Can I make a scheduled TV recording with Win XP mediacenter edition with normal TV tuner card which does not have PVR function.I just want to make surebefore buying one.Thank you in advance for the answers.
2006-09-12 02:38:22 · 4 answers · asked by dwarf 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
All TV cards allow for PVR, due to the nature of their design. Some, like the Hauppage TV cards have hardware MPEG compression, which spares your CPU from having to compress live video. USB TV boxes usually have it too.
The software that comes with the card should allow for manual and scheduled video recording. If not, there's 3rd party video recording software that you can purchase (just do a Yahoo! search).
Some TV peripherals won't work with Media Center's programs, but work alright with the software which came with the card.
If you're having too many problems with drivers and want a better TV card, here's my advice:
Decide on a bunch of PVRs in your price range, and use the Internet to get information about them. Looking in the forums of sites regarding TV tuner cards might help too.
It's a little work, but at least it lessens the chance of coming home and being unsatisfied with what you bought.
2006-09-12 03:29:05 · answer #1 · answered by Balk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes,you can but you need a tv tuner inserted in your hard
2006-09-12 09:41:52 · answer #2 · answered by musik_maker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah and it works great. i have it on mine... but i would suggest checking what digital signals you can pick up and buying a HD reciever instead of a crappy analog
2006-09-12 10:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by Hugh Jass 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could probably do a direct stream rip, a DSR
2006-09-12 09:41:42 · answer #4 · answered by jivesucka 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋