I have been running Windows Media Centre happily for years on Win 7 Pro, more recently with EPG123 as an intermediary providing program data from Schedules Direct. I always edit recordings using VideoReDo TV Suite v5 before saving and backing up to my own directory structure and external drives. I do not want to automate this or download fan art etc, and I prevent WMC from cataloguing my libraries. I am now forced to migrate to Win 10 and so need new media centre software. I am looking at MediaPortal or NextPVR. I have the following initial questions:
1) Will MP play my existing .dvr-ms and .wtv files or would these need a separate player?
2) I understand MP can only save TV recordings as .ts files. Are these of a similar size to .wtv for the same video and audio streams?
3) Do the .ts recording files carry broadly the same metadata within the container as .wtv files, derived from the EPG?
4) Will MP work with my Blackgold BGT3650 (DVB-T2)TV card (I receive digital terrestrial channels only, in SD and HD)?
5) Will MP work with my existing subscription to EPG123 or would I need to switch to OTA data and/or Schedules Direct?
6) On a vanilla installation of Win 10 plus drivers what other resources might I need to install (eg any codecs etc.)?
I use the media centre primarily for scheduling, recording and playing live TV and do not particularly need web streaming (though DVD and BluRay integration would be a bonus) Am I better off with MP1 or MP2 taking my above working methods into account? I struggled to find much on these fairly basic questions in the forums, but also note that some of the posts are several years old so it is difficult to know whether the software may have changed since.
Many thanks in advance for your help.
1) Will MP play my existing .dvr-ms and .wtv files or would these need a separate player?
2) I understand MP can only save TV recordings as .ts files. Are these of a similar size to .wtv for the same video and audio streams?
3) Do the .ts recording files carry broadly the same metadata within the container as .wtv files, derived from the EPG?
4) Will MP work with my Blackgold BGT3650 (DVB-T2)TV card (I receive digital terrestrial channels only, in SD and HD)?
5) Will MP work with my existing subscription to EPG123 or would I need to switch to OTA data and/or Schedules Direct?
6) On a vanilla installation of Win 10 plus drivers what other resources might I need to install (eg any codecs etc.)?
I use the media centre primarily for scheduling, recording and playing live TV and do not particularly need web streaming (though DVD and BluRay integration would be a bonus) Am I better off with MP1 or MP2 taking my above working methods into account? I struggled to find much on these fairly basic questions in the forums, but also note that some of the posts are several years old so it is difficult to know whether the software may have changed since.
Many thanks in advance for your help.