The Ultimate DVR/PVR Software List

[Mike]

Have any of you seen stuttering when playing hard drive based movies? I tried formatting with smaller cluster sizes but I still see it occur.

I am using the default player so perhaps that is part of it? I had trial'd theatertek I think it was but have not gone further on my CQC setup so let it run out and uninstalled it.

The other thing I noticed on sage (using the MCE skin if it matters) is if you hit back while on a hard drive based movie it can lock up (I can't remember if it is when you are on a menu screen or not).

I have not looked at the new version though, I should do that, maybe that fixes some of this.

 

[IVB]

Sorry, can't help you with that - i use TT for my HD-based movies.

 

[Mike]

Well the bright side of that is that once I get back to software based players it seems it does not have that issue.

I will have to trial it again (I was not ready for it last time and frankly did not really use it).

 

[Richard Naninck]

As far as I know, Meedio (WinXP) has become freeware as of version 1.39
The latest and last version (already one year old) 1.41 does not require a key anymore. Hence it can move to the free software list.

 

[electron]

I thought Yahoo bought Meedio?

 

[Smarty]

You might want to take Xlobby off the free list as this software project has been bought by Calrad. Xlobby will be a pay software in the furture (the downloadable version now has a "time bomb" in it - soner or later you will have to pay)

 

[mdesmarais]

CTpvr is also pay now.

 

[electron]

Thanks, I updated the list.

 

[hotwire]

Under commercial software for the Mac OS X can you add EyeTV, and SageTV (open public beta).

 

[Waynedb]

This list is way out of date.
 
GBPVR is now Next PVR
http://www.nextpvr.com/
 
many of the others are no longer around.
 
Channels DVR is $80 a year
https://getchannels.com/dvr-server/