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rellstar · 15-08-07, 12:17 PM

Hi all.

I've just purchased a media center PC running Windows Vista Home Premium. The box has a hybrid TV card in it which I've successfully used with both my Sky box (via S-Video) and the DVB-T feed from my aerial (obviously not at the same time).

My plan is to add a 2nd TV card (either analogue only or hybrid) so I can record from both Sky and Freeview simultaneously) but I'm unsure of how Vista's media center behaves when 2 tuners are installed.

Does the media center allow you to have one set of properties for each TV card, e.g. input type (S-Video, RF channel etc), separate EPG's and even different locales. The reason I ask about locale is that my "freeview" is in fact the Swedish equivalent and therefore would need to select different countries for each card in order to download the EPG.

What happens when you have 2 cards in terms of "View Live TV". Does it ask you which card's input you want to watch?

Thanks for your help.

RocketMBA · 24-08-07, 06:44 PM

While I'm afraid I can't answer all of your questions (I've never tried more than a single Freeview tuner in an MCE system) I do know that you would be interested in this tool here:

_http://www.salloway.org.uk/MediaCenter/util/tunerpri1032-VistaRTM.zip

"Media Center Tuner Priority" lets you choose which tuner is the primary for Live TV and which is the primary for recorded TV. Hooray for that!

15-08-07, 12:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
rellstar Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 10 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sky, Freeview and a Windows Media Center Hi all. I've just purchased a media center PC running Windows Vista Home Premium. The box has a hybrid TV card in it which I've successfully used with both my Sky box (via S-Video) and the DVB-T feed from my aerial (obviously not at the same time). My plan is to add a 2nd TV card (either analogue only or hybrid) so I can record from both Sky and Freeview simultaneously) but I'm unsure of how Vista's media center behaves when 2 tuners are installed. Does the media center allow you to have one set of properties for each TV card, e.g. input type (S-Video, RF channel etc), separate EPG's and even different locales. The reason I ask about locale is that my "freeview" is in fact the Swedish equivalent and therefore would need to select different countries for each card in order to download the EPG. What happens when you have 2 cards in terms of "View Live TV". Does it ask you which card's input you want to watch? Thanks for your help.

24-08-07, 06:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
RocketMBA As fun as having the flu Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: A cardboard box Posts: 673 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sky, Freeview and a Windows Media Center While I'm afraid I can't answer all of your questions (I've never tried more than a single Freeview tuner in an MCE system) I do know that you would be interested in this tool here: _http://www.salloway.org.uk/MediaCenter/util/tunerpri1032-VistaRTM.zip "Media Center Tuner Priority" lets you choose which tuner is the primary for Live TV and which is the primary for recorded TV. Hooray for that!


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