watch tv without tuner card?

[yop824]

The title says it all, is this possible? I dont mean record n stuff, I got hypercam for dat. Just watch TV. Or I will settle for on demand. Thx in advance

 

[dan7777]

well... you can watch tv on bbc i player, itv.com live t.v on there tvu player i use and there are alot of tv channels on there also.

 

[Albright]

I'm not sure if this is what you mean, but I have a Dell Ultra-Sharp 2407WP Monitor- which accepts Component Cable input. I have a WinTV-HVR-1250 and I can’t remember the last time I used it. With the component input I can record data from the Digital TV Cable Box into my TV card and save/encode the data as I choose. But if I simply want to watch TV, I can open up a PIP (Picture in Picture) choose my source (through menu option) and do all my viewing that way. In this case I'm using the component signal from the Digital Box piped into my monitor.
The monitor also accepts S-video and Composite input. The newer Monitor accepts HDMI. So yes in my case I can watch TV without a TV card.

 

[Deemo]

Slingbox

 

[abuttino]

TunerFreeMCE

 

[Orbital Shark]

TunerFreeMCE

Just looked it up & it sounds quite interesting, downloading 7MC edition now, will comment once ready

 

[dan7777]

how does tuner-mce work ??? im installing it now ive installed it how do i get it to work ??? i need some help plzzzzz

 

[abuttino]

Install it, allow it to build the cache and start it from 7MC

There isn't much more than that.

Make sure your desktop resolution is the same as the Media Center's resolution.

 

[Orbital Shark]

how does tuner-mce work ??? im installing it now ive installed it how do i get it to work ??? i need some help plzzzzz

You'll find it in the 'Extras' library.

Also, anyone that's using it can you try BBC3 (two pints of lager) as it asks to confirm your age but the resolution is so sh1te that it's actually off-screen. Anyone else experiencing this?

 

[abuttino]

You have to set your Media Center resolition to the same as it is on the desktop

 

[dan7777]

how do you set your resolution in media center ? its really cool thnx alot for this will try 3 pints lager mate

 

[dan7777]

asks me for password and user i type one in nothing happens just asks me the same thing again on 2 pints lager its locked parental control wtf!!! help anyone ?

 

[abuttino]

Go into "Configure your TV or Monitor" and select "Monitor" instead of TV..
Then select the resolution your desktop is at.

 

[dan7777]

i cant seem to be able to play 2 pints at all parental lock i put user name and pass in and it dosnt accept it ? what am i doing wrong ? the parental lock is head doing

 

[dan7777]

i configured it but it dont make any difference the problem i have is that i click on 3 pints of lager and then tick 16 and over then i should click ok but i cant seem to see ok to click then it just freezes up weird!!!

 

[Orbital Shark]

Go into "Configure your TV or Monitor" and select "Monitor" instead of TV..
Then select the resolution your desktop is at.

Monitor is configure correctly, but when playing anything that has a 16+ rating i cannot select 'OK' or 'Apply' (See Pic)


As you can see, not even a scroll option

 

[dan7777]

Monitor is configure correctly, but when playing anything that has a 16+ rating i cannot select 'OK' or 'Apply' (See Pic)
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As you can see, not even a scroll option

i have the same problem mate and also tryed useing five on demand and same thing wants to register which ive done and still get same problem cannot preview page guidelines its crazy to many bugs

 

[abuttino]

See thier site. There are no known bugs that I know of.

I have been using that software bug-free for a long time now. Whatever the problem is, it's with your configuration, not the software.

 

[abuttino]

Orbital Shark, I doubt that the desktop resolution is the same on your desktop that it is in MC, that is the only reason that this would happen.

 

[Orbital Shark]

But there's nothing in 7MC that allows for resolution change/settings

Only monitor calibration