Comments on: My Personal Revo 3610 Set Up that works well http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well Where career, information and technology come together Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:24:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-756 Paul J Roberts Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:49:17 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-756 It is 2.5 SATA. You can run any size HDD you want..either traditional platter style or a newer SSD. ;-) It is 2.5 SATA. You can run any size HDD you want..either traditional platter style or a newer SSD. ;-)

]]> By: rmjohn http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-752 rmjohn Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:50:34 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-752 Hi Paul, One more question for you. Is the HDD in revo swapable? Is it a 2.5" or 3.5" HDD? Can I replace it with a 1TB internal HD? Hi Paul,

One more question for you. Is the HDD in revo swapable? Is it a 2.5″ or 3.5″ HDD? Can I replace it with a 1TB internal HD?

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-745 Paul J Roberts Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:45:17 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-745 David, Thanks for the props and glad my blog was able to help get you going. Your model is the usual for the UK as the USA models have only 2 gb ram and 160 gb drives. ;-) Boxee has had some NAS issues. I've not trouble shot any of those issues on the Boxee forums, I'll ask my fellow Super Mods on the Boxee forums to see what some of the solutions may be. Other media center programs? Ahhh, most need too much power to run and don't offer what boxee does. I'd say just use WMC that is already on the machine. But, I'll see what I can find out about getting the Nas to work What model is it? Network connected or USB? My Revo Forums: http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/ David,

Thanks for the props and glad my blog was able to help get you going.

Your model is the usual for the UK as the USA models have only 2 gb ram and 160 gb drives. ;-)

Boxee has had some NAS issues. I’ve not trouble shot any of those issues on the Boxee forums, I’ll ask my fellow Super Mods on the Boxee forums to see what some of the solutions may be.

Other media center programs? Ahhh, most need too much power to run and don’t offer what boxee does. I’d say just use WMC that is already on the machine. But, I’ll see what I can find out about getting the Nas to work

What model is it? Network connected or USB?

My Revo Forums:
http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/

]]> By: David http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-744 David Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:32:31 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-744 Hi John, Thanks for the excellent start-up guide. I have just purchased the Revo R3610 which I presume is the slightly newer model as it comes with the 500GB HDD and 4GB RAM. I am pleased to say that your guide has made my machine into a Media Center to be proud of. Whilst the Revo won't hook onto the back of my Sony 40" TV, it is more than small enough to sit proudly down in the TV Stand. I can now finally get rid of my PC Tower ;-) One question though, I have a large collection of TV Shows already on my NAS Drive, but Boxee has some issues with collating them, what other programs can you recommend? Hi John,
Thanks for the excellent start-up guide. I have just purchased the Revo R3610 which I presume is the slightly newer model as it comes with the 500GB HDD and 4GB RAM. I am pleased to say that your guide has made my machine into a Media Center to be proud of.

Whilst the Revo won’t hook onto the back of my Sony 40″ TV, it is more than small enough to sit proudly down in the TV Stand. I can now finally get rid of my PC Tower ;-)

One question though, I have a large collection of TV Shows already on my NAS Drive, but Boxee has some issues with collating them, what other programs can you recommend?

]]> By: John http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-743 John Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:04:33 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-743 Thanks Paul. I have an HDMI connection. I did as you said. Set the revo resolution to 720p and adjusted the TV resolution. The TV screen was with the aspect ratio 16:9. When I changed it to "Just Scan" the screen fit well. Thanks. Thanks Paul. I have an HDMI connection. I did as you said. Set the revo resolution to 720p and adjusted the TV resolution. The TV screen was with the aspect ratio 16:9. When I changed it to “Just Scan” the screen fit well. Thanks.

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-742 Paul J Roberts Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:14:13 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-742 John, You did not state what cable you are using: HDMI or VGA. Set the revo at 720P. Then adjust the TV settings themselves. Those settings are Normal, cinema, Overscan (try NOT to use that), stretch, or some variant of all of these. Some older TV's don't play well with PC's even if connected via HDMI. They interpret the signal oddly and make it a strange size. Try to use the TV's format settings I outlined. John,

You did not state what cable you are using: HDMI or VGA.

Set the revo at 720P. Then adjust the TV settings themselves. Those settings are Normal, cinema, Overscan (try NOT to use that), stretch, or some variant of all of these.

Some older TV’s don’t play well with PC’s even if connected via HDMI. They interpret the signal oddly and make it a strange size. Try to use the TV’s format settings I outlined.

]]> By: John http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-740 John Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:12:46 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-740 Hi Paul, My revo 3610 is pretty much set up. I am having one issue with the display though. My TV is 720p (1280 x 720). Its a 50" samsung. However, when I set 720p as the resolution on my revo, the display on the TV is not fully within the TV screen. In order to get the display correctly within the TV screen I have to reduce the resolution on the revo to 1242 x 696. The recommended resolution on the computer is shows as 1280 x 720. Is there a way out? Hi Paul, My revo 3610 is pretty much set up. I am having one issue with the display though. My TV is 720p (1280 x 720). Its a 50″ samsung. However, when I set 720p as the resolution on my revo, the display on the TV is not fully within the TV screen. In order to get the display correctly within the TV screen I have to reduce the resolution on the revo to 1242 x 696. The recommended resolution on the computer is shows as 1280 x 720. Is there a way out?

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-717 Paul J Roberts Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:32:15 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-717 Mike, The no signal issue: Check for good cable connections. Open the Nvidia controller and be sure to set the Revo to HDMI out and select your 720P or 1080p resolution (I recommend 720P). If you have it set to vga...that may be your issue. Update the Nvidia drivers. The new WHQL 257.27 is out now. Stuttering with Netflix is normal right now. NF is in the midst of tweaking their player, bitrate settings etc. So, be sure to disable the HD opion in the player by clicking the HD tab and uncheck the "allow HD" and it should play in 1500 SD quality like it did before the move to HD streaming a few weeks ago. Sometimes, when they have the player tweaked right, it will stream HD nicely, but it comes and goes as they tweak it lately. Mike,

The no signal issue: Check for good cable connections. Open the Nvidia controller and be sure to set the Revo to HDMI out and select your 720P or 1080p resolution (I recommend 720P). If you have it set to vga…that may be your issue. Update the Nvidia drivers. The new WHQL 257.27 is out now.

Stuttering with Netflix is normal right now. NF is in the midst of tweaking their player, bitrate settings etc. So, be sure to disable the HD opion in the player by clicking the HD tab and uncheck the “allow HD” and it should play in 1500 SD quality like it did before the move to HD streaming a few weeks ago.
Sometimes, when they have the player tweaked right, it will stream HD nicely, but it comes and goes as they tweak it lately.

]]> By: Mike http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-716 Mike Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:38:23 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-716 I have an Acer Revo 3610. When I try to watch Hulu full screen my TV says no signal. Any thoughts on what might be causing this? I'm wondering if there could be something wrong with the HDMI cable, but I feel like I'm grasping at straws. I'm also experiencing a stuttering issue when streaming Netflix in HD. Hopefully this is temporary. I have an Acer Revo 3610. When I try to watch Hulu full screen my TV says no signal. Any thoughts on what might be causing this? I’m wondering if there could be something wrong with the HDMI cable, but I feel like I’m grasping at straws.

I’m also experiencing a stuttering issue when streaming Netflix in HD. Hopefully this is temporary.

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-712 Paul J Roberts Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:49:25 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-712 Michael, The new revo I've seen on the web but Acer has not confirmed the release other than their Aton/Ion 2 laptop. Nvidia still has to release a video patch driver that helps Windows play Flash with GPU acceleration. I feel that all the other vendors are waiting for this patch to be made BEFORE they all go to market with the Ion 2 boxes. That's why nothing has been released other than the Zotac Zbox, which is having playback issues without the new driver. Read more in the forums: http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=60 Michael,

The new revo I’ve seen on the web but Acer has not confirmed the release other than their Aton/Ion 2 laptop. Nvidia still has to release a video patch driver that helps Windows play Flash with GPU acceleration. I feel that all the other vendors are waiting for this patch to be made BEFORE they all go to market with the Ion 2 boxes. That’s why nothing has been released other than the Zotac Zbox, which is having playback issues without the new driver.

Read more in the forums: http://www.pauljroberts.com/fo.....&t=60

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-711 Paul J Roberts Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:47:11 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-711 Michael, Please see more on this topic in my forums: http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/ Michael,

Please see more on this topic in my forums:
http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/

]]> By: michael http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-710 michael Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:32:43 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-710 Paul: You can disregard some of my question above - I see this issue with USB tuners has been discussed to death with no final resolution. Seems the Hulu thing and Boxee is also a common problem. Wondering if a newer Revo is on the way with a bit more horsepower. Paul:
You can disregard some of my question above – I see this issue with USB tuners has been discussed to death with no final resolution. Seems the Hulu thing and Boxee is also a common problem.

Wondering if a newer Revo is on the way with a bit more horsepower.

]]> By: michael http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-709 michael Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:05:53 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-709 I have been looking into this solution with Boxee, or a Boxee box, or Sezmi PVR solution, to cut my satellite service and the one thing I would additionally like to integrate is Live OTA HD channels into this HTPC Do you have any thoughts, comments, recommendations about adding a usb tv tuner onto this unit to connect a OTA antenna and DVR recording capabilities, or would a satellite internet solution be a better way to go. I am afraid the added cpu load of the tuner would cause performance issues. The only way I can sell this to the family is to make it as easy to use and close as possible to our Dish HD DVR setup . I know i can justify the cost in a few months of sat bills, but trying to figure out a smooth interface. I have been playing with Boxee on another non HTPC right now, and having alot of problems with performance and interface(audio and cant get Hulu to work), so I believe it is not going to be the end all solution, but will be a combo of softwares. Any advice would be appreciated I have been looking into this solution with Boxee, or a Boxee box, or Sezmi PVR solution, to cut my satellite service and the one thing I would additionally like to integrate is Live OTA HD channels into this HTPC Do you have any thoughts, comments, recommendations about adding a usb tv tuner onto this unit to connect a OTA antenna and DVR recording capabilities, or would a satellite internet solution be a better way to go. I am afraid the added cpu load of the tuner would cause performance issues.

The only way I can sell this to the family is to make it as easy to use and close as possible to our Dish HD DVR setup . I know i can justify the cost in a few months of sat bills, but trying to figure out a smooth interface.
I have been playing with Boxee on another non HTPC right now, and having alot of problems with performance and interface(audio and cant get Hulu to work), so I believe it is not going to be the end all solution, but will be a combo of softwares.

Any advice would be appreciated

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-708 Paul J Roberts Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:31:36 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-708 Alex, Ok, good to hear. NFlix? Hmmm, boy. Real frustrating here to. Worked perfectly in HD the first week then went to crap. Seems I have plenty of CPU, but once the playbitrate and the download bit rate both hit 2600 or 3800 it starts to stutter. Did not do it that first week at all. I'm wondering if they are tinkering with the encoding, bandwidth or the player code? I'm not sure. All I know it went to hell real quick and I can't do anything on my end to get it back. I even turned off all sorts of services and got down to 39 items running and it still would not play. I've had to set the browser to 1500 bitrate manually and just deal with how it used to be before HD streams. WMCenter? I don't use it, but may have to see if it is using the HD stream or not and how it plays for me. I'll post back. We may need to move this to the my forum: http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/ Alex,

Ok, good to hear.

NFlix? Hmmm, boy. Real frustrating here to. Worked perfectly in HD the first week then went to crap. Seems I have plenty of CPU, but once the playbitrate and the download bit rate both hit 2600 or 3800 it starts to stutter. Did not do it that first week at all. I’m wondering if they are tinkering with the encoding, bandwidth or the player code? I’m not sure. All I know it went to hell real quick and I can’t do anything on my end to get it back. I even turned off all sorts of services and got down to 39 items running and it still would not play. I’ve had to set the browser to 1500 bitrate manually and just deal with how it used to be before HD streams.

WMCenter? I don’t use it, but may have to see if it is using the HD stream or not and how it plays for me. I’ll post back.

We may need to move this to the my forum: http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/

]]> By: Alex http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-707 Alex Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:10:39 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-707 Thanks. I did try it with the linked file before but probably did not download it properly. It works now. However, I still have sporadic problems with Netflix playback despite all the same setup. Every other time (randomly) the playback is very choppy. Then the other time it's OK. It's not the inernet - i am consistently getting over 5Mbits/s on speedtest. It seems to be the CPU. Playing neflix in explorer - same proble. So far WMC plays fine. Any ideas? Thanks. I did try it with the linked file before but probably did not download it properly. It works now.

However, I still have sporadic problems with Netflix playback despite all the same setup. Every other time (randomly) the playback is very choppy. Then the other time it’s OK. It’s not the inernet – i am consistently getting over 5Mbits/s on speedtest. It seems to be the CPU. Playing neflix in explorer – same proble. So far WMC plays fine. Any ideas?

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-693 Paul J Roberts Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:01:42 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-693 Alex, Glad my site helped out! Thanks. An H264 mp4 file plays natively on Windows Media Player, MPC-HC, Boxee and most any video player. H264 and MP4 requires no additional codec Your file is either not H264 .mp4 or was encoded with some other off beat codec. I included files at the bottom of the post that are proper H264 mp4 files. Download one and test it. ;-) Alex,
Glad my site helped out! Thanks.

An H264 mp4 file plays natively on Windows Media Player, MPC-HC, Boxee and most any video player. H264 and MP4 requires no additional codec

Your file is either not H264 .mp4 or was encoded with some other off beat codec.

I included files at the bottom of the post that are proper H264 mp4 files. Download one and test it. ;-)

]]> By: Alex http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-692 Alex Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:35:55 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-692 Great info! Thanks a lot! I did the installation and everything works except h264.mp4 playback which does not play in neither boxee nor WPC. Any ideas why? Which of the programs above was supposed to include h264 codec? Great info! Thanks a lot! I did the installation and everything works except h264.mp4 playback which does not play in neither boxee nor WPC. Any ideas why? Which of the programs above was supposed to include h264 codec?

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-672 Paul J Roberts Sat, 29 May 2010 14:24:44 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-672 Derek, Sorry, but I don't use WMC at all, so I've had very little use over the years once I decided I did not like the workflow and function. If there is a plug in to make ISO's work, give it a try. I tweeted mikinho to inform of site outage. Reading his tweets over the past few days, he's had this issue already and fixed it . Update: Mikinho tweeted me two links for 32 bit or 64 bit. mikinho@pauljroberts My VM is corrupt, the hosting company is working on it =/ v1.7 x86-32: http://bit.ly/cFRwXj x86-64: http://www.chi-town.com/mikinho/mount-image-setup-x64-1.7.msiabout 4 hours ago via Chromed Bird My Revo Forums: http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/ Derek,

Sorry, but I don’t use WMC at all, so I’ve had very little use over the years once I decided I did not like the workflow and function.

If there is a plug in to make ISO’s work, give it a try.

I tweeted mikinho to inform of site outage. Reading his tweets over the past few days, he’s had this issue already and fixed it .

Update:
Mikinho tweeted me two links for 32 bit or 64 bit.
mikinho@pauljroberts My VM is corrupt, the hosting company is working on it =/ v1.7 x86-32: http://bit.ly/cFRwXj x86-64: http://www.chi-town.com/mikinh.....7.msiabout 4 hours ago via Chromed Bird

My Revo Forums:
http://www.pauljroberts.com/forum/

]]> By: Paul J Roberts http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-671 Paul J Roberts Sat, 29 May 2010 14:18:46 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-671 AtomicCEO Yeah, I'd heard that and tested it to be true on my system too. Makes sense once you see what Aero actually does for the GPU. I thought as you did at one time. I'll clarify that bit in my Set Up post. Good idea! Thanks. AtomicCEO

Yeah, I’d heard that and tested it to be true on my system too. Makes sense once you see what Aero actually does for the GPU.
I thought as you did at one time.

I’ll clarify that bit in my Set Up post. Good idea! Thanks.

]]> By: Derek http://www.pauljroberts.com/my-personal-revo-3610-set-up-that-works-well/comment-page-2#comment-669 Derek Sat, 29 May 2010 12:21:11 +0000 http://www.pauljroberts.com/?p=1002#comment-669 Thanks for the feedback. It's not a huge concern and probably has more to do with my TV than anything. I've been using Windows Media Center 7, too, and am anxious to integrate my extended collection of ISOs. I know that I can use Mikinho's Media Center Mount Image app, along with DVDFab Virtual Drive, but Mikinho's site appears to be down and I can't find his app anywhere else. Have you had any experience with accessing ISOs inside WMC 7? Thanks for the feedback. It’s not a huge concern and probably has more to do with my TV than anything.

I’ve been using Windows Media Center 7, too, and am anxious to integrate my extended collection of ISOs. I know that I can use Mikinho’s Media Center Mount Image app, along with DVDFab Virtual Drive, but Mikinho’s site appears to be down and I can’t find his app anywhere else. Have you had any experience with accessing ISOs inside WMC 7?

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