Ok, I'll explain the problem in a second, but it's easier to start with the software combination I'm running at the moment. My server, which hosts all my media of any form, runs Windows Home Server and also houses a Happauge WinTV Nova-T PCI card purchased several years ago. The client HTPCs around the house all run XBMC. What I want is to be able to set up XBMC to access the DVB-T tuner in the server and organise recordings, view EPGs, and also watch live TV, preferably with channel switching. Although XBMC does not provide out-of-the-box support for PVR functionality, it has built-in support for MythTV, and several available plugins to support other less developed PVR programs. MythTV, however, is not developed for the Windows platform. Basically, what I need is a program that has server-client (backend-frontend) functionality that can not only run on Windows Home Server (basically Windows Server 2003), but also plug into XBMC to give me as many PVR functions as possible. I know I wouldn't have a problem if my server was running Linux and not WHS, but the decision has been made and for various reasons I am sticking to it. I also love the flexibility and ease of use (and the awesome LiveCD and automatic installation options) of XBMC, but am willing to change it to something a bit more useful as long as none of the XBMC prettiness, media scraping and ease of use are sacrificed. So far my options are a very shaky build of MythTV for Windows (not ideal), MediaPortal, or the current frontrunner, GB-PVR. Does anyone use XBMC in a HTPC that recieves streamed TV? I was really hoping to go for TVCatchup, but Virgin Media is not a supported ISP Any ideas appreciated
