Installed the TV Pack. Doesn't support H264, but the DVB-S integration is very well done. I can still listen to BBC HD audio (and does pass-through DD5.1) :lol:

Is it going to support the right codecs though as from what I have ready H.264 has been dropped from the TV Pack update.

Also it looks like the TV Pack is only going to be installed as OEM - Wonder how long it takes for it to leak out.

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Originally posted by Tim
Vista Media Center doesn't support DVB-S/S2 at the moment. It's still rumoured to be included in the feature update due out in October...

I use VMC with a Nova-T 500 freeview card at the moment, but also have a DVB-S2 card for watching sat and HD (BBC/ITV etc) with DVBViewer. Will be nice when that works in VMC (you can hack it now, but I want the much more usable built-in support)...

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Do software like Myth support Sky Cards?

Vista Media Center doesn't support DVB-S/S2 at the moment. It's still rumoured to be included in the feature update due out in October...

I use VMC with a Nova-T 500 freeview card at the moment, but also have a DVB-S2 card for watching sat and HD (BBC/ITV etc) with DVBViewer. Will be nice when that works in VMC (you can hack it now, but I want the much more usable built-in support)...

[Edited on 09-08-2008 by Tim]

Bart your cupboard must get hot with that rats nest in there :lol:

You thinking of grabbing a load of PCI(-e) Sat Cards and using them? Or having a sky box feeding a TV card?

yep, same as me, HDX101 from network to media pc downstairs and then wirelessN up to bedroom shortly when the extender arrives.





Gigabit between all desktops and raid5 Nas device.

:)

like the Geek Mafia :cool:

We could set up a digital film sharing ring :look:

Home Plugs rock :cool:

I shall be bulding myself a media centre when Im back from my hols me thinks.

Yeah i do the same thing film wise, i rip DVD's or download them. They're all stored on my server and i use Home Plugs to stream to my living room :cool:

Case's look good :)

you can easily turn that into a media center, buy a slimline case like this:



buy some quiet fans and a PCI TV card (starting from £40), install vista home premium and your away.

The main benefits for me, is pausing live tv, automatically recording TV at the touch of a button, the same for recording series.

I also download millions of films and store them on my NAS, and thus stream video from my NAS to my media pc downstairs. I dont have to worry about file formats as PCs can deal with just about anything.

I've also just bought myself a Linksys DMA2200 media center extender:

which is basically a cut down version of a media center.
Its an extender so it has to tie in with an existing media center to save/load, but ultimatly it can stream videos from a NAS without going through another machine, so this will sit quite nicely in my main bedroom.

Off topic, but what Media Centre's do you have? are they custom builds? I've got a PC which i brought home from work but its a tad too noisey for me

Does Media Center work with a sky input?

I use media centers all around the house and im considering getting sky, but im not sure the best way around it.