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<blockquote data-quote="giantjoebot" data-source="post: 150552" data-attributes="member: 26289"><p>Windows Version: XP Pro or Server 2003?</p><p>CPU Type: AMD Athlon X2 3800+</p><p>HDD: over 1TB jbod</p><p>Memory: 2GB OCZ platnium</p><p>Motherboard: DFI Lanparty 939 SLI</p><p>Motherboard Chipset: nforce4</p><p>Video Card: ASUS 7200LE</p><p>Sound Card: Onboard</p><p>1. TV Card: Hauppauge WINTV-PVR-150</p><p>1. TV Card Type: Hard</p><p>MPEG2 Video Codec: Probably buy nvidia's</p><p>MPEG2 Audio Codec: NA</p><p>Satelite/CableTV Provider: Comcast</p><p>HTPC Case: Antec P180</p><p>Cooling: Zalman 9500</p><p>Power Supply: Corsair 520W</p><p>Remote: Hauppauge, but probably use unversal learning remote</p><p>TV: Sanyo 32" CRT type</p><p>TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video, or RGB</p><p></p><p>I was working on upgrading my media server and putting it in my room, its kind of a long story, but it ended up being to loud. So I put it out in the living room, and since I planned on building a HTPC using the TV server in a single seat config, and one or 2 other clients, I thought why not combine the 2. I can us the hardware from my main rig, and upgrade instead of buying new stuff for this. Well I'm looking for a little advice and input before I get started.</p><p></p><p></p><p># Even though I'm running single seat, can I still use server 2003, and if so which would be better, Server 2003 or XP Pro?</p><p></p><p># I watch a lot of anime, and use CCCP codec pack. some of the anime I watch uses dual audio. Can I use this codec pack, and is it easy to switch the audio?</p><p></p><p># I will be running some other apps as a media server. This includes Orb, Filzilla FTP server, Azureus (as a server, with the new server client plugin), And proablly Jizora or Winamp with the http plugin. Is my hardware powerful enough to run all of this on one machine? (The CPU is very overclockable, and I could easly put it at 2.4gh with a ram divider if needed, but would rather run at stock for stablity, and cooling purposes)</p><p></p><p># I have a modded Xbox with XBMC installed. I noticed the XBMC client plugin. Would it be better for me to run this as just a server, and use the Xbox as my client?</p><p></p><p># I have another gig of RAM that I can add. I know that XP doesn't like over 2GB, but server 2003 might be able to handle it. It would force me to run in 2T. Would an extra gig, for a total of 3GB, help?</p><p></p><p># I currently have 2 X 400GB SATA, 2 X 250GB IDE, and 1 X 160GB SATA drives. I was thinking of using the 160GB SATA for the OS, and application install, and using one or both of the IDE drives for my TV recordings. Would there be any advantage to running the 2 IDE drive in a stripe (RAID0)? They are on the same IDE channel. I don't have very much experience with MPEG2. My network is all gigabit, but I'm a little worried that there might be a problem accessing the TV recordings by 2 clients at the same time.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Well I think thats about it for my questions. I can't wait to get started on this project, and I'm looking forward to any input on this thread. Any input is greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="giantjoebot, post: 150552, member: 26289"] Windows Version: XP Pro or Server 2003? CPU Type: AMD Athlon X2 3800+ HDD: over 1TB jbod Memory: 2GB OCZ platnium Motherboard: DFI Lanparty 939 SLI Motherboard Chipset: nforce4 Video Card: ASUS 7200LE Sound Card: Onboard 1. TV Card: Hauppauge WINTV-PVR-150 1. TV Card Type: Hard MPEG2 Video Codec: Probably buy nvidia's MPEG2 Audio Codec: NA Satelite/CableTV Provider: Comcast HTPC Case: Antec P180 Cooling: Zalman 9500 Power Supply: Corsair 520W Remote: Hauppauge, but probably use unversal learning remote TV: Sanyo 32" CRT type TV - HTPC Connection: S-Video, or RGB I was working on upgrading my media server and putting it in my room, its kind of a long story, but it ended up being to loud. So I put it out in the living room, and since I planned on building a HTPC using the TV server in a single seat config, and one or 2 other clients, I thought why not combine the 2. I can us the hardware from my main rig, and upgrade instead of buying new stuff for this. Well I'm looking for a little advice and input before I get started. # Even though I'm running single seat, can I still use server 2003, and if so which would be better, Server 2003 or XP Pro? # I watch a lot of anime, and use CCCP codec pack. some of the anime I watch uses dual audio. Can I use this codec pack, and is it easy to switch the audio? # I will be running some other apps as a media server. This includes Orb, Filzilla FTP server, Azureus (as a server, with the new server client plugin), And proablly Jizora or Winamp with the http plugin. Is my hardware powerful enough to run all of this on one machine? (The CPU is very overclockable, and I could easly put it at 2.4gh with a ram divider if needed, but would rather run at stock for stablity, and cooling purposes) # I have a modded Xbox with XBMC installed. I noticed the XBMC client plugin. Would it be better for me to run this as just a server, and use the Xbox as my client? # I have another gig of RAM that I can add. I know that XP doesn't like over 2GB, but server 2003 might be able to handle it. It would force me to run in 2T. Would an extra gig, for a total of 3GB, help? # I currently have 2 X 400GB SATA, 2 X 250GB IDE, and 1 X 160GB SATA drives. I was thinking of using the 160GB SATA for the OS, and application install, and using one or both of the IDE drives for my TV recordings. Would there be any advantage to running the 2 IDE drive in a stripe (RAID0)? They are on the same IDE channel. I don't have very much experience with MPEG2. My network is all gigabit, but I'm a little worried that there might be a problem accessing the TV recordings by 2 clients at the same time. Well I think thats about it for my questions. I can't wait to get started on this project, and I'm looking forward to any input on this thread. Any input is greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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