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Long time troll first time beggar of help!
Warning!:
I have had a beer or two writing this so if it's hard to understand, try drinking a beer, that should clear things up
The Goal;
Use computer for the cable input, if needed use the xbox to pick up the WMC interface (is there a better UI?) and extend it to the TV in direct 5.1 dolby, with HD resolutions. Record HD QAM channels while I sleep & pause live HDTV. I'm Basically wanting a HD version of Tivo, that plays my .avi backups on my plasma with a cool UI and a simple remote.
Here is my current setup;
Comp:
Vista Ultimate 32
Asus MZN32 SLI Deluxe (optical out from built in sound)
AMD 4500 X2
2gb Ram
150GB Raptor X HDD
500GB WD HDD
Asus 8800gt 1GB (no sound out)
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 SB0550 (computer uses all audio out from sound card for it's own 5.1 sound, no optical out)
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-508
T.V. :
Samsung PN50A550 (1080p)
Extender:
Xbox 360
Service:
Comcast extended basic cable (Plasma built in tuner picks up 480 channels from the RF input (mostly digital repeats and a handful of true of HD from 720p - 1080i))
No antenna, no cable box, just a rf cable.
Extras:
Denon AVR-2105 (7.1 receiver, no HDMI/component input or output)
Toshiba DR-400 (upconverting DVR with no tuner)
5.1 speaker setup
Part of that goal that's not happening from WMC;
No 5.1 sound, no QAM, No digital signals, Horrid picture quality, no avi playback, no HD content recording & no remote for WMC (xbox controller sux as a remote). I'd also like to be rid of the DVD player (comp has a DVD drive) but keep the upconversion.
What I think;
Once I upgrade the capture card I'll be good to go. (WMC from PC to xbox360 to TV.)
What I don't understand after 3 hours of research and forum reading;
#1 What capture card supports what I want, through WMC and if needed through the Xbox360 on my TV (Computer is close enough to run cables to TV & A/V receiver).
#2 Why I don't get 5.1 sound from the xbox, but I do get 5.1 from the TV (xbox360 is connected via hdmi to TV, TV is connected to the receiver via a optical cable ( the xbox options are set to 5.1)).
To much for a first post?
Thanks in advance,
Martini
Warning!:
I have had a beer or two writing this so if it's hard to understand, try drinking a beer, that should clear things up

The Goal;
Use computer for the cable input, if needed use the xbox to pick up the WMC interface (is there a better UI?) and extend it to the TV in direct 5.1 dolby, with HD resolutions. Record HD QAM channels while I sleep & pause live HDTV. I'm Basically wanting a HD version of Tivo, that plays my .avi backups on my plasma with a cool UI and a simple remote.
Here is my current setup;
Comp:
Vista Ultimate 32
Asus MZN32 SLI Deluxe (optical out from built in sound)
AMD 4500 X2
2gb Ram
150GB Raptor X HDD
500GB WD HDD
Asus 8800gt 1GB (no sound out)
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro 7.1 SB0550 (computer uses all audio out from sound card for it's own 5.1 sound, no optical out)
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-508
T.V. :
Samsung PN50A550 (1080p)
Extender:
Xbox 360
Service:
Comcast extended basic cable (Plasma built in tuner picks up 480 channels from the RF input (mostly digital repeats and a handful of true of HD from 720p - 1080i))
No antenna, no cable box, just a rf cable.
Extras:
Denon AVR-2105 (7.1 receiver, no HDMI/component input or output)
Toshiba DR-400 (upconverting DVR with no tuner)
5.1 speaker setup
Part of that goal that's not happening from WMC;
No 5.1 sound, no QAM, No digital signals, Horrid picture quality, no avi playback, no HD content recording & no remote for WMC (xbox controller sux as a remote). I'd also like to be rid of the DVD player (comp has a DVD drive) but keep the upconversion.
What I think;
Once I upgrade the capture card I'll be good to go. (WMC from PC to xbox360 to TV.)
What I don't understand after 3 hours of research and forum reading;
#1 What capture card supports what I want, through WMC and if needed through the Xbox360 on my TV (Computer is close enough to run cables to TV & A/V receiver).
#2 Why I don't get 5.1 sound from the xbox, but I do get 5.1 from the TV (xbox360 is connected via hdmi to TV, TV is connected to the receiver via a optical cable ( the xbox options are set to 5.1)).
To much for a first post?
Thanks in advance,
Martini