demo of my HTPC

My first HTPC Build. The video quality isn't the best but it gets the job done. Take a look at http://forum.xbmc.org/ - the guys there are really helpful.

Specs:
Gateway lx6810-01 case with build in IR receiver
Noah Company MediaGate GP-IR02BK IR Remote
Kingston 30GB SATA 2.5" SSD
Western Digital 640GB Caviar Black SATA 3 Gb/s 7200 RPM 32 Cache
BIOSTAR G41DVI LGA 775 Intel G41 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 / 2.33 GHz
MASSCOOL 8W553B1M3 90mm Ball CPU Cooler
Optical: DVD±RW / DVD-RAM | Read: 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) | Write Speed: 48x (CD) / 18x (DVD) / 12x (DVD-RAM) / 8x (DVD Double layer) | Labelflash Technology
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 graphics card
2x Crucial 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300)
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
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For setup, I use eventghost as my shell, which launches straight into xbmc. I also used eventghost to program my remote. With the remote I can toggle from xbmc to Windows Media Center where I can play various game ROMS using emulators for nintendo 64, nintendo and super nintendo (this is done by using the gametime plugin for wmc and programing a wired gamestop xbox360 controller). I also have the hulu desktop plugin and xbmc plugin for wmc so I can launch both programs from wmc if needed. You can also watch Netflix from wmc with a subscription and both WMC and XBMC are able to stream online tv shows.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• htpc
• home theater pc
• xbmc
• eventghost
• wmc
• windows media center
• windows 7
• pc build
• computer
• hulu
• netflix
• tv

[SMDBclan]

I've also added hulu and netflix to xbmc and am going to add firefox as well and just get rid of the need for windows media center.

[no0style]

Nice setup :) I could never get emulators working in xbmc. Oh well. :)

[SMDBclan]

@no0style thanks. I run the emulators from windows media center using a plugin called gametime but I'm looking into running them from xbmc using hyperspin but so far its annoying to set up but we will see if I can get it working.

[no0style]

@SMDBclan I've tried Hyperspin and just gave up. Looks great but just a pain to setup. Decided to hack a Wii instead. All I want to do is get some N64, Gamecube & SNES controllers so I can play games as they should be played :D. Good luck with Hyperspin, you'll need it I think :p

[SMDBclan]

@no0style Yeah, I gave up on hyperspin, I got it working with a few emulators but couldn't get it working with all of the ones I wanted, so now I have switched to the "rom collection browser" plugin for xbmc and it works pretty good, the only problem I had was that it would not work with any n64 emulator other than Project64 1.7 and only 1.7. Then I just added it to favorites and added a shortcut to it on my homemenu called "games" and it works like a charm.

[no0style]

@SMDBclan Awesome!