NTL and MCE2005 Is is possible?

Datamonkey · 7 Mar 2006 at 10:56

Hi guys,

I have a shuttle sd31p which i am looking into turning into a mce box,

is it possible to hook up my ntl stb to the pc? if so how?

I run both my pc and the ntl box through my Sammy 26" hd tv.

Cheers

HEADRAT · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:05

Well with mine I have a RGB SCART to Svideo converter

http://www.av-sales.co.uk/KRGB2S-244-.htm

obviously the NTL STB had a RGB SCART and then I then plug the svideo into Hauppauge capture card which does the MPEG2 capture in hardware.

HEADRAT

Datamonkey · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:11

so does this allow you to record tv and such, also select channels from the mce?

I am a complete n00b to the Media Cent. enviroment so to speak lol.

Cheers

Wez

HEADRAT · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:29

Yes pretty much, I have a silver Samsung box and the MCE does have problem with double digits such as 114 (it will miss the second 1) which is annoying.

HEADRAT

Datamonkey · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:32

cool,

can you suggest what i would need then, or any good sites to read up on.

i also have the silver sammy box.

The problem i can see me facing is the shuttle is pci-e only lol.

Once again cheers

HEADRAT · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:39

These should keep you going :-

www.thegreenbutton.com
www.xpmce.com
http://www.avforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=192

How many PCI-E slots does the Shuttle have?

HEADRAT

Datamonkey · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:44

cheers,

will check them out this eve, at work at the mo,

sd31p has 1 x16 and 1 x1

cheers

HEADRAT · 7 Mar 2006 at 11:49

Hmm yes finding a hardware MPEG2 capture card for PCI-E could be a challenge!

HEADRAT

Chaos · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:59

Datamonkey I wrote a tutorial for setting up media center with ntl for another forum, email my trust and ill forward on the pdf to you.

Energize · 7 Mar 2006 at 16:39

Your probably looking at a usb one, I dont know if they make any pci-e tv tuners.

HEADRAT · 7 Mar 2006 at 17:00

Choas what NTL box are you using, if you are using the silver Samsung box were you ever able to fix the double digit problem?

Thanks

HEADRAT

Chaos · 7 Mar 2006 at 17:30

Im not using a samsung box, there is a bug in the way media center handles
RC5 codes MCE will not correctly select channel numbers containing repeated identical digits. there is currently no fix for this.

Datamonkey · 7 Mar 2006 at 18:12

Hey Chaos cheers for the offer, have mailed you.

Energize think your right with that one, gonna have to read up on this lot lol.

Cheers, keep the suggestions coming.

Chaos · 8 Mar 2006 at 16:26

The avermeida AVerTV USB MCE looks like it would do if you dont have any pci slots, pretty cheap to about £60