2006-10-27, 05:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 2006-10-27, 05:45 PM by beardybuck.)
Hi, I only found one other thread relating to sky+, and it didn't cover what I am after.
I bought a MVP last year, and it has served me well, using GBPVR. But I'm looking to go a liitle bit further.
I have sky+, and like it. It costs, but it does it job well. What I am after is a way of using GBPVR on a dedicated pc under the telly, to do a number of things, but I do not need the tuning fucntions, just the following -
1. To recieve dumps from the sky+ via the sky+ "copy" function.
2. To play downloaded content from the net, in whatever codecs. (this is where the MVP started to frustrate me, with the slowness of polling the serving pc in non-mpeg 2 streams)
3. To Archive those dumps from sky+ onto DVD.
What will I need? I have been looking at a pvr150, but this is new ground. I understand the pvr150 should be able to recieve output from the sky+ box, but what about outputting the content on the pc? Does this go from the Graphics Card? I have a 9700pro and an old Geforce ti4200 lying around. Will they suffice?
As for the hardware, I have enough bits to build a 2.4 P4 pc, with 1 gig ram.
GBPVR is fine for my needs,as the level of thirdparty support via plugins, wiki and these forums are great. Just unsure as to the hardware requirements.
Ta.
I bought a MVP last year, and it has served me well, using GBPVR. But I'm looking to go a liitle bit further.
I have sky+, and like it. It costs, but it does it job well. What I am after is a way of using GBPVR on a dedicated pc under the telly, to do a number of things, but I do not need the tuning fucntions, just the following -
1. To recieve dumps from the sky+ via the sky+ "copy" function.
2. To play downloaded content from the net, in whatever codecs. (this is where the MVP started to frustrate me, with the slowness of polling the serving pc in non-mpeg 2 streams)
3. To Archive those dumps from sky+ onto DVD.
What will I need? I have been looking at a pvr150, but this is new ground. I understand the pvr150 should be able to recieve output from the sky+ box, but what about outputting the content on the pc? Does this go from the Graphics Card? I have a 9700pro and an old Geforce ti4200 lying around. Will they suffice?
As for the hardware, I have enough bits to build a 2.4 P4 pc, with 1 gig ram.
GBPVR is fine for my needs,as the level of thirdparty support via plugins, wiki and these forums are great. Just unsure as to the hardware requirements.
Ta.