Windows MCE 2005 Alternatives...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:35 pm

plained wrote:i guess youve used it alot.

700?

what does using have to do with "giga pocket" being a ripoff? nothing you can do for free with a second pc is worth $700'ish smackers. i froogled giga pocket and that's about avg.

Post by **plained** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:37 pm

your ignorence is showing man

i can change channels right here on my lappy wirelessly and play and record as well

thats pretty neat i think

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:39 pm

plained wrote:your ignorence is showing man

i can change channels right here on my lappy wirelessly and play and record as well

thats pretty neat i think

that's hardly ignorance. Amidy asked for alternatives to MCE. spending 700+ is probably not an option in his situation. you can do all of what you described with any of these programs that were suggested.

Post by **plained** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:40 pm

if you can get the hardware and software for 700

get it man its worth it

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:44 pm

Plained, this project was to be built out of spare hardware, But i ended up buying new ram, hdd, videocard, Tv tuner, Etc etc..

so spending more money is OUT OF THE FUCKING QUESTION.. Especally $700..

if that was for someone Reading that hasent gotten into the HTPC scene yet, Sure i'll agree.. but i'm afraid Your ignorence is showing by recommending a Whole new pice of hardware/software for $700 when i simply want a Replacement For MCE 2005.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:46 pm

i am going to give'er with Media portal ( i'm not expecting to much from what is said )

I'll post impressions and Etc here when i get her Running..

if that dosent work out ( not really expecting it to ) I'll hit up MythTV.

Post by **plained** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:52 pm

hehe its not 700 man

but hey i only sayd one word and got jugg all frothy

thats worth a larf :dingdingding:

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:53 pm

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:38 am

allright, kind of an update..

Media Portal Crashed on me twice thus far.. and the Guide is a steeming pile of wank..

on the upside! its got motherfuckin tetris to use inbetween the crash's!

anyone got anything to help get the Guide working correctly?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 8:41 am

Beyond TV looks a LITTLE more promising.. allthough the interface looks like a pice of fuck. ( litterly) but the guide is still not working!

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:24 pm

plained wrote:hehe its not 700 man

but hey i only sayd one word and got jugg all frothy

thats worth a larf :dingdingding:

show me a price then plained

tell froogle that, not me. i even saw some for $1000+

Post by **Transient** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:54 pm

AMIDAH!!!1 :icon32:

I dunno if you noticed my thread, but I've been looking into TV Tuner cards and software to be able to bla bla bla.
Thread here: http://www.quake3world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6878

Now, being a newbie at this, I found this: http://www.gbpvr.com/
Dunno if it's what you're looking for, but in the off chance it can help, there's the link. I'm looking for the same thing you are. Just need the TV Tuner now.

GL on your hunt. :icon14:

Post by **plained** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:16 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
plained wrote:hehe its not 700 man

but hey i only sayd one word and got jugg all frothy

thats worth a larf :dingdingding:
show me a price then plained

tell froogle that, not me. i even saw some for $1000+

:lol:

its a server system and cant be gotton alone.

its all changed now tho.

diff card and windows media ceter :eee:

http://www.vaiopro.sony-europe.com/viva ... n_high.pdf

i didnt look what version that pdf is from cause i got pissed off at that acrobat crap that wont fuck right off.

theres more to iut as well

Post by **79DieselRabbit** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 5:18 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Beyond TV looks a LITTLE more promising.. allthough the interface looks like a pice of fuck. ( litterly) but the guide is still not working!

Then get creative.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 6:49 pm

79DieselRabbit wrote:
AmIdYfReAk wrote:Beyond TV looks a LITTLE more promising.. allthough the interface looks like a pice of fuck. ( litterly) but the guide is still not working!

Then get creative.

WE'll We'll.. That kinda helped.. there is a webbased Guide thing there, But Sadly it sucks balls.

trans: i allready looked at your thread.. im not sure how those PVR cards stackup to be truthfull with you. Persionally i have a ATI theater 550 PRO PCi Card.. ( simply because i heard it was the BEST among the BEST )

I will continue to try these out, and post the findings here..

Ohh, and btw. Beond TV3 EAts on AVG 45% of my 1.8ghz CPU wile Watching TV.. wile MCE2005 and Media portal Eat about 8%..

kind of an interesting find.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:10 pm

this is using GbPVR..

Overall, im kinda impressed, The menu leaves a little lacking, when you are on the guides and shit you need to specify if you want to watch or record ( everytime Reguardless of time )

Overall, this is one of the beter ones ( i say the best of the 3 ) and getting the Guide working was pritty painless ( after a Free registration at Zap2it ).

Other then that, this is a pritty stand up app..

i am going to see what else is available.

thanks for the input guys.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:29 pm

a new virsion of mediaportal just came out ( Litterly JUST came out ), 1.3.0Pre

Overall, it uses a fair amount less cpu, but i'm still getting the same pain in the ass when it comes to getting the Fucking Guide to display properly....

Moving on..

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:49 pm

I seemed to have fixed my stability issue it's been up for over a week with no problems at all.

How are you making out on your quest for a stable media center?
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