Windows Media Center Controller for HD Home Sports Bar

This is a demo of the application I wrote that wraps Windows Media Center TCP / IP Controller http://vmccontroller.codeplex.com/ and Girder http://www.promixis.com/girder.php into a simple web-based controller for my home media center.

We can use it on any device on our network and can control all 4 TVs in our living room from one simple application.

Our HTPC is a 4 CPU 8GB of RAM Windows 7 Media Center PC with:

1 Ceton InfiniTV 4 tuner
1 HD HomeRun Tuner
1 ATI HDTV Wonder OTA tuner.

We have a total of 6 extenders:

2 Xbox 360's
3 Linksys DMA 2100
1 Linksys DMA 2200

spread throughout the house to enjoy the system.

The best part was being able to eliminate the $40 a month we were paying Verizon for the FIOS HD tuner boxes!

More info and plans to build your own HD HomeSportsBar at

http://www.hdhomesportsbar.com/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• hd
• home
• sportsbar
• sports
• bar
• windows
• media
• center
• girder
• tcp/ip

[KeepAnEvenKeel]

I haven't noticed a difference in the 2100 or 2200, but would not use either of these as primary extenders, they're just too slow in the menus. They work great for this setup because I tend to know what channel I want them to tune, and then don't change for a few hours between sporting events.

I do have a 2200 on wifi (802.11 N) and it works fine for HD streaming, even live TV, all of these in the video are 2100's wired via Cat-5e ethernet.

[tedbone13]

awesome! Could your interface be used by other devices - iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone 7 browsers?

[KeepAnEvenKeel]

@tedbone13 Yep, definitely - whole idea is to be completely platform agnostic and work on anything with a web browser. I don't want to end up locked in to a single controller interface; Android, iOs, Windows, Mac, Linux, etc forever

[CheatdeathCA]

So you have a 4 CPU computer? Or are you talking about the 4core type CPU, I think we would all love to see your 4CPU Comp if it even exists...

[treepizzle]

Very impressive!

[OGYOSHI0007]

Is it possible to do this with tvs in different rooms? if so how? and how would you control each tv?

and will this work with DirecTV?

[fancysnake1]

your xbox 360 is not in a good place, but it does look nice

[hotdog400]

That is a sweet setup you have. about 80% of my PC usage is Windows media center for watching HDTV and as a personal DVR. How hard was it to set up your app you made?

[miklk1973]

Very nice setup! I am planning to embark on building a new PC and to use the Ceton card or maybe the new Silicon Dust Primetime to act act tuners for media extenders throughout the house.

Is there any performance differences between the 2100 & 2200?

Are you using any of the extenders over WIFI?