Media Center alternative
Well, I've backed up all my data, and I'm making the final leap to a completely legal desktop. No illegal stuff whatsoever. No pirated software, music (although I'm told it's legal in Canada), nothing! I bought the external hard drive and have finally stored the last of my legal stuff on there. I'm about to do a complete repartition and reinstall of Windows - with space for Linux, of course.
I have one question though. Since I'll be leaving Media Center behind, and I don't want to put Vista on just yet, does anyone know of a (preferably freeware) piece of software that does the equivalent of what Media Center did for tv tuners... but well? I want PVR ability mainly, because the sub-par software that goes with my Hauppage Tv Tuner sucks, doesn't record video well (encoding blows), and has a high pitched whine when I watch tv.
Anyone know of a decent alternative? Fast forwarding, and rewinding live tv is not as necessary (although desired), it's mainly the encoding/recording live tv that I'm concentrating on.
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I use MythTV right now on my
I use MythTV right now on my media center, its not bad... there is another one that Drew recommended, but I can't remember what it is off the top of my head.
Dave
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"The only thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a programmer with a soldering iron."
He's looking for one in Windows
He's looking for one in Windows. i've spent a large amount of time looking for one in Windows, and have had no luck at all.
edit: I don't know if it's any good, but I've found an open source PVR program called MediaPortal. If the program is as good as their website implies, it'll definitely be worth taking a look at.
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I'll let you all know how it is once I finally get my "true" MSDN access back and reinstall windows.
Randall Roberts
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I've used MediaPortal, its
I've used MediaPortal, its about as good as MythTV, and thats to say it works, but it has its flaws.
Dave
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"The only thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a programmer with a soldering iron."
I tried MediaPortal, and it
I tried MediaPortal, and it was just one problem after another. Never ended up getting it to work, I just uninstalled. I'm back to using WinDVR
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The one Dave is thinking of
The one Dave is thinking of is Freevo. It's awesome. No windows port though.
MythTV does have a Windows front end of some kind, so if you have a backend set up you could go that way.
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not free but i keep on
not free but i keep on hearing beyond tv come up and im basically looking at doing the same thing as u... accept im gonna use an ati card... anyway...
http://www.snapstream.com/products/beyondtv/
Aaron
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-depending on who you ask, i'm either 2nd or 3rd year bcomp.