SageTV Media Center

SageTV lets you enjoy your favorite TV shows and online video when you want, wherever you want! Browse, search and watch all the latest online video from Google Video from the comfort of your couch with SageTV Media Center.

Enjoy the most popular online videos, news, movie trailers, TV shows, comedy, music videos and more at the push of a button on your remote control.

SageTV makes it easy to browse or search for your favorite shows and record them so they're ready for you to watch whenever you want. Record a whole season of shows at the press of a button!

Supported Analog TV Tuners with Hardware Encoding:
Adaptec VideOh! DVD Media Center Edition (PCI only)
ATI eHome Wonder
ATI Theater 550 chipset, including those by GeCube, Sapphire, Gigabyte, MSI, PowerColor, Tul, VisionTek and Yuan (with V3 or later)
ATI TV Wonder Elite (V3 or later)
AVerMedia M150
AVerMedia M175
AVerMedia M1A2 Dual Tuner PCI
AVerMedia UltraTV Media Center PCI 500
AVerMedia UltraTV Media Center PCI 550
AVerMedia UltraTV 1500MCE
AVerMedia M038 USB
AverMedia M780
Creative Labs Video Blaster Digital VCR
Hauppauge Roslyn
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150MCE
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250BTV
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-250MCE
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-350
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-500MCE
Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-USB2
nVidia DualTV
Plextor ConvertX M-402U
Plextor ConvertX TV-402U
Prolink Pixelview PlayTV P7000
Provideo PV256 Series
Provideo PV258 Series
Provideo PV259
Provideo PV358T
Vista View Saber 2020
Yuan MPG-600
Yuan MPG-843
Yuan PG-600
Other MPEG-2 encoding cards based on the Conexant IVAC-15, IVAC-16, CX23415, CX23416 or StreamMachine 2210 Codec should function correctly but may not have been tested.
Tuners compatible with Windows MCE should work, but not all of them have been tested.

Supported DVB Tuners (requires SageTV V6 or later):
Cinergy 2400i DT Capture
Dvico FusionHDTV USB
FireDTV DVB-T/CI (supports PayTV through CAM/CI)
FloppyDTV T/CI (supports PayTV through CAM/CI)
Hauppauge WinTV Nova-T-Stick USB
Happauge WinTV Nova-T-USB
Kworld VStream DVBT100
Kworld VStream XPERT DTV-DVB-T PCI
Leadtek DTV1000
Pinnacle PCTV Dual DVB-T Pro PCI
Provideo's PV913
Technotrend DVB-T/C 1300 (supports PayTV through CAM/CI)
VisionPlus/Twinhan TwinhanDTV (VP-3021)
Most USB Stick devices using the Dibcom 7700 Chipset should work, but not all of them have been tested.
FireDTV DVB-C (supports PayTV through CAM/CI)
Technotrend Budget C-1500 (supports PayTV through CAM/CI)
Most other BDA based DVB-T/C cards should work with Version 6.1 or later but may not have been tested.

Supported OTA HDTV Tuners (requres SageTV V5 or later):
ATI HDTV Wonder
AVerMedia AVerTVHD MCE A180
AverMedia M780
Conexant CX23883 ATSC based cards
Dvico FusionHDTV5 Lite
Dvico FusionHDTV3 Gold-T
Dvico FusionHDTV5 Gold Plus
Dvico FusionHDTV5 USB Gold
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600
Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950
OnAir HDTV-GT
Philips x237 PCI 7133 ATSC based cards
Vbox Cat's Eye 164e PCI-e dual tuner
VBox DTA-150/151 ATSC card
VBox USB-A 3560 device
Most other BDA based ATSC cards should work with Version 5 or later but may not have been tested.

Supported ClearQAM HDTV Tuners (requres SageTV V6.1 or later):
OnAir HDTV-GT
HDHome Run from Silicon Dust

Supported TV Tuners with Software Encoding (requires SageTV V5 or later):
Plextor AV100U
Plextor TV100U
Most other WDM capture devices should work with Version 5 or later but have not yet been tested. The above list will be updated as other cards are tested.


Requirements:
Minimum 128Mb RAM and a Recommended 256Mb RAM
For Hardware Encoding: Intel Pentium III, Celeron or AMD Athlon at 600 MHz or VIA 800MHz or faster
For Software Encoding: Intel Pentium 4, Celeron or AMD Athlon 1.5 Ghz and above
DirectX v9.0 or higher available freely from Microsoft.
Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or higher available freely from Sun Microsystems
Video Card: PCI/AGP bus graphics card with overlay. NOTE: While it is recommended that your Windows graphics card drivers support DirectX9 for optimum performance, it is not required.


Limitations:
15 days trial