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<blockquote data-quote="elconejito" data-source="post: 746927" data-attributes="member: 12592">+1 that the Colossus on MP1.2BETA **is** working. I have 2 of them in my setup along with a pair of NTSC/ATSC cards from Avermedia. I can record up to all 4 at a time (btw, this is still to that dinky WD Green 500GB. Moving the 1TB Black over to it sometime this week).I'd recommend, if you're in the US, to just go ahead and drop the $20-30/year for Schedules Direct. In my opinion, it's 100% worth it. Once you've setup your account at SchedulesDirect and configured the plugin it will auto-create all the channels for you in MP. You then assign (map?) the channels to the Colossus and you're done.For blasting to your STB, I'd recommend also dropping about $20-30 on a Microsoft Media Center Remote (or equivalent/generic). Then use the IRSS plugin to blast to the STB. As far as I know, I don't think the built-in Hauppaugge remotes/blasters are well supported by IRSS (or MP?). I know it's a bit counter-intuitive to purchase something to get your free open-source software running, but I think it is well worth it to avoid headaches.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elconejito, post: 746927, member: 12592"] +1 that the Colossus on MP1.2BETA **is** working. I have 2 of them in my setup along with a pair of NTSC/ATSC cards from Avermedia. I can record up to all 4 at a time (btw, this is still to that dinky WD Green 500GB. Moving the 1TB Black over to it sometime this week). I'd recommend, if you're in the US, to just go ahead and drop the $20-30/year for Schedules Direct. In my opinion, it's 100% worth it. Once you've setup your account at SchedulesDirect and configured the plugin it will auto-create all the channels for you in MP. You then assign (map?) the channels to the Colossus and you're done. For blasting to your STB, I'd recommend also dropping about $20-30 on a Microsoft Media Center Remote (or equivalent/generic). Then use the IRSS plugin to blast to the STB. As far as I know, I don't think the built-in Hauppaugge remotes/blasters are well supported by IRSS (or MP?). I know it's a bit counter-intuitive to purchase something to get your free open-source software running, but I think it is well worth it to avoid headaches. [/QUOTE]

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