The Official HTPC Thread

[Jone2three45]

@GoldenGlove @2gunsup

Props for putting me on Plex.
I have it currently streaming on my PS3 and it's flawless.
It even shows the album art of the movie.

I would like to use XBMC on my iMac but since iam new to it, it's a little confusing.

 

[rantanamo]

Am I the only one running media center with cablecard and media browser?

 

[GoldenGlove]

Am I the only one running media center with cablecard and media browser?

How does the cable card stuff work?

All you do is ask for it from your TV provider and they give you one?

 

[newarkhiphop]

How does the cable card stuff work?

All you do is ask for it from your TV provider and they give you one?

yea but you have to be really insistent from what i heard, and they dont help you in installing it etc

speaking of cable, does anyone know if they sell like usb digital antenna receivers? also is there any software i can to record shows from said receiver ?

 

[2gunsup]

Just finished setting up a new file server with WHS 2011 & FlexRaid. Tossed it in my basement with a ethernet cord and power cable. Cramming 3x3TB drives into my small HTPC was not what was hot in the streets.

 

[GoldenGlove]

yea but you have to be really insistent from what i heard, and they dont help you in installing it etc

speaking of cable, does anyone know if they sell like usb digital antenna receivers? also is there any software i can to record shows from said receiver ?

What if you get a cable card from someone else's TV provider?

My parents have too much cable for their own good with UVerse, if I call em up and get a cable card would I be able to use it at my house?

 

[newarkhiphop]

What if you get a cable card from someone's TV provider?

My parents have too much cable for their own good with UVerse, if I call em up and get a cable card would I be able to use it at my house?

might just work

 

[Hersh]

i fukks wit all this but i hate leavin laptop/comp on for plex(roku).. and the laptop i got doesnt have hdmi so no xbmc eating..

 

[GoldenGlove]

I'll have to research that cable card stuff and report back.

 

[Tha Snowman]

Thanks,
What are you guys best Theme for XBMC?

I like Glass.

Am I the only one running media center with cablecard and media browser?

I'm stuck with DirectTV right now unfortunately. Definitely switching to cable when that contract expires and going this route.

yea but you have to be really insistent from what i heard, and they dont help you in installing it etc

speaking of cable, does anyone know if they sell like usb digital antenna receivers? also is there any software i can to record shows from said receiver ?

Yep. Just get a tv tuner card. Hauppauge(sp?) sells some. You can record either in Windows media center or use a program like myth tv.

What if you get a cable card from someone else's TV provider?

My parents have too much cable for their own good with UVerse, if I call em up and get a cable card would I be able to use it at my house?

Uverse isn't cable, it's multicast IPTV. No cable card support.

i fukks wit all this but i hate leavin laptop/comp on for plex(roku).. and the laptop i got doesnt have hdmi so no xbmc eating..

Why worry about leaving it on? My main machine has pretty much been on 24/7 for the last four years.

 

[newarkhiphop]

@Tha_Snowman i have a laptop , tv tuner card isnt really a option for me

 

[Tha Snowman]

@Tha_Snowman i have a laptop , tv tuner card isnt really a option for me

There are usb options. No personal experience with them though.

Link

 

[GoldenGlove]

Uverse isn't cable, it's multicast IPTV. No cable card support.

 

[Tha Snowman]

Yeah...I used to have it.

You wouldn't be able to use someone else's cable at a different house like that regardless though.

If your folks have a spare box at their house, what you could do is hook up a slingbox though. Free cable that way.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Yeah...I used to have it.

You wouldn't be able to use someone else's cable at a different house like that regardless though.

If your folks have a spare box at their house, what you could do is hook up a slingbox though. Free cable that way.

I think they do have an extra box.