Infrared control gadgets?
Josepi
explore options.
I have seen a few input devices and software packages but know littl eabout
them. Girder seems to be the most publicized but I am sure there are many
more.
The USB-AIRT module look like a workabel compatible unit. It's distance may
be a bit limited.
Anybody have experience with some of the IR detection hardware and software?
I would appreciate hearing some of your experiences.
TIA
RegForte
I use Irtrans
I like the ethernet version because it's very easy to setup and maintain.
There are cheaper setups but this is very reliable.
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Reg
Bob F
I recently added a USB-UIRT to my Win-XP PC so that BeyondTV can control cable
settop boxes. It works great so far, although I did have a few problems, getting
it to send all the numbers properly to change channels, during the initial
setup. I haven't tried it at any distance.
Yesterday, I found a HP media center box (5188-1667), $3 at a thrift shop, that
should be able to do the same job. I was pleased to see it installed without
problem into XP, and the MCE remote I had laying around works with it fine to
control BeyondTV.
I haven't used Girder, but understand that it gives you way more capability to
control more things. Expensive though.
RickH
My last PC came with a remote and IR receiver for Windows Media
Player. In WMP you can elect to "share" the media with any computer
in the house securely (grant delete access to only you etc).
The remote also controls Windows Media Center which I use as my main
DVR with a HD tuner card and to share tuner feed across home.
I prefer the media library in WMP over the overly GUI-exagerrated one
in WMC though both programs have their strong and weak points.
I mention this because all this is free and works great in my home for
sharing, recording, searching and controlling media of all kinds.
I even networked my USB hub so the portable players and cameras, etc.
can be accessed over the network and managed in the same software.
I would recommend running the data store as RAID1 though, then you
never have to worry about backups even though a 2TB drive becomes a
1TB drive.
I've just completed ripping my entire CD collection in lossless audio
(about 2500 CD's to the drive), accessing my home network from work is
easy and I can listen to any CD in my collection without having to
load it onto my employers computer (I work with headphones on a lot).
Media centers are fun and can be totally free of cost these days.
Bob F
Does Media Center give you automated marking and simple skipping of commercials?
Thet's one of the things I like most about BeyondTV.
Josepi
Does this WMP function as a "slingbox" in that it broadcasts the media via
Ethernet to other recievers?
I would assume the receiving units would need WMP to recieve and decode it
for presentation then.
I stopping updating my Media Player at Version 9 as the licence lockdowns
started then and many of the functions disappeared from the player.
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Josepi
into a recording?
Thanx for the name though.
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Bob F
Commercials are in the TV programming people often record.
Josepi
fact?
I assume you are running a TV card of some kind? I would like to hear more
about that too.
Thanx
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Bob F
I have 4 tuner cards, for a total of 6 channels I can record. BeyondTV runs a
"smartskip" program after it records, where it marks the location of commercial
breaks. Then, when you see a commercial start, you can push a button on the
remote to skip to the end of the commercial. It is pretty accurate on analog
tuners (which includes analog output from the cable boxes). It is less accurate
for digital channels (for me, QAM cable channels). The remote also has skip
forward or backward buttons for if the commercial marking is not so good, which
is much faster than fast forwarding of VCRs or DVDs.
I have one tuner for analog TV (cable), 2 QAM tuners, which could be used for
over the air HDTV, and 3 analog tuners getting signals from the cable boxes
(non-HDTV). Cards - 1-PVR250, 1-PVR350 (both Hauppauge), an Avermedia M780, and
an ATI equivalent to that I don't remember the number for. Most of the cards can
also receive FM, although there is no easy way to setup for recording that.
The TV tuners all work off a TV guide type display. See something you want,
click a couple time, and it records it. Or program it to record all episodes,
all new episodes, etc. of any given program.
Josepi
That is one feature that the sat PVR had on it was "jump forward x seconds"
and "jump back x/2 seconds". Since switching to the cable PVR I really miss
it. I may switch back just for that feature alone. The FF and REW really
stinks for commercial bashing. Apparently Bev patented it.
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I have 4 tuner cards, for a total of 6 channels I can record. BeyondTV runs
a
"smartskip" program after it records, where it marks the location of
commercial
breaks. Then, when you see a commercial start, you can push a button on the
remote to skip to the end of the commercial. It is pretty accurate on analog
tuners (which includes analog output from the cable boxes). It is less
accurate
for digital channels (for me, QAM cable channels). The remote also has skip
forward or backward buttons for if the commercial marking is not so good,
which
is much faster than fast forwarding of VCRs or DVDs.
I have one tuner for analog TV (cable), 2 QAM tuners, which could be used
for
over the air HDTV, and 3 analog tuners getting signals from the cable boxes
(non-HDTV). Cards - 1-PVR250, 1-PVR350 (both Hauppauge), an Avermedia M780,
and
an ATI equivalent to that I don't remember the number for. Most of the cards
can
also receive FM, although there is no easy way to setup for recording that.
The TV tuners all work off a TV guide type display. See something you want,
click a couple time, and it records it. Or program it to record all
episodes,
all new episodes, etc. of any given program.
Tom Stiller
"Josepi" <J...@invaliid.con> wrote:
> That is one feature that the sat PVR had on it was "jump forward x seconds"
> and "jump back x/2 seconds". Since switching to the cable PVR I really miss
> it. I may switch back just for that feature alone. The FF and REW really
> stinks for commercial bashing. Apparently Bev patented it.
What make cable box? Many of them are configurable for forward and
backward ship intervals.
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Josepi
all cable boxes in Canada as Bev sat patented the remote function and the
cable companies can't implement it.
I assume you meant "skip" intervals?
Do you have a PVR cable box that can do this? It would be nice to have.
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Josepi
Here is some discussion of this technology. It may be agreements between the
cable companies and the advertisers to eliminate the "jump forward"
function.
http://www.freshpatents.com/Dvr-content-skip-navigation-dt20070503ptan20070098357.php
To note: this function does not FF the video. It jumps without any viewing
of material.
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Tom Stiller
"Josepi" <J...@invaliid.con> wrote:
> I beleive it is a Scientific Atlanta PVR model. I am told it's the same for
> all cable boxes in Canada as Bev sat patented the remote function and the
> cable companies can't implement it.
>
> I assume you meant "skip" intervals?
Yeah, I fumble-fingered that one.
>
> Do you have a PVR cable box that can do this? It would be nice to have.
I have a Sony HDD250 with a cable card and a Motorola QIP6416, both of
which have configurable forward/back skip intervals.
Josepi
Is there a way to crossload or off-load video images off these boxes?
It makes me wonder if the "skip" function is only removed from the remote
and my cable box will actually do it with a remote code.
Tom Stiller
"Josepi" <J...@invaliid.con> wrote:
> Nice boxes.
>
> Is there a way to crossload or off-load video images off these boxes?
Not that I know of.
>
> It makes me wonder if the "skip" function is only removed from the remote
> and my cable box will actually do it with a remote code.
I dunno. Look up the spec sheet for the box and see what its
capabilities are.
>
> "Tom Stiller" <tom_s...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:tom_stiller-
> I have a Sony HDD250 with a cable card and a Motorola QIP6416, both of
> which have configurable forward/back skip intervals.
> >
> >
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