dmurray14

Anyone done it? Curious as to whether it would run or not. I have an extra m10000 sitting here on my desk and I figured it would be cool to try...

Dan

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will1384

one thing is windows media center needs a good video card supporting
dx9 - another it needs a good CPU - it can be run on a P3, I put it on my laptop - but it wont work with my video card, at any rate you need lots of
CPU power - the more the better

- I tried in my desktop - and it had a few problems with my
geforce 4, it needs like a ATI Radeon 9600 or GeForce FX 5200
or higher - and 64mb or more of memory on the video card

On a different note - just a gripe by me

lets say you watch regular TV channels from the antenna but also
watch digital cable or Satellite - you have to chose - when you set up
media center you have to select only one video input - and cant switch
- its ether the TV tuner - or the video inputs - but not both


they did make one from VIA Mini-ITX M10000 Motherboard

but it dont use Windows media center

have a look over here - ONEbox Media Center PC

and here Niveus Media’s ONEbox Media Center


and I found one that does The T2.e/MCE2005
Its got a nVidia FX5200 128MB video card and a VIA M2 1.2GHz cpu
may be using different motherboard - but its a VIA mini-itx

and you need a tv capture card that works with media center
WinTv PVR150 MCE or some thing with a ATI Theater 550Pro chip
there are more out there - but this is the most common 2

both of the cards work with SnapStream software, SageTV, GB-PVR
ect ect

dmurray14

i want to try this now...

I guess the general consensus is that I need a new video card?

will1384

But yea get a good video card - it may help to off set CPU
usage - and you need help with the via

but what ever you do - make sure the hardware you get
is supported by a few different PVR programs - because
you may change your mind about Media Center after you
use it for some time



Another strange thing about media center - is its just windows xp -

you get 2 cds - one is windows xp, just plain old xp, the second
cd is just the added files for media center, and Tablet PC Edition,
and when you install, it will only ask for the second cd if you enter a
Media Center or Tablet PC Edition key,

A few years back I saw a rip of the media center files and a installer
to integrate them into a pre installed regular XP system -

that would be illegal - but if you own media center - I dont see the
problem - Microsoft should have offered it has a upgrade anyway



If you dont own it - you might be able to get a OEM cheap
- I just looked at newegg - OEM Media Center 2005 is $130
might be able to get cheaper at ebay

turbocad6

check ms compatabiliy chart.... do a google for "media center compatability"..... you have to use a video card from the list... if you did a tv tuner it would have to be from the list too... check it...

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BCrowie

Im pretty sure all you need to have is a fast processor and at least a 128mb video card. I had a NVidia 5400 128mb card in a 2400+ sempron computer with 512 mb of ram and it worked fine. Now I have my Toshiba Satellite running it fine. The specs are Celeron M 1.5ghz, 512mb ram and a 128mb Mobile Intel 915GM and it does take about 15 seconds to start up but it runs perfect besides that. I also know that if you needed to you can add buttons to the start menu for external programs like a gps program or an external browser. Im going to use it when i get my car pc installed

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