I’ve taken to using Beyond Media and Beyond TV on my HTPC, and it kicks ass. Basically all of the functions of Tivo. I am using beta versions of both of these programs, but they are working very well. Now I just have to sync everything with girder and Homeseer so that when I hit the channel change button for my PC, it does it at the same time on my cable box.
August 2004
Multimedia crap
I’ve used iTunes to purchase a couple of songs (actually a few days ago), and it is working very well. Think I may stick with it.
On the HTPC stuff, something is wrong with my damn server, not sure what is up with it, but I cannot even get it to boot right now. Fuck.
HTPC
Finally got my HTPC working correctly. I had to swap out some video cards between PCs in the house, now it seems to be working ok. Picked up a bit of extra speed since I moved the web server to it’s own machine, that seems to have helped a bit. I am using a Radeon 9600 Pro, with Homeseer, Beyond TV and Beyond Media, with the Firefly remote control. I am thinking about switching to girder for my remote program though, as it gives more options, and I can control it with the HS plugin.