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Another managed app... GB-PVR

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Someone recently sent me a link to GB-PVR… it is a managed client app that does MediaCenter like functionality. I installed it at in looks cool, but I could not test it as I don’t have a tuner card (or even any TV reception to speak of)… Anyone else used it?

Interesting to note that this and MediaCenter are largely written in managed code… PVR software for the PC is basically a new category that is very young… that leads some credence to the argument that among new client applications, managed code is doing well…. Thoughts?

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  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    Are the drivers / codecs managed too?

    I'd wonder about the speed of such a thing, codecs might be pretty fast, but drivers?
  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    Its working like a charm - but its much slower than MCE2005.
  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2005
    SnapStream (http://www.snapstream.com) is also running as managed code. It has nearly all of the functionality of MCE2005 with the extra benefit that it doesn't require you to replace your entire operating system.
  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2005
    I have to plug my company's media application! We have a product that is written entirely in Managed DirectX that could not have been built with C++. It has a full skinning engine built around Reflection and other cool stuff that could not have been done if it weren't for the ,Net FW.

    Hmmm....I just noticed that the Michael Carr linked to us!!!

    Well check it out. It supports a fully managed plugin model. It's V1 so all the usual V1 issues apply in terms of consistency and what not. For Beyond Media you specifically do not need a TV Tuner card so feel free to try it out!

    -Lonnie
  • Anonymous
    January 07, 2005
    Ooops, here's the link:

    http://www.snapstream.com/Products/beyondmedia/default.asp

    -Lonnie
  • Anonymous
    January 08, 2005
    Can a Windows Media PC connect to another PC to share printers, wireless connections etc?
  • Anonymous
    January 09, 2005
    MediaPortal is another .NET clone of MCE: http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/