Re: Windows 7 Mediacenter

[Simon McCaughey <simonmcc@xxxxxxxxx>]

I mean browsing to the recorded TV folder and playing the currently
recording file

Regards

Simon


On 24 March 2010 13:22, Alex Monaghan <ha@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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