building a server for mediaportal plus general server.. what os to use though? (4 Viewers)

[Dr Tone]

If you really want to have TVE3 running on the server OSes, please as Microsoft to provide needed components (BDA , directshow updates etc.). After that is done we can start to support those OSes.

And yet SageTV has a nice WHS add in TV server. Microsoft shouldn't have to provide the required components, they should be bundled in TV Server just like Sage does. Of course since Sage sells their product and has more resources I certainly don't expect it from mediaportal and I'm happy living without a TV server on my WHS and making donations for all the hard work you guys do.

IMO

 

[tourettes]

If you really want to have TVE3 running on the server OSes, please as Microsoft to provide needed components (BDA , directshow updates etc.). After that is done we can start to support those OSes.

And yet SageTV has a nice WHS add in TV server. Microsoft shouldn't have to provide the required components, they should be bundled in TV Server just like Sage does. Of course since Sage sells their product and has more resources I certainly don't expect it from mediaportal and I'm happy living without a TV server on my WHS and making donations for all the hard work you guys do.

Sage has two ways to handle it

• They have made some agreement with Microsoft that they are in legal position to distribute Microsoft binary files (I doubt this)
• SageTV has more self written components than TVE3 has and isn't as dependant on MS code as we are (more likely situation)

 

[KayDiefenthal]

the whs is a server 2003 based core os
and server 2003 has BDA LIB inbuild


only MediaCenter directshow updates are not aviable for whs but win xp pro / home have the same problem
or why give it the package DVBFix in our download section as required

ps i have some tv cards form some manufactur s but i need no DVBFix package on my WHS at the last 2 years
tv server + bda driver + db system and it runs without any problems

 

[wollo]

Sorry if Im being a bit slow, I've read through this post twice and there is contradictory information posted. Can TV Server (without client be installed on server 2003 R2 without tweaks?

Bill.

 

[KayDiefenthal]

it should work

and if there are problems indeed can you contact me

and i try to help

 

[wollo]

Many thanks. I'm planning on waiting till 1.1 final though so i suppose thing could even change by then.