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<blockquote data-quote="GoMad" data-source="post: 535702" data-attributes="member: 99633">funkstar - wow, thanks for that. I looked at xmbc last night, it is quick, but no where near as fun and family friendly as MP (which I prefer of media centre also).&nbsp; I really want to chose a product now and stick with it and grow my set up as the development of the product evolves. Myth is great architecturally, but the GUI is slow, looks very outdated for a new release and they have added ripping features etc which do not work that well.So, on to MP.&nbsp; If you have multiple clients, is this just for TV streaming from the backend ?&nbsp; I am assuming that the optimal setup is as follows;1) MP server / backend for tv / epg / database2) MP client for retrieving the streamed TV3) vidoes / music / photo's on the backend with the clients having mounts to them for accessMy Q really is, the products may change but I want to store my vid's, cd's etc. centrally, in a single location. I was going to use Linux / Samba but am concerned multiple Windows 7 licenses will get pricey.&nbsp; However a central NAS box such as QNAP running samba centrally as a NAS store could then be used regardless of what htpc software product I use.How / where do you centrally store videos etc. I am also considering SONOS so need to look in to how the htpc would feed content in this, and how sonos woud manage the htpc music store.Many thanks,GoMad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GoMad, post: 535702, member: 99633"] funkstar - wow, thanks for that. I looked at xmbc last night, it is quick, but no where near as fun and family friendly as MP (which I prefer of media centre also). I really want to chose a product now and stick with it and grow my set up as the development of the product evolves. Myth is great architecturally, but the GUI is slow, looks very outdated for a new release and they have added ripping features etc which do not work that well. So, on to MP. If you have multiple clients, is this just for TV streaming from the backend ? I am assuming that the optimal setup is as follows; 1) MP server / backend for tv / epg / database 2) MP client for retrieving the streamed TV 3) vidoes / music / photo's on the backend with the clients having mounts to them for access My Q really is, the products may change but I want to store my vid's, cd's etc. centrally, in a single location. I was going to use Linux / Samba but am concerned multiple Windows 7 licenses will get pricey. However a central NAS box such as QNAP running samba centrally as a NAS store could then be used regardless of what htpc software product I use. How / where do you centrally store videos etc. I am also considering SONOS so need to look in to how the htpc would feed content in this, and how sonos woud manage the htpc music store. Many thanks, GoMad. [/QUOTE]

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