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MCE -- Why NO COMPOSITE possible without IR receiver
Why Microsoft do you always "Screw Up" a really good idea.
While companies such as Pinnacle and Hauppage are trying to get their TV cards to work on W7 the media center makes them work already including an EPG as well.
However Why oh why if you want to use a composite video / audio input (such as from a camcorder / satellite box / video sender etc) does the setup INSIST you have a remote control receiver.
The really annoying thing is you can see the composite input in a little box when you are setting up the Media Cemter -- but you can't complete the setup because it says -- No set top IR receiver found.
On a Laptop I'm already using enough USB devices so I don't need an extra one -- I just want to play a Camcorder through the composite video connection on my Hauppage HVR 900 usb device.
Surely it shouldn't have been impossible for Microsoft to skip the IR setup if you don't have one.
Anybody know of any other program that will detect and display composite video input -- I don't want to RECORD stuff just play it back in real time.
Pity Microsoft can't fix this seemingly simple problem.
I did look at MythTV but even THINKING about setting this up seems to require a Ph.d in computer science -- never mind about actually doing it.
Cheers
jimbo