XP question

[Bozo]

Can you download and install the software to turn XP Pro into XP Media Center? Or rather do the same thing as XP Media center.

Bozo :mrgrn:

 

[P5-133XL]

No, not to my knowledge.

 

[Pradeep]

I believe XP Media Center is more closely related to XP Home.

 

[Mercutio]

Not only that, why would you want to?

MCE has a decent 10' interface, yes, but it uses a proprietary recording format for video that AFAIK cannot be transferred to any actual useful format. Blah.

 

[Buck]

Not only that, why would you want to?

MCE has a decent 10' interface, yes, but it uses a proprietary recording format for video that AFAIK cannot be transferred to any actual useful format. Blah.

I've never recorded video with Windows. Does Media Player by default create WMV files?

 

[Bozo]

I have a copy of XP Pro and was considering using it for a HTPC.

What software/hardware would you suggest to do this with? I have a ATI TV Wonder VE but have never been able to get it to work with Comcast cable. It works fine for turning VHS tapes into DVDs though.

Thanks,
Bozo :mrgrn:

 

[Mercutio]

You probably need a cable box + an IR blaster to handle tuning.

No, Buck, MCE uses some weirdo format that's based on MPEG with some DRM added on.