The PC allocated for the task of being my HTPC was a 1.25GHz piece. Even with an updated graphics ard, added RAM and SATA disks the machine was too slow to run MediaPortal 1.0 RC3. Minimal requirement was 1.4 GHz. So I purchased a new machine. A Packard Bell AMD X3 based fairly look looking [...]
THE source of information and tricks in the HTPC topic, is the DVBN forum at http://dvbn.happysat.org/ Naturally, the forum requires that you register, but having done that you can speak with the people interested. Even coders of the key tools you need hang out here. Anyway; I had colleague Daniel controlling my PC over VNC [...]
It’s obviously so that setting up a PC with the opportunity to obtain card information from a reader on another unit is more of a challenge than anticipated from start. These things are not typically done by the people who are big fans of bling bling and fancy user interfaces. Three letter abbreviations, ranges of [...]
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