uICE: TV Cards, Remote Controls and COOLNESS (1 Viewer)

[Fosweb]

Ok. So I bought a TV Card with my computer, (Lifeview Flyvideo 3000), and its pretty sweet.
It's got FM radio, TV, Teletext, capture, timeshift record and all that stuff.

But its got this puncy cheapo little remote control. With like 15 buttons that do basically nothing. The remote control doesnt work with other programs, just the Flyvideo ones.

And then I found the COOLEST program called uICE. (universal Infrared Control Engine)
http://www.mediatexx.com/

It supports a stack of remote controls from TV Tuner cards and FM Tuner cards, and lets you use them basically like any IrDA remote that you would build up yourself to put into your system.

It's customisable, you can control any program now with the remote that came with your TV card.

Best thing is I can sit back and control Winamp 5 with my crazy little remote control. Sweet.

Anyone with a TV card remote should definitely check it out.

 

[ToO LaZy ^*]

mm...wish i could watch TV on my comp..
it'll be the ultimate distraction for studying

 

[RUB!X]

yes ... how much are tv cards these days?

 

[sunny]

Depending on quality, you're looking at about $90 to hundreds on higher end capture cards.

 

[velox]

get a digital one, they start at around 160

 

[jayz]

i am lookn for a notebook one, i.e. usb 1.0 one, wat price should i expect? any deficiencies in features in comparison to the desktop ones?

thx

 

[redslert]

yep i've been using lifeview3000 with uICE for over a year now

i love it

i use it to control winamp....turn on music in bed when i wake up or turn off...turn volume down

control mediaplayer or tv tuner when watching stuff in bed

love it

 

[RUB!X]

cool, i want 1!!

 

[inasero]

i installed it and it is sweet!!
um just one thing though...
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[cyrax83]

Originally posted by k3tan
ahhh tv cards... reminds me of the days when i was watching optus tv and foxtel for free... oh the days...

i need a better computer to decode the signal to something i can watch... faaaaar... :S

i heard a couple of friends did that too except optus stopped it somehow, how'd they do that ?

 

[redslert]

Originally posted by gmraso
How much is tv tuner cards for laptops?
this card is a little difficult to set up:S

you can get a usb tv tuner
but they are generally expensive and crap quality