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<blockquote data-quote="BKCH" data-source="post: 630618" data-attributes="member: 13992">Re: AW: How to install Mediaportal on Windows 2008 R2 (x64 only)Hi SFD - I've just (finally) gotten TV Server running on Server 2008 R2 and I've run up a VM (client VM is Win 7 32 bit) and I don't seem to have any stutter or frame drops etc).&nbsp; To clarrify though - my MediaPortal Client is a seperate physical devices.For anyone trying to get IR Blasting working on Server 2008R2 - I strongly suggest you toss your Microsoft MCE blaster out and buy USB-UIRT <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> worked out of the box.Oh... here's another interesting one that cost me many hours... my kworld DVB-T card seemed to have better reception under Win7 than it did under Server2008R2 - I believe it was driver related because I couldn't get the same version in 64bit - but that took me HOURS and HOURS because not only did I have to get the drivers from a Win7 64 bit build but then the card wouldn't tune and it took me days to finally decide on buying a new DVB-T card (ended up with Hauppauge 2200) - which did the trick.But at the moment it seems like I've got Server 2008 R2 up and running and I don't think I'll be restoring back to Win 7 tonight =)SFD - just remembered - 1 of the million problems I had was seriously crappy network performance when I installed hyper-v - I found this which fixed it instantly (even thought I had another make of devices): <a href="http://www.petri.co.il/network-issues-with-windows-server-2008-rdp-on-dell-servers.htm" target="_blank">Network Issues with Windows Server 2008 RDP and VS/Hyper-V on Dell Servers</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BKCH, post: 630618, member: 13992"] [b]Re: AW: How to install Mediaportal on Windows 2008 R2 (x64 only)[/b] Hi SFD - I've just (finally) gotten TV Server running on Server 2008 R2 and I've run up a VM (client VM is Win 7 32 bit) and I don't seem to have any stutter or frame drops etc). To clarrify though - my MediaPortal Client is a seperate physical devices. For anyone trying to get IR Blasting working on Server 2008R2 - I strongly suggest you toss your Microsoft MCE blaster out and buy USB-UIRT :) worked out of the box. Oh... here's another interesting one that cost me many hours... my kworld DVB-T card seemed to have better reception under Win7 than it did under Server2008R2 - I believe it was driver related because I couldn't get the same version in 64bit - but that took me HOURS and HOURS because not only did I have to get the drivers from a Win7 64 bit build but then the card wouldn't tune and it took me days to finally decide on buying a new DVB-T card (ended up with Hauppauge 2200) - which did the trick. But at the moment it seems like I've got Server 2008 R2 up and running and I don't think I'll be restoring back to Win 7 tonight =) SFD - just remembered - 1 of the million problems I had was seriously crappy network performance when I installed hyper-v - I found this which fixed it instantly (even thought I had another make of devices): [url=http://www.petri.co.il/network-issues-with-windows-server-2008-rdp-on-dell-servers.htm]Network Issues with Windows Server 2008 RDP and VS/Hyper-V on Dell Servers[/url] [/QUOTE]

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