I'ed be very happy to do it once I have my home theater PC. But as it's $2600 I think that won't be until Windows 8.
-----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hank Smith Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 7:41 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: TV on computer list, unsuccessful can some one do a tutorial on wmc then? this is another one I have tried in the past and gave up on it. Hank On 1/6/2012 5:00 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: > I would say I agree with that. What's more, you can get pluggins for > it anyway to do stuff. Not to bash the stuff that comes with the > cards, but WMC is a good well rounded starting point. It's all > Jonathan Mozen uses, he has no TV in his living room. That's what I > want to do. Just have the ultimate home theater PC, and use it for > every thing and I would basicly just use a TV as the screen to get the big screen experience. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org > [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Gary King > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 12:57 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: TV on computer list, unsuccessful > > It's true that there is other software that can operate a tuner card > and schedule recordings, but accessibility is not guaranteed. The > advantages of Media Center are that in the program itself, the > controls are standard, eliminating the need for any scripts, and you > can read the descriptions of each program in the Program Guide. Also, > Media Center comes with Windows, giving us a standard user interface > to work with. Media Center in Vista and Windows 7 must be fairly > similar since my remote control that was designed for Vista also works well with Media Center in Windows 7. > > Gary King > w4...@bellsouth.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Chaltain"<chalt...@gmail.com> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List"<pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 10:05 PM > Subject: Re: TV on computer list, unsuccessful > > >> I'll let Jianluca answer for himself, but as he says in his email he >> uses the software that comes with his USB TV tuner card from Hauppauge. >> He says this software is accessible. >> >> I did something a few years ago, using the software that came with a >> TV tuner card I got cheap. I think the software was PVR by KWorld. I >> don't recall the manufacturer of the TV tuner card, but like I said, >> this was a few years ago, so I'm sure neither the TV tuner card or >> the software is still around. I just use this as an example that >> there may be other software out there besides Windows Media Center >> that let's you control and record from your TV tuner card. >> >> On 05/01/12 21:32, Hank Smith wrote: >>> Hello >>> what do you use to control software if you don't use windows media >>> center? >>> Hank >>> On 1/5/2012 10:54 AM, Gianluca Apollaro wrote: >>>> Hi everyone. Here in Italy for whatching the tv on my pc I use a >>>> usb tv card from Hauppauge, and I can even record in .ts format. >>>> The software that comes with it is accessible, in fact, I don't use >>>> mediacenter, I don't like it at all. I run Windows 7 64 bit version >>>> as OS Best regards, Gianluca from italy. >>>> SkypeID: gianluca8815 >>>> >>>> Il 05/01/2012 18:22, vrvaug...@mailzone.com ha scritto: >>>>> Hi Folks, I'm sorry, but I haven't been able to get more than 2 >>>>> out of 7, email addresses of the people who said they wanted to be >>>>> in on a conversation regarding television on their computer. >>>>> >>>>> Brett Boyer's and Gary Kings email addresses worked, but the >>>>> following did not: >>>>> Steven Hics, David Tanner, Brent Harding, Hamit Campos and Gary Wood. >>>>> >>>>> I'd be glad to pass on the information I have to who ever would be >>>>> willing to take this conversation project on. 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