Re: DVB-C support in MCE

See here for their future (post-Vista) plans.

Preparing For TV Beyond Windows Vista
http://jtsang.blogspot.com/2006/06/preparing-for-tv-beyond-windows-vista.html

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"Ossi Mäntylahti" <OssiMntylahti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I did some research for this subject.

The problem seems to be that DirectX 9 (and to be more presice DirectShow)
do support only DVB-T. There are no functions or data types for handling
DVB-C, DVB-S or EPG program guide. DirectX 10's SDK does provide these.

Thus it seems that in order to use DVB-C/S/S2 one needs to be able to use
DirectX 10. And DirectX 10 is available only for Vista and upwards, it
seems
unlikely that MS will ever be providing DVB-C support for Windows Media
Center Edition.

The blog you are referring to is written by Matt Goyer, Microsoft's
Program
Manager for Windows Media Center, eHome Division. Here is his blog:
http://mediacenter.mattgoyer.com/archives/2006/07/28/1160

Quote:
Q: Can I stream that protected Digital Cable Tuner (formerly called OCUR)
content to an Extender?
A: Yes

Q: When are you going to provide more information about Digital Cable
Tuners
(formerly called OCUR)?
A: Soon. I'm sorry that we can't provide a firm date.

Q: DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C support?
A: I honestly didn't really know much about these standards and so I went
and talked to our expert on them, got educated, and all we can say is that
we
won't be supporting these in Windows Vista but they are standards that we
are
considering supporting in future releases.

- Ossi

"JW" wrote:

One MS employee mentioned in a Blog that DVB-C, DVB-S, and DVB-S2 support
are being considered for a Vista release but not for the first Vista
release. Sorry I no longer have the link to blog I saw.


"Ossi Mäntylahti" <OssiMntylahti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Hello

I was wondering if Microsoft has announced any plans of supporting
DVB-C
with Windows XP Media Center Edition. I know that MCE 2005 version
supports
only DVB-T.

Regards,
- Ossi






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