WinTV 2000 seems buggy, alternatives?

[letdown427]

I've just got a Hauppage Nova-T USB2, so I can almost get digital TV, however, the included software is apparently notoriously buggy, and is not playing nicely with Windows 2000 here...

Yes, I'm on SP4 and it's in a USB2 port

Anyway, what's the best (preferably free, obviously) software, like Myth TV, but that runs on Windows?

Thanks

 

[Markbnj]

I'm a big fan of Snapstream's BeyondTV 4. It's rock solid on my system, and has all the features I need. You can try it out free. To buy it is something like $50 for the software, more if you buy a remote bundle. MCE also seems to work really well on Vista, though the rendering quality isn't as good as Snapstream (probably immature drivers). I haven't used it on XP, since I run Pro and not MCE.

 

[Schadenfroh]

What version of WINT 2k? If you look under the other Haug cards, there are differing versions of the WINTV software, each version works with all cards.

 

[Modular]

GB-PVR is the best. And it's free. And it's the best...and free..

 

[GhettoFob]

I used gb-pvr for a past year and it worked really well. I recently switched over to BeyondTV 4 because I got it FAR and love it also. You can't go wrong with either one.

 

[mugs]

GB-PVR is great.

I just wish I could get the xRecord plugins to work with the latest version.

 

[Thyme]

I've probably tried every version of Haug's software and none of them are stable. GB-PVR is good for PVR, but not really for just starting it up and watching TV. I forget the software that's good for that but I think there's a thread around here about it.

 

[GhettoFob]

Originally posted by: Thyme
I've probably tried every version of Haug's software and none of them are stable. GB-PVR is good for PVR, but not really for just starting it up and watching TV. I forget the software that's good for that but I think there's a thread around here about it.

For just watching TV, I'd recommend DScaler

 

[ROTC1983]

Originally posted by: Markbnj
I'm a big fan of Snapstream's BeyondTV 4. It's rock solid on my system, and has all the features I need. You can try it out free. To buy it is something like $50 for the software, more if you buy a remote bundle. MCE also seems to work really well on Vista, though the rendering quality isn't as good as Snapstream (probably immature drivers). I haven't used it on XP, since I run Pro and not MCE.

Here is another vote for Beyond TV. Having a blast with it