Windows Embedded Standard 7: Media Centre

About

I got the the WES7 box running as a Media Centre device able to show live digital TV; and record it.

Hardware

• The WES7 Box with Windows Media Centre etc.
• USB AV Labs AVL680HD  Digital Tuner.
• TV Cable and antennae

Setup & Run

I had to get the audio working on the box first.  I then downloaded the driver from AV Labs and  installed it. It then searched for channels when I ran Media Centre and chose Live TV.  I was then able to run the box as a Digital TV at 1680 x 1050

Limitations

The system was near its limit with the video throughput.  Once it started recoding,  things slowed or jumped a bit  if I tried to watch something else.t.

Suggested Improvements

• A higher end compute system
• A higher end video card
• An embedded TV tuner.

I can watch and record South Park! though

API

Now to use API to build a wiz-bang media device.