On Monday night it appears that users trying to record NBC TV shows using Microsoft Vista's Media Center were unable to, the reason being that NBC sent off a broadcast flag that in turn activated Media Center's built in DRM copy protection measures, and stopped recordings of over-the-air and cable broadcasts.
Both NBC and Microsoft stated that they have no explanation for the issue and ... [ read the full article ]
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Because they can't. It is the whole method of the OS.. which is why we have been telling people to shun it from the day it was announced.
Why do you think it takes 2x the hardware for 1x the performance (or less) of XP? DRM and encryption.. that's why.
I think this is really funny.. serves people right for believing that M$ and the media companies are providing a service and a product to them... They are not, they are providing a means of control and exploitation for themselves and getting very rich in the process.
Fisted by fista? Give them the finger.. FOSS is THE future.. wise up or suffer the consequences.
Originally posted by magnets: @Wolf123
WMC is Windows Media Centre
it's nice and easy to use (at least the xp one was, havn't tried vista), but it rather restrictive, i use mediaportal now, it's a bugger to setup but works with loads of hardware and does everything and more.
I want to thank you for telling me about mediaportal been looking for aa program that works with my usb tv tuner and they are a bitch too find
The program that comes with it only records in mpeg format.
Another application you may want to try is Beyond TV, available at http://www.snapstream.com. I use it for my own TV card, and so far have not had a problem.
