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<blockquote data-quote="PeteG" data-source="post: 48995" data-attributes="member: 19965">Been doing some thinking on this, bear with me if I get it wrong.The only bits that the server needs to do are:a) File storageb) database storage and updatesc) TV &amp; radio program capture / streaming to clientsThe clients still have the standard MP software on them. Only thing that would be missing would be a tuner.They would&nbsp; need to have the relevant client side of the database access.They would still need remotes or keyboard control.When a client interogates the TV guide and chooses to record something the entry is stored against the guide / recordings table.When a cleint chooses to play media, the server is simply acting as a file server (use Win 2000/2003 server for this).From what I've gathered about the way MP works, there are 2 different functions for recording / tuning and viewing, with some sort of inter-process comunication happening between the 2. You have to have the record / tuning function running to view, but you don't have to have the view function running to record.So as I see it the bits that would need developing are:1) ability for a client to read / write the database from a server2) changes to MP setup to build the DBases on a server and to the client setup to read that server3) ability to view via a network stream rather than an inter-process stream4) Intra-client comms to notify other users if a tuner conflict exists (could use messenger)I think that the server may need to be a higher spec than standard, but the cleints could get away with less, as they would need to handle TV capture and playback at the same time.If it helps, point me towards any existing docs so I can read up - I may be able to spot something that makes this easy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PeteG, post: 48995, member: 19965"] Been doing some thinking on this, bear with me if I get it wrong. The only bits that the server needs to do are: a) File storage b) database storage and updates c) TV & radio program capture / streaming to clients The clients still have the standard MP software on them. Only thing that would be missing would be a tuner. They would need to have the relevant client side of the database access. They would still need remotes or keyboard control. When a client interogates the TV guide and chooses to record something the entry is stored against the guide / recordings table. When a cleint chooses to play media, the server is simply acting as a file server (use Win 2000/2003 server for this). From what I've gathered about the way MP works, there are 2 different functions for recording / tuning and viewing, with some sort of inter-process comunication happening between the 2. You have to have the record / tuning function running to view, but you don't have to have the view function running to record. So as I see it the bits that would need developing are: 1) ability for a client to read / write the database from a server 2) changes to MP setup to build the DBases on a server and to the client setup to read that server 3) ability to view via a network stream rather than an inter-process stream 4) Intra-client comms to notify other users if a tuner conflict exists (could use messenger) I think that the server may need to be a higher spec than standard, but the cleints could get away with less, as they would need to handle TV capture and playback at the same time. If it helps, point me towards any existing docs so I can read up - I may be able to spot something that makes this easy. [/QUOTE]

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