A while back I mentioned that I was in the process of possibly switching from MythTV to SageTV. I want to keep the main server running Linux because I feel it is a more stable environment than Windows. Plus, due to the low OS overhead, it allows me to continue using an older PC. The down side to all […]
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DivX made its name as the first truly popular way to pirat…err….watch compressed movies over your computer. It caused tons of hassles for those of us who had built lower powered HTPC’s, only to have lip sync or stuttering problems as our poor left over 400MHz CPU’s could not handle it. My how times have changed… DivX is arguably the defacto […]
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The products in today’s quicky review are the Zalman CNPS8700 LED low-profile all copper CPU cooler and the Zalman VF900-Cu VGA cooler. Both heat sinks are radial-finned heatsink coolers made for the quiet computing enthusiast. Or in our case :), the HTPC enthusiast. Zalman has been well known around these parts because of their CNPS7000 series of CPU coolers; lets see if they […]
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I recall the days when the government passed a bill back which forced the cable companies to play fair and allow for users to access the entire library of channels with the use of a Cable Card. The idea was simple: Cable Companies have a monopoly on regions and services for cable television, and were essentially forcing users to rent […]
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With the latest beta release of SageTV 6.4.6 along with a beta version of the HDHomeRun software and firmware, it is now possible to natively tune QAM channels. This means that the artificial 68 channel limit imposed by the previous mapping method is no longer an issue. For those with a HDHomeRun that would like to pursue native QAM […]
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Well, it’s official. I now have a Mythtv frontend running under Windows. It’s not all peaches and cream though. Right now it’s just the frontend software running. I don’t have any plugins going, and the backend is running on my linux server. The frontend is now working well enough that I have it connected to the tv and the AV […]
Read moreIan covers a plethora of topics and brings in an expert from HP to discuss the latest Power Pack release for Windows Home Server which fixes the nasty data corruption bug. Show Times: 00:50 Coming up this week 01:37 Email – Which Extender has the best WAF 03:45 Email – Media Center on Windows Server 2008? 04:10 Ed Bott on […]
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Welcome to another exciting episode of my life. When last you saw, our daring young hero (me) was struggling to get video drivers working under Linux that would actually allow video playback in Mythtv to run smoothly. We’re talking your run-of-the-mill, standard def content. After struggling with it for a week, I decided to move on to Virtualization so that […]
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Video podcasts within your Media Center simply make SENSE! It makes so much sense, that even Microsoft developed their own application to let you enjoy some online programming, for free–Internet TV Beta. That being said, Internet TV really is more of a "push" technology, with very little customization. As opposed to TVTonic, which is geared entirely around full user control […]
Read moreWelcome to another edition of the world famous Daily Button. Thanks to our sponsor cyberestore,com for making this happen. You can check out cyberestore for your tuner card needs (HDHomeRun or Dual ATSC\QAM Fusion 7 tuner?), or your HTPC case needs . Along with all of the HTPC goodness, they also have accessories such as reasonably priced cables, coax connectors, […]
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