more cinematic to me.

The audio and video have also been completely remastered, and as it was originally filmed on 35mm film, just like most big budget movies, it looks like a real high quality film.

Considering that The X-Files and Game of Thrones are my two favorite tv shows of all time, I'm really happy to be able to watch it in this quality.

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by frogmort

The audio is DD+ 5.1

No, they didn't stretch the image. Some of the earlier episodes have had a tiny bit taken off the top and bottom, but the sides have been opened up to reveal more information. After a few episodes, I don't remember how many, the top and bottom is same as ever, but with the sides unmatted and opened up. I really like the sides opened up on it. It makes it seem more cinematic to me.

The audio and video have also been completely remastered, and as it was originally filmed on 35mm film, just like most big budget movies, it looks like a real high quality film.

Considering that The X-Files and Game of Thrones are my two favorite tv shows of all time, I'm really happy to be able to watch it in this quality.

Oh yeah i guess i ment if it was zoomed in but im glad to hear they did it as gracefully as possible. I hope that they'll make a bluray box sometime in the future but seeing how they soon will make some new episodes and gillian anderson still is very popular in tv land im sure it wont be long.

I myself is watching two show at the moment.

Wayward Pines:

WAYWARD PINES | Official Trailer | FOX BROADCASTING - YouTube

And Mr. Robot:

Mr. Robot: Official Trailer - New Series on USA - YouTube

Both are really good shows each in their own way. If any of them are on Netflix you could check them out maybe.

[spaceape]

The X-Files I Want To Believe | official trailer (2016) David Duchovny Gillian Anderson - YouTube

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Oh yeah i guess i ment if it was zoomed in but im glad to hear they did it as gracefully as possible. I hope that they'll make a bluray box sometime in the future but seeing how they soon will make some new episodes and gillian anderson still is very popular in tv land im sure it wont be long.

I myself is watching two show at the moment.

Wayward Pines:

WAYWARD PINES | Official Trailer | FOX BROADCASTING - YouTube

And Mr. Robot:

Mr. Robot: Official Trailer - New Series on USA - YouTube

Both are really good shows each in their own way. If any of them are on Netflix you could check them out maybe.

Wayward Pines looks like it might be similar to Twin Peaks. Neither one is on Netflix, besides I still have about 100 hours to go before I finish rewatching The X-Files.

Originally Posted by spaceape

The X-Files I Want To Believe | official trailer (2016) David Duchovny Gillian Anderson - YouTube

Make that about 106 hours to go. Really excited to check out the new six episode mini-series!

[spaceape]

Yes the Wayward Pines show has a bit of the weird factor like in Twin Peaks and the town sign sure looks familiar. I like it. It's doesn't have explosions every other minute but im getting older. So i kinda like the mellow parts. Haha.

[spaceape]

Dozing Passenger Terrified by Chainsaw Prank (Storyful, Crazy) - YouTube

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Dozing Passenger Terrified by Chainsaw Prank (Storyful, Crazy) - YouTube

I think it's probably fake, but man, what a way to scare the shit out of someone and lose a friend.

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I think it's probably fake, but man, what a way to scare the shit out of someone and lose a friend.

I don't think there's a chain on it. I just thought the look on his face was priceless.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

I don't think there's a chain on it. I just thought the look on his face was priceless.

Obviously there's no chain, but dayum!

Gettin' a good buzz to this ol' school shit:

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Trilogy FULL ALBUM - YouTube

[frogmort]

I guess I should mention that I got a used pc tower from work with a BD player/ripper and I've spent days doing a complete factory reset and trying to get it all setup for a HTPC type setup. I'm new to this type of thing, but from reviews and windows 10 compatibility, it looks like Kodi is the way to start.

[frogmort]

"One time, a guy handed me a picture of me and said, "Here's a picture of you when you were younger."

Every picture of you is a picture of you when you were younger." - Mitch Heberg

[frogmort]

And now this is happening:

1969 Frank Zappa - Hot Rats [Full album - 1987 remix] - YouTube

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I guess I should mention that I got a used pc tower from work with a BD player/ripper and I've spent days doing a complete factory reset and trying to get it all setup for a HTPC type setup. I'm new to this type of thing, but from reviews and windows 10 compatibility, it looks like Kodi is the way to start.

Kodi is one of the best for media playback if you have a dedicated setup. You don't need a much powerful pc for a HTPC, even for HD playback.

Kodi comes in many flavors, You can even boot directly into it by using something like 'Kodibuntu'. If you only plan on using it for media playback i recommend installing that.

But for Windows here's what you do. -> HOW-TO:Make Windows boot directly to Kodi (as a shell)

Lol but i have only ever used XBMC/Kodi together with my original xbox. So a long time ago.

I myself are using media player classic but i use mine for a lot of web surfing as well.

If you want me or HTG to take a look at your system specs you can use something like HWiNFO to find them out. It gives you info right when you start up the program. You can take a screenshot of that.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Kodi is one of the best for media playback if you have a dedicated setup. You don't need a much powerful pc for a HTPC, even for HD playback.

Kodi comes in many flavors, You can even boot directly into it by using something like 'Kodibuntu'. If you only plan on using it for media playback i recommend installing that.

But for Windows here's what you do. -> HOW-TO:Make Windows boot directly to Kodi (as a shell)

Lol but i have only ever used XBMC/Kodi together with my original xbox. So a long time ago.

I myself are using media player classic but i use mine for a lot of web surfing as well.

If you want me or HTG to take a look at your system specs you can use something like HWiNFO to find them out. It gives you info right when you start up the program. You can take a screenshot of that.

I think I've finally figured out that it's really just easier to play files through my usb on my crappy bd player.

Devo - Beautiful World - YouTube

Devo - "Girl U Want" - YouTube

[spaceape]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I think I've finally figured out that it's really just easier to play files through my usb on my crappy bd player.

Something like the ODROID-C1 or Raspberry Pi 2 (not as powerful but better support) is also quite cheap and has a small form factor as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bznrfJfYz0

Raspberry Pi 2 - Review! - YouTube

[spaceape]

Did you update your bluray players firmware to the latest. This is the latest regionfree firmware i believe. >Link<

Your USB slot doesn't look like it can do video playback but the dvd and sd card slots can take AVCHD. A program like >tsmuxer< can quickly and losslessly convert media files to that format.

To convert from mkv to mpeg2 i like mkv2vob.

To remove Packed bitstream from mpeg4 files (divx/xvid) use MPEG4 Modifier and to remove Header Compression from mkv files use MKVToolNix/Mkvmerge by doing this method. This can help with playback compatibility. You can check for packed bitsteam with mpeg4 modifier and header compression with MediaInfo.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by spaceape

Did you update your bluray players firmware to the latest. This is the latest regionfree firmware i believe. >Link<

Your USB slot doesn't look like it can do video playback but the dvd and sd card slots can take AVCHD. A program like >tsmuxer< can quickly and losslessly convert media files to that format.

To convert from mkv to mpeg2 i like mkv2vob.

To remove Packed bitstream from mpeg4 files (divx/xvid) use MPEG4 Modifier and to remove Header Compression from mkv files use MKVToolNix/Mkvmerge by doing this method. This can help with playback compatibility. You can check for packed bitsteam with mpeg4 modifier and header compression with MediaInfo.

Thanks for the help Tommy, but I don't even have that player anymore. Guess I need to update my equipment on here.

I now have a Sony BDP-S1200. Got it for about $55. It has a usb slot on the front and I also got a Toshiba Canvio Slim II 500GB hard drive. It's about the size of half a deck of playing cards and plugs right in to the usb slot.

My new cheap BD player will play pretty much any kind of audio/video that I've thrown at it. I even tried a few BD rips and it even does DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD from the hard drive to the usb. It's also very easy to control, as I can just use my BD remote as if I'm playing a blu-ray disc.

I just upgraded my new laptop to Windows 10 and am right now updating my new(used) tower to it too.

My laptop is capable of outputting HD audio, but unfortunately my tower isn't. I was hoping to hide my tower in the closet with my other HT equipment to use as a HTPC, but apparently the only way I can do that with HD audio is to get a new graphics card. The tower has an Nvidia g210, which from my testing and reading about, doesn't do HD audio.

I have figured out how to share files from both my computers and my PS3 though, which is cool.

[spaceape]

Well alright then.

I use TVersity too stream from the pc myself (via DLNA). I have no experience with the new generation of consoles. Heck i don't even think i've ever touched one from the PS3 generation and onward.

Entry level AMD cards are pretty cheap. I got myself a R7 260x a while back. It has hdmi audio and can even be used to game a little bit. . Some pointers >here<.

[DangeRuss]

What up Frogster!!!!!!!!!!

I was playing this yesterday and thought of you

The Sahara of Snow - Bill Bruford, 1979 - YouTube

[spaceape]

HellOOOOOO!