Media Centre III and Hauppauge nova-t

Hi,
I realise that the manual for media centre III sais digital tv cards not supported but does anyone know if they ever will be an update so they are supported. Its a shame as I think the media centre III (mega 180) is a great program.

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Originally posted by stelph
Does the XboxMediaCentre just work on the MEGA 180 or does it also work on the 651? Would be great if it does, very useful....
The PC version is now called OMP [Open Media Portal] Its meant for any current windows platform, [double check the specs] but many have been testing it with XP Pro/Home with good success. Remember, very early beta!!!!
Probably dependant on your Tuner Card, etc......

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Media Centre III and MEGA 651

Does anyone know if the Media Centre III program will work on the MSI MEGA 651 as well as the 180? Im going to try it tonight, i just wondered if anyone else had had a go?

I've installed it on my mega PC 651
I'm running 2.6 cele, 80 gig HD, 512 of ram, on board sound and vid.
It works fine..transition screens fade in and out a bit choppy tho.... i think it's a problem with the software tho

[Mega 180] Media Center III with Hauppauge PVR250

Hi
We have a problem to get the TV card installied in MSI Media Center III deluxe.
The TV card (Hauppauge PVR 250) works very well with the Hauppauge WinTV Software - but there seems to be no way to integrate the tuner card in Media Center.
We proceeded like this:
- We startet MSI Media Center III deluxe und selected Television
- In the Setting the WDM Driver for the Hauppauge Card was selected.
- Here is the First Problem. It is impossible to selecte Cable as source. After selecting "cable" media center switches autmatically to "antenna"
- We pressed the button for automatic programming but it just did nothing.
Do anybody here has the same configuration and got the card working?
Can somebody post us his WinDVR3.prog file (if this is the file for TV programming). Perhaps we can program then television manually.
Thanks for help
Greetings
Patrik
PS: We know that a MSI tuner card is recommended.

Finally I give up using the Media Center. I'm using now Girder with Nathans great plug in (see MSI Mega series girder plugin version 1.0 available ). The only disadvantage is that the fancy leds are not working.
Regards
Patrik

Mega 180-----Media Center III and a Vid Card----Working???

I'm trying to narrow down what is causing Media Center III to crash intermittently on my Mega 180.
I think I have it narrowed down to the SoundStorm drivers conflicting with Media Center III
But I want to eliminate that it is a problem with the 18G "Crush" onboard video chipset. I am using the onboard only.
Anybody have a vid card in their AGP slot of the Mega 180 and use Media Center III??
Are you still getting crashes in Media Center III??
John

Finally I give up using the Media Center. I'm using now Girder with Nathans great plug in (see MSI Mega series girder plugin version 1.0 available ). The only disadvantage is that the fancy leds are not working.
Regards
Patrik

Media Center III / Mega 180

I finally found Media Center III.
Why oh why did MSI hide this beatiful application under utillity/home theater ?
I mean that app should have been a install option during autoplay.
This is beyond my understanding.
Anyway, i just love it, it fully integrates everything, really sweet stuff.
But i have one problem, where do i delete / rename TV channels
found during autoscan ??
I havent found any help files at all regarding this application.
Is there a help file ? The help button inside MCIII doesnt work.
In the manual for the 180, there is a helpfile in the programs menu, but i dont
have it...
Dst

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I havent found any help files at all regarding this application.
i just looked on intervideo's website in their support section for Home Theater (Media Centre III) and this was all i found:
http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/Faq.jsp?product=Home_Theater
makes MSI support look helpful!

MSI MEGA 180 Media Centre Full Screen Button

I have a MEGA 180 with Media Centre III and was wondering if there was a button on the remote that does full screen instead of having to start the item you wish then trying to navigate to the button and pressing ok?
This is for the sections such as MP3 mode for the visulisations or Video Clip mode for full screen home movies.
I have tried all of the buttons but none of them seem to work.
Any help would be apprecitated
Cheers.

That makes the MCDIII run in full screen, but the video (etc) still runs in a window inside the MCDIII App. The only ways I found were to set the settings to auto maximise the display, or to press the button to the bottom right of the picture. Also I found there was no way of getting back to menu mode without using the keyboard (unless you were prepared to navigate the buttons without seeing them!!!).
This made MCDIII totaly unsuitable as a remote controlled application, and hence I binned it. I now use MediaPortal which works well. Just need to find a better way of getting the DVD filters to work.

TV with Media Centre

First of all i cant believe you cant talk to anyone at MSI on the phone what the hell is that all about.
I have a Mega 856 Pro PC with MS Media Centre 2005 and a Mega MSI TV Card.
when u select TV in set up on the media centre it says there isnt one, and the tv program u get with the card, starts to tune in some channels that look rubbish but u cant select anything. Can anyone help at all before i go mad.

MCE 2005 is very picky.. I just installed it on my Mega 180 2 days ago. It wouldn't work with the MSI 8606 tuner.. so I went with the AVerMedia M150 card. Its cheap (about $55 on Newegg.com). Then, the tricky part is finding a MPEG2 decoder that will work with the Windows XP MCE 2005 operating system. I went thru almost all my programs I had and finally Cyberlink's PowerDVD 6 v1102 worked flawlessly. I have the Microsoft MCE remote ($29.99) and everything working perfect. It sure beats the original Mega remote and Media Center Deluxe III.. I love it so far.
So what you need to do is just get a compadible TV Tuner. Stick by exactly what it says on the Microsoft website, or else u will run into conflicts. Also stick with what it says on their site about video cards and DVD Decoder codecs. Those happened to be the main issues for nearly everyone I talked to.

My MacBook cannot resolve the alias when attempting to connect to LAN wired devices (WD Live Media Centre), and says operation can't be comp-leted because the original item can't be found.???

I have 2 WD Live Media Centre devices hard-wired on my LAN. My MacBook can find these devices on the network, but when it tries to access the USB drive which is attached to the media centres, a message says the Mac it "resolving the alias to USB drive", but then says operation can't be completed because the roiginal item (USB Drive) can't be found. My PC, which is also hard-wired on the network, has no problem accessing these USB drives. Is there some adjustment I need to make?

Well, try this (I was able to fix my with these steps):
Go Utilities > Disk Utility
Select your Startup Disk, e.g. Macintosh HD
Then, under the First Aid Tab, click Verify Disk Permissions.
If there are errors, then click repair Disk Permissions.
After it is done, restart the computer and see if your problem is resolved.
I hope this help.
Zeke
www.ZekeYuen.com/blog/

Mega 180 and Media Center III----looks perfect----is it??

I DON'T want to shell out $1000 for cheap HP/Compaq or whatever which includes Media Center Edition
But I DO like the look and features of Microsoft's Media Center Edition.
In the Manual for the MEGA 180-----Media Center III looks perfect for what I want.
Am thinking of a Mega 180 using onboard video, the MSI TV/Tuner Card, onboard SoundStorm---and a cheap Barton. I already have 2 x 512 of NVidia recommended PC2700 RAM for use with the onboard and almost all other parts----but by the time I'm done----I'd be shelling out around $400
The manual makes everything look good "on paper"----but I see from this forum their are "issues".
Did/does MSI support the 651 model well?? Bios updates----utility and driver updates??
This thing looks like a tremendous alternative to a Microsoft Media Center Edition overpriced machine. And I'm willing to do driver updates and Bios updates----heck, I love a challenge----I just don't like a product that lies about what it can really do.
Worth it----or should I pass.....
Thanks-----John

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Originally posted by johnrr6
Did you try the settings button in MC III that says "Enable Fullscreen"
That may not be it----it may just be a TV setting----but it's the only thing I can think if.
Good Luck,
John
I believe that function is only for viewing the videos from the preview window to fullscreen. I don't think it enables/disables "stretch mode" but i'll try that tonight.
if it works i'll post it here. if not ... well .... same thing i guess

Front Row - Mac Mini - and PowerBook G4, Mac-Mini Multi Media centre.

I will be purchasing a HDTV is the near future and would like to buy a Mac Mini to complement it. ( then sell my DVD player )
The big question are:
-Can I ( using Front Row ) stream AVI data (film) from my PB G4 to my Mac-Mini and watch the content on my new HDTV. ( over AirPort )
-Do I need to buy a new PB that also has Front Row ? ( I hope not )
-What type of video data can I stream ? (iTunes and iPhoto I already know about)
-What about HD DVD's when they come out. Is the drive in the Mac-Mini HD DVD compatible ?( I don't think so )
Please - If you have any other relevant points or question's about the Mac-Mini usage as a multi media centre, Post them here.
15" PB G4 SD 1.5 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

I just tried a AVI film and it work's with QT,
although a mpg film did not.
Now that I think about it, I tried a mpg plug-in for
QT and was disappointed.
Has anyone had any success with such a plug-in ?
Another Question:
Must then this AVI data reside in iTunes for
Front-Row to "see" it ? How does this work ?
I guess that when a Blue-Ray drive is added to Apple
products that a HD DVD will not play, or will it play
it but only burn Blue-Ray ?
When shopping for a HDTV I asked about the difference
in Blue-Ray and HD and he told me that the TV will
play both versions.
I hope that the drive will also play both, although
the way I know Apple it will be Blue-Ray only. (
at-least in the beginning ) Remember DVD-R
i would not worry about the blu-ray - HD-DVD thing right now. too much still in the air. once they realize consumers are too un-techie to figure it out and just continue to buy DVD's their will be a standard plus their is already other formats being developed. then if you talking about movies and such my guess is downloaded content is the way apple will go with an itunes movie store but thats my guess.
but yes, HDTV's will play either, its the player. I have a 61" samsung 720p DLP and my new mac mini looks good on it at 1280x720. front row is great. I also watched a ton of HD trailers from quicktime's website and they were amazing.
and from what i have seen from front row it only shows content that is in itunes or iphoto not random folders but i could be wrong, still palying around with it.

Mini as Media Centre and Express to Distirbute

Hi
I am planning on using my mac mini to act as a media centre, connecting video to a patch panel to send movies etc to tv around the house and airport express for sound.
I intend to house all this in the understairs cupboard with speakers mounted in the ceiling with all the cables (audio and video) running back under the stairs to the amps / patch panel.
My thought is that I can use an aiport express & amp for each room, all housed under the stairs and controlled from my iphone. Does this sound like a reasonable idea to anyone or a waste of time and money and I should look at Sonos or something else? Watching independent video in each room I don't care about but independent music I do.
Is there a limit on the number of Airport Express that will operate in 1 place without interference?
I am looking to use about 6-7 expresses so I can independently control sound in each room. I am assuming each express can stream audio independently, i.e. each room could have a different song playing simultaneously.
Your thoughts please...
Thanks

I am looking to use about 6-7 expresses so I can independently control sound in each room. I am assuming each express can stream audio independently, i.e. each room could have a different song playing simultaneously.
In addition to William's comments, although you could have a near unlimited number of AirPort Express Base Stations (AX) they would have to operate on one of three non-overlapping channels so as that they don't interfere with each other. In addition, the practical limit of AXs for streaming is around 4-5 units.
William is absolutely correct in that you cannot stream more than one audio source to multiple AXs; however, you are not limited to just audio from iTunes. Using a third-party application, like Rogue Amoeba's Airfoil, you can stream for a number of audio sources outside of iTunes. However, even Airfoil cannot stream different audio tracks to different AXs.
The reason for all of this is that the iTunes relies on AirTunes to do the streaming. AirTunes, in turn, must first "find" and establish communications with an AirPort speaker (an AX, Apple TV, or using software a number of other devices), before it can stream. If iTunes was capable of playing multiple tracks simultaneously, then it may be possible in the future for it to send distinct streams to separate AirPort speakers.

Media Centre and Networking with TimeCapsule

Hi
I am looking at buying a mac mini as a desktop and also to probably use a media centre also at some point in the near future. I am also intending to get a macbook to use as a laptop / replacement for mini as and when I use it as media centre.
Given I will have 3 computers on the go if I keep my currently old Imac running, I was wondering on the best way to keep everything nicely shared. This is where I thought to use the TimeCapsule to store all the files I am likely to share across the 3 computers.
Is this a good idea or are there superior alternatives to using a TimeCapsule as a 'server'? Are there issues in programs such as iTunes on each machine mapping to 1 shared source for the file?
If this approach is a good one, is it worth my money / effort in getting the 320gb HD or even installing a 500gb 7200rpm HD in the mini if the majority of storage will take place on the TimeCapsule?
Given the sort of use I have in mind for the mini, would I notice the difference if I went for the 2.26 processer and better graphics card?
Think that is all for now, but may be back. Thanks in advance for any guidance.

Alan Stickells wrote:
Hi
Given I will have 3 computers on the go if I keep my currently old Imac running, I was wondering on the best way to keep everything nicely shared. This is where I thought to use the TimeCapsule to store all the files I am likely to share across the 3 computers.
which iMac do you have, how big is the drive? could you plug in an external drive & ethernet cable from the iMac direct to router? if so, this would save on the TC.
Is this a good idea or are there superior alternatives to using a TimeCapsule as a 'server'? Are there issues in programs such as iTunes on each machine mapping to 1 shared source for the file?
Try it with the iMac first.
If this approach is a good one, is it worth my money / effort in getting the 320gb HD or even installing a 500gb 7200rpm HD in the mini if the majority of storage will take place on the TimeCapsule?
You can only have 1 system which can have the iTunes library open directly at any given time. if iTunes is left open on the iMac 24/7, you can then see it as a shared library. iTunes 9 is suppose to be even better with this.
Given the sort of use I have in mind for the mini, would I notice the difference if I went for the 2.26 processer and better graphics card?
for the cost, not sure the .26 is that much of an upgrade. the graphics are NOT upgradeable, you only have the 9400.
also, with the price drop & hacks available, you could pickup an AppleTv instead. it would still talk to the old imac with the library.

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First of all, hello to you all! this is the first time i have ever uesd a forum, and i hope that someone can help me.
Just yesturday a purcahsed a mega sky 580, with the intention to use it with windows media centre. It does work ok in media center but there is one thing that bothers me and that is the aspect.
As some chanels are transmitted in widescreen, i.e. BBC 1 you get the two blak lines at the top and bottom of the screen when watching it on a non-widescreen telly, which is fine if the program is in widescreen but if it is not you also get two black lines down the side of the screen. this means that there is a massive amount of the screen not being used.
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in Media Center, press the (i) More button on your remote, and then select 'Zoom'
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Boot Camp and Windows Media Centre Edition?

Just curious ... has anyone tried installing Windows Media Centre Edition with Boot Camp on their MacBook Pro? If so, how did it work out? Any issues?

Look here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2090789??
In general, I'd say the Boot Camp forum is a better place to work on Boot Camp issues than in the model-specific ones.
Also, searching first is always recommended. In most cases, a person coming to these forums with a question or an issue is not the first one. With one exception, of course…
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