2013-08-08

Hi Guys

Please assist to a rookie.

I’ve purchased Xtreamer Ultra2 DELUXE to replace my old WDTV live.

(Connected over Gigabit LAN to my movie server which is being shared with NFS)

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SPECS:

CPU

Intel® Atom® D2700 (dual-core, 2.13GHz)

GPU

NVIDIA® GT520M with 512MB DDR3, NVIDIA® 3DTV Play Capable

Chipset IO

NM10, NCT5577D

Memorey

4GB DDR3 (SO-DIMM/204pin/DDR3-1333/PC3-10600) Included

SSD

32GB mSATA SSD with Pre-installed OpenElec XBMC

Hard Disk

Supports 1 x 2.5-inch SATA 3.0 Gb/s HDD/SSD

Display Options

HDMI (w/audio), DVI-I

Gigabit LAN Ethernet

10/100/1000Mbps (RTL8111E)

WiFi

Internal Antenna 802.11n WiFi

Bluetooth

Bluetooth2.1+EDR (Enhanched Data Rate)

USB Ports

4 USB 2.0 (2 on back panel, 2 on front panel) + 2 USB3.0

(2 on the back panel)

Audio

7.1 CH digital audio (HDMI), Optical Digital S/PDIF audio output

IR Port

IRDA 1.0

DirectX® Support

DirectX 11 with Shader Model 4.1

Other Features

OpenCL compliant, OpenGL® 3.2 compatible, NVIDIA®, PhysX® ready,

NVIDIA® CUDA™ ready, NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD technology

Software Features

Linux Based XBMC Open-Elec

HTPC Capability

Windows® 7 with Aero® user interface and DirectCompute compatible

Boxee, XBMC, MediaPortal Compatible

Live CD or PreCompiled Linux compatible

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It came with the pre-installed XBMC 11 (Eden) and I decided to upgrade it to V12.2 (Frodo) mainly because of the HD audio support.

I've upgraded my Ultra 2 with XBMCbuntu 12.2 (Frodo) which I’ve downloaded from http://xbmc.org/download/. (That’s the image I've used: xbmcbuntu-12.2.Intel-NVIDIA.iso)

Installed the system from the USB flash drive and used the XBMCbuntu graphical interface. That’s it…

The upgrade itself went fine but I experience many issues now with the picture quality (judder) paying the 60fps MKV file, m2ts payback which is not working and with the Ultra 2 remote control many functions of which stopped working and its range downgraded to 1.5 miters only. (I simply can’t use it anymore).

At the beginning Eden produced some minor juddering as well but it was fixed by setting on the ‘adjust display refresh rate to match video” .

But Frodo doesn't really care about it and the outcome is the same whatever this function being on or off.

Another issue is that the same “M2TS” file which worked perfectly on Eden stopped working on Frodo after the upgrade.

I've installed XBMC 12.2 on Windows 7 for a testing purposes (my other PC) and the same M2TS file works fine and also no judder while paying the same 60fps MKV file.

So I guess I've messed up with the upgrade or with the configuration….

Please instruct me how to handle the upgrade properly. What have I missed? Is there any additional manual configuration required? (I didn't do any)

Do I have to install additional components/drivers to complete my installation?

Perhaps I shall change some XBMC configuration?

I have no problem to scratch this installation and to start all over again so do not hesitate to tell me so!

Please assist,

Yuri D.

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