[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

john.baab at gmail.com john.baab at gmail.com
Wed Feb 9 22:33:07 UTC 2011


On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Reynolds, Brian
<Brian.Reynolds at fiserv.com> wrote:
> I've read all about the media center extenders... and they CAN play copy
> protected content because they don't store the content locally.  They
> stream the video from the Win MCE machine, so they are made for this
> task.
>
> I realize that the extenders won't offer ALL the features of Windows,
> but they play all of the popular media formats for video, audio and
> pictures.  Perfect for a bedroom, IMHO.  Cheap and silent too.
>
> Copy-never and Copy-once content cannot, however, be played/copied to
> another Win MCE machine.  But I'm only thinking that I'll need one...
> and it will serve all my needs and then some.
>
> As for commercial-skip... I read that there is a fix/hack for that in
> Win MCE, but I can't remember the details about it.
>
> I like the idea of being able to skip the ads on DVD's, but it's not a
> deal breaker for me... and there may be a hack for that in Windows also.
>
> One really cool thing about the Win MCE setup is that the extenders will
> allow me to watch a Blu-Ray that is inserted into the Win MCE machine.
> Not in 3D, but 2D should play just fine.  3D will only be available on
> the Win MCE machine with an installed video card that supports it.  That
> will save me from having to buy a bunch of Blu Ray players.
>
> You see, I just recently replaced ALL of my TV's with HDTV's... and now
> I'm looking for what can be done with them.
>
> I really like what you guys are doing with MythTV, but I think MCE will
> be a better fit for me.  Now I just have to cough up the cash to try it
> out.  That's a lot of money to dive into something without seeing it in
> action first.  I'd love to hear any experiences with WinMCE (positive or
> negative) from you guys.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Eric Sharkey
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:29 PM
> To: Discussion about MythTV
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center
>
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Reynolds, Brian
> <Brian.Reynolds at fiserv.com> wrote:
>> Also, with an X-Box or a D-Link or Linksys media center extender
> (found on
>> e-bay for $100), I can watch live or recorded TV, Blu-Ray movies,
> DVD's, and
>> just about anything else that Windows can decode on as many frontends
> as my
>> MCE server can handle,
>
> I also meant to mention that this won't work in all cases.  For
> content not marked as copy-freely, Windows can record it and play it
> back locally only.  Copy-Once/Copy-Never content isn't sharable via
> media center extenders as far as I understand it.  Even TiVo has this
> same restriction.
>
> Note also that such content can be recorded via MythTV with an HDPVR
> (even video on demand) and can be streamed to any frontend.
>
> Eric
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