Comments on: Windows Media Center with HDMI Audio/Video in Canada

By: JohnBraham

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:13:25 +0000

It seems turning off ‘Use Exclulsivly’ messes up bitstreaming, e.g. from TMT5, but without it I’ve got other problems with WMC such as the problems playing HD TV etc, any ideas please?

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By: samiam3

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:58:45 +0000

Gotta love damn Linux fanboys posting useless junk on blog posts that have NOTHING to do with Linux not to mention there isn’t a single Cable card tuner that is compatible with Linux so it makes them look even more stupid.

Anyhow, thank you for posting this, that’s what fixed it for me too after trying various other suggestions online.

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By: mforte

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:26:12 +0000

Thanks you, thank you! I recently bought a Yamaha RX-A1010 receiver and I started having the “Video error” symptoms you described. Turning off the “exclusive control” setting worked like a charm. I doubt I would have ever figured out the solution had I not found your post. I too have an ATI video card (HD5450). Thanks again!

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By: JWP

Sat, 05 May 2012 04:02:58 +0000

Oddly enough, what seems to work best for me is if I turn off “exclusive control”. I am using an ATI 4890 HDMI connection to my Panasonic receiver. I was getting ok video but the first second of sound kept repeating until I finally got the dreaded “Video error”. We’ll see if this config lasts.

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By: Foss

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:25:05 +0000

There are lots of tuner systems available which are GNU/Linux compatible. I guess it depends upon your values: do you want to use restrictive proprietary systems or do you want to use systems which are designed to preserve your personal freedoms?

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By: Ian

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:22:08 +0000

My tuner isn’t Linux compatible.

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By: Foss

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:09:27 +0000

If you want to run a truly free PVR, you could use a free operating system with a free software based PVR system:

http://mythtv.org

Mickeysoft based systems ain’t free.

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