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Im just a dude watching over my parents,
and trying to make cartoons and video games from home.
and trying to make cartoons and video games from home.
Life: Programming my HTPC Part 2
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Projects: Hauppauge WinTV Remote
(Extended Remote Project)
After putting sometime into setting up my old computer to finally be the media center PC it should be, I have uncovered the following additions to what I have already stated in Part 1.
- Digital Television Killed the TV Tuner
- Digital TV has copy protection
- HTPC TV Tuners can only record TV in Standard Definition
- HTPC TV Tuners can mainly display only free over the Air High Definition
- Setting up, and Programming a PC to work with a TV and Remote is hard
- Lack of compatible TV Outputs
Current Issues:
- MPEG2 displays with a scan line
This maybe because it is interlaced and not progressive, this scan line that moves across the screen doesn’t happen with progressive video. Currently it’s a small problem and maybe fixable by changing the de-interlacing options on my ATI video card.
Project/Development Notes:
At the moment the project is using Windows Command Line to extend the remote’s functions, but I will be switching to the more powerful Visual Basic Scripts.
- Adding auto network drive map at startup
- Backup and remove recorded videos to drive
- Key Toggling for typing with the remote’s number pad
- Added system volume controls to Windows XP
- Continuing to test and button map remotes keys
Final Thoughts:
It’s not prefect, but hey it works and I am happy with it.
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