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<blockquote data-quote="mruane" data-source="post: 207745" data-attributes="member: 21044"><p>For me, the choice came down to better utilisation of the two DVB-S cards that I have available. I only have two PCI slots and Media Portal is the only software right now that can record all channels from a single satellite transponder using just one tuner. So we can record TV1 and TV2 with a single tuner, with two tuners TV1,2 and 3 all at the same time. GBPVR (as good as it is) just cannot do that and neither can MythTV. One of the options also promoted (that I have not yet got to work) was the ability to combine multiple back end server into a single server farm to share TV Tuners. </p><p></p><p>As fas as usability goes they are very similar, however the skins for MP are outstanding. In my view, GBPVR is marginally more reliable in that once you set it you can forget it. With MP I am never truely sure that its recorded what I want till I check it. Last Thursday for instance, I setup to record a program but what I got was 83 one minute recordings - totally useless and no clue why. But that's only happened once. For the most part TVEngine3 behaves itself and does what it is asked. One of the other advantages of GBPVR was the web interface. However the fine work here by Big_Kev has solved that and we now have a great web interface for MP.</p><p></p><p>I prefer the client option in MP. It just works flawlessly. When I tried that in GBPVR I had some issues and still have not got it to work. The only trouble I did have with client mode in MP was caused by codec's and that was fixed fairly quickly with support from this thread.</p><p></p><p>MythTV is out of the question unless you have a Linux pointy head on hand. Getting support for Linux is quite demanding although there are a number of MythTV support places. Having said that, getting technical support here is not always that easy, whereas I have never experienced an unanswered thread in the GB forum.</p><p></p><p>So there are advantages both ways, but for my money MP is the option I prefer. You probably need to try both, but starting here will not hurt and you will have an installation running very quickly. If you go with the inbuilt TVEngine you will have a system running in way less than an hour. If you want some of the other benefits (i.e. client mode, multi channel recording off one card etc) you will need to install TVEngine3. Whichever - good luck and you will find help here.</p><p></p><p>Cheers Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mruane, post: 207745, member: 21044"] For me, the choice came down to better utilisation of the two DVB-S cards that I have available. I only have two PCI slots and Media Portal is the only software right now that can record all channels from a single satellite transponder using just one tuner. So we can record TV1 and TV2 with a single tuner, with two tuners TV1,2 and 3 all at the same time. GBPVR (as good as it is) just cannot do that and neither can MythTV. One of the options also promoted (that I have not yet got to work) was the ability to combine multiple back end server into a single server farm to share TV Tuners. As fas as usability goes they are very similar, however the skins for MP are outstanding. In my view, GBPVR is marginally more reliable in that once you set it you can forget it. With MP I am never truely sure that its recorded what I want till I check it. Last Thursday for instance, I setup to record a program but what I got was 83 one minute recordings - totally useless and no clue why. But that's only happened once. For the most part TVEngine3 behaves itself and does what it is asked. One of the other advantages of GBPVR was the web interface. However the fine work here by Big_Kev has solved that and we now have a great web interface for MP. I prefer the client option in MP. It just works flawlessly. When I tried that in GBPVR I had some issues and still have not got it to work. The only trouble I did have with client mode in MP was caused by codec's and that was fixed fairly quickly with support from this thread. MythTV is out of the question unless you have a Linux pointy head on hand. Getting support for Linux is quite demanding although there are a number of MythTV support places. Having said that, getting technical support here is not always that easy, whereas I have never experienced an unanswered thread in the GB forum. So there are advantages both ways, but for my money MP is the option I prefer. You probably need to try both, but starting here will not hurt and you will have an installation running very quickly. If you go with the inbuilt TVEngine you will have a system running in way less than an hour. If you want some of the other benefits (i.e. client mode, multi channel recording off one card etc) you will need to install TVEngine3. Whichever - good luck and you will find help here. Cheers Mike [/QUOTE]
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