Post by: timj010 on December 03, 2005, 05:05:00 AM
Thx a lot.
Post by: noryn on December 03, 2005, 05:13:00 AM
Right now though the harddrive is only 20 gigs. I think 13 gigs after system information is on it. That isnt counting demos or music. Doesnt the ipod with video have 30 and 60 gig hard drives? So storage at the moment is a big factor although it seems as if the MS hard drive is just a notebook hard drive with a special casing. The ipod videos should be quite a bit smaller in size as well.
Post by: Arius on December 03, 2005, 05:14:00 AM
You need XP:MCE and a compatable Tv Tuner.
Post by: noryn on December 03, 2005, 05:39:00 AM
Post by: Arius on December 03, 2005, 05:48:00 AM
However any kind of recording of Tv will be done via that system
Post by: babanoosh on December 03, 2005, 08:04:00 AM
QUOTE(Arius @ Dec 3 2005, 05:45 AM) 
its via Windows XP Media Centre Endition and the Media centre Extender and what not I beleive.
You need XP:MCE and a compatable Tv Tuner.
I'm pretty sure the ATI chipset on the mainboard (of the 360) has a TV encoder/decoder at least, according to AnandTech's exposure of the internals. Hopefully something we might see "accessible" in the future. If the 360 only ends up being an extender, that'll be lame. The xbox already handles that beautifully. But I'm very optimistic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Post by: Ballz2TheWallz on December 03, 2005, 08:11:00 AM
Post by: babanoosh on December 03, 2005, 08:19:00 AM
QUOTE(Ballz2TheWallz @ Dec 3 2005, 08:42 AM)
if anything i think MS will release a USB2.0 tuner and require xboxlive gold for like a tvguide type program, which would be awsome
Why a 2.0 tuner if there's a mpeg2 encoder/decoder on the mboard? It (like digital) is just a matter of enabling it via software (and interface for the latter).
Ther is an extension to XBMC which allows for tv gude (xml-tv i think). But yeah, in order to be "supa sweet" it'd have to be streamlined with some onboard decoding.
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Post by: timj010 on December 04, 2005, 10:40:00 AM
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Post by: kirbypuckett on December 04, 2005, 11:18:00 AM
Post by: eversio11 on December 04, 2005, 11:56:00 AM
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Post by: akodoreign on December 04, 2005, 12:15:00 PM
Btw Experementing with http://www.moremce.com/plugin_detail.php?p...cc07e8e9fee7ddc
can get them to come up but then it crashes. Someone in another post stated that it just needs to be optimized for extender.
So realy If you have MCE pc and 360 you can do almost everything you can with a modded xbox. I still love my modded xbox 1 but the 360 has made me pretty happy.
Only use a hauppauge card. they are the most compatable with MCE. ATI pro does not even work with MCE you have to get a ATI elite.
This post has been edited by akodoreign: Dec 4 2005, 08:17 PM
Post by: timj010 on December 05, 2005, 04:20:00 AM
With Xbox 360, you can:
Windows Media Center
Connect to a computer running Windows Media Center and
* Listen to your music collection
* View pictures
* Watch live TV
* Pause and replay live TV
* Record TV shows then watch them later
* Watch Videos
* Download and watch movies
* Buy music online
Post by: luther349 on December 05, 2005, 06:02:00 AM
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Post by: Xombe on December 05, 2005, 06:34:00 AM
QUOTE(luther349 @ Dec 5 2005, 09:33 PM) 
yes it can do all that but your pc is doing all the work the 360 is just displaying it. think of it like using a second monoter and displaying the meda realted stuff on that. same thing.
Bingo.
Just like how all the guys saying "I've saved thousands of pictures to my HDD" are confusing "saving" with "streaming" (unless you count "saving" a pic as a theme background, which is pretty much missing the point).
Post by: Beelzabub on December 05, 2005, 09:44:00 AM
QUOTE(timj010 @ Dec 3 2005, 12:36 PM)
Please give me an acurate anwser on this question. Is there a possibility to use the xbox360 to record tv programs onto it's HD. Can you maybe put an external tv tuner into it's usb port and then have somekind of program able to record it. Maybe something similar like the myth tv I know there aren't any homebrew aplications available at this time but doesn't the xbox360's MCE have native support?
Thx a lot.
My setup consist of a DVICO Fusion HDTV 5 card and a Hauppauge 150MCE card and they both work great in media center I'm able to pause/record/watch live tv on the 360 with no problems at all and that includes watching HDTV and recording it... like many people stated 360 and MCE work very well as long as you have the right stuff on your pc.
Post by: jeeb75 on December 05, 2005, 09:34:00 PM
QUOTE(Beelzabub @ Dec 5 2005, 05:51 PM)
My setup consist of a DVICO Fusion HDTV 5 card and a Hauppauge 150MCE card and they both work great in media center I'm able to pause/record/watch live tv on the 360 with no problems at all and that includes watching HDTV and recording it... like many people stated 360 and MCE work very well as long as you have the right stuff on your pc.
I have the same setup with the DVICO Fusion HDTV Lite and Hauppauge 150MCE. I dont have the xbox360 yet but i am glad to hear you can watch HDTV on the 360. I was wondering if you are able to play divx files from the 360 because I am able to watch them in MCE 2005 on my PC using the K-Lite mega codec pack.
Post by: jfoster on December 06, 2005, 09:40:00 AM
QUOTE(Beelzabub @ Dec 5 2005, 11:51 AM)
My setup consist of a DVICO Fusion HDTV 5 card and a Hauppauge 150MCE card and they both work great in media center I'm able to pause/record/watch live tv on the 360 with no problems at all and that includes watching HDTV and recording it... like many people stated 360 and MCE work very well as long as you have the right stuff on your pc.
I thought that XP MCE didnt directly support that DVICO card in HD? Are you using the DVICO for OTA HD, and the Hauppauge for analog cable?
Thanks
Post by: Beelzabub on December 06, 2005, 10:41:00 AM
QUOTE(jfoster @ Dec 6 2005, 05:47 PM)
I thought that XP MCE didnt directly support that DVICO card in HD? Are you using the DVICO for OTA HD, and the Hauppauge for analog cable?
Thanks
It doesnt support it alone you have have to have a hardware encoder based card such as the Hauppauge and yeah I'm using it for OTA HD and the PVR-150 has my cable hooked up to it
Post by: jfoster on December 07, 2005, 05:47:00 AM
QUOTE(Beelzabub @ Dec 6 2005, 12:48 PM)
It doesnt support it alone you have have to have a hardware encoder based card such as the Hauppauge and yeah I'm using it for OTA HD and the PVR-150 has my cable hooked up to it
Yeah, I understand aboutt he hardware - My MCE machine has the 150, but I have been holding off picking an OTA HD tuner card because I thought MCE didnt support them in time shifting/recording and such.
BTW - OT, but Recently, I have been having trouble recording shows on Time Warner cable (HBO, SHOWTIME...), seems they turned on broadcast flags that prevent me from doing so. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
Post by: Beelzabub on December 07, 2005, 11:20:00 AM
QUOTE(jfoster @ Dec 7 2005, 01:18 PM)
Yeah, I understand aboutt he hardware - My MCE machine has the 150, but I have been holding off picking an OTA HD tuner card because I thought MCE didnt support them in time shifting/recording and such.
BTW - OT, but Recently, I have been having trouble recording shows on Time Warner cable (HBO, SHOWTIME...), seems they turned on broadcast flags that prevent me from doing so.
You would be very happy with the DVICO Fusion HDTV 5 works very well and there drivers are now MCE certified I pause hdtv and record with no stuttering or problems
I use the Zenith ZHDTV1 works very good and only $19.99 @ http://www.buy.com/p...1/90113670.html I am near by all my towers though I'm in NYC so Im not sure how well that indoor would work in a place where the towers are not as close