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Blackmagic Intensity – Windows Media Center
I have been searching for a device that allows PCs to input HDMI signals and the Blackmagic Intensity seems to be the only one (at a reasonable price). I wanted to know if it is possible to get this device to work as an input for Windows Media Center on the XP or Vista version? Has anyone tried or gotten it to work? (I would like to find out before I buy one of these cards). Thanks in advance.
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i recently purchased an intensity and remember reading on their support site that windows media center is not supported. sorry 🙁 https://www.blackmagic-design.com/support/detail.asp?techID=177
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Well I did see that it isnt offically supported. But I did contact Blackmagic Design and they confirmed the same thing but said that Windows Media Center is nothing more than a capture application and that it might be possible. The rep suggested I check this forum to see if anyone had gotten it to work.
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I use Media Center from time to time with my 360, but I don’t use it as a PVR or anything, as I have to tuner card in my pc. What exactly are you wanting to capture?
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I would like to be able to capture HD signals from devices such as a cable-box, bluray player, etc into Media Center.
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Ah, I see now. You want to use the Intensity basically as an HD tuner card that is required to record TV and movies and such with Media center. Well I’ve heard that lots of HDMI devices playing copyrighted material carry the HDCP signal, keeping the Intensity from recording, but I don’t have an HDDVD player with my 360, so I cannot say for sure. I have read that the Bluray player in the PS3 does protect all copyrighted media, but you may want to research this more to find out if every other Bluray DVD player is secured as well. If I have time within the next day or so, I will try to see if I can record via HDMI from my digital cable box that is currently hooked up to my other television, as I am now curious about this as well.
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