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<blockquote data-quote="Neild7744" data-source="post: 1034485" data-attributes="member: 142955"><p>Hello (again)</p><p></p><p>Just another few things I have learned aswell when setting up a client PC and connecting it to the TV server...</p><p></p><p>1) MP client seems to work better with a clean install of win7. I disabled all updates etc and only installed bang up to date drivers. Basically this consisted of MP 1.5 package, dvbs, dvbt & Nvidia driver.</p><p></p><p>2) Setup Nvidia display adaptor and MP configuration to display 1080 with a 50Hz refresh rate. This smoothed video playback for me.</p><p></p><p>2) All my drives are setup as read / write shared...movies, recorded tv, timeshift buffer.</p><p></p><p>3) My timeshift buffer file is shared on the same drive as a recorded tv (2TB HDD)...although i did try out some performance testing and transferring timeshiftbuffer and recorded TV onto a SSD did improve things slightly...the compromise being the physical drive size.</p><p></p><p>4) Additional testing I did was to try out a standard network switch (Mbit) connecting my server and client, and then using a crossover cable (Gbit). This made no difference to performance.</p><p></p><p>My bedroom client is purely a MP client. Ive since updated and running this setup...</p><p></p><p>Installed windows embedded as a 'set top box' configuration & disabled Windows Media Centre and installed Mediaportal. Now my client PC boots very quick straight into MP and simply use an MCE remote to control everything. All other tweaking & file sorting etc is carried out by the TV server as my 'Lounge PC'. It works well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neild7744, post: 1034485, member: 142955"] Hello (again) Just another few things I have learned aswell when setting up a client PC and connecting it to the TV server... 1) MP client seems to work better with a clean install of win7. I disabled all updates etc and only installed bang up to date drivers. Basically this consisted of MP 1.5 package, dvbs, dvbt & Nvidia driver. 2) Setup Nvidia display adaptor and MP configuration to display 1080 with a 50Hz refresh rate. This smoothed video playback for me. 2) All my drives are setup as read / write shared...movies, recorded tv, timeshift buffer. 3) My timeshift buffer file is shared on the same drive as a recorded tv (2TB HDD)...although i did try out some performance testing and transferring timeshiftbuffer and recorded TV onto a SSD did improve things slightly...the compromise being the physical drive size. 4) Additional testing I did was to try out a standard network switch (Mbit) connecting my server and client, and then using a crossover cable (Gbit). This made no difference to performance. My bedroom client is purely a MP client. Ive since updated and running this setup... Installed windows embedded as a 'set top box' configuration & disabled Windows Media Centre and installed Mediaportal. Now my client PC boots very quick straight into MP and simply use an MCE remote to control everything. All other tweaking & file sorting etc is carried out by the TV server as my 'Lounge PC'. It works well. [/QUOTE]
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