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<blockquote data-quote="2BitSculptor" data-source="post: 760596" data-attributes="member: 65661"><p>Greetings. </p><p></p><p>Never used the Replay TV device, but here are some quick answers.</p><p></p><p>#1. Yes. Media Portal uses a dual concept: TV-Server (to handle Tuner, Timeshift, scheduling and DVR duties), and separate client (as a front end to handle display of TV and playing other digital media). You will need one PC for TV-Server (with local and/or networked tuners) ... I use the networked dual Tuner HDHomerun (*plug), but also have an internal analog tuner card for capturing from my VCR and OTA FM radio. You can have the Server and Client on the same PC if you wish, and also have dedicated clients networked to the server. You will also, in the US, need a source for EPG. There is a solution to acquire guide data from free sources (with I find difficult, imo), but also a paid service ($20 annual) and a plugin to download the data.</p><p></p><p></p><p>#2. Sort of... but yes. You can access the guide and scheduling from any of the client systems. TV-Server has conflict management built in. You can also avoid conflicts by installing multiple tuners. (I have 2 HDHomeruns, giving me 4 simultaniously accessed tuners).</p><p></p><p>#3. Yes.</p><p></p><p>#4. Yes. Depending on the number of tuners and the quality/distribution of your storage devices, you can watch recorded TV, while recording on all tuners.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Welcome to the Forum!</p><p></p><p>Chuck</p><p></p><p>... on your second concern.</p><p></p><p>MP1 does not work with multiple TV servers, at least not talking to each other for conflict management, scheduling and recording. Each client/server would be an entity to itself, managing it's own timeshift and recordings. You can manually offload recorded programs to a central storage which can be accessed by each client as a video share, but not the TV section of MP.</p><p></p><p>Chuck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="2BitSculptor, post: 760596, member: 65661"] Greetings. Never used the Replay TV device, but here are some quick answers. #1. Yes. Media Portal uses a dual concept: TV-Server (to handle Tuner, Timeshift, scheduling and DVR duties), and separate client (as a front end to handle display of TV and playing other digital media). You will need one PC for TV-Server (with local and/or networked tuners) ... I use the networked dual Tuner HDHomerun (*plug), but also have an internal analog tuner card for capturing from my VCR and OTA FM radio. You can have the Server and Client on the same PC if you wish, and also have dedicated clients networked to the server. You will also, in the US, need a source for EPG. There is a solution to acquire guide data from free sources (with I find difficult, imo), but also a paid service ($20 annual) and a plugin to download the data. #2. Sort of... but yes. You can access the guide and scheduling from any of the client systems. TV-Server has conflict management built in. You can also avoid conflicts by installing multiple tuners. (I have 2 HDHomeruns, giving me 4 simultaniously accessed tuners). #3. Yes. #4. Yes. Depending on the number of tuners and the quality/distribution of your storage devices, you can watch recorded TV, while recording on all tuners. Welcome to the Forum! Chuck ... on your second concern. MP1 does not work with multiple TV servers, at least not talking to each other for conflict management, scheduling and recording. Each client/server would be an entity to itself, managing it's own timeshift and recordings. You can manually offload recorded programs to a central storage which can be accessed by each client as a video share, but not the TV section of MP. Chuck [/QUOTE]
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