Windows MCE 2005 Alternatives...

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:03 pm

anyone know of them?

MCE 2005 is becoming more and more of a headace for me, and i'm wondering if there are some alternatives that i could try.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:06 pm

care to explain "headace"?

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:06 pm

A PVR from your local Cable company. I've been contemplating trashing the MCE 2005 box for a silent small PVR. The only problem is my wife loves the photo slideshow feature. She likes letting it go while listeneing to music...

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:10 pm

Woah, check this shit out !

http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/

hopefully it has support for the MCE remote

Post by **Dek** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:10 pm

I sold my media center pc, the tech just isn't there yet, almost there HD support still lacks on the PC.

And not to mention they have HD DVR's now

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:12 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:care to explain "headace"?

http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6760

Post by **dzjepp** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:12 pm

That looks a lot like WMCE

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:14 pm

I added a one more comment... http://quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 374#143374

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:18 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Woah, check this shit out !

http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/

hopefully it has support for the MCE remote

OLDE!

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:18 pm

the whole point is for it to look/act like MCE.. i am going to format the HTPC tonight with standard XP, and Give'er.

Ohh, and btw, that proggy has full support for the MCE remote

( w00t w00t ) And DVS Cards ( w0000 w000 Free to air Satelight! )

edit: i will update my thaughts/impressions here as this progresses.

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:21 pm

Cool, I think I am going to try and restore one of my previous Images to see what happens

Post by **4g3nt_Smith** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:29 pm

I hear Mythtv is a good alternative for MCE.

http://www.mythtv.org/

And here's a nice semi-detailed video on how to set it up: http://www.systm.org/

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:41 pm

4g3nt_Smith wrote:I hear Mythtv is a good alternative for MCE.

http://www.mythtv.org/

And here's a nice semi-detailed video on how to set it up: http://www.systm.org/

actually, that video is hardly for setting up the program, but more about building the box for it and what i can do.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:55 pm

4g3nt_Smith wrote:I hear Mythtv is a good alternative for MCE.

http://www.mythtv.org/

And here's a nice semi-detailed video on how to set it up: http://www.systm.org/

that was the two that i found, and i like the looks of the other one a little beter.. that is most Def a backup plan..

thanks though

Post by **Dr_Watson** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:59 am

mythtv is the god of all PVR programs.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:36 am

Dr_Watson wrote:mythtv is the god of all PVR programs.

why so

*edit* in comparison to media portal

Post by **79DieselRabbit** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:19 am

Minimal setup:
Beyond TV/Beyond Media

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:49 am

riddla wrote:Mediaportal is 10x the headache.

sigh....

how so

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:08 am

riddla wrote:Its slow and locks up. alot. I'm running all approved equipment on Intel mobo/cpu and I'm also an IT Director by profession so its not due to being a n00b as Thoapboy would say

*maybe* its better by now, but its an open-source project so it couldnt have improved all that much in the last few months since I poured alot of time into giving it a chance to work properly. (on 2 diff rigs)

thanks.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:20 am

gah, im not shelling out more money in this fucking thing.. Sorry, it might be allmighty.. but i aint paying.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:00 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:gah, im not shelling out more money in this fucking thing.. Sorry, it might be allmighty.. but i aint paying.

try myth out and get back to me. kthx.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:26 pm

riddla wrote:myth is still *nix, no?

he can handle it.

Post by **plained** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:28 pm

gigapocket

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:31 pm

he asked for alternatives, not ripoffs.

$700+? give me a break.

Post by **plained** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:33 pm

i guess youve used it alot.

700?