Its accessible through Apps and associated software. Silicondust make a range of hardware boxes that plug into your Network. So one end plugs into your network whilst the other plugs into your TV Antenna or satellite box etc. The box is controlled completely and utterly by components connected to your network and conversely relies on your network to capture the signal thus you’ll need at least a NAS storage device. You use whatever App you fancy to manipulate the box to capture the antenna input to the hard drive or whatever on your network and you then use the App of your fancy - say Windows Media Player or VLC - to playback the recording. I’ve tried Plex here and I’m able to see local programming and schedule that so I don’t see any reason why one of the Silicondust tuners couldn’t work from that. Playing back is obviously the very easy bit.
> On 9 Oct 2018, at 5:35 am, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh yeah how ya getting on with Silicondust? How accessible is it? I've heard > of their tuners and stuff. > > > On 10/8/2018 2:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Yes, the discontinuation of Windows Media Center meant I had to tackle >> problems from different angles, think along different lines and take >> different approaches. >> With Windows Media Center I was able to use TV Tuners plugged in or >> connected to the PC to record FTA and Cable tV. >> Through Windows Media Center I was able to access TV guides and >> automatically schedule what I wanted to record, a very fancy and slick video >> recording system without a doubt. >> So my upgrade to Windows 10 meant to a loss of Windows Media Center as you >> say but I found very good alternatives. >> I use a Fetch TV set Top Box for the recording of Television programmes now, >> I can access the Programme Guide through the associated Android/IOS App and >> play the recordings back with VLC or Windows Media Player. >> The Fetch TV system is getting a little old now so I’m again looking at >> other alternatives and here’s one that I recommend to the whole list as its >> an International product, look up Silicondust and examine some of their >> offerings. >> >> >>> On 9 Oct 2018, at 5:27 am, Hamit Campos <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Sadly shamefully that's true. In Windows 10 they finally got rid of Windows >>> Media Center. Which again made TV super accessible. We the blind should'a >>> joined all those that apposed getting rid of it more firmly. Though who >>> knows if with all the WMC fans and all the blind it would've still been >>> enough or not. >>> >>> >>> On 10/8/2018 2:10 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>> Is Windows Media Center still available? I do remember that with Windows >>>> 7, a real blast that software was. >>>> I thought Microsoft had discontinued the development of that software. >>>> Windows Media Player of course keeps bowling along and I had a play with >>>> it a couple of weeks ago, one thing I'll say for that Player is that it >>>> found and played all the content I wanted to hear over my network and >>>> other computer systems. >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Hamit Campos >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:54 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Differences between Winamp and VLC? >>>> >>>> Yeah I use Windows Media Player. Also it was the most accessible DVD >>>> player with Windows 7. Along with Windows Media Center. Too bad Microsoft >>>> gave them up insted of making them Blu-Ray Disk capable. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/8/2018 1:45 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>>> Yes I enjoyed Foober for a while there, guess I just fell back to VLC >>>>> Media Player because of functionality and ease of use. >>>>> I wouldn't recommend iTunes for anyone whether they be a Mac or a Windows >>>>> users, just far more complicated and intrusive than it really needs to be >>>>> and it seems iTunes is more about looking pretty rather than providing >>>>> functionality or flexibility, you can't play too much with iTunes for a >>>>> start and that's part of the reason why I ditched the IOS platform in the >>>>> main, like iTunes its too restrictive when it comes to media. >>>>> There's Windows Media Player of course which has a noble and loyal band >>>>> of followers and - from what I've seen of the Software - with every >>>>> justification, it’s a real neat player. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Anders >>>>> Holmberg >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 October 2018 4:38 AM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Differences between Winamp and VLC? >>>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> WHen i was on windows which isn’t the case much anymore i used to use >>>>> Foobar2000. >>>>> Just to give another perspective. >>>>> Imho Foobar was more customable and you could create shortcuts to just >>>>> anything you want. >>>>> There are other good players for video around for WIndows at least. >>>>> One called Gom player. >>>>> BUt i am on the mac and for mac there’s vlc and Itunes. >>>>> I haven’t tried any others. >>>>> /A >>>>> >>>>>> 6 okt. 2018 kl. 02:32 skrev Tom Kaufman <[email protected]>: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Dane and list: VLC may be a good player for video (haven't >>>>>> played with it as extensively as some) although I will say that I >>>>>> tried to play a video that I have in my collection (is one of a show >>>>>> that I was involved in) for whatever reason, VLC absolutely would not >>>>>> play it! Never was able to find out why! For me, if you're strictly >>>>>> talking about audio, I'll take Winamp any day and am sorry that it >>>>>> isn't being updated anymore! But that's just me; others may have >>>>>> differing opinions, but Winamp is the one that seems to work best for me! >>>>>> Tom Kaufman >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 8:20 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Diferences between Winamp and VLC? >>>>>> >>>>>> For what its worth from me and thanks for starting this discussion. >>>>>> Its been a very long while since I used Winamp, why did I stop using it? >>>>>> Because Winamp kept crashing when I tried to play video files >>>>>> recorded in standard TS format from my video TV tuners that I use >>>>>> still ttill this day though different models obviously. >>>>>> So then began my search for a new player that was easy to use and did >>>>>> what I believe a player needs to do, play the track when I press >>>>>> play, move to the next track or skip through a track when I press or >>>>>> hold the forward button etc. >>>>>> VLC did these things and many more besides. >>>>>> I grant you, VLC is not the friendliest App to get around but one can >>>>>> get around much of it using the JAWS cursor or whatever your thing is >>>>>> called on your Screen Reader. >>>>>> If I had my way equalisers in players wouldn't be present. >>>>>> I know I sound harsh but the amount of times I've seen equalisers >>>>>> abused to the point that people manage to stuff their speaker systems >>>>>> up causes me to perhaps take this view. >>>>>> A good sounding pair of speakers which don't cost all that much these >>>>>> days shouldn't require any additional medaling in the form of an >>>>>> equaliser. >>>>>> I went to someone's house the other day, this chap had what I would >>>>>> call a perfectly serviceable pair of Altec Lansing computer speakers, >>>>>> well at least I would have termed this speaker system in that way >>>>>> when it was bought but after this chap had applied God only knows how >>>>>> many equalisers in the audio chain? Well this respectable speaker >>>>>> system had been turned to the sound of mud literally, sure! Enough >>>>>> bottom but for what, to demolish the house and perhaps Next doors >>>>>> dwelling too? It certainly didn't sound good. >>>>>> And the top, well it was there but incredibly harsh to the point that >>>>>> my ears felt sore just trying to listen to the thing. >>>>>> Where was the Mid-range? Lost somewhere in the cocofany of noise. >>>>>> Anyway back to the point of VLC and I'm very pleased to say that the >>>>>> developers are slowly but surely making accessibility fixes as >>>>>> updates roll out and I reckon they're doing a fair job since VLC is >>>>>> an open source package. >>>>>> I use VLC on other devices such as my Apple Mac machines, iPhone and >>>>>> iPads and Android with pleasing results. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of JM Casey >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, 6 October 2018 8:05 AM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: [all-audio] Diferences between Winamp and VLC? >>>>>> >>>>>> The VlC equalizer is certainly a lot less convenient to set and save >>>>>> settings than the Winamp one using a screen-reader. One can easily >>>>>> adopt any of the presets, but saving your own settings requires >>>>>> messing with the not-too-accessible filters within the preferences >>>>>> dialog box. Actually the whole design is weird and I wish that Video >>>>>> Lan gave the ability to easily save and load multiple equalizer settings >>>>>> in VLC. >>>>>> >>>>>> Just curious, but why not have both programmes? I watch a lot of >>>>>> movies, especially with my sighted partner, and VLC is without doubt >>>>>> an awesome video player and far more versatile and just better at >>>>>> this than winamp ever was. However, I still use Winamp for my audio >>>>>> needs and it works exceedingly well for this purpose even in Windows 10. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian >>>>>> Olesen >>>>>> Sent: October 5, 2018 5:50 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: [all-audio] Diferences between Winamp and VLC? >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all you nice audiofiles, >>>>>> >>>>>> Well I use VLC myself, but I have an old fascion student, who prefers >>>>>> Winamp. >>>>>> >>>>>> I want to persuade him to do the switch. >>>>>> >>>>>> But how is it with information about timing lenghth of files in >>>>>> minutes and seconds and such. Can we easily get to that info also in VLC? >>>>>> >>>>>> Are there other fields where VLC lacks information compared to Winamp? >>>>>> >>>>>> Is it actually the other way around? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Best regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#1334): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/1334 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/26845083/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
