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• SageMCTuner - Experimental Release

  SageMCTuner is a Windows Service that runs on a Windows Media Center (MC) machine to enable SageTV to use MC's tuners as Network Encoders. Included in the zip are the following files: install.cmd : run from an escalated cmd prompt to install the service... Posted Oct 19 2009, 08:09 PM by babgvant with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: SageTV, SageMCTuner

• Temptation

  When MS announced that they were bringing DCTs to MediaCenter I was really excited; but of course that didn't work out. Instead of being something that added value to the platform, it turned the PC in a closed box solution. Since the recent CableCard... Posted Oct 16 2009, 05:00 AM by babgvant with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Media Center, SageTV, OCUR, SageMCTuner

• Server Narcolepsy

  On a whim I shortened the system idle timeout to 15 min on my SageTV server the other day and almost immediately noticed an issue when using the HD200 for playback. After pausing a show for 5 or 10 min to deal with a kid issue, I came back to find that... Posted Sep 19 2009, 11:48 AM by babgvant with | with no comments Filed under: SageTV

• DVRMSToolbox 1.2.1.8 - Public Release

  This release is the same as the R4 Early Access rev. Version 1.2.1.8 - ConvertVideoFile supports Native A/V container swaps (w/ editing); user must verify that container swap works - ConvertVideoFile supports TS output if SageTV is installed - Added hang... Posted Aug 18 2009, 04:00 AM by babgvant with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Vista, DVRMSToolbox, Source Code, XP, 7MC, SageTV, 7

• Getting FLAC

  Mrs. VT recently got me a new AVR with HDMI inputs which fundementally altered the way I was storing non-TV sourced HD content. These are the tools that I use, and some rational behind them. All told there's only about 5-10 min of real work per file... Posted Jul 10 2009, 07:35 PM by babgvant with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Media Center, SageTV, MKV, FLAC, EAC3TO, SRT

• SubtitleRender - 1.0.0.2

  1.0.0.2 - Change merit to MERIT_PREFERRED+2 to beat out the Internal Script Command Renderer - Add support for MEDIATYPE_TEXT to connect to Haali when no subtitle is set as default - Register supported media types when filter is regsvr32 - Select first... Posted Jul 01 2009, 07:52 PM by babgvant with | with no comments Filed under: SageTV, SubtitleRender

• SubtitleRender

  SubtitleRender is a DirectShow filter that pushes SRT based subtitles into SageTV. The main benefit versus a filter like VobSub is that this approach does not break hardware acceleration. The filter supports switching between up to two subtitle streams... Posted Jun 23 2009, 06:53 PM by babgvant with | with no comments Filed under: SageTV, SubtitleRender

• MKV Bliss

  As most of you know I'm a huge fan of the HTPC (although to be fair I am coming around on the extender concept - well as long as it's not connected to Xbox Live ;)), but one of the things that was missing is subtitle support that preserves hardware... Posted Jun 17 2009, 05:47 PM by babgvant with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: SageTV, SubtitleRender

• Koolaid

  I have a confession to make; when Sage was running it's March Madness promo I picked up a HD200. I was planning to do a more full featured review, but never really made the time to pull it together so below are some random thoughts. Good: Drop in... Posted Apr 18 2009, 11:27 AM by babgvant with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: HD200, SageTV

• ArcSoftAudioWrap

  ArcSoftAudioWrap is a DirectShow filter that wraps the ArcSoft Audio Decoder HD (not included) but allows the output to be set to something besides 2 channel stereo. If you want S/PDIF output just regsvr32 the filter and make sure it has a higher merit... Posted Apr 13 2009, 07:31 PM by babgvant with | with no comments Filed under: SageTV, ArcSoftAudioWrap

• SageTV Registry Settings

  SageTV Registry Settings is a simple GUI application that exposes all of the registry settings SageTV can use with a short explanation of what the setting does (as a tool tip). The UI is dynamically driven from the included xml file, so future settings... Posted Apr 04 2009, 08:38 AM by babgvant with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: SageTV Registry Settings, SageTV