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I'm curious about what experiences MyHD users have collected using the AverMedia A180 board along side the MyHD board in the same system.
From what I understand, sage w/gallm, watchhdtv, and beyondtv4 (others?) all allow some level of functionality for the AverMedia board, but I was uncertain as to how well any of them played with the MyHD.
I must state that I'm convinced that MCE 2005 is not for me. I don't understand why MS has made an OS where an application would do. And MCE doesn't play nice with my old reliable MyHD, so to hell with it.... let's stick with apps that can run the AverMedia card. And I don't have a Fusion or ATI Wonder, so I'd rather not explore those avenues (there seem to be plenty of threads for the confusion that arises from talking about too many things at once).
So, Avermedia A180 and MyHD.
I'm looking to 1) improve the timed record scheduling process (by not using the MyHD software for that!). Since we're all MyHD users here, we know how it works, so no need to go into the "whys". Also, I'd like to 2) remove the PITA of having playback of TS and DVD interrupted for recordings. Currently I use a software player if I know something is going to record, but that doesn't work well with HD-sized files.
So how does the Avermedia A180 work with MyHD? Do the recordings play correctly with MyHD? Can you save only one subchannel? Does the scheduling work well? (I know many of these depend upon the software you have chosen). Does the scheduler play well with TitanTV?
Please advise. Thanks.
--Dale--
{edit: Since the Fusion 5 is only $20 more than the A180, and it runs under 3rd party tools, I guess it would only be fair to include that hardware in the discussion as well, if it beats the A180 in some ways}
From what I understand, sage w/gallm, watchhdtv, and beyondtv4 (others?) all allow some level of functionality for the AverMedia board, but I was uncertain as to how well any of them played with the MyHD.
I must state that I'm convinced that MCE 2005 is not for me. I don't understand why MS has made an OS where an application would do. And MCE doesn't play nice with my old reliable MyHD, so to hell with it.... let's stick with apps that can run the AverMedia card. And I don't have a Fusion or ATI Wonder, so I'd rather not explore those avenues (there seem to be plenty of threads for the confusion that arises from talking about too many things at once).
So, Avermedia A180 and MyHD.
I'm looking to 1) improve the timed record scheduling process (by not using the MyHD software for that!). Since we're all MyHD users here, we know how it works, so no need to go into the "whys". Also, I'd like to 2) remove the PITA of having playback of TS and DVD interrupted for recordings. Currently I use a software player if I know something is going to record, but that doesn't work well with HD-sized files.
So how does the Avermedia A180 work with MyHD? Do the recordings play correctly with MyHD? Can you save only one subchannel? Does the scheduling work well? (I know many of these depend upon the software you have chosen). Does the scheduler play well with TitanTV?
Please advise. Thanks.
--Dale--
{edit: Since the Fusion 5 is only $20 more than the A180, and it runs under 3rd party tools, I guess it would only be fair to include that hardware in the discussion as well, if it beats the A180 in some ways}