ShowAnalyzer Website Gone - Anyone Have the Installer?

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ShowAnalyzer Website Gone - Anyone Have the Installer?

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Post by vt4000 » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:50 am

Hello everyone,

I recently had to reimage my Windows 7 media center setup, and then quickly realized that the ShowAnalyzer website, and thus installer, has vanished off the face of the earth. I tried using and tuning Comskip, but it just doesn't work as well.

Does anyone have a copy of the installer or know where I can get one? I paid for the license a number of years ago and I would really like to continue using the software.

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Post by mcewinter » Sat Oct 08, 2016 2:49 am

I have the original and the profiles beta. IIRC the profiles beta didn't need key. I can put it up on DropBox, send me your email address.

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Post by vt4000 » Sat Oct 08, 2016 3:17 am

PM sent, thanks a bunch!

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Post by Mrkool » Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:16 pm

can someone help me out too? i just had to reinstall and i didnt save my files.

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Post by 3rob3 » Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:44 pm

Showanalyzer installer is included with MCEbuddy. Download the last free version of that and you can find it in the extra's folder.

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Post by Mrkool » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:08 pm

the MCEbuddy's show analyzer does it require a key?

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Post by mcewinter » Sun Feb 12, 2017 9:43 pm

Is there someplace "MC" these files can be hosted? The loss of mikinho's contributions is a loss too. Anybody care to host a 'keep MC alive' site to house add ins? Media Center isn't dead yet and there are a lot of great tools that may still be useful.

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Post by adam1991 » Sun Feb 12, 2017 10:07 pm

(my, how this all sounds EXACTLY like the discussions we had as ReplayTV started going away for good...)

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Post by mcewinter » Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:19 pm

adam1991 wrote:(my, how this all sounds EXACTLY like the discussions we had as ReplayTV started going away for good...)
I'm moving on but MC is quite functional if one has the will. I'll gladly share what I have.

Not sure how much of a "community" Replay had.

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Post by adam1991 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 1:43 am

ReplayTV was quite functional for a LONG time as well--and had a HUGE community. ReplayTV users are still out there, hanging out in AVS Forum.

But when the company went away, we finally saw the resources start to disappear at the edges and the decay worked its way in, and we talked about how to preserve everything--just as described in this thread.

Before long, only the hardcore will remain. The combination of H.264 and ATSC 3.0 will be to WMC what the end of analog was to ReplayTV. Some will soldier on with the product, but those will be the truly hardcore.

Some things never change.

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Post by mcewinter » Tue Feb 14, 2017 2:25 am

I'll keep MC as a back end in the very least, at least until the guide service runs out. As crappy as the Rovi service might be, it's free. Nevertheless, it will still be a while before I retire Media Center completely.

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Post by STC » Tue Feb 14, 2017 2:51 am

Where hast thou gone?
By the Community, for the Community. 100% Commercial Free.

Want decent guide data back? Check out EPG123

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Post by adam1991 » Tue Feb 14, 2017 3:48 am

ATSC 3.0 and the new tuners required to ingest that will force the hands of many. I would be utterly shocked if said tuners had the necessary Win7/8 drivers for WMC.

It will be a long rollout, and ATSC 1.0 will be viable for a long while. But I remember planning for two years (at least) for my cableco's switchover from analog to digital, and following Ceton as they very slowly brought out their tuner.

It's never to early to start shaping your next plan.

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Post by marvin-miller » Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:58 am

Dammit....I lost my Show Analyzer key and it looks like the site (and Jere) is long gone :wtf:

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Post by Scallica » Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:10 pm

marvin-miller wrote:Dammit....I lost my Show Analyzer key and it looks like the site (and Jere) is long gone :what the heck:
I have a file called ShowAnalyzerSuiteInstallerProfilesBeta.msi. I put the file on my cloud drive.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnNv9hekO3ondJpCxLai9KwNh_Q
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Post by marvin-miller » Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:16 pm

I believe that's the version 1.x which is actually the crappy one. (so to speak - it does H.264 but was really buggy and eventually caused Jere to abandon the project).

I have 0.9.7 here but....I lost the email with my key :(

I might have to stick with Comskip. I do miss Show Analyzer (the original one, the one that worked). Maybe I should link up the 0.9.7 version on my Onedrive account. I can't remember of that was the last of the series before the 1.x fiasco. Stupid thing it, I clearly recall downloading the original version not too long ago from his site. So I had it but can't seem to find it :(

Update - I did find it and it is the same version (0.9.7) so now all that's needed is a key and we're set.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApAmEhsAok5xq2EVJnDDZUbq31It

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Post by Crash2009 » Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:47 am

marvin-miller wrote:I believe that's the version 1.x which is actually the crappy one. (so to speak - it does H.264 but was really buggy and eventually caused Jere to abandon the project).

I have 0.9.7 here but....I lost the email with my key :(

I might have to stick with Comskip. I do miss Show Analyzer (the original one, the one that worked). Maybe I should link up the 0.9.7 version on my Onedrive account. I can't remember of that was the last of the series before the 1.x fiasco. Stupid thing it, I clearly recall downloading the original version not too long ago from his site. So I had it but can't seem to find it :(

Update - I did find it and it is the same version (0.9.7) so now all that's needed is a key and we're set.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApAmEhsAok5xq2EVJnDDZUbq31It
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http://www.thegreenbutton.tv/forums/vie ... 64#p116264

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Post by adam1991 » Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:25 pm

I've been running 1.0--"ShowAnalyzerSuiteInstallerProfilesBeta.msi"--for six years now, and it's a great piece. Never a problem.

Of course, I never dealt with H.264, and am now on OTA, so...

I tried Comskip but never got it to work. I even paid for it--WTH, ten bucks, right? I left it and went back to SA, and all is well.

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Post by marvin-miller » Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:52 pm

adam1991 wrote: Of course, I never dealt with H.264, and am now on OTA, so...
1.x is the version that destroyed Jere and killed off SA completely. Back in the day everyone went right back to .9x after trying out 1.x Jere himself was pretty ashamed of 1.x and finally gave up on on it publicly stating that he had programmed himself into a box with it. He took a LOT of very public flack for it and it was embarrasing to him.

1.x was very uncomfortable for everyone involved and brought an end to SA as a product. Historical fact there :mrgreen: Jere was never able to recover from it and it was the beginning of the end.

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Post by technodevotee » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:15 pm

I am currently running SA 1.1.0.825 and, apart from the fact that it seems a bit less accurate at picking out adverts than the older versions I have used, it seems pretty solid to me.

I assume that the stations use some tricks nowadays that confuse it but that it can be tweaked to improve the detection or am I deluding my self?

What is it that makes it so bad in people's eyes?

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