[ST7677]

Believe me or not, my PC is crying(and almost at 99%) with this VST Plugins on a dedicated sound card. But the sound quality will beat any high end head unit and I am just working on this process and will provide you more information soon

Are you sure everything is setup well. I see loads of people using old Pentiums for audio tuning. E7300 is a dual core 2.6GHz(?) and should be easily able to run the tuning job.

Also how hot is it getting with processor 99% loaded? I assume you are using stock heatsink and fan.

I will need lot of help from you, as I am planning on a carpc project and my setup is likely to be very similar to yours, but it is still in early research stage... too little time, too many things to be done...

[ibm_jennifer]

And here is the update after a long time.

Installed the JBL 1004 Amp and EL 6.1 components. We have even tried 5.1 setup, but its not comes closer to the current 4.1 setup. So dropped the idea and one set of JBL 607 is free now.

The surround sound inside the car is awesome and now its way better than my home theater setup. I can enjoy 5.1 Dolby, even DTS movies & surround music now. All my stereo tracks are now in 4.1 and it looks better with Dolby Pro Logic.

Here are some pictures:










Cross over and Tuning process completed and currently working on Time alignment. There is a future plan for Calibration with RTA. Waiting for a Condenser Mic.

[nisarg86]

this is just mind blowing. wish i could have big car like you. totally awesomeness.
Well ZOTAC Dual Core Atom is on the way to india. will buzz you for VST and other plugins.

[ST7677]

Excellent, I can see that you are using multi display technology here

Can you please share the following info

Also how hot is it getting with processor 99% loaded?

[ibm_jennifer]

Excellent, I can see that you are using multi display technology here

Do you mean dual display? No, its not dual display. Its a technology called Full screen Overlay. Its somewhat difference and advanced than Dual Display. All Fullscreen overlays are Dual displays, but all duals are not overlays.

Also how hot is it getting with processor 99% loaded?

It happened because of a RTSA Plugin in my VST chain. I am just working on that and update you with the result.

[ST7677]

Hi LBM, Can you please elaborate on the difference between Dual Display and Display overlay? Are there any advantages of one over the other, or is it just marketing jargon? Also how many different screen images can you run at a time?

It happened because of a RTSA Plugin in my VST chain. I am just working on that and update you with the result.

Anyhow please let me know on the heating part, when the processor is 99% loaded. (if you have/can check). I would like to know how hot do these core2duo get as it is an important consideration in carputer building.

[amitk26]

IBM_Jennifer the jump seat in your Safari looks bigger then what is provided in 2.2 and 3.0 Dicor.
Is this stock or aftermarket and how much it costs if it is aftermarket job.

Originally Posted by ST7677

Hi LBM, Can you please elaborate on the difference between Dual Display and Display overlay

Hardware overlay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A multiple display with overlay helps to use multiple displays as one big single unit this is of good use in office environment ( for example I use 2 monitors in office and open documents on 2 monitors side by side for review)
I can drag and drop windows from one display to another, effectively getting a bigger workarea.

I am not sure how this can be used in a Car when one display is in first row and another is at the back.


A dual display on other hand is simply where you can drive 2 monitors with 2 different contents but continuity between the two is not there.


If your graphics card / motherboard have just dual display capability but no overlay you can not use 2 monitors placed side by side as one big single unit , They will always behave as 2 distinct display units.

This should be just fine for CAR applications.

By the way most motherboards today support overlay for dual display ( except Intel Atom ones) so this is no longer a differentiating factor.

EDIT : When I say most I mean most mid to high end onbaord graphics solutions available for 2 core processors . You may still have some older MB which do not have overly for second display.

[ACM]

Originally Posted by amitk26

IBM_Jennifer the jump seat in your Safari looks bigger then what is provided in 2.2 and 3.0 Dicor.
Is this stock or aftermarket and how much it costs if it is aftermarket job.

Should be stock, I think IBM Jennifer has a 2.0 ltr TCIC (just like mine) and in that version one side at the rear had a wider seat (meant to seat 2+ 1 passengers in the rear) the other side has a single seater similar to the newer 2.2 & 3.0 Dicors. But irrespective of the larger seats seating 3 in the rear is a night mare for any one whos not a kid.

[chiragh_bir]

hey there

i need that woofer connector ( the blue socket attached to woofer box) ... how much for that?

[ibm_jennifer]

i need that woofer connector ( the blue socket attached to woofer box) ... how much for that?

bhai, Its a speakon connector manufactured by MX, cost you some 100/200. Ask for a male-female combo and they are better than XLR.

But irrespective of the larger seats seating 3 in the rear is a night mare for any one whos not a kid.

I agree, useful for kids only.

A multiple display with overlay helps to use multiple displays as one big single unit this is of good use in office environment ( for example I use 2 monitors in office and open documents on 2 monitors side by side for review)
I can drag and drop windows from one display to another, effectively getting a bigger workarea.

You are wrong. I am not speaking about Hardware overlay. Its fullscreen overlay and what is does is - If you open any Video in the first monitor it will show only the video part in second monitor with tv gamet and fullscreen. Even if you minimize and open other applications, the video will play in the second monitors. Its not operating system defined or motherboard based.

Its called as CINEMA MODE in ATI graphics card and no longer available in any of the NVIDIA graphics cards now.

Anyhow please let me know on the heating part, when the processor is 99% loaded. (if you have/can check). I would like to know how hot do these core2duo get as it is an important consideration in carputer building.

No Bhai, No heat problem as I have solved the 99% load.

[amitk26]

Originally Posted by ibm_jennifer

You are wrong. I am not speaking about Hardware overlay. Its fullscreen overlay and what is does is - If you open any Video in the first monitor it will show only the video part in second monitor with tv gamet and fullscreen. Even if you minimize and open other applications, the video will play in the second monitors. Its not operating system defined or motherboard based.

Its called as CINEMA MODE in ATI graphics card and no longer available in any of the NVIDIA graphics cards now.

Well sir dont jump to conclusion with out understanding I am not wrong the feature you described is an application of hardware overlay.
based on your information taht your system is ATI based in the so called cinema mode the Video frame buffer is being mapped to secondary display by the ATI catalyst software ( click on that little icon on lower right hand side of screen in case you have Windows and see various options)

Now as ATI Radon chip set is available on many motherboards ( Gigabyte 78XXM2H for example) it can be dependent on motherboard or graphics card if you are using a PCI-E graphics card depending on where your GPU resides.

In your use case the ATI catalyst software is doing the mapping and the use case I presented was OS is doing the window mapping to the display.

Now in case there is no hardware overlay for multiple screens the flexibility will be lost ( older boards where only video can be directed to TV OUT).

[chiragh_bir]

got that speakon plug.. but its little tricky to power DVC sub from that !!

[ibm_jennifer]

the feature you described is an application of hardware overlay.

Exactly. I am saying that I have a Safari, but you are saying that, 'no I have a TATA'. Not bad.

based on your information taht your system is ATI based

How do you know that I have an ATI Card? I have a NVidia Card.

In your use case the ATI catalyst software is doing the mapping and the use case I presented was OS is doing the window mapping to the display.

Is there any Windows OS which support full screen overlay?

Now in case there is no hardware overlay for multiple screens the flexibility will be lost

I agree with you here.

[amitk26]

Originally Posted by ibm_jennifer

Exactly. I am saying that I have a Safari, but you are saying that, 'no I have a TATA'. Not bad.

well you jumped the gun and wrote you are wrong , The crux is if hardware overlay support is there for 2 or more displays. you can have video projection on another screen. So what was so special and why you think I was wrong ?

Originally Posted by ibm_jennifer

How do you know that I have an ATI Card? I have a NVidia Card.

I do not know , but you wrote the following sentence based on which I responded in context of ATI but nothing changes if it nVidea.

" Its called as CINEMA MODE in ATI graphics card and no longer available in any of the NVIDIA graphics cards now."

The fact is that nothing changes if it is nVidia.

Originally Posted by ibm_jennifer

Is there any Windows OS which support full screen overlay?

Yes it exists for last 5 year or so and is known as Windows XP. May be it existed before as well I am not sure about it. Any modern OS with multiple windows can not perform without hardware overlay atleast for primary display. What we were discussing is hardware overlay for dual display which most cards today support ( Except Intel Atom motherboard graphics solution and may be few others)

I use it daily in my office with 2 LCD screens and sometimes 3.


Steps to use are as follows assuming you are using Win XP or Vista and In case your graphics solution supports hardware overlay for 2 or more display ; you can do the following.

1. Attach the second LCD screen
2. From display properties choose graphics settings and select your monitor arrangement and then check on the tab , Extend my windows desktop on to this monitor ( If you want to use extended desktop)
- This is a one time activity

3. Open any media player drag and drop on the second screen and click on full screen mode. ( A two step procedure in case you do not have something like ATI catalyst software)

Your "Full screen Overlay" feature is actually doing step 3 in one go and purely a software arrangement.

In older cards and still in the on-board graphics of Intel Atom boards hardware overlay is supported only for primary display that is why you can not have two independent things on the screens.

On almost all other nVidea , ATI and Intel on-board graphics solutions ( makes almost all motherboards with on-board graphics) it is supported.

Please note still few on-board graphics solutions may have limitations such as video not supported on 2nd display ( Atom example) and you can not use them for this purpose.

[ibm_jennifer]

The crux is if hardware overlay support is there for 2 or more displays. you can have video projection on another screen.

Don't say in words, Please show some proofs.

The fact is that nothing changes if it is nVidia.

So Can you please prove me that this feature is available in current NVIDIA cards.

Open any media player drag and drop on the second screen and click on full screen mode.

Man, Are you joking? Do you ask me to go to backseat in a car to control the video?

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/...ted=1169076830

Your "Full screen Overlay" feature is actually doing step 3 in one go and purely a software arrangement.

Displaying video full screen on secondary display - NVIDIA Forums

So you are thinking me a stupid that's why I am running 2 different video cards for my Avid media composer.

If you cant understand what I am speaking here, Why you are just spoiling my thread. I dont want to continue to fight with you here.

Mods, Please Close this thread.