Today I started playing around with my EXOPC somewhat more. I have a central mediacenter and in the attic I have made an office for working from home. For my (almost) three year old daughter I have a second TV there with the EXOPC connected to it. Recently I installed the K-Lite codec pack on my EXOPC hoping it would enable Windows Media Center to make use of the Broadcom Crystal HD. But it doesn't do that. And using the MPHC mediaplayer (that is delivered with the codec pack it didn't work too well either. Had an error message and the display quality was poor. And some recordings just stayed black, only the sound was played.
Next to that I wanted to make use of DVB Logic in order to view live television on the EXOPC. For some reason the EXOPC and WeTab don't support the app.
Now today I installed XBMC and I must say: it's a breeze! I have live TV working, Recorded TV plays almost without issues (the Broadcom Crystal HD is being used), DVD's play (al beit on SD and the Broadcom Crystal HD is not used). And this is all in one interface!
I think XBMC will still need the K-Lite codec pack in order to support the Broadcom Crystal HD. And the files that remained a black screen with MPHC still remain black with XBMC. I think there is just something wrong with those files.
And in the list of recorded TV one can only see the file name. So it is not as easy to order as with the Windows Media Center interface.
I really love this! It is working perfectly! Now perhaps I do need to add one or two more tuners! My WeTab is in the bathroom (so the future looks bright for watching tv from the bath tub) and the EXOPC is in the attic. So if I connect a controller my daughter can play games on this tablet as well. And since all of them are using the same account everything is being synchronized as well. Great this!
Next to that I wanted to make use of DVB Logic in order to view live television on the EXOPC. For some reason the EXOPC and WeTab don't support the app.
Now today I installed XBMC and I must say: it's a breeze! I have live TV working, Recorded TV plays almost without issues (the Broadcom Crystal HD is being used), DVD's play (al beit on SD and the Broadcom Crystal HD is not used). And this is all in one interface!
I think XBMC will still need the K-Lite codec pack in order to support the Broadcom Crystal HD. And the files that remained a black screen with MPHC still remain black with XBMC. I think there is just something wrong with those files.
And in the list of recorded TV one can only see the file name. So it is not as easy to order as with the Windows Media Center interface.
I really love this! It is working perfectly! Now perhaps I do need to add one or two more tuners! My WeTab is in the bathroom (so the future looks bright for watching tv from the bath tub) and the EXOPC is in the attic. So if I connect a controller my daughter can play games on this tablet as well. And since all of them are using the same account everything is being synchronized as well. Great this!