Note at this stage that installing MediaPortal can be a lengthy affair depending on what components are already installed on your system. MediaPortal itself can be found here I used version 1.0, but I see that there is v1.0 RC4 pack available as well, so you might as well use that one. Once you've downloaded the Codecs and the XMLTV GUI, you can go ahead and install them before installing MediaPortal. Next you need to download the Birtles XMLTV GUI, which you'll use to update the MediaPortal EPG. Likewise, I had no joy with the CoreAVC or FFDShow Codecs.įor the audio Codec, the Monogram AAC Decoder by RadScorpion seems to be the only one readily available for the task, although I'm sure there are others. As far as I'm aware, PDVD8 also works, but I couldn't get an OEM version of PDVD7 to work. Even when the 30-day trial is up, the Codec will still be on the system. For video, the only Codec I could get to work was the Cyberlink PDVD9 version, which can be installed on the system by installing the trial version of PDVD9. My OS is Vista Premium 64-bit, something which is actually quite important performance-wise (more on this later).įirst of all you need to download a couple of Codecs. My system is fairly high-end: Asus P6T Deluxe, Intel Core i7 920, 6GB DDR3 RAM, and Geforce GTX280. īTW, a lot of my ideas are sourced from this MediaPortal Guide by a NZ dude called cranz, and this guide on XMLTV, just to give credit where it's due.Īnyway, to start, the card I'm using is the Hauppauge HVR-1100 DVB-T/Analog/FM PCI Tuner card.

But this may save you the hassle/expense of shelling out for a dedicated MPEG4/H.264 card for the sake of four Irish channels when your old card will do the job. As far as I'm aware, not all current MPEG2 cards will be able to do this, and even if the one you have will, you still need a decent spec'd PC for the job (something to do with the extra processing power required for MPEG4, I think), so as the saying goes, YMMV. Hi all, here's a quick guide on how I got my old MPEG2 PCI TV Tuner card to receive the four Irish MPEG4 terrestrial channels using MediaPortal.

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