RE: Mac Mini as PVR/DVD burner/Freeview

["Hawes,Timothy Edward \(GEG\)" <haweste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cool. Thanks Andy.

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Laurence
>
> Hawes,Timothy Edward (GEG) wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Andy Laurence
> >>
> >> Sadly, whilst MediaPortal
> >> (http://mediaportal.sf.net) looks good,
it doesn't automagically
> >> update the EPG over the air.
> >
> > So presumably it needs a 'net connection and does it that
> way ? Whose
> > site does it look at ?
>
> It uses XMLTV, so works on any site that supports it.  I
> believe the Radio Times website is currently used, but I'm
> waiting in a vain hope that over the air EPG will become
> automatic.  Currently, you have to open a configuration
> application and manually update the EPG.  It takes about 10
> minutes, then about half an hour for the application to
> either crash or to close.  Once it's up and running, the
> application appears to work well though.  I even caught SWMBO
> (who is 100% non-technical) watching something she'd recorded
> on it last night.  I had given her no instruction on how to
> use it, she just found the remote and went from there.  To
> give an idea how easy it is, when I caught her, we went to
> another room.  As we left the room, she grabbed the mouse
> (it's currently sat on my desk) and asked "how do I pause
> it?", to which I responded "press the pause button on the
> remote".  If she can be confused by that, it must be easy to
> use for her to play the program!
>
>
> The best part over Tivo, IMO, is the fact you can browse all
> the menus whilst what you're watching remains in a little box
> in the corner.  Of course, it's also better quality as it
> records the actual stream, I can burn the recordings straight
> to DVD, and I can watch the recordings over the network on my
> laptop (or any other media player device).
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
> --
> http://www.andylaurence.co.uk