new media portal machine (1 Viewer)

[rkshack]

I am currently using myth tv. I am interested in switching over to media portal. I currently have an airstar hd5000 card and a hauppage pvr 150. Can I run this on windows xp or do I need media center edition. I saw in the requirements that I need media center edition for 2 dvb tuner cards. Since the hauppage is not dvb can I run a regular xp.

rkshack

 

[Bram]

For Windows MCE you won't need a dvb tuner card.
You will defenately be able to run MP with your tv-cards. You processor, ram and videocard are important to. What do you have?

 

[rkshack]

For Windows MCE you won't need a dvb tuner card.
You will defenately be able to run MP with your tv-cards. You processor, ram and videocard are important to. What do you have?

So I won't need windows mce? I have an amd athlon 64 3200+ (I am not 100% on the ghz), nvida 6700(again not sure of the model), 1 gb ram and 250 gb hard drive. What do you think?
rkshack

 

[Ynot]

So I won't need windows mce?

No, MediaPortal will run on all versions of XP

I have an amd athlon 64 3200+ (I am not 100% on the ghz), nvida 6700(again not sure of the model), 1 gb ram and 250 gb hard drive. What do you think?
rkshack

Better than my system, so you should be fine

 

[and-81]

Just to echo what Ynot said,

I've got an AthlonXP 3200+, 512mb ram running two tv cards. So you'll be fine.

 

[Bram]

I've had MP running on a 1Ghz PIII with 512MB RAM and a 32MB videocard. It was kind of slow, but it worked!
Now I'm also using a Athlon64 3200+ with 2GB RAM an 256MB X800 GTO2 videocard. The videocard is actualy a bit over the top. A nForce 6200 and faster will do. For HD video you'll need a more capable grapics card like your 6700.

1 GB is enough to be able to run the TV-server3, MP and www.orb.com at the same time. My HTPC machine uses 1080MB when using these three at the same time. For MP only 512MB should be enough.

 

[rkshack]

I might have the 6200. Can't remember if it is that or 6700 now. I will have to look. If I do have the 6200 will I be able to do the hidef that I have been doing.