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Alternative for Windows Media Center using Vista?

Posted: 02-23-2007, 05:59 AM
Matt
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Hi,

I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Vista. Unfortunately the Windows
Media Center on my Vaio (VGC-RA828G) is not recognizing the factory installed
Tuner card (Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder/Decoder board with TV Tuner).
I called Microsoft and they tell me I have to go to Sony. I called Sony and
they tell me to uninstall Vista.

So my questions is... Is there some other (preferably free) DVR software
that I can now use on my newly Vista installed Vaio machine that will also
work with my Tuner card (Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder/Decoder board
with TV Tuner)?

Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!

thanks,
Matt
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Conor
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Re: Alternative for Windows Media Center using Vista?
Posted: 02-23-2007, 11:49 AM
In article <21287271-147A-4014-8FA9-2F73743F47F6@microsoft.com>, Matt
says...
> Hi,
>
> I recently upgraded from Windows XP to Vista. Unfortunately the Windows
> Media Center on my Vaio (VGC-RA828G) is not recognizing the factory installed
> Tuner card (Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder/Decoder board with TV Tuner).
> I called Microsoft and they tell me I have to go to Sony. I called Sony and
> they tell me to uninstall Vista.
>
> So my questions is... Is there some other (preferably free) DVR software
> that I can now use on my newly Vista installed Vaio machine that will also
> work with my Tuner card (Giga Pocket® MPEG2 Realtime Encoder/Decoder board
> with TV Tuner)?
>
> Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated!
>
Media Portal. It's a bit of fucking about to get the EPG working as
it;s a seperate application which needs configuring in a true Linux
stylee but it's Open Source and works very well.

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...l/1120231220/1


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