Wanting to record past triumphs
There. I fixed it. Only took three tries and a cry of desperation, but my Vista-powered laptop does TV (again). There’s the rub, as Willie said. My laptop did TV, and then it stopped, and there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to the why. Nor, as it happens, as to why it now works. I simply kept reinstalling and erasing until things finally worked. One more reason to wonder if there is magic in the way this stuff works.
Actually, tonight’s effort was an “under pressure” moment, because I wanted to record a rerun. Last evening, I watched three talented world musicians: one from the Orkneys, one from Kiwi country and the third from another place that I was too late to learn. Try googling that combination. The program guide (over at APTN) had nothing of substance, and so I sent off an email to the producers and opted to try for an alternate presentation. With a recorder. Of course, my digital tape recorder came back from somewhere with a drained battery, and the Hauppauge was on the disabled list. I did jury rig something just in time to learn that my concert wasn’t on the list of what’s up tonight. But, the stone was in my shoe; the WinTV had to work again.
Now it’s up, and as a bonus Media Center functions. Eight months with this laptop and I’d never even tried that package out. Online program guide; a plus. The controls are less than intuitive, but I now have options for the next good broadcast. In fact, I’m going to sit back and watch the Bob And Doug MacKenzie’s Two-Four Anniversary (again). There’s a theory that says radio waves continue to circle the globe forever, and if you listen closely you can tune in the past. This program was first telecast back on May 20, 2007 which proves the theory.
