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megacrypto · 2008-03-28, 20:25

Hi all,

I have a friend of mine who has a client of his that is building right now his house and wants to install 34 points to watch TV. They alread covered the DVB-s part (which i really don't understand ver weel) but in a nutshell they will put 4 dishes with each ahving 4 lnb's which is all then connected to some sort of a machine that will distribute the signal to all 34 points in the house. In addition to that they want to have a media server serving the entire house. So, my friend was asking me if i know of anything that can do that all in one place. Right now im looking at STBs that will be put in the 34 rooms, something small but can support everything (i found this Amino product which is used for IPTV in hotels). Another choice was to put small dreamboxes (DM500) in each room, but when it tested running videos (Divx and so) usinf VLC frontend, it did not look that good and the app does not run very well. Now Im going back to using MP in the 34 points using small boxes.

Well, my questions are:
1. How many servers do i need to server 34 points smoothly (ofcourse not all of them will run at the same time, but one has to be on the safe side

) ?
2. Can I setup only one TV server? that is, if i dont need 34 tv tuners in the STBs then i can get any of those miniITX and only run MP on it (there is a couple of VIA boards that wont take much footprint yet can handle HD decoding)

Basically thats it, any thoughts, suggestions ?

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megacrypto Portal Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 106 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	34 Clients .. Need some ideas Hi all, I have a friend of mine who has a client of his that is building right now his house and wants to install 34 points to watch TV. They alread covered the DVB-s part (which i really don't understand ver weel) but in a nutshell they will put 4 dishes with each ahving 4 lnb's which is all then connected to some sort of a machine that will distribute the signal to all 34 points in the house. In addition to that they want to have a media server serving the entire house. So, my friend was asking me if i know of anything that can do that all in one place. Right now im looking at STBs that will be put in the 34 rooms, something small but can support everything (i found this Amino product which is used for IPTV in hotels). Another choice was to put small dreamboxes (DM500) in each room, but when it tested running videos (Divx and so) usinf VLC frontend, it did not look that good and the app does not run very well. Now Im going back to using MP in the 34 points using small boxes. Well, my questions are: 1. How many servers do i need to server 34 points smoothly (ofcourse not all of them will run at the same time, but one has to be on the safe side ) ? 2. Can I setup only one TV server? that is, if i dont need 34 tv tuners in the STBs then i can get any of those miniITX and only run MP on it (there is a couple of VIA boards that wont take much footprint yet can handle HD decoding) Basically thats it, any thoughts, suggestions ?