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<blockquote data-quote="giblet" data-source="post: 673779" data-attributes="member: 107987">I consider myself fairly PC savvy.&nbsp; After trying to figure out how to run a DVD, rip one or set up a CD library in MediaPortal I take it all back.I don't care about any fancy skins.&nbsp; I might at some point by a TV tuner for my old PC but to be honest it's an old XP so the performance probably wouldn't be worth it but hey you never know.&nbsp; All I was trying to accomplish with the PC was to:1)&nbsp; Setup my CD library and use MediaPortal to catalogue them.&nbsp; This PC was ok in it's day so why not put it to use.2)&nbsp; Rip DVD's and use MediaPortal to do that and catalogue them.3)&nbsp; Maybe watch some online videos but that wasn't the initial intent. After seeing MediaPortal could do that I was excited.4)&nbsp; Like I said if everything else worked maybe buy a TV tuner.&nbsp; Without figuring all the above out I wasn't even going to try to fathom if it would work with my Direct TV.I guess my priorities were in the # order as above but once I thought I might be able to rip some movies I thought that need might be higher.&nbsp; However, I can't get anything to work and have tried all of the online guides, installing plug-ins yada yada yada to come to the conclusion that I have no idea what a codec is and as for plug-ins I might want to stick to the glade variety.Why wouldn't there be an out of the box solution for the above instead of all these plug ins?&nbsp; Can anybody help?&nbsp; I still haven't given up but after 3 days of trying I have caved and asked for help.&nbsp; If the solution is I'm never gonna get it so be it and I will just get a big magnet to the old PC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="giblet, post: 673779, member: 107987"] I consider myself fairly PC savvy. After trying to figure out how to run a DVD, rip one or set up a CD library in MediaPortal I take it all back. I don't care about any fancy skins. I might at some point by a TV tuner for my old PC but to be honest it's an old XP so the performance probably wouldn't be worth it but hey you never know. All I was trying to accomplish with the PC was to: 1) Setup my CD library and use MediaPortal to catalogue them. This PC was ok in it's day so why not put it to use. 2) Rip DVD's and use MediaPortal to do that and catalogue them. 3) Maybe watch some online videos but that wasn't the initial intent. After seeing MediaPortal could do that I was excited. 4) Like I said if everything else worked maybe buy a TV tuner. Without figuring all the above out I wasn't even going to try to fathom if it would work with my Direct TV. I guess my priorities were in the # order as above but once I thought I might be able to rip some movies I thought that need might be higher. However, I can't get anything to work and have tried all of the online guides, installing plug-ins yada yada yada to come to the conclusion that I have no idea what a codec is and as for plug-ins I might want to stick to the glade variety. Why wouldn't there be an out of the box solution for the above instead of all these plug ins? Can anybody help? I still haven't given up but after 3 days of trying I have caved and asked for help. If the solution is I'm never gonna get it so be it and I will just get a big magnet to the old PC. [/QUOTE]

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