Hello,
I have just upgraded my XP MC 2005 to Windows 7 and I am over the moon with the look and feel, even my wife likes it....
I need to upgrade my graphics card to get the best out of the interface, but otherwise all works very well.
I have installed a Peak Dual DVB-T tuner and this works very well, it gives me about 95 channels, but i would like to use a DVB-S tuner card, can this be used as well as the DVB-T card or can I only use one or the other?
My Spec is as follows:
AMD 64 X2 4800
ASUS M2A-VM
2 x 750GB HD
4 GB Ram
Peak DVB-T Dual
Windows 7
Many Thanks
Frootmig
You can use 4 of each tuner type at the same time in Windows 7!
Enjoy.
Rich
Intel Core 2 Duo 6600 -- 4GB RAM -- 3.5TB Storage -- 2 * Hauppauge Win-TV 2200 Dual Tuners -- 2 * Hauppauge Nova-HD-S2 Tuners -- Nvidia 430 Silent Video Card -- LG Blu-ray/HD-DVD Internal Drive -- Zalman HD160 Case -- Samsung 55D7000... all complimented by a nice layer of dust!!
Hi Stumpybloke,
Thanks for the quick reply, do you have different guides for DVB-T and DVB-S or are they all integrated?
All in one guide. You will no doubt end up with duplicate channels which you can disable if you want. Note that a lot of the channels may only have (at best) now and next guide data available.
When mixing DVB-T and DVB-S together the guide does become pretty huge with plenty of duplicate channels. Have a look at GuideTool to help sort it out a bit.
Personally the way I approach it is to remove the vast majority of channels which I have no interest in and leaving only the ones that I do. Generally that means keeping most of the ones on DVB-T and removing just about all from DVB-S other than BBC HD and a few other minor ones not available on DVB-T (ITV3+1, ITV4+1 and some other +1s).
Hi,
Thanks for all the replies, i am going to look for a DVB-S, possibly an S2 if i have the cash, I would like the HD for my TV.
Thanks again..
StumpyBlokeAll in one guide. You will no doubt end up with duplicate channels which you can disable if you want. Note that a lot of the channels may only have (at best) now and next guide data available. Rich
Rich -
Can't you pull guide data from elsewhere?
rgreenpcRich - Can't you pull guide data from elsewhere?
How do you put external guide data into the Windows 7 guide? I have one channel in particular that I would like to add guide data to, the data is available via xmltv but how do I get that into media center?
rgreenpc StumpyBloke All in one guide. You will no doubt end up with duplicate channels which you can disable if you want. Note that a lot of the channels may only have (at best) now and next guide data available. Rich Rich - Can't you pull guide data from elsewhere?
StumpyBloke All in one guide. You will no doubt end up with duplicate channels which you can disable if you want. Note that a lot of the channels may only have (at best) now and next guide data available. Rich
I'm sure there is probably a way but I wouldnt have a clue unfortunately
mappy24 How do you put external guide data into the Windows 7 guide? I have one channel in particular that I would like to add guide data to, the data is available via xmltv but how do I get that into media center?
Can't you use bigscreen epg for this?
If not, have you looked at the loadmxf route?
I think you need to convert the xml file into mxf format and then import the data into the guide.
Here is a thread on the aussie forums that may be of interest:
http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/windows-7-epg/34626-windows-7-3rd-party-epg-via-loadmxf.html
Rob.
Win7, P5Q Pro Turbo, Q6600, GT430, BGT3595, Hauppauge Nova-hd-s2, DM500s, DVBLink.
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Seeing as I am a yank the limeys of the group are more more help in this area, although I do know it can be done... [edit] see as I type someone answered the post.
Having trouble with guidetool. it just will not install! Do you need some pre requisites for it like dvblogic or something?
3dgreekHaving trouble with guidetool. it just will not install! Do you need some pre requisites for it like dvblogic or something?
there shouldn't be any problems with it - I know I used it well before I ventured into the dvblogic arena.
With regards to getting external data in, as the MS EPG is missing a lot of channel info that we use, I purchased Digiguide, then run an app call XMLTVGUI that exports data from DG, creates an xml file, this time is then imported into MC using Big Screen's EPG software. All this is automated using a batch script i wrote...
Tony
AMD64X2 6000+ | 4Gb Ram | 750Gb Samsung Spinpoint for TV | 60Gb OCZ SSD System Drive | ASUS M3N 78 PRO | Avermedia A707 Trinity | 2xNova-S2-HD | 1GB Zotac GT430 Zone | LG Blu-ray/HD DVD Drive | Xbox 360 | Arcsoft TMT3/5 | Antec Fusion Remote Max | Dreambox 500s | DVBLink TVSource 3.2 | Windows 7 x64 Ultimate | Logitech Harmony 700 | Sky HD
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Tony, do you use any of the MS supplied data or do you take it all from Digiguide?
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Hi Mark,
its difficult to know which source for common channels such as the BBC channels etc, as they all get listed the same, in the standard setup - I could change the display names in BS EPG...
All data does arrive from DG, and so far the only problem I see, is that all program data that comes across from DG, shows the programs as being new, ie first show date is today etc... but better that than not recording... That's pretty much my only qualm with the setup I have.
HTH