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| Tinger |
Posted on 10-03-2008 10:29
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Can anyone recommend a good mediacenter OS |
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| FuZz |
Posted on 10-03-2008 11:16
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Much as I hate to say it, vista does the job pretty damn well for me -_-
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| Tinger |
Posted on 10-03-2008 12:40
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Posts: 315 Joined: 13.08.07 |
I am just looking for something that will quickly boot straight into a media center browser with no other OS options. I have used xp media center as you could do it with that, and you could lock the rest of the pc .But I did not like The interface. At the mo I am using vista pro 64. I aint checked out all the media center options on it yet. Has anyone tried MYTHTV or LinuxMCE ? I might give the latter a try :uhoh: |
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| Say |
Posted on 10-03-2008 12:55
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Quote FuZz wrote: Much as I hate to say it, vista does the job pretty damn well for me -_- To be fair I actually like the media centre on vista. (as much as I hate to say it aswell) Plus I can close it half way through a film and open it ... Ooh look I'm back where I left off. Woo |
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| Clever Idiot |
Posted on 10-03-2008 14:28
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Yeah vista media center does the trick for me as well , ive used mythtv , sagetv , showshifter , DVBdream most had problems with my TV usb device. PCI cards are easyer to sort by the looks of it. |
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| sick-lizard |
Posted on 10-03-2008 17:30
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nearly went myth tv but was a bit of pain arse to setup(under ubuntu), but it may have improved since(6months ago) |
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| gori11a |
Posted on 10-03-2008 19:11
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Ive just built HTPC using Vista works for me. Thought about other OS's but wanted to spend more time using than pissing about trying to make it work, how much time do u have? if only i had something funny or clever to put here........
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| Clever Idiot |
Posted on 10-03-2008 19:57
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Posts: 538 Joined: 30.07.06 |
Quote G0R1LL3R wrote: Ive just built HTPC using Vista works for me. Thought about other OS's but wanted to spend more time using than pissing about trying to make it work, how much time do u have? hes talking sense , you take twice as long trying to get it to work , with vista media center just worked right out of the tin  no one likes pump M$oft but ya cant knock if it works. |
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| Number9 |
Posted on 12-03-2008 20:43
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If you just want to watch films, divx, dvds etc chipped / software modded xbox 1. Xbox Media Centre does everything you'd ever need, you can pick them up for nothing these days. Game or someone were selling them off for £30 each at Christmas |
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| frosty |
Posted on 22-08-2008 23:27
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Quote Number9 wrote: If you just want to watch films, divx, dvds etc chipped / software modded xbox 1. Xbox Media Centre does everything you'd ever need, you can pick them up for nothing these days. Game or someone were selling them off for £30 each at Christmas we use an xbox1 @ home with xbmc loaded on it and i gotta say it rocks, not so good for hdtv stuff (as the processor just isn't up to it) but for connectivity/codecs/adaptability its the best solution i'v seen yet (chipped xbox & remote control = about £60 total from ebay) it will plug into your pc and can be set up to display the contents of several folders so u can have your tv/movie archive spread across several drives & still appear in one convenient list on your telly |
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| nax23 |
Posted on 22-08-2008 23:59
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im using tversity on xp has a webinterface perfect for the ps3 cause it can realtime transcode the vidformat and stream it at the same time |
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