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[Hotdognz]

Hi guys we are moving from NZ to Brisbane and I currently have a HTPC set up here running Windows 7 with a local NZ EPG running through the Big Screen EPG program, how hard is it going to be getting a EPG working with free-view channels in Australia and how many channels are there my HTPC contains 2 WinTV-HVR-2200 cards.

I will admit I haven't had a look through any posts yet to see how easy it is just thought I would ask if it was worth bringing the HTPC or get a boxed solution from the likes of JB HIFI.

[logifuse]

The HVR-2200 is fine here. You may need the specific drivers from http://www.newmagic....pport/index.asp but only if you have problems.

All our main channels are MPEG2 & are a mixture of SD & HD. Each network (there are 5) tends to have a main SD channel, a secondary SD channel & an HD channel. The ABC has an extra kids SD channel during the day. There's also a community TV SD channel.

There are also a couple of h.264 infomercial channels.

About 20 channels in total.

The stations broadcast an EPG, or you can feed in EPG data from a subscription service (IceTV), or there are other sources of XMLTV data that you can feed in via BigScreenEPG.

Justin

[davidgol]

You might need some special software to convert the channel names.
In your part of the world they'd be known as:

two
sivin
nine
tin
and .. iss-b-iss.

[Niall]

You might need some special software to convert the channel names.
In your part of the world they'd be known as:

two
sivin
nine
tin
and .. iss-b-iss.

lol..

you forgot '7 bro' ..

[Hotdognz]

Thanks for the info guys, I will bring my HTPC with me then and when its setup I guess ill be back here asking for a XMLTV feed for Big Screen EPG :0