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If you are going to use the extender while using the PC, make sure the PC has a reasonable amount of grunt - I'd suggest dual core as minimum spec. Works fine with an old box (e.g. P4 2.53GHz) as long as you don't really use the PCs desktop at the same time (& certainly won't work well while the old PC is running VMC).
Also, be aware of what other video formats you can & can't play over the extender before you buy it - it won't just play everything: e.g. Divx tagged AVIs won't play, but Xvid tagged ones will (you can use FourCC changer to make Dvix Xvid ). AVIs with AC3 won't play, but with mp3 they will. MKVs won't play.
In other words, buyer beware!
Justin
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Office/Server: Abit A-N78HD, BE-2350, 2x1GB Kingston HyperX 800, 2 x AverTV Duo (4 tuners), CoolerMaster Centurion 5 Tower.
doesnt matter the whole vmc and all hardware associated is going to be solely for the lounge room as i have no reason to watch it in my office as i have a cd in here. Also do youthink a firmware upgrade would allow the playing of thos file types.
Anoehr quick quiestion can i stream blu ray and hd dvds to it?
In reply to the above poster
All my files are divx with mixed audio formats is this going to be a problem ?
also would then a xbox 360 be a better extender and does that do the same (displays vmc on my tv and let me use booth at the same time)?
It would be possible that a firmware upgrade will allow you to use those file types. But it's up to the manufacturer to do so, and well, that's something we can't answer.
As for streaming HD-DVD or Blu-ray discs, the answer is no. You can't even stream a DVD from another PC (even if it was ripped on the HDD, although there is a hack for that).
). AVIs with AC3 won't play, but with mp3 they will. MKVs won't play.
