http://mymediasystem.org/
I'm quite interested in this. When I move, along with a nice place, I'm getting a 52" bigscreen, and I'd like to have a media center of sorts, networked with my desktop.
Is there better systems than this? Is microshaft's media center thing better? Can I view all my torrent movies/tv shows?
Basically whats the difference from using this as opposed to just setting up a computer to use the tv as a monitor?
What is the ideal way to set up MMS?
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What is the ideal way to set up MMS?
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None.Forboding Angel wrote:Basically whats the difference from using this as opposed to just setting up a computer to use the tv as a monitor?
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I personally use my 360 with TVersity on my pc serving it...works fine for me.
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I use my old school laptop as a home theatre PC (actually my mom does). All I did was install CCCP. It comes with Media Player Classic, which is really flexible and great for HTPC use. Paired up with a 1.5 tb external hard drive and a son with no moral compass, she has all the TV she needs.
The only difference you'll see using that dedicated software, from my experience with similar stuff, is crippled customization ability in the name of being streamlined and... user-friendly. All that kind of marketing-speak stuff that usually translates into "our target audience thinks a Mac is too complicated."
CCCP comes with all the codecs and tools you'll need to play literally anything, but at the same time it doesn't install lots of unnecessary extras just to pad the file list like K-Lite Codec Pack does. FFDShow for example, is an all-in-one video renderer that allows for automatic cropping, deinterlacing, postprocessing, color enhancement, debanding, level adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, resizing, etc, all done in realtime so you can see exactly what effect you're having. Most of the above can be done by just dragging the appropriate slider or switching to different modes. Very simple but powerful.
I don't want to go too over the top here, but basically FFDShow is the antithesis of the Spring control panel.
It also installs software for stream switching (if you have, for example, English and French audio tracks in one video file), as well as subtitle rendering if that's your thing. All of this is automatic, and nothing loads unless you're playing a video file.
It also seems to be very standards-compliant, unlike VLC, which although it can open virtually anything, does not always open everything properly. Myself, I always install VLC as well, just in case I run into something I can't open otherwise, but I haven't used it to actually watch a video in probably 2+ years.
DVDs play very nicely as well. BTW, if you're watching a DVD, installing DVD43 will save you the headache of being forced to watch every damn trailer, preview, and warning under the sun every time you insert a disc.
The only difference you'll see using that dedicated software, from my experience with similar stuff, is crippled customization ability in the name of being streamlined and... user-friendly. All that kind of marketing-speak stuff that usually translates into "our target audience thinks a Mac is too complicated."
CCCP comes with all the codecs and tools you'll need to play literally anything, but at the same time it doesn't install lots of unnecessary extras just to pad the file list like K-Lite Codec Pack does. FFDShow for example, is an all-in-one video renderer that allows for automatic cropping, deinterlacing, postprocessing, color enhancement, debanding, level adjustment, noise reduction, sharpening, resizing, etc, all done in realtime so you can see exactly what effect you're having. Most of the above can be done by just dragging the appropriate slider or switching to different modes. Very simple but powerful.
I don't want to go too over the top here, but basically FFDShow is the antithesis of the Spring control panel.
It also installs software for stream switching (if you have, for example, English and French audio tracks in one video file), as well as subtitle rendering if that's your thing. All of this is automatic, and nothing loads unless you're playing a video file.
It also seems to be very standards-compliant, unlike VLC, which although it can open virtually anything, does not always open everything properly. Myself, I always install VLC as well, just in case I run into something I can't open otherwise, but I haven't used it to actually watch a video in probably 2+ years.
DVDs play very nicely as well. BTW, if you're watching a DVD, installing DVD43 will save you the headache of being forced to watch every damn trailer, preview, and warning under the sun every time you insert a disc.
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http://www.team-mediaportal.com/
Quite good, it does the multiple TV tuner thing coupled with a TV server so you don't actually need a tuner if you've got it on another machine, only downside is it doesnt do linux IIRC
MythTV isn't that good in comparison...
Quite good, it does the multiple TV tuner thing coupled with a TV server so you don't actually need a tuner if you've got it on another machine, only downside is it doesnt do linux IIRC
MythTV isn't that good in comparison...
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AF, I'm out of tune (HAHAHA) with TV tuners... if someone wanted a TV tuner in their PC that could handle recording HDTV, what would be the one to buy?
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HD quality TV on a PC? I would say the only international answer to give is the tinternets and streamingCaydr wrote:AF, I'm out of tune (HAHAHA) with TV tuners... if someone wanted a TV tuner in their PC that could handle recording HDTV, what would be the one to buy?
But, if you're in france, they managed to waste a tonne of their spectrum on DVB-T HD channels. Any usb Digitial terrestrial tuner with the DVB standard is intended for use their.
The UK currently has full HD channels broadcasting, but they're using the more advanced DVB-T2 standard, for which there is currently no hardware available until march/april, and broadcasts only started recently.
I dont know about satellite broadcasts or other countries...