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mark1234 · 18-10-2006, 15:18

Good find there.

Having looked at the Leadtek site I'm thinking that for analogue inputs it does software encoding, which means it won't work with MCE.

It doesn't explicitly say it's using software encoding, it's just in the way things are put. For example, for digital inputs you only get MPEG2 format files, but for analogue input you can choose MPEG1/2/4, DVD, VCD or WMV. It's also got a recommended PC spec of a 2.4Ghz P4 and that's quite high if all the encoding work is being done in the hardware.

So, I suspect if you hook up an ariel and try and get Freeview then it'll work fine with MCE, but if you want to use the signal from your ntl box then it'll not work with MCE.

I can't access ftp from work, so can't check the manuals on the Leadtek site to see what they say.

Mark

18-10-2006, 15:18	#7
mark1234 Inactive Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Nottingham Services: Virgin TV XL, Broadband XL (60), Phone XL, Windows 7 Media Centre Posts: 284	Re: MCE and My ntl samsung box HELP Please Good find there. Having looked at the Leadtek site I'm thinking that for analogue inputs it does software encoding, which means it won't work with MCE. It doesn't explicitly say it's using software encoding, it's just in the way things are put. For example, for digital inputs you only get MPEG2 format files, but for analogue input you can choose MPEG1/2/4, DVD, VCD or WMV. It's also got a recommended PC spec of a 2.4Ghz P4 and that's quite high if all the encoding work is being done in the hardware. So, I suspect if you hook up an ariel and try and get Freeview then it'll work fine with MCE, but if you want to use the signal from your ntl box then it'll not work with MCE. I can't access ftp from work, so can't check the manuals on the Leadtek site to see what they say. Mark