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Windows MCE 2005 Alternatives...
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:03 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
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.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:06 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
care to explain "headace"?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:06 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
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...
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:10 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
Woah, check this shit out !
http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/
hopefully it has support for the MCE remote
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:10 pm
by Dek
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
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:12 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:12 pm
by dzjepp
That looks a lot like WMCE
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:14 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:18 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:18 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
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.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:21 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
Cool, I think I am going to try and restore one of my previous Images to see what happens
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:29 pm
by 4g3nt_Smith
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/
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:41 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
actually, that video is hardly for setting up the program, but more about building the box for it and what i can do.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 6:55 pm
by AmIdYfReAk
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
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:59 am
by Dr_Watson
mythtv is the god of all PVR programs.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:36 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Dr_Watson wrote:mythtv is the god of all PVR programs.
why so
*edit* in comparison to media portal
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:19 am
by 79DieselRabbit
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 7:49 am
by +JuggerNaut+
riddla wrote:Mediaportal is 10x the headache.
sigh....
how so
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 8:08 am
by +JuggerNaut+
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 9:20 am
by AmIdYfReAk
gah, im not shelling out more money in this fucking thing.. Sorry, it might be allmighty.. but i aint paying.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:00 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 5:26 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
riddla wrote:myth is still *nix, no?
he can handle it.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:28 pm
by plained
gigapocket
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:31 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
he asked for alternatives, not ripoffs.
$700+? give me a break.
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 6:33 pm
by plained
i guess youve used it alot.
700?