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More => Old Versions => Media Center 17 => Topic started by: BrianD on November 23, 2011, 06:25:00 am

Title: Schedule playback of TV station in a zone?
Post by: BrianD on November 23, 2011, 06:25:00 am

Hi,
Can anyone tell me if it is possible to have MC17 begin playback of live tv (a particular station) in a certain zone on a schedule automatically.
e.g.  Let's say I have music playing in the zone the previous evening.  I would like to have MC automatically start playing the audio for a certain TV channel in that same zone at 6:30am the following morning automatically.  Is this possible?

Thanks

Title: Re: Schedule playback of TV station in a zone?
Post by: BrianD on November 23, 2011, 07:47:15 pm

Just wondering, if I used a networked TV tuner e.g. HD homerun (Kaiser Baas now, I think) would MC see this as a TV tuner or a video stream that could be played by the scheduler?
Has anyone setup something similar or used the networked tuners with MC17?

Title: Re: Re: Schedule playback of TV station in a zone?
Post by: imugli on November 25, 2011, 06:52:18 am

I believe they're seen as tuner devices.

Title: Re: Schedule playback of TV station in a zone?
Post by: eapool on November 28, 2011, 10:33:24 am

Yes, the HD Homerun tuners are seen as tuners in MC.  They can be scheduled using the TV scheduler.  They work great with MC.

I know you can use the scheduler to stop playing, but I have not tried using it to start playing a channel at a certain time.

Alex