Basic PC to play HD content

[Al Neri]

What would the bare essentials I would need to play .ts streams of 1080 p/i onto a HDTV?

Looking to spend as little as possible.


Thanks!

donr

 

[tuteja1986]

Fast CPU like AMD X2 5000+ or Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4Ghz
512MB of ram
Wired fast lan
http://www.videolan.org/



If you just want to watch some vidoe on your tv then i suggest :

http://www.sigmatek-players.co...0-en-specification.htm

Audio CD yes
AVI yes
DIVX yes (DivX Fusion too, without menus)
MPG yes
MPEG yes
OGM yes (renamed to AVI, only XviD + OGG)
MKV (Matroska) no
MP3 yes
WMA yes
OGG yes (renamed to AVI)
WAV no
JPG yes
JPEG yes
SRT yes (but not shown)
SUB yes (but not shown)
SUB/IDX yes (but not shown)
SMI yes (but not shown)
SMI multilingual yes (but not shown)
SSA yes (but not shown)
TXT yes with unofficial firmware (but not shown)


But if you wanted play all sorts of format then i suggest you buy a XBOX and softmod it and install XBOX media Center which let you play just about any video file via network : )

 

[hans007]

if you want to do the 1080p and are starting from scratch just buy something with an amd 690g or 790g integrated video with hdmi onboard.

 

[error8]

And use the cheapest dual core you can find, like the 4000+ X2 or something like that.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: Don Rodriguez
What would the bare essentials I would need to play .ts streams of 1080 p/i onto a HDTV?
Looking to spend as little as possible.
Thanks!
donr

There are a number of programs that will play transport streans.

First off, HD transport streams are mpeg2 with AC3 audio. Depending upon how they were recorded, the transport stream may consist of the primary HD channel and any number of subchannels - or it could just be one single channel.

As an example, my local NBC affiliate broadcasts ""Weather Plus"" as a subchannel. If I wanted to record 'Sunday Night Football' in my setup I would have to verify the ball game as the primary record and disable recording the Weather Plus digital stream.

There are 2 reasons I pointed this out. There are converters that will 'breakout' the channels into individual program files in several different formats AND some players that would normally have no problem playing back a transport stream sometimes get a little confused with primary-subchannel streams.

That said - newer versions of Power DVD will play transport streams. I think Cyberlink with charge you $20 for the AC3 codec to enable 5.1 audio. My Fusion ATSC tuner card also provides a player - in addition to a conversion program.

I've gotten Media Player to play the streams but the audio is screwed up - maybe I'll fix that if possible

You could also try the VLC Media Player

If I haven't confused you enough, you could also use a converter to create VOB files and burn them to a DVD . . . . .