[DexterF]

I've tried: NextPVR: cryptic and could not really get it working
ArgusTV: cryptic and could not get it working
MediaPortal: exploded when XBMC tried to talk to it.

WMCserver: burns so much CPU 720p playback stutters on 2.2GHz dual core AMD Turion (HP N54L Microserver)

Is there any other backend for Windows that's worth a shot?

[ConfusedTA]

I use Argus-TV (albeit with DVB-T2), and can't fault it.

Yes, it takes a little while to figure out how to set it up (just follow the guides on the wiki), but now that it's set up, it's all working beautifully for me

[DexterF]

Argus drove me insane at installation already. Cryptic errors, then MySQL for sodding EPG data, I mean, come on.

I managed to get WMCserver working in the end, turned out Gotham-nightly has a fix for a weird mutation in european sat tv streams.

[dezblack]

I use mediaportal for the tv server on a different pc on my network. It works well in xbmc and I also have it setup to stream live tv even outside my network to all devices.