VISTA MCE Question

Hi guys,

Is there a way to watch live tv while recording another show on Vista?
I have a hauppage 1600 card. I do not have over the air HDTV. I do
have a set top box from cablevision. Which works well now and I can
record and watch pretty much what I want, except of course for the
HDTV channels from cablevision which show the gray bars on both sides
of the picture. But what I would like to do is while recording a show
in VMC via the set top box, can I watch another live show maybe
playing at the same time I am recording another show? For example let
us say at 8pm Ghost whisperer and Lost are coming on at the same time.
While recording Ghost Whisperer can I watch Lost or even record Lost
at the same time? If so how do I do that in VMC.

Thanks in Advance

Curious
Sun Jun 29 10:11:14 PDT 2008

Yes you can record one program while playing back another.
However, since your 1600 has only one Analog Tuner and analog encoder chip
to it can only receive one analog signal at a time. It can however also
receive an ATSC OTA digital channel using and antenna at the same time so
that you could watch one and record the other concurrently or record from
both and watch a 3rd previously recorded program
"Syfo-Dyas" <Syfo-Dyas@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> Is there a way to watch live tv while recording another show on Vista?
> I have a hauppage 1600 card. I do not have over the air HDTV. I do
> have a set top box from cablevision. Which works well now and I can
> record and watch pretty much what I want, except of course for the
> HDTV channels from cablevision which show the gray bars on both sides
> of the picture. But what I would like to do is while recording a show
> in VMC via the set top box, can I watch another live show maybe
> playing at the same time I am recording another show? For example let
> us say at 8pm Ghost whisperer and Lost are coming on at the same time.
> While recording Ghost Whisperer can I watch Lost or even record Lost
> at the same time? If so how do I do that in VMC.
>
> Thanks in Advance

Doug
Sun Jun 29 12:35:10 PDT 2008

Since you say you don't have OTA HDTV, you'd need to install a second tuner
with an NTSC tuner in order to watch one channel while recording another at
the same time.

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"Syfo-Dyas" <Syfo-Dyas@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi guys,
>
> Is there a way to watch live tv while recording another show on Vista?
> I have a hauppage 1600 card. I do not have over the air HDTV. I do
> have a set top box from cablevision. Which works well now and I can
> record and watch pretty much what I want, except of course for the
> HDTV channels from cablevision which show the gray bars on both sides
> of the picture. But what I would like to do is while recording a show
> in VMC via the set top box, can I watch another live show maybe
> playing at the same time I am recording another show? For example let
> us say at 8pm Ghost whisperer and Lost are coming on at the same time.
> While recording Ghost Whisperer can I watch Lost or even record Lost
> at the same time? If so how do I do that in VMC.
>
> Thanks in Advance

Syfo-Dyas
Sun Jun 29 15:44:58 PDT 2008

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:35:10 -0400, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]"
<dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> wrote:

>Since you say you don't have OTA HDTV, you'd need to install a second tuner
>with an NTSC tuner in order to watch one channel while recording another at
>the same time.

Thanks doug as you seem to have understood what I want to do exactly.
May I ask how I would do that? I mean once the other tuner is
installed (because I do have one available) how would I go back and
forth between tuners in Vista Media Center??

Doug
Sun Jun 29 20:27:56 PDT 2008

You don't need to worry about it, as long as its Media Center compatible.
MCE will pick a tuner to use as "preferred" for recording and one as
preferred for watching Live TV. Now, depending on what's actually going on,
these may not be used as preferred, but say you're watching Live TV and want
to record another program. MCE will automatically switch to the unused
tuner for the recording since the one you're "watching" is tied up.

--
Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
Display\Security
Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
http://www.dougknox.com
--------------------------------
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"Syfo-Dyas" <Syfo-Dyas@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:35:10 -0400, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]"
> <dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> wrote:
>
>>Since you say you don't have OTA HDTV, you'd need to install a second
>>tuner
>>with an NTSC tuner in order to watch one channel while recording another
>>at
>>the same time.
>
> Thanks doug as you seem to have understood what I want to do exactly.
> May I ask how I would do that? I mean once the other tuner is
> installed (because I do have one available) how would I go back and
> forth between tuners in Vista Media Center??

Syfo-Dyas
Mon Jun 30 06:18:22 PDT 2008

On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:27:56 -0400, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]"
<dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> wrote:

>You don't need to worry about it, as long as its Media Center compatible.
>MCE will pick a tuner to use as "preferred" for recording and one as
>preferred for watching Live TV. Now, depending on what's actually going on,
>these may not be used as preferred, but say you're watching Live TV and want
>to record another program. MCE will automatically switch to the unused
>tuner for the recording since the one you're "watching" is tied up.

Oh so there isnt a way to actually controll it. Media center does it
itself? That's too bad since I would rather have control over which
tuner I want to use for what. In my example I have a set top box
connected to the hauppauge 1600 now and it is great as I can record
many different shows via the set top box and its many channels.
However sometimes I may want to look at another show at the time it is
recording and changing channels would affect the recording. I just
have to try it I guess and see what happens...
Thanks

Nigel
Mon Jun 30 07:18:03 PDT 2008

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:18:22 GMT, Syfo-Dyas <Syfo-Dyas@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:27:56 -0400, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]"
><dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> wrote:
>
>>You don't need to worry about it, as long as its Media Center compatible.
>>MCE will pick a tuner to use as "preferred" for recording and one as
>>preferred for watching Live TV. Now, depending on what's actually going on,
>>these may not be used as preferred, but say you're watching Live TV and want
>>to record another program. MCE will automatically switch to the unused
>>tuner for the recording since the one you're "watching" is tied up.
>
>Oh so there isnt a way to actually controll it. Media center does it
>itself? That's too bad since I would rather have control over which
>tuner I want to use for what. In my example I have a set top box
>connected to the hauppauge 1600 now and it is great as I can record
>many different shows via the set top box and its many channels.
>However sometimes I may want to look at another show at the time it is
>recording and changing channels would affect the recording. I just
>have to try it I guess and see what happens...
>Thanks

If there is a free tuner & the channel that you want to watch is available on
that tuner then media Center will use the free tuner. If it needs to change
channel on the tuner that is recording it will ask for your permission before
doing so reminding you that a show is recording.
--

Cheers

Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP

Syfo-Dyas
Mon Jun 30 16:22:18 PDT 2008

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:18:03 +0200, Nigel Barker
<nigel@nigelbarker.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:18:22 GMT, Syfo-Dyas <Syfo-Dyas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:27:56 -0400, "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]"
>><dknoxNO@Spammvps.org> wrote:
>>
>>>You don't need to worry about it, as long as its Media Center compatible.
>>>MCE will pick a tuner to use as "preferred" for recording and one as
>>>preferred for watching Live TV. Now, depending on what's actually going on,
>>>these may not be used as preferred, but say you're watching Live TV and want
>>>to record another program. MCE will automatically switch to the unused
>>>tuner for the recording since the one you're "watching" is tied up.
>>
>>Oh so there isnt a way to actually controll it. Media center does it
>>itself? That's too bad since I would rather have control over which
>>tuner I want to use for what. In my example I have a set top box
>>connected to the hauppauge 1600 now and it is great as I can record
>>many different shows via the set top box and its many channels.
>>However sometimes I may want to look at another show at the time it is
>>recording and changing channels would affect the recording. I just
>>have to try it I guess and see what happens...
>>Thanks
>
>If there is a free tuner & the channel that you want to watch is available on
>that tuner then media Center will use the free tuner. If it needs to change
>channel on the tuner that is recording it will ask for your permission before
>doing so reminding you that a show is recording.

OK thanks I will give it a try and see if I like how it works...