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<blockquote data-quote="captainjack" data-source="post: 671890" data-attributes="member: 70915"><p>It took me a couple of hours to really think about what I wanted and how my back end TVServer was going to work.</p><p>I know that running everything off of one drive was a no no (Common senese not to try and have software running, recording and timeshifting on the same drive).</p><p>Minimal cost and energy consumption was a goal as well.</p><p></p><p>Windows 7 Backend</p><p>Cheap 45 WATT AMD CPU</p><p>Cheap ASUS MB with onboard vid.</p><p>Cheap 4GB RAM</p><p>3 Drives - OS, Timeshift, Recording and Share, Videos (OS and Timeshift are each on older 80GB SATA drives)</p><p>2 hauppauge nova-s (Got them really cheap)</p><p>Crap case</p><p>Total build and setup time with TVServer - About 3 hours</p><p></p><p>Windows 7 Front End</p><p>Cheap 45 WATT AMD CPU</p><p>Cheap Gigabyte MB</p><p>Cheap 2GB RAM</p><p>Cheap 80GB SATA drive</p><p>ATI 4870 (Got it for $65 on sale)</p><p>Antec fusion HTPC case (Not cheap but had ir built in and looks good)</p><p>Logitech Harmony (existing)</p><p>Total build and Setup time - 2 hours</p><p></p><p>So front and back end took let's say 5 hours.</p><p>Installed Power DVD 8</p><p>Configured MediaPortal client and pointed to Cyberlink and Microsoft codecs for TV and Video.</p><p>Now we are up to 5.5 hours.</p><p>Took a litle tweaking here and there for the network and RTSP (ended up using direct access to shares) - 2 hours</p><p>Now up to 7.5</p><p>Tweaked and programed my remote (took a while for the right combos) - 2 hours</p><p>Now up to 9.5</p><p></p><p>That was in November of 2009 and everything works great. No super CPU power house (video does it all anyways), no super codec packs. Blu-Ray uses about 7% of my CPU.</p><p></p><p>And I do not have any sort of degree in comuters.</p><p></p><p>Even if you went with off the shelf software you still have to be able to troubleshoot any problems you may have.</p><p></p><p>So all your post tells me is that you should stick to set top boxes.</p><p></p><p>You may have had problems but don't point the finger at MP.</p><p>This is an awsome open source product and I have tried a few others. I will stick with MP.</p><p></p><p>Awsome job guys.</p><p>cj</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="captainjack, post: 671890, member: 70915"] It took me a couple of hours to really think about what I wanted and how my back end TVServer was going to work. I know that running everything off of one drive was a no no (Common senese not to try and have software running, recording and timeshifting on the same drive). Minimal cost and energy consumption was a goal as well. Windows 7 Backend Cheap 45 WATT AMD CPU Cheap ASUS MB with onboard vid. Cheap 4GB RAM 3 Drives - OS, Timeshift, Recording and Share, Videos (OS and Timeshift are each on older 80GB SATA drives) 2 hauppauge nova-s (Got them really cheap) Crap case Total build and setup time with TVServer - About 3 hours Windows 7 Front End Cheap 45 WATT AMD CPU Cheap Gigabyte MB Cheap 2GB RAM Cheap 80GB SATA drive ATI 4870 (Got it for $65 on sale) Antec fusion HTPC case (Not cheap but had ir built in and looks good) Logitech Harmony (existing) Total build and Setup time - 2 hours So front and back end took let's say 5 hours. Installed Power DVD 8 Configured MediaPortal client and pointed to Cyberlink and Microsoft codecs for TV and Video. Now we are up to 5.5 hours. Took a litle tweaking here and there for the network and RTSP (ended up using direct access to shares) - 2 hours Now up to 7.5 Tweaked and programed my remote (took a while for the right combos) - 2 hours Now up to 9.5 That was in November of 2009 and everything works great. No super CPU power house (video does it all anyways), no super codec packs. Blu-Ray uses about 7% of my CPU. And I do not have any sort of degree in comuters. Even if you went with off the shelf software you still have to be able to troubleshoot any problems you may have. So all your post tells me is that you should stick to set top boxes. You may have had problems but don't point the finger at MP. This is an awsome open source product and I have tried a few others. I will stick with MP. Awsome job guys. cj [/QUOTE]
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