PlayTV & Background recording.

[CliffyBiro]

Yeah, it can get the EPG over the air as well, it picks up both tuners too, I was able to record one channel and watch another, didn't get chance to try recording two channels at the same time though, this was under Windows 7 x64.

Fancy making a mini guide?

Very interested in this.

Is Windows Media Centre available to download for free?

 

[ic1male]

Is Windows Media Centre available to download for free?

No, you need Windows XP Media Center Edition, Vista/7 Home Premium or Ultimate.

 

[CliffyBiro]

No, you need Windows XP Media Center Edition, Vista/7 Home Premium or Ultimate.

Bugger. I'm on XP Professional SP3.

Is there anything that will do the same job?

 

[RobH]

Bugger. I'm on XP Professional SP3.

Is there anything that will do the same job?

You could try MediaPortal which was a fork of the popular XBMC code base. I run it on an ASUS EeeBox hooked up to my HDTV via HDMI and it looks great, I even have a hacked Xbox remote dongle so I can use the old xbox remote to control it. It runs the PlayTV Tuner without a problem once the drivers are installed (it lags a little when I do PIP mode on MediaPortal but that is due to the 1.6Ghz atom).

I'll try and make a guide when I get chance, kind of busy with my dissertation for the moment though.