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<blockquote data-quote="kameleon" data-source="post: 787979" data-attributes="member: 115507">Hello all. I am getting ready to redo my media pc. I am looking at a few options and MediaPortal is one of the top of the list.Here is my situation, I have the following machines/hardware:PC1:C2D E8400 (dual core 3Ghz cpu), 8GB ram, 6 x 1TB drives, Nvidia 9400 onboard video that does audio over HDMI, etcPC2:P4 1.8Ghz, 1GB ram, 1 x 8GB drive, 2x Hauppauge PVR-500 tuners for analog cable tv (NTSC)PC3:Acer Revo 1600; Atom 230 single core cpu, 4GB ram, 250GB disk, nvidia ION video w/ HDMI outCurrently I have the two tuners in PC1 where I had to &quot;burn&quot; 4GB of ram to get them to work as they cannot operate with more than 4GB ram. I was running WMC on win7 ultimate 64-bit. So in order to gain the total 8GB ram back I am needing to move the tuners out of this machine to PC2. Then I can use PC1 as the media server/main client and connect to the tuners that are in PC2 for the live tv and PVR functions. This should be fairly straight forward I think.The next question is this: Can I use PC3 as a second &quot;client&quot; elsewhere in the house? It would need to access all the live tv stuff plus the recordings and the stored media. Basically does the live tv stuff get encoded on the PC1 or PC2 so the poor atom 230 doesn't get taxed too badly?In the end I am doing this on a budget of $0. I am having to use only the hardware I currently have so new tuners is not an option. I feel this should be possible though, I just need a little guidance from someone who knows the intricacies better than I. Thanks in advance!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kameleon, post: 787979, member: 115507"] Hello all. I am getting ready to redo my media pc. I am looking at a few options and MediaPortal is one of the top of the list. Here is my situation, I have the following machines/hardware: PC1: C2D E8400 (dual core 3Ghz cpu), 8GB ram, 6 x 1TB drives, Nvidia 9400 onboard video that does audio over HDMI, etc PC2: P4 1.8Ghz, 1GB ram, 1 x 8GB drive, 2x Hauppauge PVR-500 tuners for analog cable tv (NTSC) PC3: Acer Revo 1600; Atom 230 single core cpu, 4GB ram, 250GB disk, nvidia ION video w/ HDMI out Currently I have the two tuners in PC1 where I had to "burn" 4GB of ram to get them to work as they cannot operate with more than 4GB ram. I was running WMC on win7 ultimate 64-bit. So in order to gain the total 8GB ram back I am needing to move the tuners out of this machine to PC2. Then I can use PC1 as the media server/main client and connect to the tuners that are in PC2 for the live tv and PVR functions. This should be fairly straight forward I think. The next question is this: Can I use PC3 as a second "client" elsewhere in the house? It would need to access all the live tv stuff plus the recordings and the stored media. Basically does the live tv stuff get encoded on the PC1 or PC2 so the poor atom 230 doesn't get taxed too badly? In the end I am doing this on a budget of $0. I am having to use only the hardware I currently have so new tuners is not an option. I feel this should be possible though, I just need a little guidance from someone who knows the intricacies better than I. Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]

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