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Do any of you use a HTPC to store your movies and to serve from? Do you store both DVDs and Blu-Rays? I'm currently loading my HTPC with all of my DVDs. Then next will be my Blu-Rays. After that I will box up my dvds/Blu-Rays and store them in a closet.

[chip]

I just got rid of my Tivo and went to an HTPC. I use if for Live TV/DVR/DVD/BR/ESPN3/Netflix and squeezeslave for music playback.

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I just got rid of my Tivo and went to an HTPC. I use if for Live TV/DVR/DVD/BR/ESPN3/Netflix and squeezeslave for music playback.

Cool! I'm using JRMC 17 for my playback App. Works very nice!

[Bob in St. Louis]

Kinda, maybe, sorta, not really...... 

My room is a two channel and HT room.
That being said, I've just recently installed "Zotac Zbox" in my HT rack to be used as a music server. The software I'm using is JRiver Media. The music is on a 2TB USB external HDD.

I've thought about storing movies, but the storage space required and time involved in doing everything related to that doesn't appeal to me as much as it  does for music. I'm simply not going to watch the movies over and over again to justify the purchase of harddrives and time invested.

But it would be fun if anybody has an abundance of large harddrives laying around. I'd be more than happy to take them off your hands. 

Bob

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I have a dedicated 2CH system in my listening room using a laptop/JRMC for my HD music source. I also have a dedicated HTPC/JRMC setup with my 73" HDTV in the family room. The movie theater sound system is a simple 5.2 surround. It's capable of reproducing real movie theater sound levels which I think makes up half the movie especially action movies. I re-watch movies I have not seen for 3-20 years and it's almost like seeing it for the first time. I use 2 subs to reproduce to very low level frequency range which just rocks!

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Here is a shot of my 73" HD screen with JRMC. The HTPC plays excellent. Going to enjoy watching my oldie but goodies soon!

[Bob in St. Louis]

Sweet photo! 

You wouldn't want to post that in the "Show pictures of your HT room" thread and put some new blood in that old thread, would you? 

Bob

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I would but I have converter the PC to just a dedicated internet surfing PC due to BD playback quality not on PAR with my sweet! BD player. I will not sacrifice video quality for connivance.

[Bob in St. Louis]

Umm....I think you misunderstood.
I meant post the photograph you posted above, into this thread right >HERE<.
Not to make your HTPC "do" anything different.
If you catch my drift. 

Bob

[nwboater]

Do any of you use a HTPC to store your movies and to serve from? Do you store both DVDs and Blu-Rays? I'm currently loading my HTPC with all of my DVDs. Then next will be my Blu-Rays. After that I will box up my dvds/Blu-Rays and store them in a closet.

Yes we do and have been for awhile now. We have a few hundred DVDs and just a few BluRays. And a terabyte or two of recorded TV, mostly movies. Of course lots of music too.

We also use JRMC 17. In fact I've 'seen' you on the MC Forum. I used SageTV for a few years. Tried MC17 for a few months for TV recording but went back to Sage. So TV recording and Comskip is run in Sage. MC17 imports all the recordings. We always use Theater View for watching or listening to anything. So under Movies in Theater View all our DVD's, BluRays and Recorded TV Movies show together.

I can't speak highly enough of JRMC. The Sound and Video quality is outstanding. And of course as a media organizer it is fantastic. A bit of a learning curve, but well worth it.

I find it interesting that you are using Standard View on your large screen. Do you ever use Theater View?

Rod

[Bob in St. Louis]

Good post Rod....
Also, what are you using as the remote?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 with Gizmo as the interface, or "Unified Remote" as the Andriod app "mouse".

Bob

[nwboater]

Good post Rod....
Also, what are you using as the remote?
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 with Gizmo as the interface, or "Unified Remote" as the Andriod app "mouse".

Bob

Thanks, Bob. We use a Harmony One and have been quite pleased with it. Has high WAF too!

I think Jim at JRiver uses the same, or similar, remote as you and likes it. Since we do all watching/listening in Theater View the Harmony has been sufficient for us.

Forgot to mention in my last post that we don't use a receiver. The outputs from the Asus Essence ST soundcard go straight to the power amps. Very happy with this approach, and getting even more so as JRiver enhances their DSP.

Rod

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Since this thread is about equipment guess I should mention ours. Mains are Klipschorns, Center is 2 Klipsch Heresys, but will be changed to a Klipsch LaScala clone. Sides are some old KEF's, but will be replaced with the Klipsch Heresy's that are now our Center. Sub is a large Danley DTS-10 that my wife and I built as a kit.

Amps are a hodge-podge of old stuff except for the Behringer E4000 for the sub. Will be building a set of Class D amps for everything but the sub. Screen is a 55' Panasonic Plasma. Also use a small LCD monitor for MC & computer housekeeping.

The Klipsch Heritage and Danley sub deliver incredible dynamics for movies and music. On some 'action' movies I occasionally worry about our house. Sandra gives me some strange looks at times.

Anyway it's sure is a lot of fun: Both putting together the system and using it.

Rod

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BIG UPDATE!!!

After a bit of learning curve  I managed to setup my HTPC to play back both DVD & Blu-Ray with same excellent picture quality as my dedicated BD player.    I guess my BD player will just grow cobwebs now.