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[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

How's that media center OS working out for you? I have DVR, but I'd rather use my cpu and not have to pay for the dvr service.

It's great - I have 3 tuners, all of my music, about 50 movies, and all of my photos on it. I also have an Xbox 360 in the living room, so all of this stuff is available throughout the house. I also use DVRMSToolbox to automatically remove commercials and convert all of my shows to DivX to watch on my Smartphone on the way to work (don't worry, I'm not driving while I watch - I take a train).

I tried the open source solutions for a long time (e.g., MythTV), but MCE is so freaking easy to setup, I went with that in the end.

[That Guy]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

It's great - I have 3 tuners, all of my music, about 50 movies, and all of my photos on it. I also have an Xbox 360 in the living room, so all of this stuff is available throughout the house. I also use DVRMSToolbox to automatically remove commercials and convert all of my shows to DivX to watch on my Smartphone on the way to work (don't worry, I'm not driving while I watch - I take a train).

I tried the open source solutions for a long time (e.g., MythTV), but MCE is so freaking easy to setup, I went with that in the end.

myth is flexable, and it's better now than it used to be, but yeah, it can be a pain at times... i think someone made a liveCD version though, which is nice.