- December 21, 2007
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Currently I use windows vista with the vista mediacenter as my HTPC. There are a lot of things I hate about vista mce and offcourse things I love. Love is the interface and absolutely hate is the way it organizes movies for you.
I tried mediaportal at the start of this year and it just didnt work for me, but I tried it last week and was a bit blown away of the new stability and functions. The xface skin is just amazing. Also the new tv server (havent got it working with scrambled channels yet) is just as amazing, cause this way I can connect my whole house with TV by just using my network.
Another project I am working is on implementing an centralized storage, but I dont want to have extra appliances in my house. I mean my HTPC is always on or its in sleep mode and kicking. Another appliance gives me an extra energy bill and I dont want that.
I have read the last year on Windows Home Server and I like the concept of your files always being on different disks without the use of raid. Another big plus is that every disk is mapped towards the same drive so that I dont have to configure multiple folders with my music or video and having the need to browse them within a mediacenter software.
The ideal situation for me would be the windows home server as a base OS and on that the tv server with my firedtv tuners and the mediaportal software for direct viewing or listing of my media content. The whole box is then connected to my FullHD television.
Basically my questions are:
I know its quite a long list of questions, but I hope someone can answers these for me
I tried mediaportal at the start of this year and it just didnt work for me, but I tried it last week and was a bit blown away of the new stability and functions. The xface skin is just amazing. Also the new tv server (havent got it working with scrambled channels yet) is just as amazing, cause this way I can connect my whole house with TV by just using my network.
Another project I am working is on implementing an centralized storage, but I dont want to have extra appliances in my house. I mean my HTPC is always on or its in sleep mode and kicking. Another appliance gives me an extra energy bill and I dont want that.
I have read the last year on Windows Home Server and I like the concept of your files always being on different disks without the use of raid. Another big plus is that every disk is mapped towards the same drive so that I dont have to configure multiple folders with my music or video and having the need to browse them within a mediacenter software.
The ideal situation for me would be the windows home server as a base OS and on that the tv server with my firedtv tuners and the mediaportal software for direct viewing or listing of my media content. The whole box is then connected to my FullHD television.
Basically my questions are:
Can I install mediaportal tv server on windows home server?
Can I install mediaportal as my primary media center software on windows home server?
Is windows home server restricted in some way so it cant play audio or video?
Is it possible to install audio/video codecs on it so I can play divx, xvid, x264, wmv etc on windows home server?
Are there drivers for my firedtv so windows home server recognizes it?
For my downloads I use FTD and newsleecher. Can I install both applications on windows home server?
Are there any other limitations I should be aware of?
I know its quite a long list of questions, but I hope someone can answers these for me