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01-10-2006, 12:05 PM
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HD Question
If I currently run my server and clients on a P3, do I only need to upgrade the clients to a P4 to support HD or do both the server and clients both need P4 hardware? I only run the server in service mode...
Thanks, Deliverer 
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01-10-2006, 12:44 PM
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If you aren't trying to playback HD on the server then only the clients need to be HD playback capable.
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02-22-2006, 01:28 PM
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Will a PIII 1GZ work with a good HD card or will the system be too slow? What is the min specs for a client to run HDTV? The Sage requirements are not clear. It almost makes it seem the server needs a higher speed to do the capturing.
Thanks, Deliverer
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02-22-2006, 02:03 PM
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Yes, the system requirements say "For HDTV Recording" which could easily be interpreted to specifically mean the actual recording process. As far as I know all the HDTV tuners basically just stream the content to disk so very little processing power is required for the recording. However playback is a different matter. SageTV recommends a 3Ghz processor or higher or a slower processor in combination with a video card utilizing DXVA support and using a decoder which supports DXVA. You can find several threads were people are getting by with less, but you'll definetly want to be in that range. My 2.4 Ghz P4 works but its pretty much maxes out even when using the most efficent decoder I have.
Last edited by malore; 02-22-2006 at 02:06 PM.
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02-22-2006, 02:26 PM
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Scan through this thread to get an idead of the different cpu/graphic cards that are working for people.
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02-23-2006, 03:12 PM
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I use an AMD Sempron 2600+ and a geforce 6600 with cyberlink decoders with 512 mb of ram and it works just fine. I have nothing on that computer, but Windows XP Home and Sage Client. I used a 766 mhz Celeron for a server with windows xp pro, sage, 2 avermedia m150's and a fusionlite 5 w/ 384 mb of pc133 ram and it ran okay. I had to get rid of that server tho because it was in a SFF case and was overheating. You SHOULD be fine with an AMD 2500 (assuming XP?) as long as you use a decent video card. Geforce 6600 or better and decent codecs...
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