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#45605 3-Nov-2009 15:07

I am about to install Tubecore on my Media Center, possibly working with tversity on my Home Server. Anyone got this working before?

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#269654 3-Nov-2009 15:20

No but i would love to hear how it goes!

Also could you find out home much net it uses per say 30mins/an hour? (i only have a 20gb cap)

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#269655 3-Nov-2009 15:22

Installed Tubecore, it found my Windows Home Server no problems. No trying with PlayOn and it works fine - except for the media not available outside the U.S. of course. Will try tversity soon.

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#269678 3-Nov-2009 16:46

Interesting.....
So what sort of contents can user from nz get

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#269684 3-Nov-2009 16:55

Some TV - CBS, NBC, CNN and others...

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#269696 3-Nov-2009 17:39

Should this also work via a media extender?

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#269946 4-Nov-2009 11:00

freitasm: Some TV - CBS, NBC, CNN and others...

How do you know what content you can watch (outside US) without having to go to each program and then it saying that you can't watch it because you are outside the US?

Apple TV

Stream your favourite shows now on Apple TV (affiliate link).

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#269947 4-Nov-2009 11:03

You don't. I am using PlayOn to test and it lists Hulu, Amazon VOD and Netflix. PlayOn is just a catcher - it runs on a PC in your network and serves up via DLNA. The tubecore client just shows whatever DLNA sends down. When you select a program the PlayOn will try to "tune in" but it's still using your local IP address, so obviously you won't get anything not available outside the U.S.

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#269953 4-Nov-2009 11:24

Ahh ok, thanks for clearing that up. Keep us posted on whether you think its worth it given the current amount of content you can view.

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#269955 4-Nov-2009 11:26

The dream really would be to have Zune Marketplace as a Media Center addin when it launches here in New Zealand... But I don't think there's a Media Center plan for that.

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