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mce 2002+sp2 vs mce 2005

  • 12-05-2006 7:04pm
    #1
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭


    i installed mce 2005 (it said so in the licence agreement), and when it was finished installing fully, control panel and system tells me its media center edition version 2002 service pack 2


    does mce 2002 have the same features as 2005 when you add sp2


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  • #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    TBH honest i never even heard of it until today.

    Judging from this: http://www.salloway.org.uk/mediacenter/2002/freestyle.htm

    I would say the EPG may be one advantage as well as the possiblibilty of using extenders.

    ^total guesswork.


  • #3
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    I think you are mis-reading it mukki its Windows XP 2002 SP2 but the MCE component is 2005 which isnt displayed in that section.


  • #4
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    oh okay, its just that i am having trouble getting it to run with dual tuners

    edit... turns out the second tuner has to be identical ah well, better try gbpvr now


  • #5
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    mukki wrote:
    oh okay, its just that i am having trouble getting it to run with dual tuners

    edit... turns out the second tuner has to be identical ah well, better try gbpvr now


    IIRC there is a registry hack for that.. Have a look on greenbutton


  • #6
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    SouperComputer wrote:
    IIRC there is a registry hack for that.. Have a look on greenbutton

    sadly thats for adding 3 identical tuners


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  • #7
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Are you sure they have to be the same (no experience of this myself) I only ask as this walk-through on setting up dual tuners on Microsoft's site implies that they don't have to be the same and the person in the guide uses an internal & external tuner in the guide ???

    A bit of Google-ing also seems to say that dual tuners from different makers are permitted as long as they are MCE compliant but dual tuners from the same manufacturer are considered recommended to avoid any issues.


  • #8
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    okay so they dont have to be identical but one of mine is a terrestial analog and the other is a satellite dvb reciever, so sadly i can only use one at a time, i have to retune all the stataions every time i switch

    think gbpvr will lte me set satellite bbc1 at 1 and terrestial rte1 as 5 ect so the reception will be the best available oh and playboy one is free to air, woo hoo


  • #9
    8T8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭8T8


    Check this out "I think" it might be related to what your trying to do though it has some limitations - Dual Tuner Hacks: using and controlling different TV Card sources.


  • #10
    mukki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,669 ✭✭✭mukki


    thanks

    i'll let you know if it works


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