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execute22

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Topic # 13686 23-May-2007 17:26

In case anyone is interested......
http://mcraenz.googlepages.com/mppvr

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Reply # 72496 28-May-2007 11:31

Thats a good how to. Nice.

stevonz

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Reply # 72510 28-May-2007 13:01

Very interesting... maybe I will explore some as you have.

Cheers, Stevo

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Reply # 72512 28-May-2007 13:19

indeed, a fantastic write up, well worth a read

mruane

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Reply # 72660 29-May-2007 12:05

Execute22, whats your opinion on the Media Portal TV Engine. When I last looked at it (perhaps six weeks ago), it seemed not quite ready yet for serious use. Channel changing from the client was really slow and unstable. Since then I have gone back to GBPVR.

Has the later versions of Media Portal improved the TV Engine enough to be good for prime time, or would you wait a bit longer for it to settle down.

The concept of getting all the channels in a DVB-S MUX simultaneously is very appealing!

Cheers Mike

dan

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Reply # 72723 29-May-2007 16:50

nice, a more detailed setup guide would be cool tho.. mainly Media Portal getting it to work with Freeview

Fossie

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Reply # 72733 29-May-2007 17:55

I thought 7 was encrypted? or am I crazy?

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Reply # 72736 29-May-2007 18:25

Oh wow, That's very impressive, Top maks to the guy whom set this up.

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Reply # 72737 29-May-2007 18:29

Fossie: I thought 7 was encrypted? or am I crazy?

It is. If you have an Aurora card however you can watch it.

execute22

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Reply # 73119 1-Jun-2007 10:39

mruane: Execute22, whats your opinion on the Media Portal TV Engine. When I last looked at it (perhaps six weeks ago), it seemed not quite ready yet for serious use. Channel changing from the client was really slow and unstable. Since then I have gone back to GBPVR.

Has the later versions of Media Portal improved the TV Engine enough to be good for prime time, or would you wait a bit longer for it to settle down.

The concept of getting all the channels in a DVB-S MUX simultaneously is very appealing!

Cheers Mike

Depends on what day you ask me! I guess it's getting pretty good now but yeah still buggy and some very frustrating. But given the option go to back to MP 0.2.2.2 TV engine (fairly stable), I'd miss the features too much since I do I have a bedroom client and the feature to record multiple channels on one card (MUX) is very handy. I've never used GBPVR, and I've heard lots of good things about it and some bad too.

execute22

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Reply # 73122 1-Jun-2007 10:45

dan: nice, a more detailed setup guide would be cool tho.. mainly Media Portal getting it to work with Freeview

Yeah I guess I could get more detailed but to be honest it's really just a matter of getting a dish and PCI DVB-S card, installing the software and scanning for channels; if you don't have any issues it's pretty much that easy. If (when) you have problems then searching answers; what I mean is that I couldn't cover all the possible problems you might have even if I got more detailed. However I'm more than happy to offer help to anyone who is setting a Mediaportal PVR with freeview.

dan

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Reply # 73251 2-Jun-2007 16:17

Inspired by your setup, my brother is using the TV Server with Media portal,

hes unable to find freeview channel 3 and 4, and the tv server seems to be very unstable when played through media portal, wont go fullscreen, crashes, etc.

A guide of your settings for freeview on the TV server would be useful and maybe the mpeg 2 codecs your using in Media Portal?

Hes using Nova S card btw..

he can get all the freeview channels using the crap bundled Nova S app.

cheers!