RE: Windows 7 Mediacenter

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Moving the wrinklies is not a geek solution though :)

I'm just dumbstruck to find out such an obvious feature in not in WMC and I
now have no option but to install Myth (or other non MS solution) to get TV
streaming from the garage to the whole house.

Spent the whole of lunch time fiddling with sound drivers, I can now see an
HDMI sound device, but can't get any sound from it though even when
changing
the Myth frontend to alsa:hdmi.

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Tim Hawes
Sent: 26 March 2010 13:55
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Windows 7 Mediacenter

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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