I know there are lot of us out there that do not upgrade their PC regularly ie. yearly. But those of us out there with older computers try and drag out the upgrading process on their older rigs. I am sure a lot of individuals out there want to watch HD content on their machines only to find out that they stutter their way into oblivion.
What options do we have out there to keep us out of this pit of despair?
We could always upgrade, but we just forked out $700 last year and cannot do it again for a while. The simplest way to do this would be with software.
CoreAVC software
The CoreCodec CoreAVC High Definition H.264 video codec is based on the MPEG-4 Part 10 standard and is the video codec used in AVCHD, Blu-Ray and in HD-DVD. H.264 is the next-generation standard for video, and CoreAVCâ„¢ is being recognized as being the world’s fastest H.264 software video decoder.
The efficiency of CoreAVC in ‘software’ is often compared to be faster than other solutions that try to rely on ‘hardware’ to increase playback performance of H.264 video.
A lot of the videos that are out there on the net are in the H.264 variety. The best way I have found out is to use CoreAVC along with Media Player Classic. This seems to bring my CPU usage WAY down on a dual core rig with 4 gigs of RAM. But the biggest benefit I have seen using CoreAVC is what go to remaster my home videos that come off my Canon HV30. They are 1080i right off the bat and my rig went to a crawl when I used to work with them let alone view them. When I discovered CoreAVC, it made my life a LOT easier.
Got an older rig? Give the CoreAVC demo a try and see if it breaths life back into that rig. Let me know if this has helped you or you have any questions. 
Hi
I just found this site and configured my Twonky Media with my mac accessing i tunes on an external drive
Somthing I have been looking to do for about 2 weeks And NO useful answers on any of the sites I visited
Yours was simple idiot proof and excellent
Many Thanks
I have one more issue
How do I access you tube on my TV
I get all the folders on screen on my TV but NO content
However I do get the content on the Twonky media manager in my browser on my mac
Would be obliged for any help
Many Thanks
SB
PS
Also any advice RE PICASA?
I can not get anything on my TV screen DO get the folders
BUT on my PC it is someone else’s album someone I do not know!! NOT mine
SB
Hi
I am still not able to access music, youtube on my TV
My music folders appear on screen on my TV but nohing happens,
However I can access it on my Mac when played through Twonky media server/manager
Would be obliged for any advice
Have a Mac connected wireless via a router & airport to a bravia TV
Mac OSX is 10.4.11
Would be obliged for any help/advice
Many thanks
I know this might not be the place for this but i had a question about converting a video file to a single .vob file. i have been trying to figure out how to stream 5.1 audio using tversity to my ps3 and it seems you have accomplished this, what application should i use to convert my video files to a single .vob file so I can stream 5.1 to my ps3.
Your best bet now is to use PS3mediaserver. But VOB files are rough dealing with. MKV files can have the audio you need encoded in them even if it is DTS. PS3mediaserver passes it on through to your receiver.
Sounds like you need to make sure that Twonky has all the media files scanned in. Some times it takes a while.
You must be pointed to someone elses Wireless Access Point. Make sure you pick yours otherwise this will happen.
Broken link to coreavc. Here’s what I found: http://corecodec.com/products/coreavc
Thank you and I fixed it.