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another method I may have another alternative: http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=39096#39096
another method I may have another alternative: http://nolanparty.com/mediaportal.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=39096#39096
I hope this belongs in this forum area... Maybe more of a feature request than a question. Is this something you are working on...
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You also have to remember that you cannot simply compare a 800mhz to a 733mhz chip in an xbox. The xbox is a very specilised piece of equiplment with everything dsigned to run to its absolute potential. The xbox is a suprisingly powerful piece equipment.
You also have to remember that you cannot simply compare a 800mhz to a 733mhz chip in an xbox. The xbox is a very specilised piece...
Hi, i've recently bought a Denon DM-31 hifi and want a small mini-itx box to sit below it that will play mp3s. But now that i've...
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I personally like the gigabyte 8trs350mt as my MB (funny, newegg just removed or sold out this item as I was typing this post, too bad as it was like $44)... http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128256R http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-8TRS350MT.htm As for the Case, I use the...
I personally like the gigabyte 8trs350mt as my MB (funny, newegg just removed or sold out this item as I was typing this post, too...
So i have kicked my laptop idea into touch :) and think i will plump for the LC11 case, but what to put in it? Not sure which...
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We all know the (dis)advantages of AIW Cards.. But I suppose in Finland he wouldn't stick with this bad analog picture. As far as I know there's even DVB-T there.
We all know the (dis)advantages of AIW Cards.. But I suppose in Finland he wouldn't stick with this bad analog picture. As far as...
Hi! Are Ati Radeon 9550(se) or 9600(se) good choises to htpc (and MP)? I like to connect my htpc to sony 32" tv via S-video...
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At last, I have my PVR-500MCE dual tuner card. Now it's just waiting for my case to arive.
At last, I have my PVR-500MCE dual tuner card. Now it's just waiting for my case to arive.
I'm about to buy a new tv-card. Which of the above, Hauppauge 350 or 500, should I buy? What advantages/disadvantages do the have...
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Hi! I am buying video card for my htpc! Should I rather buy nvidia 6200 card than radeon 9600? Does that nvidia give me any advantage compare radeon9600? I know that nvidias cards has a Hardware HDTV encoding MPEG-2? Do I need less (prosessor)power to watch HDTV with nvidia than Radeon? So could someone tell me what...
Hi! I am buying video card for my htpc! Should I rather buy nvidia 6200 card than radeon 9600? Does that nvidia give me any...
Hi! I am buying video card for my htpc! Should I rather buy nvidia 6200 card than radeon 9600? Does that nvidia give me any...
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Hi everybody, I want to purchase a new motherboard for my MP-BOX, and i saw this new product P5RD1-V Deluxe. -Intel LGA775 Pentium 4 CPU - ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Northbridge - Dual-Channel DDR400/333 - On board TV tuner (Philips ????). - 1394 Interface - Serial ATA RAID...
Hi everybody, I want to purchase a new motherboard for my MP-BOX, and i saw this new product P5RD1-V Deluxe. -Intel LGA775...
Hi everybody, I want to purchase a new motherboard for my MP-BOX, and i saw this new product P5RD1-V Deluxe. -Intel LGA775...
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Hello I have a desktop computer with is also acting as my htpc. The specifikation: P4 2,8 ghz northwood 800 fsb 512 mb cash Intel 865 PERL motherboard (very stable but not possible to overclock) 2 x 256 mb standard kingston cl3 ram ATI 9600 pro grafic card Then i am running mp with ffdshow the computer is not fast enough to...
Hello I have a desktop computer with is also acting as my htpc. The specifikation: P4 2,8 ghz northwood 800 fsb 512 mb cash...
Hello I have a desktop computer with is also acting as my htpc. The specifikation: P4 2,8 ghz northwood 800 fsb 512 mb cash...
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Hi Simbot, The problem is Holland is using a different type of caller-id. I think it's FSK, while most others use DTMF
Hi Simbot, The problem is Holland is using a different type of caller-id. I think it's FSK, while most others use DTMF
I want to use the new caller-ID function in the coming release. Wich analog modem supports the (Dutch) caller-ID?
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Still think it maybe best not to use this lappy anyway because of that reason.. I have since started looking at ITX and what that might do for me, i could use a better Hauppauge card maybe then.
Still think it maybe best not to use this lappy anyway because of that reason.. I have since started looking at ITX and what that...
Hello everyone, i have been lurking for a couple of weeks now and just want to ask a quick question. I have a old Dell Latitude...
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MP1 MP2 About FireDTV DE
Hello , I ordered yesterday the Fire DTV-S to Digital Everywhere in Austria DE wait from me a kind of beta test for their hardware on the French num. Sat TV market (pay and Free TV), on Astra and HB4 They wait also from me all the possible tests on Media Portal with the last BDA drivers (from their site), on different PC (it's...
Hello , I ordered yesterday the Fire DTV-S to Digital Everywhere in Austria DE wait from me a kind of beta test for their...
Hi! I live in Finland and I already have TT DVB-C 2300 Card but that card is not supported in MP So I am thinkinkg to byu...
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I run a similar system. works fine. cant fast forward with the 2x, 4x 8x speed playback, but OK to just jump +15, +1min etc. I will probably update the graphic card to be able to use VMR in the future.
I run a similar system. works fine. cant fast forward with the 2x, 4x 8x speed playback, but OK to just jump +15, +1min etc. I...
Hello, I'm quite new on this forum, but it's a long time since I was planning to build an HTPC when I move to my new home. Now...
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im controlling MP most of the time by bluetooth mouse, which works like a charme. as i also integrated an USBUIRT to control my sat box over MP im having a problem , as the #### plugin doenst work properly and noone seems to work on an improvement. so now im looking for an alternative. tell me how do you solve the issue of...
im controlling MP most of the time by bluetooth mouse, which works like a charme. as i also integrated an USBUIRT to control my sat...
im controlling MP most of the time by bluetooth mouse, which works like a charme. as i also integrated an USBUIRT to control my sat...
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Hello mediaportal fans! i need your help!! i have mp 0.1.1.1 up and running very well with my Skystar2. but i realy need a DVB-S Card with a CI to use my Premiere and ORF Smartcard!!! i have seen in the requirements that mediaportal supports the Hauppauge Nova-S and Twinhan VisionDTV Sat does mp also suport the...
Hello mediaportal fans! i need your help!! i have mp 0.1.1.1 up and running very well with my Skystar2. but i realy need a...
Hello mediaportal fans! i need your help!! i have mp 0.1.1.1 up and running very well with my Skystar2. but i realy need a...
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Well my Samsung's run cool and are exceptionally quiet. I have no need for an enclosure.
Well my Samsung's run cool and are exceptionally quiet. I have no need for an enclosure.
Hi all, I have a 40 Gb Maxtor disk in my htpc now, but this thing is rather noisy. So I'm looking for a new HD. I really don't...
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Hi all, I'm desperately looking for a digital i/o expansion board for my sblive. Something like this: http://www.hoontech.de/images/sbdb3_large.jpg I know that a couple of years several companies made these boards, but the products are discontinued due to lack of demand. And I really can't find a store which still has some of...
Hi all, I'm desperately looking for a digital i/o expansion board for my sblive. Something like this...
Hi all, I'm desperately looking for a digital i/o expansion board for my sblive. Something like this...
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Well the ATI Theatre 550 is currently not supported but the NVTV dual tuner is. Note: The NVTV cards software encode the audio where aas the Hauppauge PVR's do this in hardware. But the NVTV's are reported to work very well. DMAN
Well the ATI Theatre 550 is currently not supported but the NVTV dual tuner is. Note: The NVTV cards software encode the audio...
UK Win XP Pro Hi, my first time in here. Anyway: I've tried a compro videomate and a hauppauge pvr 500 briefly (seemed to...
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I am going to build a HTPC to replace my vcr, stereo and old "internet" computer. Now I am poundering the question if I can replace my digital cable box as well. What do you think? Is it worth it? Will the picture be too lousy with a "digital TV cable" card?
I am going to build a HTPC to replace my vcr, stereo and old "internet" computer. Now I am poundering the question if I can replace...
I am going to build a HTPC to replace my vcr, stereo and old "internet" computer. Now I am poundering the question if I can replace...
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Well if your motherboard has an IrDA connector you can purchase an IrDA reciever that fits in the 3.5" drive bay. It recieves infrared remote commands and they come in beige or black. Only thing is that they are not compatible with girder or other programs that use Parallel, Serial, or USB connections.
Well if your motherboard has an IrDA connector you can purchase an IrDA reciever that fits in the 3.5" drive bay. It recieves...
Since my HTPC is almost complete I'm now starting to wonder what to put into the front panal 3.5" bay. I would consider a memory...
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well the 9700 hooks up to the tv with a regular s-video cable. So unless I get a DVI to component adapter, I will stick with the 9700 for now. Thanks!
well the 9700 hooks up to the tv with a regular s-video cable. So unless I get a DVI to component adapter, I will stick with the...
Hello, I need to make a decision between my wife's ati radeon 9700TX 128MB or my Gainward GeForce4 ti4200 128MB for my TV output...
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Here´s a solution that i´m using. i have the same Ati Card and my TV doesn´t support S-Video input.everyone who konws to work with a solder iron can rebuild that cable who needed in 20minutes.....the best is the low cost its about 20Cent if you have an old Scart to miniDin cable.Else you need is a condensator with 680pf to 2,2nf the...
Here´s a solution that i´m using. i have the same Ati Card and my TV doesn´t support S-Video input.everyone who konws to work with...
Until yesterday I've only had NVidia-cards and had no problems with tv-out (they both have 7-pins s-video connectors which I had...
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Re: Followup As for the AGP/PCI-E problem: don't worry, i think they just didn't have the new standard in mind :). The underlying reasoning is that you need to have a graphics card (an onboard graphics adapter will not do, as it seems). So nothing to worry about :).
Re: Followup As for the AGP/PCI-E problem: don't worry, i think they just didn't have the new standard in mind :). The...
I'm considering buying the new Hauppauge PVR-500MCE with dual TV-tuners. But I'm unsure if I need to feed it with TV signals from...
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Got a question in regards to remotes. The Silverstone case has a remote (I presume for the VFD), the Nova-T has a remote. Does the Silverstone remote have any other functions? Could I simply (with the aid of a plugin maybe) use 1 remote for all jobs??
Got a question in regards to remotes. The Silverstone case has a remote (I presume for the VFD), the Nova-T has a remote. Does...
Hey peeps! I'm totally new to HTPC setups, but am more than qualified in setting up a PC. With this being my first HTPC build, I...
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I just went out to microcenter today, and saw a barebones that I hadn't seen before. It's a condor, and here's a link to microcenter's website http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0174925 A sudhian review is here http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=544 It is pretty nice. Small and attractive...
I just went out to microcenter today, and saw a barebones that I hadn't seen before. It's a condor, and here's a link to...
I'm planning an HTPC here and it seems to me like the twinhan DVB-T card with CI card reader is a good choice (since I may very...
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the reply of intel is a real joke, because like Mario said you have to see this as a whole package, software + hardware. The software alone is worth the money!!! I ordered mine a week ago and every day I send mails like: is it there yet :? I just can't wait to play with it. :)
the reply of intel is a real joke, because like Mario said you have to see this as a whole package, software + hardware. The...
I think i'm in love... Isn't it just beautiful? And for just € 489,00 this is incredible. Now we only need an USB tv tuner...
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DVB vs. H/W: DVB refers to digital TV, where as H/W refers to analog hardware MPEG2 TV cards (e.g. Hauppauge PVR250/350/150MCE). H/W cards contain a MPEG2 chip which alleivates work being done on the computer. They are quite well supported by MP, if they are on the supported list. DVB-T is digital TV - terristrial. It is the...
DVB vs. H/W: DVB refers to digital TV, where as H/W refers to analog hardware MPEG2 TV cards (e.g. Hauppauge PVR250/350/150MCE)...
I have looked in the FAQ and done a quick search but cannot find: What is the difference between DVB and H/W and which will work...
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one crucial info is missing for tv card: Analog or DVB-? For analog Hauppauge 150mce But i think this link would get you started: http://www.maisenbachers.de/dokuw/install:capturecards:start CoolHammer
one crucial info is missing for tv card: Analog or DVB-? For analog Hauppauge 150mce But i think this link would get you...
I am thinking of building my own HTPC and i need a few pointed. Ive decided that MCE 2005 is crap and media portal is definatley...
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What sort of issues? Just no time shifting? Or bigger issues? On that note when is version 2 set to get out?
What sort of issues? Just no time shifting? Or bigger issues? On that note when is version 2 set to get out?
I have a pc that i built into a old record player. Currently I am just using it to play back anime and music and the occasional...
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As long as that box is in a closet or has it's own wing of the house or something I'm sure it will be fine. ;-) People have been running Media Portal on lesser machines than that but don't count on that remaining the case in the future. Watching TV on it is what seems to need the most CPU power. Make sure the TV tuner cards have...
As long as that box is in a closet or has it's own wing of the house or something I'm sure it will be fine. ;-) People have been...
I am just starting to get my HTPC project going and need some advice on the hardware I have lying around. I know the minimum...
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MP1 MP2 Best value Design? DE
I think you can use a 700 Mhz cpu when a video card with hardware decode and encode is used
I think you can use a 700 Mhz cpu when a video card with hardware decode and encode is used
I have an old PC I built : Athlon 1.2 GHz, 512MB PC2100 RAM, 80GB HD, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, GeForce 2 AGP 64MB RAM with SVideo Out...
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