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<blockquote data-quote="dir" data-source="post: 1049406" data-attributes="member: 24485">I/ve used MP1 for years on several machines.&nbsp; I'm now ready to try MP2 again.I have a main media server with 40 or 50,000 shows and movies on it.I have a htpc connected to the TV.I have a bedroom laptop.I just tried installing MP2 and saw the option 'Client Only', 'Server Only' etc.I thought it would be great to have my server be configured as 'Server Only' since I never actually need to run the gui on it.&nbsp; Then I can have my htpc and laptop running as clients.&nbsp; And it takes hours and hours to update each machine if I do a re-installation, which also consumes huge amounts of Internet bandwidth downloading all the metadata and images - which is redundant.&nbsp; And I'd prefer not to have the additional 75,000 files on each machine if I can avoid it.So I chose 'Server Only' and watched it install.Ok, now what?&nbsp; Its running as a service but all I can do is see that its running. How do I configure it?&nbsp; How do I add my media collection?Seeing that there's no app(s) to do this, it made me realise I have probably mis-understood what 'Server Only' means. I expected it to mean:- Server machine has all the media and possibly tuners on it- Server has the metadata, images, and database files on it- Clients have the gui and obtain all/most metadata, data, etc. from server- You only need to update the Server machine when adds, moves, deletes occur to your library.But my thinking must be faulty since there's no apparent way to configure the server.So exactly what is the point of installing MP2 as Server Only?I've scoured the wiki and forums but nobody seems to have thought of describing what the client-server model is for MP2 and how to set up your systems to use it (Or I missed it!)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dir, post: 1049406, member: 24485"] I/ve used MP1 for years on several machines. I'm now ready to try MP2 again. I have a main media server with 40 or 50,000 shows and movies on it. I have a htpc connected to the TV. I have a bedroom laptop. I just tried installing MP2 and saw the option 'Client Only', 'Server Only' etc. I thought it would be great to have my server be configured as 'Server Only' since I never actually need to run the gui on it. Then I can have my htpc and laptop running as clients. And it takes hours and hours to update each machine if I do a re-installation, which also consumes huge amounts of Internet bandwidth downloading all the metadata and images - which is redundant. And I'd prefer not to have the additional 75,000 files on each machine if I can avoid it. So I chose 'Server Only' and watched it install. Ok, now what? Its running as a service but all I can do is see that its running. How do I configure it? How do I add my media collection? Seeing that there's no app(s) to do this, it made me realise I have probably mis-understood what 'Server Only' means. I expected it to mean: - Server machine has all the media and possibly tuners on it - Server has the metadata, images, and database files on it - Clients have the gui and obtain all/most metadata, data, etc. from server - You only need to update the Server machine when adds, moves, deletes occur to your library. But my thinking must be faulty since there's no apparent way to configure the server. So exactly what is the point of installing MP2 as Server Only? I've scoured the wiki and forums but nobody seems to have thought of describing what the client-server model is for MP2 and how to set up your systems to use it (Or I missed it!) [/QUOTE]

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