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<blockquote data-quote="kiwijunglist" data-source="post: 1009772" data-attributes="member: 76888">Hi yes you can.&nbsp;I would recommend to make a central server which will be used for NAS + Recording TV + Streaming TV to the clients.&nbsp;The reason is:1. You mentioned needing a NAS anyway, so why not build a NAS2. Instead of buying 4x tuners you can use 1x tuner card3. If you are not putting tuners in the small PCs then you can buy smaller cases.4. All 4x PCs can access the same set of recorded tv.&nbsp;The server can run on old hardware. eg Pentium 4 CPU, 2GB ram, etc...&nbsp; When you send the tv to the clients it doesn't need to be transcoded that's why you don't need a powerful PC.&nbsp; The server PC needs to run windows, recommend win7.&nbsp;Mediaportal tv-server will run on the NAS/old PC.The 4x bedroom PCs will run MediaPortal client.1x Dual tuner card will be enough to give all the freeview channels to all clients at the same time as well as record all freeview channels at once. (because freeview only uses 2x MUX - (I think)&nbsp;I should mention the disadvantage of having tv tuner in a separate server PC is that channel change takes an extra 1-2 sec, and starting tv takes an extra 1-2 sec. (At least it does for me, some other people might not have this problem, can probably be fixed but i mostly watch live tv on my server anyway)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kiwijunglist, post: 1009772, member: 76888"] Hi yes you can. I would recommend to make a central server which will be used for NAS + Recording TV + Streaming TV to the clients. The reason is: 1. You mentioned needing a NAS anyway, so why not build a NAS 2. Instead of buying 4x tuners you can use 1x tuner card 3. If you are not putting tuners in the small PCs then you can buy smaller cases. 4. All 4x PCs can access the same set of recorded tv. The server can run on old hardware. eg Pentium 4 CPU, 2GB ram, etc... When you send the tv to the clients it doesn't need to be transcoded that's why you don't need a powerful PC. The server PC needs to run windows, recommend win7. Mediaportal tv-server will run on the NAS/old PC. The 4x bedroom PCs will run MediaPortal client. 1x Dual tuner card will be enough to give all the freeview channels to all clients at the same time as well as record all freeview channels at once. (because freeview only uses 2x MUX - (I think) I should mention the disadvantage of having tv tuner in a separate server PC is that channel change takes an extra 1-2 sec, and starting tv takes an extra 1-2 sec. (At least it does for me, some other people might not have this problem, can probably be fixed but i mostly watch live tv on my server anyway) [/QUOTE]

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