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Random Guy
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Heya,
I just got myself a USB tuner, and wanted to setup a server/client streaming thing on my Win 2K3 bucket, and here's how it went:
- The hardware wasn't compatible with 2K3 (according to the manufacturer), but it installed just fine and seemed to work fine - running things in compability-mode is essential here.
- Installing the MP Server package (RC6) on the un-supported OS gave me a few challenges:
1) The SQL-database needed a few tweaks (I used MS SQLExpress).
I had problems getting the SQLBrowser service to run, and found out that the gentle.config file was empty - just find the full file, and replace the empty file - it's around 6Kb in size. Also, naming your database schema without spaces might be a good idea ^^
Running the 2 services needed might cause a little grief. If you're running a Win 2K3 server, you most likely know how to change the credentials to run these services properly; also, remember to open the ports and access for the services in the firewall.
2) WMP 11
Installing WMP 11 on WinServer 2K3 cannot be done. Or, rather, you need to find the link, download the *exe file, and un-pack it. There are 2 *exe files that you need to run in compability mode [wmfdisk11.exe & wmp11.exe] in that order; after rebooting, you'll have WMP 11 installed on your server. Now, you just need to disable the normal Media Connect Service.
3) The MP Server install needed to have a few things renamed
The 2 config-files was improperly named in the install-folder - renaming the [*.exe.config] to [*.config] did the trick. Otherwise, the installation went quite smooth.
4) Windows tweaks
Lastly, there's a file named [hosts] that needs to be checked in case you get an error while building the database - it's a system file located in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\, and it needs to have this entry [::1] at the end. For some reason it botches up sometimes. You need to reboot in order for the changes to take effect.
Otherwise, the guides here worked just fine. The only other issue I had was on the client on my XP-machine, but that was some version-conflict between plug-ins; re-installing everything solved the issue (MP, not the entire platform ^^).
- Setting up the server and client is just as on any other OS (I'm guessing).
Just thought I'd share my experiences here - if you see some faulty info, don't hesitate to correct the above; I did all this very, very late in a sudden case of boredom, and might have gotten a few things wrong; but at least it's streaming like a dream!
-P
I just got myself a USB tuner, and wanted to setup a server/client streaming thing on my Win 2K3 bucket, and here's how it went:
- The hardware wasn't compatible with 2K3 (according to the manufacturer), but it installed just fine and seemed to work fine - running things in compability-mode is essential here.
- Installing the MP Server package (RC6) on the un-supported OS gave me a few challenges:
1) The SQL-database needed a few tweaks (I used MS SQLExpress).
I had problems getting the SQLBrowser service to run, and found out that the gentle.config file was empty - just find the full file, and replace the empty file - it's around 6Kb in size. Also, naming your database schema without spaces might be a good idea ^^
Running the 2 services needed might cause a little grief. If you're running a Win 2K3 server, you most likely know how to change the credentials to run these services properly; also, remember to open the ports and access for the services in the firewall.
2) WMP 11
Installing WMP 11 on WinServer 2K3 cannot be done. Or, rather, you need to find the link, download the *exe file, and un-pack it. There are 2 *exe files that you need to run in compability mode [wmfdisk11.exe & wmp11.exe] in that order; after rebooting, you'll have WMP 11 installed on your server. Now, you just need to disable the normal Media Connect Service.
3) The MP Server install needed to have a few things renamed
The 2 config-files was improperly named in the install-folder - renaming the [*.exe.config] to [*.config] did the trick. Otherwise, the installation went quite smooth.
4) Windows tweaks
Lastly, there's a file named [hosts] that needs to be checked in case you get an error while building the database - it's a system file located in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\, and it needs to have this entry [::1] at the end. For some reason it botches up sometimes. You need to reboot in order for the changes to take effect.
Otherwise, the guides here worked just fine. The only other issue I had was on the client on my XP-machine, but that was some version-conflict between plug-ins; re-installing everything solved the issue (MP, not the entire platform ^^).
- Setting up the server and client is just as on any other OS (I'm guessing).
Just thought I'd share my experiences here - if you see some faulty info, don't hesitate to correct the above; I did all this very, very late in a sudden case of boredom, and might have gotten a few things wrong; but at least it's streaming like a dream!
-P