Hey guys - I've currently got a stock shuttle ST20G5 running XP media centre on a 1080i screen. I have no TV tuner card - I more use the PC as a server for music and photos, but am having lots of problems getting the box to play DVDs correctly. I have PowerDVD 7 installed (straight thru SPDIF output). When I play DVDs within PowerDVD itself all works well, but when I try to play them through the media centre interface everything just grinds and stutters, particularly the sound.
I have 1GB ram and a 3000+ athlon 64, and CPU usage never seems to go >50%, and as I say - when playing direct in PowerDVD all is ok. Are there any additional media centre settings I need to set to get any decent performance?![]()
Thanks for your help,
- Steve


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. It REALLY cacked the graphics output on my 4. Also, remember to do a clear CMOS after the BIOS update. Also get the latest Cat 6.8 drivers for Media Centre (and make sure they're the Motherboard/IGP drivers - see 
