Extreme Newbie needs Help (1 Viewer)

[jeepers]

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MPEG2 Video Codec: AverMedia
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Hi All,

As the tile says I'm a complete newbie at this, so please bear with me

I was using Vista Media Centre, but have heard that MediaPortal is by far better, so i installed it...but I cannot get any TV channels, my location is not in the list. It said something about editing an XML file to put my location in.

I had a look in "tuningparameters\dvbt.xml" but i really did not understand what i had to enter in there, If i have to edit that file, how do i get the TV channel info to put it in.

I am using an AverMedia 777 Tuner card, with Vista Ultimate.

cheers

 

[Taipan]

Welcome to MediaPortal, jeepers ...

my location is not in the list.

What is your location (obviously in Australia somewhere)?

You should be able to just choose "Australia - all regions"

 

[jeepers]

That fixed it Is there a Tutorial for beginers like me, one that is easy to follow.

cheers

 

[Taipan]

Is there a Tutorial for beginers like me, one that is easy to follow.

There's lots of documentation in the MediaPortal Wiki and in these forums - don't forget to use the "search" facility in the forums.

Also, please feel free to ask questions in these forums - there are heaps of people very willing to assist. But remember, the more information you provide with a query, the more likely you are to get a useful reply ...