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| 1290629 | 2012-07-25 00:15:00 | The only thing I didnt like about MCE was every so often there were artifacts. In AverTV the channels were fine. And in MCE, changing channels it started off in slow motion. A few secs later it was fine. Probably wont have to worry about it soon. Once we move and I connect the freeview receiver to this old TV (and while I'm waiting for another TV after I move). If you want I've saved the channels in AverTV, as an adi file. If you want it I could send it via teamviewer, and see if the channels work on yours (If you install AVerTV) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1290630 | 2012-07-25 00:17:00 | DVB-S and DVB-T tuners do not actually "do" anything with the video stream, just dump it to the calling application, which can then either just write it to disk, or convert it to something else - ie mp4/dvrms/wtv But if you want MCE (in Windows 7 - it wont work in Vista at all, unoless the version came with the system - OEM, from what I've read) to work with it, / find any channels at all, the tuner needs to support or record in MP4. So, I found out |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1290631 | 2012-07-25 00:27:00 | @Misty and just a general FYI, there is no official support for the broadcasted full program guide on the PC as yet although some people have come up with work arounds. What you see is a different now/next guide which is also broadcast and which is in an older format and as you stated only shows a short amount of programming. As for your indoor aerial, they only work in very good reception areas and are not very good anywhere else. The recent reorganisations changed the frequencies used which will probably be why your reception is not as good as it was. Even a basic outdoor aerial should be much better. In Hamilton where I am I've tried 4 different indoor Aerials, 3 of them amplified, and never managed to get a stable picture. In fact the only one that ever got a picture was a passive dick smith one with a mini yagi, the amplified ones all failed. My outdoor aerial is now split 4 ways and using a masthead amp and I get perfect reception. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1290632 | 2012-07-25 00:42:00 | Thanks, dugimodo. I'm in Spreydon, Christchurch with a direct line of sight to Sugarloaf on the Port Hills... which I've always assumed was the source of transmissions for Christchurch, and I've just this minute realised that may not be correct. Anyway, prior to the July 24th change my computer TV reception was good enough for me. I'd be quite happy to get back to that standard, even without the Guide. More is always better, of course. :-) I'm just poking around on the AverMedia site now, trying to find my exact AVerMedia H751 Hybrid Analog/DVB-T. |
MistyCat (11583) | ||
| 1290633 | 2012-07-25 01:07:00 | But if you want MCE (in Windows 7 - it wont work in Vista at all, unoless the version came with the system - OEM, from what I've read) to work with it, / find any channels at all, the tuner needs to support or record in MP4. So, I found out yeah MCE in W7 and Vista a very different beasts. The MCE one is almost a turnkey solution it's that simple to get it going. But I find it a bit limited. Which is why I went with nextpvr (used to be GBPVR). Also you note the channel change speed in MCE - this is partly because every program in MCE needs a tuner. Most of the other PVR softwares (mediaportal, mythtv and nextpvr) can deal with a transponder at a time. So with 3 tuners you can record every channel at once (I've tested this). MCE would need about 10 tuners to do the same.... :D The switching transponders of the third party apps change significantly increase the channel change - oh and btw DVB-T tvs are pretty slow as well. |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1290634 | 2012-07-25 01:09:00 | Thanks, dugimodo. I'm in Spreydon, Christchurch with a direct line of sight to Sugarloaf on the Port Hills... which I've always assumed was the source of transmissions for Christchurch, and I've just this minute realised that may not be correct. Anyway, prior to the July 24th change my computer TV reception was good enough for me. I'd be quite happy to get back to that standard, even without the Guide. More is always better, of course. :-) I'm just poking around on the AverMedia site now, trying to find my exact AVerMedia H751 Hybrid Analog/DVB-T. Grab the EPGCollector off Geekzone.co.nz - it contains direct import into MCE now I believe and extracts data from the full MHEG5 8 Days TV guide (as opposed to the EIT data that MCE will natively try to obtain). I use it to create and XMLTV file for the nextpvr install I run. |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1290635 | 2012-07-25 01:21:00 | @psycik. Too bad Mediaportal, MythTV, and GBPVR didnt pick up any channels. No matter what I did, all of them did nothing. I know Vista MCE is hopeless with freeview tuners. It doesnt detect anything, unless you install the TVpack, which doesnt come on normal Vista DVD's. You have to buy a system (like HP / whatever), with Vista pre-installed on it. For it to work. That's one reason, why I decided to install Win7. AverTV is good enough for now. The only thing it cant do is pause, like MCE. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1290636 | 2012-07-25 01:40:00 | @psycik. Too bad Mediaportal, MythTV, and GBPVR didnt pick up any channels. No matter what I did, all of them did nothing. I know Vista MCE is hopeless with freeview tuners. It doesnt detect anything, unless you install the TVpack, which doesnt come on normal Vista DVD's. You have to buy a system (like HP / whatever), with Vista pre-installed on it. For it to work. That's one reason, why I decided to install Win7. AverTV is good enough for now. The only thing it cant do is pause, like MCE. You tried "all regions" scans? |
psycik (12851) | ||
| 1290637 | 2012-07-25 01:48:00 | At the time I did. Oh well, I'll live. Wont need a program soon anyway. I'll just get a hdd for the FV receiver instead. So, I can record off it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1290638 | 2012-07-25 04:55:00 | I was using DVBViewer before I got windows 7, I even paid for it. But personally I just like media centre better and it integrates natively with my media centre remote and for me was painless to set up. I have tried the EPG collector from geekzone in the past but it completely screwed up my channels (changed the order and mixed up the names) in media centre and I eventually gave up and removed it, maybe it's better now?. I have a TiVo for recording anyway so the guide is no big deal to me. | dugimodo (138) | ||
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