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[look]

Hi,

I'm after building myself a pvr. I've tried ubuntu and mythtv with my nova-t 500 but found it too flakey mainly due to lack of native HW support. So finnally I decided to try windows. Originally though of MCE 2005 but then being a big fan and still a user of XBMC I was over the moon when I read about mediaportal.

Obviously I need the OS installed (standard XP no frills) and patched up before I do anything.

My question is. Should I install and configure my nova-t 500 using the latest Hauppauge drivers and software and get the tv card running before I attempt to install and setup MP?

I've read a worrying number of problems relating to the nova-t 500 on both this forum and the Hauppauge site.

Really impressed with the look of the software so far. Cant wait to have a play later!

cheers

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Welcome

The biggest problem with the T500 is the fact its 2 usb tuners going through a VIA controller.

Does not like standby\hibernate, I get around this by using PVRScheduler for automatic recordings.

But try the inbuilt Powerscheduler plugin, may work with your hardware.

ps do not use TVE3 BETA recent svn's, T500 does not like it. stick to MP0.2.3.0 for now, with it's inbuilt MyTV.

Regards

 

[look]

Thanks,

I read about the tuner going to sleep on the mythtv forums. First thing will be getting it up and running so the wife and kids can watch freeview TV. Once thats done I can mess around with the PVR stuff.

Just worried I've bought the wrong card for the job.