Re: Recording / Pause Live TV

["Simon McCaughey" <simonmcc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, sorry, I missed that requirement from your original post. I am not
aware of solutions for controlling external tuners from TV cards,
although one of the blackgold cards has a component and s-video input.

Have you thought about freesat? I have a colleague at work who
switched from Sky to Freesat for this very reason

Simon

2008/12/31 Alex Monaghan <ha@xxxxxxx>:
> Do the modern tuner cards support SCART input rather than RF? My old
tune=
r
> card was only RF.
>
> The Viglen is quite a low spec, so doubt it would have the CPU grunt
to
> handle video capture unless a suitable USB device is available,
playback =
of
> the sample video is painfully slow at full screen.
>
> I did briefly look at MythTV (as this is what I'd played with a few
years
> ago), but again this seems to have the limitation on tuner cards.
>
> There are some nicer looking media player PC cases these days, so I
guess=
we
> could explore this route.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Simon McCaughey
> Sent: 31 December 2008 09:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Recording / Pause Live TV
>
> Alex,
>
> I've had a TiVo in the lounge for years, and recently I had a look at
> a few different PC based solutions. I had all but given up when a
> colleague persuaded me to try Vista Media Center, and I love it, and
> more importantly it seems to have SWMBO approval. Its been our main
> 'TV' since Monday week ago, and seems fine and just yesterday I
> removed the XBOX  and TiVo from the room.
>
> As for cost - I paid about 110 for a secondhand Pentium 'D' 3Ghz
> machine with 2Gb RAM, and about =A350 for a Vista Upgrade disk (waited
> ages bidding on eBay) and have a single hauppauge tuner in it. I also
> paid =A320 for a soundcard with optical out to feed my amp and =A315
for =
a
> MCE remote. All-in-all a relatively cheap solution and so far its
> working very well.
>
> Form factor may be your issue with a PC if it needs to be nice looking
> - mine is behind the TV unit, so cant really be seen.
>
> You should try your Vilgen PC - I don't know what the spec is, but if
> you have a Vista disk you can install it as a 30 day trial by skipping
> the part where you enter a serial. Any install DVD will allow you to
> install any version.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Simon
>
>
> 2008/12/31 Alex Monaghan <ha@xxxxxxx>:
>> I have a Liteon DVD Recorder / HDD, however, this is rapidly
failing on
> me,
>> I've replaced the HDD and also the DVD drive, but it seems to be
rapidly
>> heading for the Node 0 in the sky.
>>
>> What I'd ideally like is a simple unit to connect to the SCART
output fr=
om
>> the cable box (or Sky as we're considering changing) and capture
this in=
a
>> format that I can burn to DVD from a networked PC (or view on the
PC?) T=
he
>> ability to save to a NAS or network share would be good, but not
> essential,
>> ability to move a recording to NAS/PC is the main criteria as the
tools
> for
>> manipulating DVD data and burning seems far better on PC than
dedicated
>> hardware. Would also need to be able to play DVD's although a
cheap DVD
>> player could be an option.
>>
>> Ideal solution would be a PC in the lounge, but need to consider
cost
> (have
>> 2 lots of car insurance and house insurance all due in the next
few
> months,
>> so not a lot of spare cash and don't think I can really justify
this as =
a
>> business expense!) and also SWMBO is unlikely to accept a PC in
the loun=
ge
>> unless it doesn't look like a PC.
>>
>> I could possibly get away with using the media centre features on
the Xb=
ox
>> 360 to play back, but would still need the recording capabilities.
>>
>> UI needs to be simple(ish) and support timed recordings and most
> importantly
>> the box needs to be small or look nice so that SWMBO will allow it
in th=
e
>> house! Ability to timeshift playback is essential, we've got so
used to
>> pausing the TV to make tea (or removal of previous tea!)
>>
>> I have one of the little Viglen MPC's mentioned recently, but
suspect th=
at
>> this would not be man enough for the job.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>>
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Simon

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