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<blockquote data-quote="IlikeIceCream" data-source="post: 822791" data-attributes="member: 116427">Hey everybody,I'm a poor soul that has been abandoned by SageTV. I've looked at the alternatives, and Media Portal appears to be the best option, hands down. I have a couple questions about what to expect with the jump.My main computer is an AMD 3.1x3, 4GB DDR3, ATI 4550, Win7 x64, HVR 1600 (QAM tuner 1, S-Vid STB tuner 2), Colossus (Component/SPDIF). STBs are both Comcast Pace RNG110 tuned by USB-UIRT.Here are my questions in no particular order or logic:1: What is the status of Colossus issues with Mediaportal? Sage still has (unsolved as far as I can tell) random blue screens, jumpy recordings, progressive loss of stability, audio sync problems, among others, for about 50% of users (including me). I read as many pages as my sanity would allow of the Colossus support thread here and it looks like you guys may have created a successful bandaid solution to all the hauppauge driver issues? Am I reading that correctly?2: For server/client operation, I would like to add a client computer to my setup in a few years when my kid gets old enough to care. Can the &quot;server&quot; be used as my primary computer and serve a client at the same time, or does it have to be a dedicated server?3: It looks like I would probably need to use Schedules Direct for a reliable EPG, For the Record for comskip to work, and IRSS for my USB-UIRT to work. Are any of these plug-ins going to be a factor in getting my colossus working correctly?Any further tips for a painless move are graciously accepted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="IlikeIceCream, post: 822791, member: 116427"] Hey everybody, I'm a poor soul that has been abandoned by SageTV. I've looked at the alternatives, and Media Portal appears to be the best option, hands down. I have a couple questions about what to expect with the jump. My main computer is an AMD 3.1x3, 4GB DDR3, ATI 4550, Win7 x64, HVR 1600 (QAM tuner 1, S-Vid STB tuner 2), Colossus (Component/SPDIF). STBs are both Comcast Pace RNG110 tuned by USB-UIRT. Here are my questions in no particular order or logic: 1: What is the status of Colossus issues with Mediaportal? Sage still has (unsolved as far as I can tell) random blue screens, jumpy recordings, progressive loss of stability, audio sync problems, among others, for about 50% of users (including me). I read as many pages as my sanity would allow of the Colossus support thread here and it looks like you guys may have created a successful bandaid solution to all the hauppauge driver issues? Am I reading that correctly? 2: For server/client operation, I would like to add a client computer to my setup in a few years when my kid gets old enough to care. Can the "server" be used as my primary computer and serve a client at the same time, or does it have to be a dedicated server? 3: It looks like I would probably need to use Schedules Direct for a reliable EPG, For the Record for comskip to work, and IRSS for my USB-UIRT to work. Are any of these plug-ins going to be a factor in getting my colossus working correctly? Any further tips for a painless move are graciously accepted. [/QUOTE]

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