I picked up a Foxconn nt-3700 barebone that uses the AMD E-450 APU with the integrated Radeon 6320, got it decked out with 4 GB ram and an Intel 120 GB SSD and also picked up a SiliconDust HD Homerun Prime CableCard tuner. I wanted to replace my Tivo Premere with the Foxconn and run Windows Media Center and XBMC. Windows 7 and WMC was a FAIL as it was never stable and was NOT very responsive. When I tried to run XBMC on it, it could not play the BluRay rips I have (made with MakeMKV backup option) either. Messing around with Linux XBMC and Openelec was a different matter. It was not easy but following the instructions here produced an acceptable XMBC player that played the ripped BluRays just fine.
I tried WMC on Windows 8 and while not perfect, was significantly better. This got my hopes up about XBMC under Win 8, but, XBMC still could not play the BluRay rips.
Am I missing something here? I understand Windoze bites but has anyone here run Windows XBMC on an AMD E-450 APU and been able to play BluRay rips?
The reason that I'm flogging Windoze is that WMC is the only media center that supports CableCard tuners. If WISH WISH WISH that I could run MythTV but I want HBO, Showtime and AMC and that is not going to happen with MythTV (FU CableLabs and Time Warner Cable).
I tried WMC on Windows 8 and while not perfect, was significantly better. This got my hopes up about XBMC under Win 8, but, XBMC still could not play the BluRay rips.
Am I missing something here? I understand Windoze bites but has anyone here run Windows XBMC on an AMD E-450 APU and been able to play BluRay rips?
The reason that I'm flogging Windoze is that WMC is the only media center that supports CableCard tuners. If WISH WISH WISH that I could run MythTV but I want HBO, Showtime and AMC and that is not going to happen with MythTV (FU CableLabs and Time Warner Cable).