Recent content by raylo

But you did get the guide working? That is promising at least. My install will be simpler since I am just using a TV tuner card and recording over the air HDTV, so no other peripherals to control. It still looks like it is gonna be a PITA to set up. I managed to create the EPG data file but...

What I meant to say is that I am going to try to migrate to Media Portal 2 on this HTPC. Media Portal is an open source project that seems to try to duplicate a lot of what Media Center does in terms of TV and DVR. I just started this and it it is a lot more difficult to setup than Media...

Well I have given up. I ordered several copies of 8 pro even the Pro Pack and none has media center. The pro pack was advertised as having it but the fine print said media center license sold separately and that is unavailable. So they all went back except 8 pro that I have since upgraded to...

I have been working on replacing my old Win 7 (OEM license) HTPC with a new one and I want to use Media Center with my TV tuner card for DVR. I have the new hardware running Win 8.1 Pro (not 10 since MS did not port Media Center over). But I am having a real problem finding a copy of 8.1 with...

Wow, I am getting really tired of my project to set up a win 8.1 HTPC with MediaCenter. System: new Gigabyte Z170 mobo, Intel Skylake i7, 16 GB DDR4. Steps so far: 1. I purchased a full version of 8.1 Pro from Amazon, downoloaded it, burned the ISO disk, installed and activated. No problem...

The tip in the thread linked above to switch the sleep setting in the Power4Gear utility from instant on to long standby did the trick. No idea why but I am marking this one solved...

OK, I just did a search and see several of my Asus Zenbook brethren and sistren have the same issue. I'll try the power saver solution posted here and see if that solves it for me. http://www.eightforums.com/general-support/36867-windows-8-1-start-screen-scaling.html

Asus Zenbook ux301LA, i5 Haswell, Intel graphics HD4400, Win 8.1 x64, 2560x1440 display. It came with Win 8, I updated to 8.1 After wake from sleep the scaling is way off, everything is tiny... So I can't use sleep, must do a full shutdown and restart to get back to normal resolution. Asus...