SnapStream's Beyond TV 3 - The Must-Have Home Multimedia Software
by Andrew Ku on May 12, 2004 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
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Web Admin - A Welcome Relief (continued)
There isn't really any way to perform conflict management in web admin other than with the recording manager. This is more of a stripped down version of conflict management that is in the ViewScape interface. Every scheduled recording will be listed here, which includes remote recordings once they are downloaded from the SnapStream.net account.
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Since we selected "The Simpsons" to have a higher priority over "ABC7 News" in conflict management, only "The Simpsons" appears in the upcoming recordings listing.
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Setting up a remote recording is extremely easy. Assuming that your account is automatically affiliated with the Beyond TV 3 program, you won't have to log in when you click on the program guide.
Once in the program guide, selecting any program brings you closer to setting up a remote recording. Clicking on a program pops up a program detail window and under the record title are three buttons: record this episode, record all, and record new, like the three options given in the ViewScape interface. It is easy as that. Assuming automatic remote recording updates are enabled, Beyond TV 3 will set itself to record that specific program on its own.
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ShowSqueeze is extremely important if you want to manage the size of your video collection and/or allow handheld devices to access it. Obviously, a Pocket PC cannot play MPEG-2 files because of the high decompression need (both in hardware and software).
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Since converting one video format into another is taxing on the system, SnapStream was clever enough to allow the user to force this action to occur only during specific time windows.
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batorok - Thursday, May 13, 2004 - link
as a Sagetv user I'm pretty miffed they didn't compare the two. Sagetv 2.0 has a really nice new interface, handles multimedia (pics, mp3z, movies, dvds including vob files) pretty well, has multituner support, and better image quality of viewed tv (I demoed both before buying sage). Since tv is what it's all about, the picture quality is what's important to me.reboos - Thursday, May 13, 2004 - link
MythTv is very nice.mcveigh - Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - link
good question crazy_vagI don't think snapstream supports HD capture cards
crazy_vag - Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - link
When will I be able to record Soprano's in HDTV on HTPC???mcveigh - Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - link
I think you should consider comparing it to tivo/replay as I think this is more what it is aimed at replacing.also I would like to see more info about multile tuners.
how about a shoot out of personal video software in the future?
SnapStream vs. sage TV vs. windows MCE vs. ????
Jeff7181 - Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - link
Wonderful review. Looks like a very robust piece of software. If I was in the market to build a HTPC I'd probably buy it. From what I see, I like the information windows... they have a little bit too much info, but at least they're transparent so you can still see the show... unlike Comcast the last time I paid for digital cable.llamas - Wednesday, May 12, 2004 - link
Are you considering a review of SageTV 2.0 (just released)? It would interesting to hear how it compares with BTV3. SageTV supports multiple tuners, and has client software with the same interface as the server.