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Hi All,

I'm new to the world of PVR's, but I have a somewhat ambitious plan (I think).

Considering my mail/fileserver (Windows 2003) is running 24/7 anyway, I figure it would be better to use this pc to record tv shows, instead of my main pc.

However my server doesn't have a monitor, keyboard or mouse. While I can connect one during the installation of MediaPortal, my intention is to have it run headless afterwards.

This means that I need some sort of webinterface to update the EPG and to mark programs for recording (I suspect MediaPortal doesn't work over Remote Desktop). I figure the Webinterface suits my purpose.

I know I'll lose timeshifting capabilities and some other features this way, but that's okay. I intend to view my recordings via my main pc afterwards (probably through another MediaPortal installation), but that shouldn't really pose a problem.

Can I expect any other issues using MediaPortal headless? Anything else I haven't thought of yet?

Thanks in advance for your advice!

<blockquote data-quote="tcr" data-source="post: 60921" data-attributes="member: 21726">Hi All,I'm new to the world of PVR's, but I have a somewhat ambitious plan (I think).Considering my mail/fileserver (Windows 2003) is running 24/7 anyway, I figure it would be better to use this pc to record tv shows, instead of my main pc.However my server doesn't have a monitor, keyboard or mouse.&nbsp; While I can connect one during the installation of MediaPortal, my intention is to have it run headless afterwards.This means that I need some sort of webinterface to update the EPG and to mark programs for recording (I suspect MediaPortal doesn't work over Remote Desktop).&nbsp; I figure the Webinterface suits my purpose.I know I'll lose timeshifting capabilities and some other features this way, but that's okay.&nbsp; I intend to view my recordings via my main pc afterwards (probably through another MediaPortal installation), but that shouldn't really pose a problem.Can I expect any other issues using MediaPortal headless?&nbsp; Anything else I haven't thought of yet?Thanks in advance for your advice!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tcr, post: 60921, member: 21726"] Hi All, I'm new to the world of PVR's, but I have a somewhat ambitious plan (I think). Considering my mail/fileserver (Windows 2003) is running 24/7 anyway, I figure it would be better to use this pc to record tv shows, instead of my main pc. However my server doesn't have a monitor, keyboard or mouse. While I can connect one during the installation of MediaPortal, my intention is to have it run headless afterwards. This means that I need some sort of webinterface to update the EPG and to mark programs for recording (I suspect MediaPortal doesn't work over Remote Desktop). I figure the Webinterface suits my purpose. I know I'll lose timeshifting capabilities and some other features this way, but that's okay. I intend to view my recordings via my main pc afterwards (probably through another MediaPortal installation), but that shouldn't really pose a problem. Can I expect any other issues using MediaPortal headless? Anything else I haven't thought of yet? Thanks in advance for your advice! [/QUOTE]