Re: Anybody's machine working most of time?
- From: "dwswager" <dwswager@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 26 Apr 2005 08:57:35 -0700
Home Brew P4 3.4Ghz, 2GB RAM main computer that I'm using as a test bed
for building a real HTPC using MCE. Very Reliable (Other than a
Hitachi DEATHSTAR hard drive failure). I have a Saphhire 550 Card and
Leadtek PVR2000. I can record and watch anything I want in the any
combination. I can record 2 shows and watch a recorded show. The
system goes into and out of S3 standby without hitch (takes about 6 or
7 seconds for the network connection to reinitialize).
There are certainly things about MCE I would like changed, fixed,
added....
However, most of the problems noted in this thread are not MCE's fault.
Start with STBs. First, look on the STB and see if it has a 3.5mm
remote in jack. And does it use a standard IR protocol? If your STB
does not meet these requirements it is your STB that is the problem not
MCE. To help make the whole blaster Hack work, go to Niles Audio and
buy a real IR blaster setup! If all the STBs had the hardwire in port
and used the same standard protocol, I'm sure MS would have gladly made
MCE work it.
The fact that we have STBs to begin with is the fault of the content
providers and the content distribution folks. They want to control the
content so they have goobered the system. Not MCEs fault. Big assist
goes to the US Government. MS has been sucessfully neutered! When you
get a multi billion dollar anti-trust ruling against you for giving
away free software, your less likely to actually wield the big stick
you have.
99.999% of all virus are self inflicted! Most come from unsavory email
that you shouldn't be reading, much less downloading to your system or
from file sharing. I scan my computer regularly and never have
viruses. I'm talking 2 decades! I use a hardware router (no firewall)
and no AV software other than what is built into XP now. I do get
adware infections from time to time.
An MCE machine is designed as a media center, not a processing center.
Don't expect to transcode a 2 hour VOB to WMV while recording 2 shows
and watching a third. Ain't gonna happen. Do the transcoding on
another machine, then move it to the MCE.
Keep game, filesharing, and other flaky software away from your MCE
machine. Unless your a computer Zen Master, I can pretty much look at
what is loaded on your machine and tell you if your computer runs
properly. XP has gotton a lot better at keeping wayward applications
from screwing you up, but if your loading 400 piece of crap
applications on your system, it's gonna crap your system up!
It would be nice if the everyone involved got together and settled on
some standards. I just feel it is unfair to MS and MCE to blame them
for failing to solve all the problems caused by others.
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