X-Ecutioner Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 I have an old ATI Rage 128 Pro tv tuner. I was wondering if Windows XP Media Center Edition will recognize my tuner card and use it for the TV feature. Anyone know if it will work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arablizzard2413 Posted August 16, 2004 Share Posted August 16, 2004 Windows XP Media Center Edition only works with a few newer cards, so it is very unlikely your card will work. (it might if someone made hacked drivers for it but it still might not)Edit:You're not trying to BUILD a Windows XP Media Center Edition computer are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Ecutioner Posted August 16, 2004 Author Share Posted August 16, 2004 Haha nope. I makin a plexi-glass case for my cousin's xbox and he is giving me his old xbox case and I am gonna try and shove my other computer in his xbox case. I was just wondering if it was possible. I thought I saw a copy of MCE online for sale so i was just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgraceful33 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 wait...... hypothetically, if i had a copy of windows xp mce, it's not possible to build a pc to use it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Ecutioner Posted August 17, 2004 Author Share Posted August 17, 2004 It is. Its just that MCE has built-in software for watchin tv and stuff. Apparently the software only works with certain hardware tuners. other than that....I assume thats the only difference I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arablizzard2413 Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Yes it is possible to make a MCE machine, but from a Microsoft standpoint you can't. The only legal ways to get MCE is from a MSDN subscription (but you can't keep it, it's for testing purposes only) or buying a new computer that has it already installed. There are only a few tv turner/capture cards that have working *official* drivers that work with MCE, all of which can be purchased from New Egg along with a generic MCE remote. I wouldn't trust a online retailer selling MCE though (since they really aren't supposed to sell them anyway). In reality Media Center is a program running ontop of Windows XP Professional, you don't really need it (it's cheaper if you don't get it) since most tv tuner/capture cards come with their own software that does the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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