Windows 7 Essentials

Matblack · 29-10-2009, 10:06

I did a clean install of W7 last night on my new drive

I'm trying to keep it relatively uncluttered, so far I have put the following on

iTunes
VLC Media Player
Lightroom - still need to copy over my pics and Lightroom backup files
7 Zip
PKR

And thats about it, I'm using Live Mail at the moment and God forbid IE as a browser

, I'll put Chrome and/ or Firefox on soon.

Just wondered what other people use?

I need a video player which will output 5.1 sound tracks to S/PDIF or I need to change some settings in VLC or get a codec or something, also VLC doesn't seem as crisp as in Vista and I think I used somthing else to output the video but I'm stuffed if can remember what and how I did it

Anything anyone can't live without that I should get?

I'll put Office on at somepoint too.

MB

Matblack · 29-10-2009, 10:34

Bit of a cop out but I think I'll bung this selection on there tonight with the settings this chap has used

Don't really need the front end though, just the player and the right codecs

http://www.projecthtpc.co.uk/htpc_software08.html

MB

NokkonWud · 29-10-2009, 11:58

I use the K Lite Mega Codec Pack and output 5.1 over S/PDIF and use Media Player Classic Home Cinema edition.

StandaloneStack2 might be something you'd like on Windows 7. I think it's a superb little tool.

Matblack · 29-10-2009, 12:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by NokkonWud

I use the K Lite Mega Codec Pack and output 5.1 over S/PDIF and use Media Player Classic Home Cinema edition.

I have a good recollection of what a pain it was to get Dolby 5.1 pass through with Vista, it took me hours to get it right and in the end the only thing which seemed to work was a cracked version of PowerDVD.

I'm hoping that the solution outlined in the link above will work for me as I am also outputting to a reciever and want that to be able to handle the DD and DTS feeds.

MB

NokkonWud · 29-10-2009, 12:23

It's really simple, takes about 5 seconds.
Open ffdshow audio from the taskbar when a video is playing and scroll down to 'output', then check the dts box and make sure you're outputting over 5 speakers.

Del Lardo · 29-10-2009, 18:03

Microsoft Security Essentials. Not perfect but it's free and has a much smaller impact than AVG or Avast while doing the same job.

Mark · 29-10-2009, 20:03

I can tell there will be 'See You In Court' over that one in due course. Oh well.

Just have to decide whether I should switch when my three year NOD32 license expires early next year.

divine · 29-10-2009, 20:45

CCCP > K-Lite for me

LeperousDust · 29-10-2009, 20:46

Panda Cloud looks interesting (for netbooks at least

Also instead of installing the big k0lite codec bloated pack, just install ffdshow, its all you really need, maybe matrasoka splitter as well. Job done and much less messy in the way of codecs!

NokkonWud · 30-10-2009, 01:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by divine

CCCP > K-Lite for me

I used to use that, but everything went tits up last time and K-Lite sorted it, so went with the latter this time round, but I agree, when working it's a cracking pack.

29-10-2009, 10:06	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Windows 7 Essentials I did a clean install of W7 last night on my new drive I'm trying to keep it relatively uncluttered, so far I have put the following on iTunes VLC Media Player Lightroom - still need to copy over my pics and Lightroom backup files 7 Zip PKR And thats about it, I'm using Live Mail at the moment and God forbid IE as a browser , I'll put Chrome and/ or Firefox on soon. Just wondered what other people use? I need a video player which will output 5.1 sound tracks to S/PDIF or I need to change some settings in VLC or get a codec or something, also VLC doesn't seem as crisp as in Vista and I think I used somthing else to output the video but I'm stuffed if can remember what and how I did it Anything anyone can't live without that I should get? I'll put Office on at somepoint too. MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

29-10-2009, 10:34	#2
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Bit of a cop out but I think I'll bung this selection on there tonight with the settings this chap has used Don't really need the front end though, just the player and the right codecs http://www.projecthtpc.co.uk/htpc_software08.html MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"

29-10-2009, 11:58	#3
NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	I use the K Lite Mega Codec Pack and output 5.1 over S/PDIF and use Media Player Classic Home Cinema edition. StandaloneStack2 might be something you'd like on Windows 7. I think it's a superb little tool. __________________

29-10-2009, 12:23	#5
NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	It's really simple, takes about 5 seconds. Open ffdshow audio from the taskbar when a video is playing and scroll down to 'output', then check the dts box and make sure you're outputting over 5 speakers. __________________

29-10-2009, 20:45	#8
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	CCCP > K-Lite for me __________________

29-10-2009, 18:03	#6
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	Microsoft Security Essentials. Not perfect but it's free and has a much smaller impact than AVG or Avast while doing the same job.

29-10-2009, 20:03	#7
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I can tell there will be 'See You In Court' over that one in due course. Oh well. Just have to decide whether I should switch when my three year NOD32 license expires early next year.

29-10-2009, 20:46	#9
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Panda Cloud looks interesting (for netbooks at least Also instead of installing the big k0lite codec bloated pack, just install ffdshow, its all you really need, maybe matrasoka splitter as well. Job done and much less messy in the way of codecs! __________________