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<blockquote data-quote="hbryce" data-source="post: 387178" data-attributes="member: 88056"><p>Further update - I was getting into all sorts of bother with having two (C & D) partitions on the hard disk. Clearly I was not clever enough to change all the MP defaults correctly. I filled my C partition inadvertently while trying to record TV.</p><p>So I decided to re-partition the hard disk to have only one logical (C) partition. I then re-installed MP with the classic TV engine and the default configuration. I have not really experimented with using different codecs; the default seems to work well enough - "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I put in TV and radio channel logos and used the Multishortcut plugin to give options on the MP menu for the BBC iPlayer, itv Player, 4oD and demandFive streaming/downloading TV facilities. Since I can watch live TV with the Sony TV's built-in Freeview DVB-T tuner, it means that I can also now record one channel of live TV with the Hauppauge DVB-T tuner and watch streaming IPTV or download previously broadcast programmes from the major UK TV stations. I can also use MP for displaying pictures and playing DVDs (and music if I want to).</p><p>I have the Shuttle set-up under my TV and connected to it with DVI-D to HDMI digital video and stereo audio cables. The DVI output and Intel GMA 950 graphics produce a 1360x768 digital output which matches the native resolution of the TV display.</p><p>The piano black Shuttle X27D looks stylish, is unobtrusive and uses little electricity ~ 30W; it is also inaudible in normal use - it has only one built-in fan cooling the Northbridge chip.</p><p></p><p>The barebone was very easy to build, the hardest part, which is common to many systems using laptop optical drives, was coping with the minute screws used to secure the ODD. The barebone comes complete with custom made SATA cables for the HDD and ODD. Despite having a SATA HDD, the BIOS is set-up to allow Windows XP installation on a SATA HDD by default; SATA drivers were not included in early versions of XP; more modern BIOS make a SATA drive emulate an IDE drive to XP.</p><p></p><p>So I think that I have achieved what I set out to do - time will tell how it all works out.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hbryce, post: 387178, member: 88056"] Further update - I was getting into all sorts of bother with having two (C & D) partitions on the hard disk. Clearly I was not clever enough to change all the MP defaults correctly. I filled my C partition inadvertently while trying to record TV. So I decided to re-partition the hard disk to have only one logical (C) partition. I then re-installed MP with the classic TV engine and the default configuration. I have not really experimented with using different codecs; the default seems to work well enough - "if it ain't broke don't fix it". I put in TV and radio channel logos and used the Multishortcut plugin to give options on the MP menu for the BBC iPlayer, itv Player, 4oD and demandFive streaming/downloading TV facilities. Since I can watch live TV with the Sony TV's built-in Freeview DVB-T tuner, it means that I can also now record one channel of live TV with the Hauppauge DVB-T tuner and watch streaming IPTV or download previously broadcast programmes from the major UK TV stations. I can also use MP for displaying pictures and playing DVDs (and music if I want to). I have the Shuttle set-up under my TV and connected to it with DVI-D to HDMI digital video and stereo audio cables. The DVI output and Intel GMA 950 graphics produce a 1360x768 digital output which matches the native resolution of the TV display. The piano black Shuttle X27D looks stylish, is unobtrusive and uses little electricity ~ 30W; it is also inaudible in normal use - it has only one built-in fan cooling the Northbridge chip. The barebone was very easy to build, the hardest part, which is common to many systems using laptop optical drives, was coping with the minute screws used to secure the ODD. The barebone comes complete with custom made SATA cables for the HDD and ODD. Despite having a SATA HDD, the BIOS is set-up to allow Windows XP installation on a SATA HDD by default; SATA drivers were not included in early versions of XP; more modern BIOS make a SATA drive emulate an IDE drive to XP. So I think that I have achieved what I set out to do - time will tell how it all works out.:) [/QUOTE]
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