I have 3 PCs on my network, 2 are Win7Ult, my HTPC is a Windows XP box, is there a way for it to act as a media center client like on the Win7Ult?
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No due to the cable card spec and the digital cable advisor (that must be installed) this product only works with win7 or win8. If you use third party programs to convert any copy-freely content to DVR-MS your XP box will be able to play the content. I have been using the ceton infini4 since 2 months after its release. I now have 3 cards or a total of 12 tuners in my personal TV server. And have configured more than 10 configs for clients... I would just break down and put a copy of win7 on your XP box. In addition Linux is possible but only for copy-freely channels. As of June10th 2013 my cable company, Verizon FiOS, has all channels copy-freely except for the pay movie channels
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Just short USB cable. If your cable company is all digital, I do not believe this will work. It might work if you place it on the out (TV) port of your digital device. I no longer use USB tuners because I put a Ceton card in a PC to build a HTPC with Media Center and Win 7.
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I haven't tested this with windows 7. But I would be surprised if it did not work. Most of the time, Linux is much more difficult to get things working. This is basically a wireless mouse that can to other things. Works great with XBMC.
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I Have not tried Win 8 on my HT computer. However this card seems kind of iffy to me, I am getting new antenna which I hope will solve my problems and it may have nothing to do with this card. I never figured out what to do with the remote, I use Windows Media Center to control any recordings and only one at records at a time.
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I use media center to interface with the direct TV receiver. If that is still a part of Win 8, it should work just the same.
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Windows Media Center (WMC) is included on the install disk for W7 but not installed. Install WMC and you are all set. Also WMC recognizes the dual channel tuning of your card. It works great once you learn the slightly unusual interface. Hope this helps...Jim
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Windows XP with 'Windows Media Player' and 'Windows XP Media Center' are not the same thing. If you are running regular XP Home or Pro you should be fine.
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What *I* had to do was go into Homegroups, click on ALL NETWORKS, and THEN the player showed up (as "Unknown device) - I set it to ALLOW. After that, streaming worked. Once you do that, you should see another media server listed with your PC name that DOESN'T prompt you for a password. Let me know how it goes.
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I have used this unit in client mode before but only to make a PC wifi capable. The included instruction indicates that it can be used in this mode with smart TV's, media devices and game consoles to make them wifi capable but I have not tried it. You will need to configure the unit to client mode on a PC before you can connect it to the device.
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My picture-in-picture works fine using the WinTV v7 program. Just right click over the main picture & select what channel you want to see in the second picture. I don't think PIP will work in Windows Media Center.
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This is for a HTPC it controls computers volume and audio pause;play; volume .yes search google for HTPC. Sorry it is not easy to look up. HTPC is a computer connected to at least a 32 inch display ,a computer no less example if you can stream net flix minimum,or better play like 2k15 nba our pc external display HTPC.
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I don't know anything about Media Center but if you are using Beyond TV then definitely yes you can run two of these cards and have 4 functional tuners regardless of what operating system you are using.
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I have only used it on Win 7 but it will work on any PC / Notebook with Windows Media Center. All you need is a USB 2 or better port. It is a single channel device and will NOT do HD.
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I think it's a matter of preference but since it's a relatively powerful little device I run windows 7 without any problems. If all you want is XBMC, you can install XBMC as your OS.
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If your TV can reproduce video files, for example in mp4 format and implements the DLNA spec, you can send videos from your PC or laptop connected to the wireless network. You will need in your PC a SW that works as a Media Center. I don't know if there are Media Center SW that works with .iso files.
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I am currently using it on a Raspberry Pi running XBMC. it has full functionality but is limited to the features of the device. For instance the Pi hasn't developed a good fast forward or rewind. The Win7 PC might have a better set of features but I haven't tried it.
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You must have a PC or server to utilize it. It is a 0-client, meaning there are no moving parts in this. If you have windows 7, you can install their software to use this unit or if you have enough licensing from MS you can put one in use with this using your windows server.