Many HTPC purchasers may notice that many PCIexpress and USB tuners have the capability to record more than 1 channel. In the case of the InfiniTV 4 you have up to 4 tuners available.
The capability to use WMC to detect network tuners isn't well advertised at all. In fact, I had thought I could only use Windows Media Extenders and many sources online state that the InfiniTV 4 can only be used on the Main PC and on the Windows Media Extender.
Ceton has disabled support for Windows 8 for this feature and released a new product abandoning older product owners.
You in fact can use only 1 InifiniTV 4 tuner (Or InfiniTV 6) to server HDTV to as many sources as you have available tuners. To do so you'll need to follow this guide here:
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=3926
I will however paraphrase what I did and offer as much support as possible as to what I did to get it working. NO ONE deserves the struggle I had to go to to make this work!
My steps:
Host PC
1. Install latest Ceton Drivers.
2. My Computer -> Device Manager -> Network Adapters -> Ceton InfiniTV Network Device -> Right Click Properties -> Advanced -> Support Bridging -> Yes
3. Open InfiniTV device page via the diagnostic tool or go to 192.168.200.1
4. System -> Network Settings -> Uncheck Automatic Default IP Settings (DHCP Server).
5. Set a static IP that works for your network. You should check your router to make sure that you assign an IP that is not in use. For example, most routers will assign network devices IP addresses starting with 192.168.1.XXX. If you assign lets say 192.168.1.101, you will eventually access the InfiniTV device page via that IP address(Not now though).
OR
Check the DHCP Client check box if the above doesn't work. However, read next step first.
6. Network Connections -> Select both InfiniTV and your networking card -> Right click Bridge Connection
7. RESTART YOUR PC. I don't know why, but if I didn't restart my PC my InfiniTV device was inaccessible for both PCs. Nothing further could be accomplished without a restart.
8. Wait a couple minutes then check and see if you can access/view the InfiniTV device in your network page on your PC.
Client PC
9. Start Windows Media Center -> Ceton InfiniTV -> Network Tuners -> Reset to Factory Defaults
10. Setup TV Signal through Windows Media Center via the Settings -> Setup TV Signal NOT Network Tuner menu. Select the tuners you want to use on this PC.
Nothing really that different from the link I posted except for the restart, but I figured that I should repost this information since many people in many different locations were struggling to get this to work and even that guide was a little misleading.
The capability to use WMC to detect network tuners isn't well advertised at all. In fact, I had thought I could only use Windows Media Extenders and many sources online state that the InfiniTV 4 can only be used on the Main PC and on the Windows Media Extender.
Ceton has disabled support for Windows 8 for this feature and released a new product abandoning older product owners.
You in fact can use only 1 InifiniTV 4 tuner (Or InfiniTV 6) to server HDTV to as many sources as you have available tuners. To do so you'll need to follow this guide here:
http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/viewtopic.php?f=68&t=3926
I will however paraphrase what I did and offer as much support as possible as to what I did to get it working. NO ONE deserves the struggle I had to go to to make this work!
My steps:
Host PC
1. Install latest Ceton Drivers.
2. My Computer -> Device Manager -> Network Adapters -> Ceton InfiniTV Network Device -> Right Click Properties -> Advanced -> Support Bridging -> Yes
3. Open InfiniTV device page via the diagnostic tool or go to 192.168.200.1
4. System -> Network Settings -> Uncheck Automatic Default IP Settings (DHCP Server).
5. Set a static IP that works for your network. You should check your router to make sure that you assign an IP that is not in use. For example, most routers will assign network devices IP addresses starting with 192.168.1.XXX. If you assign lets say 192.168.1.101, you will eventually access the InfiniTV device page via that IP address(Not now though).
OR
Check the DHCP Client check box if the above doesn't work. However, read next step first.
6. Network Connections -> Select both InfiniTV and your networking card -> Right click Bridge Connection
7. RESTART YOUR PC. I don't know why, but if I didn't restart my PC my InfiniTV device was inaccessible for both PCs. Nothing further could be accomplished without a restart.
8. Wait a couple minutes then check and see if you can access/view the InfiniTV device in your network page on your PC.
Client PC
9. Start Windows Media Center -> Ceton InfiniTV -> Network Tuners -> Reset to Factory Defaults
10. Setup TV Signal through Windows Media Center via the Settings -> Setup TV Signal NOT Network Tuner menu. Select the tuners you want to use on this PC.
Nothing really that different from the link I posted except for the restart, but I figured that I should repost this information since many people in many different locations were struggling to get this to work and even that guide was a little misleading.
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