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Hi everyone,
A new comer to the world of HTPCs (not just MediaPortal or any other HTPC software for that matter) and a fair bit of reading and researching has lead to understand that MePo is most likely to give me what I am after in my HTPC.
What I want is to mainly watch my movies, TV shows, watch and record Live TV, stream to other devices connected to the same network (both Android and iOS devices) and look good on the TV, ie less like a PC and more like something you would buy out of the Currys
Hardware wise, I have just recently built the PC last week and all seems good, see http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/NbM8TW
All working well in Win10 64 config.
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1. I have yet to buy a TV Tuner (I want an internal card), but I thought it was wiser to leave that out until I could figure out which software I would use, so that's yet to be bought. Any recommendations? I was looking at the DVBSky card (http://www.amazon.co.uk/DVBSky-T958...50780457&sr=8-52&keywords=media+center+remote) but I can't find enough on it, and I think the drivers for Win10 are not available.
I would ideally like it to receive channels from hopefully Virgin Media, (I don't know yet as I will be moving in 6months but I don't know where to, just yet). If not Virgin Media, then it will be Sky, so I suppose I would need something that would accept the card?
Is TV Capturing a feature that has to be including with the TV Tuner that I buy, or is that software related?
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2. Currently looking at which remote to buy to control everything. Is it possible for an Xbox controller to act as a remote, will it do everything that would be required? Only reason I ask is that i might reduce the clutter by having only that as opposed to that in addition to a remote (I do plan on gaming on this HTPC also).
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3. After having read up on WMC, Emby, Kodi and MePo, I think MePo is the best for me, obviously only from what I had read so this might prove wrong once I start setting up. I have also read up on MP 1 and MP 2. From my understanding, MP2 is much newer but is stable now. My question is, is there any functionality missing from MP2 that MP1 has? Ie, if I go for MP2, would I be missing out on anything that MP1 has to offer? I don't mean from by the support standpoint, I mean purely from what the software has to offer, hope that makes sense. I must mention that although I have basic knowledge, it is very basic which is why I feel I'm less likely to start swearing if I go for MP2 as opposed to MP1. But if MP1 is functionally much better, than I will try and persevere.
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4. I understand MP1 allows DLNA to devices, does MP2 allow that also?
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Looks like it might be a bit of a journey in getting this all set up properly. Any hints to a complete newbie, much appreciated.
Thank you all, in advance
A new comer to the world of HTPCs (not just MediaPortal or any other HTPC software for that matter) and a fair bit of reading and researching has lead to understand that MePo is most likely to give me what I am after in my HTPC.
What I want is to mainly watch my movies, TV shows, watch and record Live TV, stream to other devices connected to the same network (both Android and iOS devices) and look good on the TV, ie less like a PC and more like something you would buy out of the Currys
Hardware wise, I have just recently built the PC last week and all seems good, see http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/NbM8TW
All working well in Win10 64 config.
-----------------------------
1. I have yet to buy a TV Tuner (I want an internal card), but I thought it was wiser to leave that out until I could figure out which software I would use, so that's yet to be bought. Any recommendations? I was looking at the DVBSky card (http://www.amazon.co.uk/DVBSky-T958...50780457&sr=8-52&keywords=media+center+remote) but I can't find enough on it, and I think the drivers for Win10 are not available.
I would ideally like it to receive channels from hopefully Virgin Media, (I don't know yet as I will be moving in 6months but I don't know where to, just yet). If not Virgin Media, then it will be Sky, so I suppose I would need something that would accept the card?
Is TV Capturing a feature that has to be including with the TV Tuner that I buy, or is that software related?
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2. Currently looking at which remote to buy to control everything. Is it possible for an Xbox controller to act as a remote, will it do everything that would be required? Only reason I ask is that i might reduce the clutter by having only that as opposed to that in addition to a remote (I do plan on gaming on this HTPC also).
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3. After having read up on WMC, Emby, Kodi and MePo, I think MePo is the best for me, obviously only from what I had read so this might prove wrong once I start setting up. I have also read up on MP 1 and MP 2. From my understanding, MP2 is much newer but is stable now. My question is, is there any functionality missing from MP2 that MP1 has? Ie, if I go for MP2, would I be missing out on anything that MP1 has to offer? I don't mean from by the support standpoint, I mean purely from what the software has to offer, hope that makes sense. I must mention that although I have basic knowledge, it is very basic which is why I feel I'm less likely to start swearing if I go for MP2 as opposed to MP1. But if MP1 is functionally much better, than I will try and persevere.
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4. I understand MP1 allows DLNA to devices, does MP2 allow that also?
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Looks like it might be a bit of a journey in getting this all set up properly. Any hints to a complete newbie, much appreciated.
Thank you all, in advance
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