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Windows => Television => Topic started by: Gustovier on August 11, 2014, 10:43:00 pm

Title: TV / DVR Resources
Post by: Gustovier on August 11, 2014, 10:43:00 pm

All,

Sorry if this info is already out there. I couldn't find it. But I'm trying to evaluate if MC is now in a better place to replace my sage tv setup.  At one point MC didn't support FireWire stb channel changes or the ability to call an external app that could do this for me. Is this still the case?

Also, does MC now have the ability to record the live tv buffer if you decide you want to keep what's been playing?

Finally, is there good metadata scraping for  your own video files you import? (Ie.. Using thetvdb, imdb, etc...)

Thanks for the time all.

Title: Re: MC dvr/video features?
Post by: astromo on August 12, 2014, 05:07:34 am

Quote from: Gustovier on August 11, 2014, 10:43:00 pm

Sorry if this info is already out there.

Most of it is from what I can make out. The Wiki covers a fair swag of your stuff I think:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Category:Frequently_Asked_Questions (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Category:Frequently_Asked_Questions)
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Set_Top_Box (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Set_Top_Box)
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/TV_Time_Shifting_and_Recording (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/TV_Time_Shifting_and_Recording)
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/TV_Shows_-_Series,_Seasons_%26_Episodes (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/TV_Shows_-_Series,_Seasons_%26_Episodes)
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/EPG (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/EPG)
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Carnac (http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Carnac)

Other Interact entries:
TV Devices Supported (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=33741.0)
NEW: Get Movie and TV Info (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=69316.0)

I'll leave you to sift through that and work out what's of use.

Quote from: Gustovier on August 11, 2014, 10:43:00 pm

At one point MC didn't support FireWire stb channel changes or the ability to call an external app that could do this for me. Is this still the case?

Not sure - I don't play in that sand pit. Appears that your previous ask didn't get very far:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=67886.0 (http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=67886.0)

Title: Re: TV / DVR Resources
Post by: JimH on August 12, 2014, 06:48:21 am

astromo,
Thanks for digging out all the links.  I stickied this because it's probably a general question many may have.

Title: Re: TV / DVR Resources
Post by: astromo on August 12, 2014, 03:29:06 pm

No worries.

I'm a bit of a Wiki nut. You might have noticed?