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Mad Props to Sage for HD on MediaMVP
I have to give out some mad props to the Sage crew on the ability to play HD on the MVP's via transcoding. I just upgraded my server after hearing such great things about this new ability. In fact I hadn't even upgraded to 6.x until about a couple weeks ago when I finally decided to take the plunge since my old server with its Athlon XP 2200+ just wasn't powerful enough to even bother using the transcoder (wasn't even worth transcoding HD videos in not-real time). I can honestly say it takes a decent processor. My e4300 at stock speed (1.8Ghz) was not really upto the task. At 2.4Ghz, it is doing great though (no voltage increases, and doesn't even break 40C even at full usage).
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Sage Server: AMD Athlon II 630, Asrock 785G motherboard, 3GB of RAM, 500GB OS HD in RAID 1 and 2 - 750GB Recording Drives, HDHomerun, Avermedia HD Duet & 2-HDPVRs, and 9.0TB storage in RAID 5 via Dell Perc 5i for DVD storage Source: Clear QAM and OTA for locals, 2-DishNetwork VIP211's Clients: 2 Sage HD300's, 2 Sage HD200's, 2 Sage HD100's, 1 MediaMVP, and 1 Placeshifter |
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Think an AMD 3200+ could handle it? I just dropped the $$ on an HDHR and a bluetooth keyboard (just in case) at pcalchemy.
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Server: MS Win7 SP1; FX8350 (H2O cooled); 8GB RAM; Hauppauge HVR-7164 (OTA); HVR-885 (OTA); SageTV 9.1.5.x; 12+TB Sage Storage Clients: HD300 x2; HD200 x2; Placeshifter Service: EPB Fiber (1Gb); OTA (we "cut the cord"); Netflix, Hulu, etc. |
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I doubt it.-
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My 3200+ handles it fine....watching HD on MVP that is...
Where mine slows down is when I try to record an HD program and at the same time watch an HD program on the MVP. I assume its the processor that's not powerful enough, although possibly could be hard drive access...(but, I think processor) Gary Ellis |
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So far I am doing better with transcoding with the latest version of Sage. Although it takes a good amount of time to build up to a solid stream, it seems like there is a problem with getting the buffer built up. Anybody know if the transcoding buffer can be increased? Then it would work great.
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Transcoding in Standard quality was working even with my Sempron 3000+. But for carefree High quality you need much more. I'm running my e4300 on demand, right now, meaning it's not going to oc more than 20% (IIRC) which has proven to be just enough - and my server is recording 24/7 HD and whatnot. Recently my wife mentioned that one show on CBS did not play ok. I haven't been able to reproduce it yet, though - so, maybe for the e4300 it could 2.4Ghz.
Last edited by flavius; 04-29-2007 at 11:18 PM. |
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The best part of the whole thing is that my SD recordings never looked so nice!! Most of the time I watch them on my HDTV and they look crappy. |
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I would definately consider upgrading to the 3800 if you are using your sage server as a client also. Obviously if you are transcoding on a single core, that wouldn't leave much "left" for the Sage server to act as a client. The MVP's continue to amaze me. Yes they are definately a little more sluggish than my full clients, but for the price, I couldn't be happier. I use High Quality and I swear the HD looks amazing considering the underpowered nature of the MVP's. Now I just need to get an HDHomerun.
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Sage Server: AMD Athlon II 630, Asrock 785G motherboard, 3GB of RAM, 500GB OS HD in RAID 1 and 2 - 750GB Recording Drives, HDHomerun, Avermedia HD Duet & 2-HDPVRs, and 9.0TB storage in RAID 5 via Dell Perc 5i for DVD storage Source: Clear QAM and OTA for locals, 2-DishNetwork VIP211's Clients: 2 Sage HD300's, 2 Sage HD200's, 2 Sage HD100's, 1 MediaMVP, and 1 Placeshifter |
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Can you guys post your various relevant settings? I just bought an E6600, dedicated to SageTV server (no playback), will be putting a database server on it shortly but not yet.
As per my other thread, I'm currently having an issue where I get no video at all on my MVP for HD recordings, even ones i just made. I've checked the Video decoder, transcoding quality, VMS vs overlay, 3D accel, not sure what else to try. |
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mixed results...
got it all working yesterday. took about 30min on the server after a test run on a spare machine. didn't want to hose the main unit ya know. i think i can even get the music choice channels to work; haven't mapped them on the server yet.
found out that i need more muscle on the system ![]() are there any settings i can tweak to help on the MVP? i already have quality set to standard.
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Server: MS Win7 SP1; FX8350 (H2O cooled); 8GB RAM; Hauppauge HVR-7164 (OTA); HVR-885 (OTA); SageTV 9.1.5.x; 12+TB Sage Storage Clients: HD300 x2; HD200 x2; Placeshifter Service: EPB Fiber (1Gb); OTA (we "cut the cord"); Netflix, Hulu, etc. |
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Just my .02 worth.
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Sage Server: AMD Athlon II 630, Asrock 785G motherboard, 3GB of RAM, 500GB OS HD in RAID 1 and 2 - 750GB Recording Drives, HDHomerun, Avermedia HD Duet & 2-HDPVRs, and 9.0TB storage in RAID 5 via Dell Perc 5i for DVD storage Source: Clear QAM and OTA for locals, 2-DishNetwork VIP211's Clients: 2 Sage HD300's, 2 Sage HD200's, 2 Sage HD100's, 1 MediaMVP, and 1 Placeshifter |
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![]() now I REALLY REALLY REALLY need an HD mvp. Edit: is it normal for FF/RWD not to work on HD on the MVP? skip still works.
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Server: MS Win7 SP1; FX8350 (H2O cooled); 8GB RAM; Hauppauge HVR-7164 (OTA); HVR-885 (OTA); SageTV 9.1.5.x; 12+TB Sage Storage Clients: HD300 x2; HD200 x2; Placeshifter Service: EPB Fiber (1Gb); OTA (we "cut the cord"); Netflix, Hulu, etc. |
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I have been transcoding standard quality HD with a AMD Sempron 3000+ for quite a while - what else is going on on that box? Are you running Sage in service mode? Are you running any expensive STV extensions?
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Isn't the Sempron 3000+ a socket 756/939/AM2 with the integrated memory controller? The Athlon Xp 3200+ is socket A without the integrated memory controller. I don't know if I have seen a comparison between the two in a long time, but the integrated memory controller makes a huge difference in performance.
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Sage Server: AMD Athlon II 630, Asrock 785G motherboard, 3GB of RAM, 500GB OS HD in RAID 1 and 2 - 750GB Recording Drives, HDHomerun, Avermedia HD Duet & 2-HDPVRs, and 9.0TB storage in RAID 5 via Dell Perc 5i for DVD storage Source: Clear QAM and OTA for locals, 2-DishNetwork VIP211's Clients: 2 Sage HD300's, 2 Sage HD200's, 2 Sage HD100's, 1 MediaMVP, and 1 Placeshifter |
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hope we haven't hijacked the thread.... anyway.
i can transcode to the MVP as long as the show has finished recording. just not 'live.' i hate to drop the $$$ (about $400) on a new mobo/cpu/ram and the HD extender show up the next week. though we probably will be lucky to see it this year let alone Q3. heck, I could drop $$ on a card and use the RGB on the TV w/ one of my spare sub-2gig boxes. WAF would suffer and I don't have the time at home anymore to tweak the extra hardware for a pc remote. the only way I've managed to justify expenses so far is tivo's (i know, i know) HD box is $800. enough belly-aching from me. I'll just work through as best I can til Sage gets things ironed out w/ their extender or my boss coughs up a bonus check.
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Server: MS Win7 SP1; FX8350 (H2O cooled); 8GB RAM; Hauppauge HVR-7164 (OTA); HVR-885 (OTA); SageTV 9.1.5.x; 12+TB Sage Storage Clients: HD300 x2; HD200 x2; Placeshifter Service: EPB Fiber (1Gb); OTA (we "cut the cord"); Netflix, Hulu, etc. |
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![]() Edit: Found it; though webserver still shows "mpeg-ts". digital music works fine on the server if you wait for the next image change; no go on the MVP.
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Server: MS Win7 SP1; FX8350 (H2O cooled); 8GB RAM; Hauppauge HVR-7164 (OTA); HVR-885 (OTA); SageTV 9.1.5.x; 12+TB Sage Storage Clients: HD300 x2; HD200 x2; Placeshifter Service: EPB Fiber (1Gb); OTA (we "cut the cord"); Netflix, Hulu, etc. Last edited by hemicuda; 05-06-2007 at 03:09 PM. |
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it's official... i'm back to square one waiting on the HD MVP. "standard" quality from the SD MVP has a big 0 WAF even though it's widescreen. I just don't have the horsepower to handle 'high' quality transcoding.
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Server: MS Win7 SP1; FX8350 (H2O cooled); 8GB RAM; Hauppauge HVR-7164 (OTA); HVR-885 (OTA); SageTV 9.1.5.x; 12+TB Sage Storage Clients: HD300 x2; HD200 x2; Placeshifter Service: EPB Fiber (1Gb); OTA (we "cut the cord"); Netflix, Hulu, etc. |
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It's less than two month before Q2 is over - I'd need at least two HD extenders.
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