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http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=81109.msg552200#msg552200Greetings all,
I started out in another post looking at a features list of all the good things MC now does in Relation to TV and Personal Video Recording (PVR). I have expanded this features list here for those wanting to either make comparisons, or very importantly,
for any users wanting 'How-To" links to access these features. I have only included links to threads or Wiki pages if they are reasonably recent.
Please post here corrections and additions including up to date links to 'How-To' threads (or recent Wiki pages).There is a huge collective knowledge here amongst the advanced members (which I am not) so hoping we can build on this list. Maybe you have posted a useful tutorial related to this topic that is not listed ? I am happy to update this list to reflect your posts.
As good as MC TV now is, all things can be improved. At the end is some of the main feature requests I have encountered. If you want to post suggestions I will update the list.
Ultimately, if this post becomes a useful repository of ideas it might become the basis for consideration for the Wiki. At any rate hope it helps somebody.
General TV Links TV Playback OptionsVideo Playback OptionsTelevisionEPGTheatre ViewFEATURESLive TV
A Theatre View button for Live TV access - YES, configurable
Live TV button in Theatre View A Remote Control button for direct Live TV access (not indirect menu access) - YES, can be configured,
Live TV button on Remote A simple list of local TV stations in theatre view (not going through EPG) - YES, can be configured
Simple List of TV Channels Time Shift and Instant Replay of Live TV - Yes. some say that this can cause other problems but hasn't for me. It can be disabled.
TV Playback Options IR Blaster support for remote power on/off TV - YES,
Remote Control InstructionsRecorded TV
A List of "To be Recorded" TV shows - YES, in standard view and recently
added to theatre view.
To be Recorded Marks upcoming shows to be recorded on EPG - YES (standard & Theatre view)
TV shows grouped by Program, Genre, recently recorded -YES, by default
TV shows grouped by Series, Seasons, Episodes - YES,configurable
TV Series,Seasons,Episodes,
More Advanced Methods Manages Series and Seasons for DVD box sets - YES, configurable
DVD series & Seasons,
Tips on Handling TV series on DVD TV metadata retrieved with episode info - YES, if season and episode number known, or from guide data.
TVDB Current time of day shown on EPG in theatre view - YES
Books recordings direct from the EPG - YES
Books subscription (series) recordings from EPG - YES
Books recordings by time - YES, but only for subscription recordings
Shows recorded program by name (not time) - YES
Flexible recording start/stop (buffer) times - YES
Web based interface for operating/programming - Dont know
Playback Recordings
Playback with easy navigation backwards and forwards - YES
Slow-motion - NO
Program the Remote Control to jump forwards or backwards in user defined intervals - YES, Tools > Options > Video > Advanced > Jump Behaviour
Ad skipping - Yes, with jumping forwards with remote FF or in user defined intervals.
○ Auto detect ads and remove whole ad-break - Possibly with third party app but not tried. See more here:
Commercial Skip,
Commercial Skipping Dig out for AVR - bitstreaming capable.
Cover Art
Series - YES
Season -YES
Episode - YES
Scroll down to Cover ArtVideo Quality
Hi Res recording - YES,
3D recording - Don't know
Manages Direct Show Filters -YES "Red October"
Red October ROHQ MadVR support - YES, here :
MadVR Guide,
3 Different Modes Hardware accelerate capable - YES
VideoClock Smoothing -YES
Auto display change FPS capable - YES
A/V synching - YES
Aspect Ratio correction - YES
EPG
Automatic Over The Air (OTA) support - YES, but not for all countries
XMLTV Guides support- YES
XMLTV Mc2xml support- YES, if available in your Country
mc2xml TV tuners and Playback Devices
Analogue TV Tuner and video capture support:
○ WDM devices support - YES, some may work better than others.
Digital TV Tuners and video capture support:
ATSC - YES
Clear QAM -YES
DVB-T - YES
DVB-T2, DVB-S/S2, DVB-C/C2 (no encrypted channels yet) - YES
Multiple Tuners - YES, at least 4, more ? limited by CPU and disk
Watching Live TV on a client PC - YES
Live TV on Client Multiple IR-blasted-style tuners (to control multiple cable boxes with devices like the HD-PVR) - Not Known
Supports Ceton Cable Card devices - YES
Plays to multiple HTPC or DLNA networked devices - YES , limited by network performance and disk throughput
Picture in Picture (PIP) - Don't Know
FEATURE REQUESTS (maybe for MC19)
Keyword or key-phrase searching of EPG
Current time of day on EPG has vertical bar down the guide
Accessing EPG defaults to current time which updates when left idle
Accessing EPG defaults to the last channel played
Accessing live TV defaults to last channel played
Marking subscription booked recordings separately to single booked recordings
Station logos
OTA guide support for Australia
"Recorded TV shows" accessed from remote control single button
Option to sort EPG by Channel Number (not name)
Slow Motion Video Playback
Books single recordings by time
Wizard for easier configuration of MadVR and video options
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