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Bart |
posted on 23rd May 06 at 14:23 |
thinking about it, i have an ATI X800 Pro graphics card in the machine, i suspect that has hardware decoder built in, and the machine is using that? | |
Bart |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 21:47 |
may be interested to know.. thanks to this website someone suggested downloading windvd and going to the options in video and selecting 'use hardware dvd decoder for acceleration'. | |
Bart |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 21:15 |
all of the WinTV cards with built in hardware encoders are £50 upwards. | |
Bart |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 20:53 |
ive used a proper microsoft decoder checker, and says only cyberlink decoder is compatible, but i think thats software. | |
John |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 20:47 |
IIRC yip, thats why the official support for tuners is a small list. | |
Bart |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 20:35 |
quote: i see ur point. so the card i have at the mo uses software to encode/decode, where as MCE relies on the hardware? [Edited on 22-05-2006 by Bart] | |
John |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 19:57 |
Media center only suports cards with built in mpeg2 encoding/decoding afaik. | |
ed |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 19:56 |
Can you get a Media Centre update for Professional? I think I need it as I'm using my PC as a media centre more and more now. It's really cool :) | |
Bart |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 19:53 |
thanks blue, BDA drivers it was. | |
Bart |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 19:43 |
i think the car should be, its one of these fellas | |
BlueCorsa |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 19:35 |
Yes, the TV card needs to be supported by MCE and have BDA drivers. There are alternatives to using Windows XP Media Centre Edition like MythTV I think? Works on normal Windows XP Home/Pro. And other stuff with free TV guides - just google for them. | |
ed |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 19:32 |
You need a TV Card that compatable with media centre. | |
Bart |
posted on 22nd May 06 at 19:28 |
im after some software for the media center, not sure if it exists :boggle: |