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<blockquote data-quote="duggyfresh" data-source="post: 351024" data-attributes="member: 29270">Hi, all.I have been a MP user for 2 or 3 years using standalone and networked PCs and have got to the stage where I would like to set up a dedicated TVServer-only box in the loft and stream TV to other machines around the house.My postcode is TN39 3QN (in UK) and I shouldn't be able to get freeview due to a large hill between me and the transmitter at Hastings. However I can get a pretty good digital picture from the roof aerial as it is on a scaffold pole raising it another 6 feet above normal. I intend to have a new aerial installed with high quality cable for the short run into the loft. Any ideas on what I should be specifying to the engineer for my situation?I am head-scratching about the spec of the server box too. I have 2 WinTV Nova-T-500 twin tuners (PCI) and 2 WinTV Nova-T-PCI single tuners available. I would like to put all of them in the one server and have six streams available for the seven members of our household. Is this realistic and, if so, what spec of machine am I likely to need? I'm not sure what algorithm to use to work it out!! I know I'll need 4 PCI slots at least...I will connect the server to the LAN at gigabit speed so I need to factor in a gigabit card if the motherboard does not have it built in. That's another slot.The wiki seems to indicate that the server needs to have a DX9-certified card. Is this so if the server does not need to run the client software?Sorry for so many questions... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />Thanks so much in advance,Duggy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="duggyfresh, post: 351024, member: 29270"] Hi, all. I have been a MP user for 2 or 3 years using standalone and networked PCs and have got to the stage where I would like to set up a [B]dedicated[/B] TVServer-only box in the loft and stream TV to other machines around the house. My postcode is TN39 3QN (in UK) and I shouldn't be able to get freeview due to a large hill between me and the transmitter at Hastings. However I can get a pretty good digital picture from the roof aerial as it is on a scaffold pole raising it another 6 feet above normal. I intend to have a new aerial installed with high quality cable for the short run into the loft. Any ideas on what I should be specifying to the engineer for my situation? I am head-scratching about the spec of the server box too. I have 2 WinTV Nova-T-500 twin tuners (PCI) and 2 WinTV Nova-T-PCI single tuners available. I would like to put all of them in the one server and have six streams available for the seven members of our household. Is this realistic and, if so, what spec of machine am I likely to need? I'm not sure what algorithm to use to work it out!! I know I'll need 4 PCI slots at least... I will connect the server to the LAN at gigabit speed so I need to factor in a gigabit card if the motherboard does not have it built in. That's another slot. The wiki seems to indicate that the server needs to have a DX9-certified card. Is this so if the server does not need to run the client software? Sorry for so many questions... :( Thanks so much in advance, Duggy. [/QUOTE]

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