RE: Windows 7 Mediacenter

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Will xbmc stream live TV? I thought it was just a receiver rather than
a
broadcaster.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Simon McCaughey
Sent: 24 March 2010 13:10
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Windows 7 Mediacenter

Do you have XBMC installed? I thought I had tried this before (maybe I'm
mistaken) and it was possibly with XBMC rather than directly from media
center

Regards

Simon


On 24 March 2010 13:07, Alex Monaghan <ha@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks,
>
> I have got the recorded tv folder shared, but MC is not happy playing
back
> the file that is being recorded (existing recordings are OK), it stops
> after
> a few mins and complains of a corrupt file, so I guess it must not
like
the
> remote file access (the original still records OK)
>
> Alex
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Simon McCaughey
> Sent: 24 March 2010 12:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Windows 7 Mediacenter
>
> As far as I am aware you cannot use a windows 7 box as a media center
> extender. If you are recording the program you may be able to share
the
> recorded tv directory on the network (may already be shared) and watch
that
> on the second PC. I am not at home to try it now but I think that may
> work....
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
>
> On 24 March 2010 11:41, Alex Monaghan <ha@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I guess I may be missing something obvious, anyone know how to
watch
live
> > TV
> > on Win 7 MC from another Win 7 PC?
> >
> > There is easy way to setup xbox360's but that is in the same room
as the
> > PC,
> > I want to be able to watch the Grand Prix on Sunday morning from
my
> office
> > as my parents will be sleeping in the lounge, but both the main
media PC
> > with the satellite cards AND the xbox are connected to the main
TV and
> > there's no aerial in the office (OK, bad planning, but assumed it
would
> be
> > simple).
> >
> > I can get access to the recorded tv folder via media player and
also
> > mediacenter, but can't get live TV.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Looks like MythTV is more and more appealing, but insufficient
time as I
> > need to build boxes for Myth.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
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