Topic: Hey home theatre faggots... XP Pro vs XP Media Center and 1080P/HDMI support (Read 3594 times)

Joseph Davis · « **on:** October 12, 2009, 01:48:31 PM »

So we have a 47" Vizio 1080P TV as the monitor for the shop's main computer. It had XP Media Center on it, auto-recognized the HDMI hookup and formatted the screen correctly.

Media Center won't run Mitchell OnDemand5. The app won't even open.

I install XP Pro, and now the screen has a border around it. And now Mitchell works.

Is there any way to get Media Center functionality into Pro?

t_cel_t · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:55:38 PM »

you mean even when your looking at your desktop it is cropped down?
if so, righ click desktop>properties>settings>screen resolution it might be set to some default value which is smaller then your screen

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:57:36 PM »

Quote from: t_cel_t on October 12, 2009, 01:55:38 PM

you mean even when your looking at your desktop it is cropped down?
if so, righ click desktop>properties>settings>screen resolution it might be set to some default value which is smaller then your screen

I know how to set it on 1920X1080. There's still an inch of black nothing top and bottom, closer to 2" on either side.

t_cel_t · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2009, 01:58:47 PM »

i know on my 720p monitor it will do a crop in the monitor, check the settings on the monitor

junkyard racer · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:12:51 PM »

there is a setting in the TV. I have to do it all of the time when I install sat's.

Ravage70 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:16:37 PM »

TV settings genius

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:19:36 PM »

Quote from: junkyard racer on October 12, 2009, 02:12:51 PM

there is a setting in the TV. I have to do it all of the time when I install sat's.

Yeah, that's what I just did. The old 32" 720P didn't, but there's a reason I got it for free.

Funny thing is the TV auto-adjusted perfectly under Media Center. The tower had been sitting here a week before Goforth bought the 47", because the 32" had failed when moving it from one room to the other, and it was plug and play perfection. I like that, as it saves me from having to tweak something a five year old could figure out everytime these monkeys change something.

Thanks, guys!

jagojon3 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2009, 02:43:01 PM »

The answer is no. You can't run Windows Media Center on a non-MC version of Windows.

Jorsher · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2009, 03:52:58 PM »

Quote from: jagojon3 on October 12, 2009, 02:43:01 PM

The answer is no. You can't run Windows Media Center on a non-MC version of Windows.

Unless you have Win7 which comes with it installed.

jagojon3 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2009, 04:06:37 PM »

Right, I was talking about non-MC versions, aka any version of XP that doesn't have "Media Center Edition" in the title or any Vista version below Home Premium. If your version of Windows didn't come with Media Center, you can't add it on.

Jorsher · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2009, 04:14:28 PM »

Well.

JD, you suck.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2009, 04:37:17 PM »

I could care less about Media Center, I just wanted whatever HDMI handshaking protocol it has. I'd figure XP sp3 being the standard for pre-DX10 gaming that there'd be a way to add it.

crxvtec91 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:21:40 PM »

Windows sucks/ thread.....

bigwig · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:33:08 PM »

Look into the menu of the TV. There is most likely an option to stretch the image. I'd also try using VGA and see if the problem fixes itself. HDMI is great, but on a computer, it really doesn't show it's benefits often. If the video card magically passes audio through the HDMI cable, then I could see the point of using an HDMI cable, but most often it won't so, a SVGA w/ audio cable seems more than appropriate with a computer.

10' cable runs you will not see the difference between HDMI and VGA.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:41:10 PM »

Video card is DVI, S-video, HDMI. TV is VGA, component, and HDMI. I'll give you Jason's number if you want to sell him on a DVI-->VGA cable, but he seems happy as is.

bigwig · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:47:29 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on October 12, 2009, 05:41:10 PM

Video card is DVI, S-video, HDMI. TV is VGA, component, and HDMI. I'll give you Jason's number if you want to sell him on a DVI-->VGA cable, but he seems happy as is.

I don't want to sell anyone anything. I do think I have a DVI to VGA converter somewhere though. Honestly, they are so common it wouldn't be worth the $4 to mail it.

I'd mess with the TV settings first. Somewhere in the menu it should allow you to stretch the image. If it doesn't, updating the video card's drivers may do the trick.

Jorsher · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2009, 05:51:54 PM »

Quote from: crxvtec91 on October 12, 2009, 05:21:40 PM

Windows sucks/ thread.....

He's right, linux is considerably better for all your media player needs.

jagojon3 · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:22:32 PM »

If you are still having this problem, go into your advanced display properties and look for an option called "Overscan" and make sure it is set to 0.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:27:57 PM »

Quote from: bigwig on October 12, 2009, 05:47:29 PM

I'd mess with the TV settings first.

You missed my second post to thread, huh? I fixed it that way before I checked back here.

Quote from: Jorsher on October 12, 2009, 05:51:54 PM

Quote from: crxvtec91 on October 12, 2009, 05:21:40 PM
Windows sucks/ thread.....

He's right, linux is considerably better for all your media player needs.

It's a computer, not a media player. Linux doesn't run OnDemand5, et al, and is therefore a form of failure.

Jorsher · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:32:37 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on October 12, 2009, 07:27:57 PM

Quote from: Jorsher on October 12, 2009, 05:51:54 PM
Quote from: crxvtec91 on October 12, 2009, 05:21:40 PM
Windows sucks/ thread.....

He's right, linux is considerably better for all your media player needs.

It's a computer, not a media player. Linux doesn't run OnDemand5, et al, and is therefore a form of failure.

Yeah I forgot my sarcasm tags.

Although, he will say you can just use wine.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:45:27 PM »

Or XP Pro.

Kain · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:45:44 PM »

Quote from: danwjmu on October 12, 2009, 07:36:30 PM

or VMWare.

not only does VMware not support hardware such as gfx cards, the ones that are supported are for server environments.

bigwig · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:48:13 PM »

Quote from: Joseph Davis on October 12, 2009, 07:27:57 PM

Quote from: bigwig on October 12, 2009, 05:47:29 PM
I'd mess with the TV settings first.

You missed my second post to thread, huh? I fixed it that way before I checked back here.

Third post and you were responding to something Frank posted, so I automatically scanned over it.

Kain · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2009, 07:50:37 PM »

Quote from: danwjmu on October 12, 2009, 07:47:12 PM

Hmmm good to know. My experience with VMWare is at work where it did everything we needed it to flawlessly.

yah. the only ones i know that are supported are compaq servers. weird.

vmware is awesome under server conditions. however i dontuse that shit. i just use a couple of nvidia ion pcs and run pyrit on em.

Joseph Davis · « **Reply #24 on:** October 12, 2009, 08:20:08 PM »

Quote from: bigwig on October 12, 2009, 07:48:13 PM

Quote from: Joseph Davis on October 12, 2009, 07:27:57 PM
Quote from: bigwig on October 12, 2009, 05:47:29 PM
I'd mess with the TV settings first.

You missed my second post to thread, huh? I fixed it that way before I checked back here.

Third post and you were responding to something Frank posted, so I automatically scanned over it.

Wow, you actually pay attention to what I say.

bigdaddyvtec · « **Reply #25 on:** October 13, 2009, 02:27:01 AM »

Quote from: jagojon3 on October 12, 2009, 02:43:01 PM

The answer is no. You can't run Windows Media Center on a non-MC version of Windows.

Thats not entirelty true... but to do so woulld gain 0

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