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| Coercri Posts: 3 From: Registered: 17/02/2007 18:28   |
I was wondering if it was at all possible to integrate Digiguide and DABDig to work with Windows Media Centre? | |||
| Paul Webster Posts: 371 From: UK Registered: 22/05/2004 19:27  |
I've had a tentative look a couple of times - but given that most MCE users would use the EPG from Microsoft then I haven't really seen much strong demand for it (sometimes only a small demand is enough - but this one is a bit messy). What degree of integration are you thinking about? Paul Webster DABDig creator | |||
| Coercri Posts: 3 From: Registered: 17/02/2007 18:28 |
Very much like your implementation of DABDig with DABRadio (Psion or Modular), I'm not really after it (Digiguide) to be usable within Windows Media Centre, just to enable Digiguide to be schedule recordings. I think the guide within Windows Media Centre to be poor, especially when compare to Digiguide. | |||
| Paul Webster Posts: 371 From: UK Registered: 22/05/2004 19:27 |
WHen MCE is driving the TV card it relies on "BDA" drivers. There are other applications that can use BDA drivers that DABDig does support ... So you might find that the existing DABDig integration with WebScheduler might be enough for you. WebScheduler is free (link on the main DABDig page). If you can get it to work standalone - without messing up the rest of your installation - then we can get DABDig to drive it. (Needs a bit of fiddling around with channel names or a dabdig.map - but not too hard once the basics are working). Paul Webster DABDig creator | |||
| Paul Webster Posts: 371 From: UK Registered: 22/05/2004 19:27 |
I'm close to having a primitive mechanism to schedule things directly into MCE. I have the right syntax but it isn't activating seamlessly yet. With some luck it will be sort of working by the end of the upcoming week-end but I will not be making a new release yet - so contact me if you would like to try it. Paul Webster DABDig creator | |||
| Coercri Posts: 3 From: Registered: 17/02/2007 18:28 |
Sounds promising, I would be most interested in taking a look - thank you. | |||
| brianlj Posts: 2 From: Registered: 13/06/2007 09:23 |
Any more on this, Paul? As you know, I'm quite keen on getting DigiGuide working with Windows Media Centre (WMC = MCE under Vista) and it looks like DABDig might be the 'missing link'! | |||
| Paul Webster Posts: 371 From: UK Registered: 22/05/2004 19:27 |
Hello Brian, Not much happened since - but one person did have it working in a very basic manner. When I get back home (Friday) I can send you the beta and a few instructions. Paul Webster DABDig creator | |||
| brianlj Posts: 2 From: Registered: 13/06/2007 09:23 |
Yes, I think I've been speaking with them over on the microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter group.
Y'know, I think I'll leave it, thanks. I've really got too much on at the mo for proper beta-testing. And I've been looking at things such as WebGuide4 which is already well-advanced. Although it's a browser-run sort of DigiGuide, it's already worked out how to get a link inside WMC so that you can call it from there. And if you're outside WMC, there's a sort of 'DigiGuideLite' running as a Gadget in the Windows Sidebar http://i11.tinypic.com/6apncj7.jpg and you can schedule recordings from there. If GypsyMedia don't get into this sort of thing soon, they're going to be left behind! |
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