MP and WHS

[bakra]

Are there any advantages of MP in combination with the new Microsoft Windows home Server, except ofcourse the easy backup feature?
Like using the WHS as a streaming server?


TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: Latest SVN
MediaPortal Skin: BlueTwo
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: Intel Celeron 1.7 GHz
HDD: Maxtor 80 GB + Maxtor 20 GB
Memory: 756 MB
Motherboard: Asus P4S8X-X
Motherboard Chipset: ???
Motherboard Bios: ???
Video Card: ATI 7000
Video Card Driver: ATI Omega 2.6.87
Sound Card: Onboard SoundMAX
Sound Card AC3: AC3 Coaxial out
Sound Card Driver: Analog Devices 5.12.1.3665
1. TV Card: Technisat SkyStar 2
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
1. TV Card Driver: B2C2 4.3.0.9999
2. TV Card: Disecq posiotioner Motech HH-100
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPV
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 19.2°E
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC16
Cooling: Intel box fan
Power Supply: AOpen 3ooW
Remote: iMon pad
TV: Panasonic crt
TV - HTPC Connection: Composite

[THDBASED]

WHS is not recommended by the team because it is developed on top of Server 2003, wich doesn't have good driver/ media playback support.

[odin318]

What I wish could happen is that you could have MP be stored on the WHS server, and then have "thin" clients. Having multiple clients is kinda a pain.

[Telstar]

Well all depends on the drivers, if you have drivers for your soundcard, then why not?

[Zappza]

I seriously doubt that he ment to use WHS as a client, but rather set it up as a server and access files from it (Am I correct?).

I tried the same thing myself, but encountered several problems with the WHS installation, so I went back to XP Pro, which does the job for me.

However, the thing of saving the MP config on a Server and access it Client mode has already been thought of, and thanks to BennieBoy we have a solution to that, and I will start to use that solution as soon as I find my USB pen ^^,

Here is a link to a guide of how to setup MP on a server and client access
Media Portal Frontend on Compact flash - Tutorial/Howto

edit:
And to answer some of your questions;
No, you can't use any fancy streaming thingys in MP, you do however get access to a nifty little thing called Drive Extender, which was the main reason I tried out WHS.