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<blockquote data-quote="arjay" data-source="post: 87852" data-attributes="member: 20074">[SOLVED] what is advantage of server/client setup if only have one dedicated PC ??Naive question possibly but I'll ask it anyway - there may be others who are a bit confused about the path MP is taking.I have a single dedicated Windows PC to run MP and then this is connected to my home network of three more Linux PCs.&nbsp; I do sometimes copy stuff about from my main linux PC (e.g. photos and music) to my Windows MP machine.&nbsp; However, nearly all the time the MP PC justs sits there and does great stuff with this wonderful MP software. BTW it sits under my TV in the living room because it is absolutely silent so i don't need or want to move it to another room etc.&nbsp; Now my question is this: there are many people like me (actually some with even more simple setups - like just one PC) and we will all be asking ourselves: &quot;What is the advantage of a server/client arrangement for us?&quot;I once tried mythtv on a linux machine and that, too, has a server/client system.&nbsp; I know mythtv is much further behind than MP but I just remember it as being unneccessarily complicated (nightmare actually) to setup and maintain for what I needed.&nbsp; I gave up on it in the end but that is another story.I fully understand that there are many good reasons for some users to move to a split system but, you experts, what are the advantages for people like me to move over to server/client when the beta MP versions are more stable?&nbsp; Also, if people think I (and people like me) should just stick to the current version - will it continue to be supported (core and plugins?)Hope my point is clearTIARJEDIT: Sorry - did search but didn't find the link to frodo's explanation.&nbsp; Could this be a more prominent sticky somewhere?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="arjay, post: 87852, member: 20074"] [b][SOLVED] what is advantage of server/client setup if only have one dedicated PC ??[/b] Naive question possibly but I'll ask it anyway - there may be others who are a bit confused about the path MP is taking. I have a single dedicated Windows PC to run MP and then this is connected to my home network of three more Linux PCs. I do sometimes copy stuff about from my main linux PC (e.g. photos and music) to my Windows MP machine. However, nearly all the time the MP PC justs sits there and does great stuff with this wonderful MP software. BTW it sits under my TV in the living room because it is absolutely silent so i don't need or want to move it to another room etc. Now my question is this: there are many people like me (actually some with even more simple setups - like just one PC) and we will all be asking ourselves: "What is the advantage of a server/client arrangement for us?" I once tried mythtv on a linux machine and that, too, has a server/client system. I know mythtv is much further behind than MP but I just remember it as being unneccessarily complicated (nightmare actually) to setup and maintain for what I needed. I gave up on it in the end but that is another story. I fully understand that there are many good reasons for some users to move to a split system but, you experts, what are the advantages for people like me to move over to server/client when the beta MP versions are more stable? Also, if people think I (and people like me) should just stick to the current version - will it continue to be supported (core and plugins?) Hope my point is clear TIA RJ EDIT: Sorry - did search but didn't find the link to frodo's explanation. Could this be a more prominent sticky somewhere? [/QUOTE]

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