The results are impressive, and it’s worth considering even if your scanner is currently supported by Windows. It’s incredibly simple to use, with a neat wizard-based approach to scanning for the novice, and an Advanced button for those with a bit more experience.
Consequently, it enables you to dust down your trusty old scanner and continue using it despite the manufacturer’s attempts to force an upgrade. More importantly, it supports 1,500 flatbed and film scanners, even if drivers are no longer available for the computer you’re running. VueScan works with just about every computer out there, supporting Linux, Mac and all versions of Windows up to Windows 10. The gradual shift from 32- to 64-bit computing threatens to leave even more perfectly serviceable scanners in the box marked “obsolete”, but there may be a future for your old machine yet – at a cost. This is nowhere more evident than when it comes to scanners. Note DVBLink works with selected digital satellite, cable and terrestrial (DVB-T/T2 and ATSC) tuners.It’s amazing how quickly manufacturers abandon support for older hardware devices. It’s all very simple to use and easy to set up – you have to pay a one-off fee of around €37 plus tax for the PC software after the 20-day trial period has passed, but the mobile apps themselves are completely free. You can also manually set the video quality settings, in case the signal breaks up too much due to a marginal connection.
Use the Settings tab to make changes to your server – you may want to configure it to allow you access over the internet for example – or switch channel order from alphabetical to numbering. You can also set up manual recordings from the Recordings button. Your mobile app allows you to browse an EPG looking for content to watch – either click on a channel name to watch the current show, or click a future programme to instruct your server PC to record it in Windows Media Center. Once done, just download and install the requisite app for your mobile device, enter your server PC’s IP address plus the username and password you use to configure TVSource in the first place (the default is ‘user’ and ‘admin’) and then all being well you should connect successfully. This is by far the trickiest part of the whole equation.
You first configure your PC and TV tuner card using DVBLink TVSource, and then marry it up to Windows Media Center. This is precisely what DVBLink Connect! Server is designed to do. Imagine, then, being able to take the signal from your PC’s TV tuner, and stream it across your home network to just about any other device: PC, Mac, DLNA-compatible device and even your mobile phone or tablet too. Watching TV on your television – never mind your home PC – is not always the most convenient thing to do.
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