Re: Windows 7 Mediacenter

[Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Put your parents into your room and you sleep downstairs?

Tim.

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Alex Monaghan <ha@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Update:
>
> No sound input on the monitors so no joy with moving the 360.
> Still no sound on Myth - might have a bit of time today to try again,
but
> time is getting tight. I seem to have picture so it may work, but if I
> can't
> use the TV on Saturday I will be in trouble so I need a fully working
Myth
> before I can switch over.
> No joy on the DVB-T card, found 1 coax in the loft, but no signal,
can't
> find the other coax - been off sick for most of last year and the loft
> seems
> to have magically filled itself up while I was unable to police it!
>
> Plan B might be to lob a bit of CT100 out the window as I have a quad
LNB
> with only 2 connections so far and move the old sky box into our
bedroom to
> use the old TV (presently only has a DVD player on it) the Mrs will
sleep
> through the race anyway :)
>
> Any other suggestions welcome.
>
> I guess Plan C is a news blackout and watch the recording once the
parents
> have gone home.
>
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Alex Monaghan
> Sent: 24 March 2010 13:04
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Windows 7 Mediacenter
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC won't run over RDP :( I guess VNC would also be too slow.
>
> I guess I could move the 360, but as a geek, I was hoping for a geek
> solution :) It just seemed so logical to be able to fire up W7 MC on
my
> office PC and connect to the W7 MC in the lounge! I now have to
re-think my
> strategy as the MC PC was due to go in the garage with a slim PC in
the
> lounge, I won't get away without live TV in the lounge. Looks more and
more
> like I need to get that MythTV solution running and ditch Windows.
>
> I guess I could also sit on my parent's bed in the early hours of the
> morning, but it's been over 30 years since I last did that!
>
> I have a 2nd HDD in the PC so I might try and get the MythTV solution
> running, but not sure if I have enough free time between now and then.
>
> I may be able to find the aerial feed as it goes into the loft and see
if I
> can run a cable to the office and try a DVB-T, I get nothing on an
indoor
> aerial as we're in a pants reception area.
>
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Tim Hawes
> Sent: 24 March 2010 12:43
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Windows 7 Mediacenter
>
> A remote desktop / VNC type solution? But perhaps this would be too
slow
> for
> a live video feed?
> Or temporarily relocate the 360?
> Or an a/v over Cat5 solution? (KAT5 from Laser, lots of other options
in
> CPC, Keene etc.)
> 2.4Ghz video sender from Argos, etc.
>
> What inputs does the office screen have?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim.
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:41 AM, 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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