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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kingsley Turner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 10, 2011 4:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion about MythTV<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On 10/02/11 04:51, Reynolds, Brian wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Now to my question... what’s the advantage of MythTV
over Win MCE? Why would I want to go this route instead of MCE when I can
get copy protected content in MCE? <o:p></o:p></p>
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MCE can't play MKV format without a bunch of dicking around, and installing
plugins from dubious sources.<br>
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M$ could support MKV, they just don't want to.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>OK, I could convert the MKV
files with VLC Media Player to a format that is supported by MCE... and I could
even automate it so the machine would convert any new MKV files during off-peak
hours. But I don’t know how much I would use MKV files
anyway. I’ve only tried to find movies (torrents) to download a few
times... and I’ve been disappointed every time. Either the quality
sucks, it’s in the wrong language, it isn’t the whole movie, or it
isn’t what it appeared to be at all. Each time I’ve tried to
download some torrents, I just end up wasting more time than it’s
worth. I would rather just pay a few bucks to rent the thing than to
spend hours to find what I want online somewhere. My time is worth more
than the $3.99 I would save.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Is there some place to find
complete, high-definition, English-language movies to download that is reliable
and convenient? Maybe I’m looking in all the wrong places. Of
course, I’ve only tried a few times because it frustrated me so much.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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