Is that device Larry demonstrates a TV tuner? If so then I can recommend something which I think is very good and I’m talked about the products from Silicondust before. Plex finds them right out of the box so all the user has to do is connect to the LAN, connect to a TV aerial, Connect to a mains power outlet and switch on. The tuner has a handy interface for monitoring the tuners and watching live television from your browser. You can also check the status of each tuner - see what each is doing -, perform a channel scan etc.
> On 30 Jan 2019, at 3:25 pm, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I too have and still use Media Player. I use it because of the SRS Wow effect > you can put on music. Though if I bought SoundForge Pro i can expand the > stereo and SRS Wow the music my self. lol I've heard of Media Center and > kinda poked arround in it on my Vista laptop. I never did end up buying a TV > tuner thus never did take full advantage but from Larry Scutchan's demo of > his HP M495C it sounded like pure epicness. Man how I'd love to get my hands > on an epic HP M495C though like Dain would rightly point out it's no longer a > thing. It's from freeking 2004. Well 2003 even perhaps. But dude it's epic me > wants 1. So yeah I agree with Dain. It is better to move on especially if > said epic thing 1 is discussing is no longer being updated or if it has no > real use no more. Which since Microsoft bent the knee to the TV guys or what > ever that was all about is saddly the case for Media Center. Actually I think > there's more to the whole thing than that. Leo Laport just said that because > he's kinda anti coppy right law. Or I guess how the industries are kinda snow > flaky about you doing stuff. Na remember the best Media Center ever and the > last 1 was Windows 7. That must mean something happened since 7 that they > decided to say uncle. Thus Dain, the 1 you could buy since Windows 8 was > basically the same Windows 7 1. All though I hear it was crippled. Oh and > that reminds me I never got an FM tuner either so never played arround with > the Radio. Oh well. So much for my epic plans I had for Media Center. But I > guess when I do buy an XPS like Dain said I could always still buy a tuner > and use Plex or something. > > On 1/29/2019 6:25 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >> While I don't have any experience with Windows Media Center, I have used >> Windows Media Player...and never was a huge fan of it! Having said that, at >> one time, I used Windows Window to rip CDs as it seemed pretty >> straight-forward to me; it already would rip the track titles right out of >> the box! But they they changed the look of it; didn't seem (at least to me) >> that intuitive! >> Tom Kaufman >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane >> Trethowan >> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 11:26 PM >> To: all-audio@groups.io >> Subject: Re: [all-audio] FW: Of Interest >> >> What you forwarded to the list comes as no surprise to me and yes Microsoft >> do analyse usage data of their Apps. >> Windows Media centre hadn't - when I last used it - been updated for a good >> while and had at that time fallen behind many other alternatives. >> I now use Plex to handle everything that Windows Media Center did though - >> given I use Windows 10 - I couldn’t have used Windows Media Center even if >> I’d wanted to as Windows Media Center doesn’t come as part of Windows 10. >> I very much liked Windows Media Center however because of the infrequent >> updates known problems with the App just weren’t fixed whereas Plex and VLC >> are updated frequently. >> As for upgrading to Windows 10? There are plenty of good reasons to do so >> including better handling of audio and video devices, a far more stable >> operating system etc. >> Anyway its the individuals call. >> >> >>> On 29 Jan 2019, at 3:06 pm, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> If you are running Windows 7 and like to use Windows Media Player, this may >>> be something you'll want to read! >>> >>> Tom Kaufman >>> >>> >>> >>> From: marianne Interest >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi Tom, >>> >>> >>> >>> If you use Windows 7 as I do, this may be of interest to you. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Windows 7's Windows Media Player app is about to get worse >>> >>> >>> >>> By >>> >>> Matt Hanson >>> >>> 3 hours ago >>> >>> Software >>> >>> >>> >>> No more metadata >>> >>> As Windows 7 hurtles towards its end of life date (January 14 2020), it >>> looks like Microsoft is beginning to strip features from the ageing >>> operating system, >>> >>> and it has now removed a key feature from Windows 7's Windows Media Player. >>> >>> >>> >>> According to >>> >>> a support document >>> >>> that Microsoft quietly updated a few days ago, "you may be unable to view >>> information (metadata) such as the title, genre, and artist for songs, and >>> the >>> >>> director, actors, cover art, and TV guide for movies in Windows Media Center >>> and Windows Media Player." >>> >>> >>> >>> This move also affects the Windows Media Center app found in Windows 7, >>> Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. >>> >>> >>> >>> So, it looks like when you import music or videos into Windows Media Player >>> in Windows 7, titles, artist names and other information won't be >>> downloaded. >>> >>> This is a major blow to the usefulness of the app, in our view. >>> >>> Why? >>> >>> >>> >>> Microsoft looked at customer feedback and usage data regarding the feature >>> and decided to discontinue it, so it probably means not many people were >>> using >>> >>> it. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you were, it might mean it's time to finally upgrade from Windows 7 - as >>> you'll probably want to anyway before January 14 next year - or start using >>> >>> an alternative such as >>> >>> VLC Media Player. >>> >>> >>> >>> While the removal of this feature is disappointing, Microsoft has promised >>> that metadata that's already been downloaded will still be available - it >>> just >>> >>> won't download metadata for new media you add. >>> >>> >>> >>> Microsoft has also explained that this change won't affect any of the app's >>> media playing functionality, such as playback, media stream and other major >>> >>> features. >>> >>> >>> >>> Still, it's a reminder that it's probably worth thinking about upgrading to >>> >>> Windows 10. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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