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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 7977"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>while I haven´t found the time to look <strong>that deep</strong> into MediaPortal, I already love the </p><p>"M$ Mediacenter"-like look. </p><p></p><p>I know that there is already a integrated TV module with a scheduler and support for multiple </p><p>TV cards. Nevertheless I think a open interface to external schedulers would provide a more </p><p>flexible approach. myHTPC has solved this very good by separating the GUI plus EPG from the </p><p>TV module by using scripting components. May be a future version of Mediaportal could provide </p><p>such a functionality. </p><p></p><p>An external scheduler could run in the background or program recordings via SCHTASKS. External </p><p>Recording Tools such as WinTVCap are able to record while sitting in the system tray consuming </p><p>minimal of CPU time (~ 5% on a P4 2.4 GHz). Also it doesn´t "disturb" the user while</p><p>recording. K!TV works the same way. Only a task tray icon and no window popping up.</p><p></p><p>Many people I know, don´t use their PC as HTPC only but as workstation as well. So a GUI based </p><p>Scheduler / EPG is nice for programming your recordings but should not be needed for recording itself. </p><p></p><p>Yes, yes, I know that MP is open-source but I neither have the time, nor the interest to implement </p><p>some sort of scheduling interface for MP. For my purposes (MPEG4 realtime encoding at CIF resolution </p><p>using a PIII-850 with K!TV) MP is way to cpu-hungry. So I choose to write my own "HTPC"-frontend in Delphi </p><p>using a low-requirement implementation (-> Image stretched to a full-screen Form with transparent Labels).</p><p></p><p>So this is more an idea than a real feature request...</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>-H</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 7977"] Hi there, while I haven´t found the time to look [b]that deep[/b] into MediaPortal, I already love the "M$ Mediacenter"-like look. I know that there is already a integrated TV module with a scheduler and support for multiple TV cards. Nevertheless I think a open interface to external schedulers would provide a more flexible approach. myHTPC has solved this very good by separating the GUI plus EPG from the TV module by using scripting components. May be a future version of Mediaportal could provide such a functionality. An external scheduler could run in the background or program recordings via SCHTASKS. External Recording Tools such as WinTVCap are able to record while sitting in the system tray consuming minimal of CPU time (~ 5% on a P4 2.4 GHz). Also it doesn´t "disturb" the user while recording. K!TV works the same way. Only a task tray icon and no window popping up. Many people I know, don´t use their PC as HTPC only but as workstation as well. So a GUI based Scheduler / EPG is nice for programming your recordings but should not be needed for recording itself. Yes, yes, I know that MP is open-source but I neither have the time, nor the interest to implement some sort of scheduling interface for MP. For my purposes (MPEG4 realtime encoding at CIF resolution using a PIII-850 with K!TV) MP is way to cpu-hungry. So I choose to write my own "HTPC"-frontend in Delphi using a low-requirement implementation (-> Image stretched to a full-screen Form with transparent Labels). So this is more an idea than a real feature request... Regards, -H [/QUOTE]
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