Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread John Stevenson
On 21 May 2010 15:08, Simon Swaysland wrote: > >> I'll try it when I get home, I do hope it works. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Simon >> > > It worked!! > > Under Alsamixer these was an column marked "s/pdif 1". It was marked MM for > mute, I unmuted it with "m". > > Thanks fr your help. > > > Cheers, > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Simon Swaysland
> > > I'll try it when I get home, I do hope it works. > > Cheers, > > Simon > It worked!! Under Alsamixer these was an column marked "s/pdif 1". It was marked MM for mute, I unmuted it with "m". Thanks fr your help. Cheers, Simon -- QUANDO OMNI FLUNKUS MORITATUS -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.c

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Simon Swaysland
Simon, > It looks like I am in the same boat, but I will try what Andrew suggested > tonight. I did enable Nvidia drivers, but the alsamixer unmute sounds > promising... > > I wonder if there is a difference between revo's. I have an R3610, does > everyone who has a working revo have the same mo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Alan Pope
On 21 May 2010 10:00, John Stevenson wrote: > I wonder if there is a difference between revo's.  I have an R3610, does > everyone who has a working revo have the same model? > I have the 3600 which is the single core Atom 230 CPU model. The 3610 has the Atom 330 dual core CPU. I don't believe the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread John Stevenson
On 21 May 2010 08:39, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > > On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > >> Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box >> to check. >> >> >> Hi, > > Unfortunately, the only setting I have in the BIOS is to disable the audio > output. > > In so

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Andrew Seyes
Hello, I installed 10.04 on my revo and I too struggled to get any sound via HDMI which refused stubbornly to work despite my best efforts. Finally I gave up and completed the install by activating the nvidia graphics driver. After a reboot I was surprised to find that sound just started working v

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread Simon Swaysland
On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box > to check. > > > Hi, Unfortunately, the only setting I have in the BIOS is to disable the audio output. In sound preferences I've got output set to HDMI out, but still no luck.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-21 Thread javadayaz
I wonder how Google TV will fit into all of this...Maybe you dont need a Revo or dell in there now!! On 20 May 2010 16:13, John Stevenson wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:34, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: >> > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 May 2010 15:34, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settings? > > > > I've installed the nvidia binary driver and vdpau library from the > repository and that was pretty much it. I put a couple of tweaks in my >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
Same here! just installed Nvidia's latest drivers plus the vdpau libraries and XBMC it works perfectly. On 20 May 2010 15:34, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settings? > > > > I've installed the nvidia binary dri

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 15:30, Simon Swaysland wrote: > Did it just work, or did you have to play with settings? > I've installed the nvidia binary driver and vdpau library from the repository and that was pretty much it. I put a couple of tweaks in my mplayer config to make it buffer and force it to use

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Simon Swaysland
On 20 May 2010 15:21, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 15:04, javadayaz wrote: > > And youve not had any problems displaying it full screen? + whats the > > quality of HD playback obviously depending on what it is 720,1080i,1080p > etc > > ? > > > > Works fine for the 720p content I have. > > C

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 15:04, javadayaz wrote: > And youve not had any problems displaying it full screen? + whats the > quality of HD playback obviously depending on what it is 720,1080i,1080p etc > ? > Works fine for the 720p content I have. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ub

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Matthew Daubney
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 15:01 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be > > configurable to a 40" inch screen? > > > > My revo is attached to a 42" screen. > > Cheers, > Al. Show off :p -Matt Daubne

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
it should work with a 40" screen. it's the resolution size that matters not the physical size. as long as the screen and box can display the same resolution it should be fine. On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be > config

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread javadayaz
And youve not had any problems displaying it full screen? + whats the quality of HD playback obviously depending on what it is 720,1080i,1080p etc ? On 20 May 2010 15:01, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 14:57, javadayaz wrote: > Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be > configurable to a 40" inch screen? > My revo is attached to a 42" screen. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread javadayaz
Reading peoples comments here has just made me think. Will the revo be configurable to a 40" inch screen? On 20 May 2010 14:49, Alan Pope wrote: > On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > > Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box > to > > check. > > > > The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 14:40, Bill Cumming wrote: > Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box to > check. > The output is configurable with pulseaudio. Click the speaker icon in the notification area, choose Sound Preferences, click the output tab, click the drop down next

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
Since it's the BIOS, think you have to wait till you get hands on the box to check. On 20 May 2010 14:31, Simon Swaysland wrote: > > > On 20 May 2010 13:54, Bill Cumming wrote: > >> What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If >> it's anything like my Zotac ION board)

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread John Stevenson
On 20 May 2010 13:54, Bill Cumming wrote: > What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If it's > anything like my Zotac ION board) for switching onboard audio between > "internal codec, external codec, internal+external codec". To get HDMI Audio > select "internal codec"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Simon Swaysland
On 20 May 2010 13:54, Bill Cumming wrote: > What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If it's > anything like my Zotac ION board) for switching onboard audio between > "internal codec, external codec, internal+external codec". To get HDMI Audio > select "internal codec"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Alan Pope
On 20 May 2010 13:51, javadayaz wrote: > Who sells the dell zino HD? and which one is better specs wise...the revo or > the dell? > Dell? http://www.google.com/search?dell+zino+hd http://euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Desktops/inspiron-zino-hd/pd.aspx?refid=inspiron-zino-hd&cs=ukdhs1&s=dhs The revo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Cumming
What settings are in the BIOS for audio? there should be an option (If it's anything like my Zotac ION board) for switching onboard audio between "internal codec, external codec, internal+external codec". To get HDMI Audio select "internal codec" that uses the HDMI for sound output. On 20 May 201

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread javadayaz
Who sells the dell zino HD? and which one is better specs wise...the revo or the dell? On 20 May 2010 13:46, Simon Swaysland wrote: > Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. > >> >> Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media >> centre on a Dell Z

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Nvidia Settings (was Media Centre Advice)

2010-05-20 Thread Simon Swaysland
Thanks everyone for your help and advice, much appreciated. > > Just out of interest, does anyone have any experience of running a media > centre on a Dell Zino HD? They look quite cool, plus they have a DVD player > built in. > > Thanks, > > Simon > Afternoon, My Revo is up and running, Lovely