TV server - MySQL installation not recognized (1 Viewer)

[thany]

Hello,

I'm trying to install a dedicated TV-server on my server box. A few things go a little wrong.

1) It's Windows 2008, and it says it needs several hotfixes. Which hotfixes does it need, why do I need them and why would MS refuse to release them for my OS?
2) It wants to download DirectX, but why on earth would it do that? It's win2008 so it oughta be recent enough to record some TV-shows, would it not? On top of that, DirectX is updated through WUP, iirc.
3) Worst thing that happened to me is that the installer wants to download and install MySQL. But here's the thing, I already have MySQL 5 and I pointed the installer to the right installation directory. Now I'm afraid that continuing with the installation will overwrite the existing install and destroy my current config. How do I tell the installer NOT to download&install MySQL?

That's it for now.

MediaPortal Version: 1.0.2
MediaPortal Skin: N/A
Windows Version: Server 2008 x64 Standard, SP2
CPU Type: Core 2 Duo 6300
HDD: OCZ Agility 30GB, latest firmware
Memory: 4GB
Motherboard: ASUS P5L VM 1394 (Intel 945G based)
Video Card: Onchip
Video Card Driver: Whichever comes default
Sound Card: None
Sound Card AC3: None
Sound Card Driver: None
1. TV Card: None yet (gonna have Terratec Cinergy C PCI w/o CI)
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C w/o CI
1. TV Card Driver: Whichever is latest (none yet)
MPEG2 Video Codec: Don't know, I don't recall I installed one yet
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Don't know, I don't recall I installed one yet
h.264 Video Codec: Don't know, I don't recall I installed one yet
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Ziggo NL
HTPC Case: No HTPC, but a good enough server case that fits perfectly well in the place where I'm tugging it away
Cooling: Good enough, it's stable and well under critical, so I don't care as long as it works
Power Supply: Seasonic 400W or so.
Remote: None
TV: Not on the server
TV - HTPC Connection: Not on the server

 

[noonereallycares]

3) Worst thing that happened to me is that the installer wants to download and install MySQL. But here's the thing, I already have MySQL 5 and I pointed the installer to the right installation directory. Now I'm afraid that continuing with the installation will overwrite the existing install and destroy my current config. How do I tell the installer NOT to download&install MySQL?

Select advanced installation and tell it you already have a database server.

 

[riksmith]

Hello,

I'm trying to install a dedicated TV-server on my server box. A few things go a little wrong.

1) It's Windows 2008, and it says it needs several hotfixes. Which hotfixes does it need, why do I need them and why would MS refuse to release them for my OS?
2) It wants to download DirectX, but why on earth would it do that? It's win2008 so it oughta be recent enough to record some TV-shows, would it not? On top of that, DirectX is updated through WUP, iirc.

1) Which: don't know.
Why: It is a server OS. Microsoft does not release fixes for media related things for server OS.

2) Why: Because it is needed.
There are several versions of directx (9, 10, 11. We require 9, of which there are again several different versions). Microsoft does not install all that versions, only the most recent. The one we require is probably not on your system.

 

[thany]

3) Worst thing that happened to me is that the installer wants to download and install MySQL. But here's the thing, I already have MySQL 5 and I pointed the installer to the right installation directory. Now I'm afraid that continuing with the installation will overwrite the existing install and destroy my current config. How do I tell the installer NOT to download&install MySQL?

Select advanced installation and tell it you already have a database server.

That's what I did. I also entered the path where my MySQL installation is located, but it still wants to install a new instance.