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<blockquote data-quote="elsmandino" data-source="post: 720692" data-attributes="member: 111675">Hello,I have been referred to Media Portal from another forum as the solution of what I am trying to do.I have three TVs to which I am going to add an Acer Aspire Revo to each.&nbsp; I want freesat and freeview on all the TVs and the ability to watch live TV any of the TVs plus watch recorded TV on any of the TVs.I have been advised to build a server with loads of TV tuner cards in (rather than add a usb tuner to each Revo) and then add Media Portal to the server and the Revos.To give me a good mix of options of live TV/recording, I was thinking of adding two Blackgold BGT3595 cards - Dual DVB-S2 and Dual DVB-T on each, giving eight overall.In addition to the above, I shall use the server for storing all my media and using it to download podcasts from itunes, which again can be streamed to any of the three computers.I have a few preliminary questions and would be grateful for some advice:1.&nbsp; In general, would Media Portal do what I am asking?2.&nbsp; What is the maximum number of TV tuners that Media Portal can handle?3.&nbsp; In terms of the server, what OS should I be using (I want to run the server &quot;headless&quot; and connect to it via remote desktop from my laptop for any maintenance).4.&nbsp; What sort of specs am I going to need for such a server running Media Portal?&nbsp; Realistically, I am never really going to be utilising all eight tuners at the same time - perhaps three recordings going on plus playing recorded media/watching live telly on two of the three revos all at the same time.5.&nbsp; How does Media Portal deal with time shifting? - will the hard disks on the Revos be responsible for storing the time shifted material or will this have to be done on the hard drives in the server?I would really appreciate some feedback on the above to see if this is something that might work.Thanks v much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="elsmandino, post: 720692, member: 111675"] Hello, I have been referred to Media Portal from another forum as the solution of what I am trying to do. I have three TVs to which I am going to add an Acer Aspire Revo to each. I want freesat and freeview on all the TVs and the ability to watch live TV any of the TVs plus watch recorded TV on any of the TVs. I have been advised to build a server with loads of TV tuner cards in (rather than add a usb tuner to each Revo) and then add Media Portal to the server and the Revos. To give me a good mix of options of live TV/recording, I was thinking of adding two Blackgold BGT3595 cards - Dual DVB-S2 and Dual DVB-T on each, giving eight overall. In addition to the above, I shall use the server for storing all my media and using it to download podcasts from itunes, which again can be streamed to any of the three computers. I have a few preliminary questions and would be grateful for some advice: 1. In general, would Media Portal do what I am asking? 2. What is the maximum number of TV tuners that Media Portal can handle? 3. In terms of the server, what OS should I be using (I want to run the server "headless" and connect to it via remote desktop from my laptop for any maintenance). 4. What sort of specs am I going to need for such a server running Media Portal? Realistically, I am never really going to be utilising all eight tuners at the same time - perhaps three recordings going on plus playing recorded media/watching live telly on two of the three revos all at the same time. 5. How does Media Portal deal with time shifting? - will the hard disks on the Revos be responsible for storing the time shifted material or will this have to be done on the hard drives in the server? I would really appreciate some feedback on the above to see if this is something that might work. Thanks v much. [/QUOTE]

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