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<blockquote data-quote="Tesla" data-source="post: 595870" data-attributes="member: 88010"><p>I'm helping my brother setup his new gaming PC in his office. He already has a main MediaPortal WinXP HTPC (no TV card) in the living room where everything is stored and played. They are both on the 10/100 LAN. All the media file folders are shared in Windows networking.</p><p></p><p>I thought about just running Vista-MediaCenter on the gaming box so he can occasionally play his media (MP3s, TV Series .avi, video_ts DVDs). It works ok but VMC is pretty lame compared to MP (mainly no real organization of episodes/seasons, fan art, or descriptions).</p><p></p><p>So, I'm thinking about putting a full version of MP on the gaming box as well. I'm not seeing (in the docs) anything special that needs to be done to setup a second MP station (not using TVServer really). You just setup MP and share the proper folders.</p><p></p><p>As long as I am on the right track here so far, I think my only question is about the MS-SQL Server Express "service". When MP is not running, we are looking for max performance out of the gaming box. I try to make my gaming boxes pretty lean installs. I don't mind the MS-SQL using a little memory in the background but does it use any processing power while sitting idle?</p><p>Do I need to look into running MP from a script/batch-file that:</p><p>Start MS-SQL Services</p><p>Start MediaPortal</p><p></p><p>Close MediaPortal</p><p>Stop MS-SQL Services</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p><p>I have edited these specs to match his gaming or slave/client PC.</p><p></p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 1.0</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: StreamedMP 0.4.298</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: Vista Ultimate 32bit</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: Intel Core2Duo 1.86</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: 2 x 500gb = 1000gb</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2048mb (2 gb)</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Intel P965 Express Chipset</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: nVidia 7300LE PCIe 128mb</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: Geforce</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Onboard Sigmatel HD 7.1</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: S/PDIF - Optical out</p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: Microsoft bundled</p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>:</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>:</p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: Vista Ulimate (bundled)</p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: FFDShow</p><p><strong>h.264 Video Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: TimeWarner</p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: </p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: stock</p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: 375 watt</p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: MCE (w/ eHome IR Rx)</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: Panasonic 46" Plasma - 46pz850u</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: RGB -> Plasma / SPDIF -> Amp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tesla, post: 595870, member: 88010"] I'm helping my brother setup his new gaming PC in his office. He already has a main MediaPortal WinXP HTPC (no TV card) in the living room where everything is stored and played. They are both on the 10/100 LAN. All the media file folders are shared in Windows networking. I thought about just running Vista-MediaCenter on the gaming box so he can occasionally play his media (MP3s, TV Series .avi, video_ts DVDs). It works ok but VMC is pretty lame compared to MP (mainly no real organization of episodes/seasons, fan art, or descriptions). So, I'm thinking about putting a full version of MP on the gaming box as well. I'm not seeing (in the docs) anything special that needs to be done to setup a second MP station (not using TVServer really). You just setup MP and share the proper folders. As long as I am on the right track here so far, I think my only question is about the MS-SQL Server Express "service". When MP is not running, we are looking for max performance out of the gaming box. I try to make my gaming boxes pretty lean installs. I don't mind the MS-SQL using a little memory in the background but does it use any processing power while sitting idle? Do I need to look into running MP from a script/batch-file that: Start MS-SQL Services Start MediaPortal Close MediaPortal Stop MS-SQL Services Thanks in advance. I have edited these specs to match his gaming or slave/client PC. [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 1.0 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: StreamedMP 0.4.298 [b]Windows Version[/b]: Vista Ultimate 32bit [b]CPU Type[/b]: Intel Core2Duo 1.86 [b]HDD[/b]: 2 x 500gb = 1000gb [b]Memory[/b]: 2048mb (2 gb) [b]Motherboard[/b]: Intel P965 Express Chipset [b]Video Card[/b]: nVidia 7300LE PCIe 128mb [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: Geforce [b]Sound Card[/b]: Onboard Sigmatel HD 7.1 [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: S/PDIF - Optical out [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: Microsoft bundled [b]1. TV Card[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]2. TV Card[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: Vista Ulimate (bundled) [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: FFDShow [b]h.264 Video Codec[/b]: [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: TimeWarner [b]HTPC Case[/b]: [b]Cooling[/b]: stock [b]Power Supply[/b]: 375 watt [b]Remote[/b]: MCE (w/ eHome IR Rx) [b]TV[/b]: Panasonic 46" Plasma - 46pz850u [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: RGB -> Plasma / SPDIF -> Amp. [/QUOTE]
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