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Old 11-12-2007, 10:07 AM
PhillTheChill PhillTheChill is offline
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How Does SageTV Media Server for Windows Home Server work?

I'm a little confused about how the SageTV Media Server for Windows Home Server works. Is it:
1. Install tuner card in the WHS and attach you cable/antenna to the card.
2. Install the add-in on the WHS.
3. Install an unnamed client on another PC hooked up to your TV so that you can control SageTV and watch recorded content?
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Old 11-12-2007, 10:33 AM
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I'm a little confused about how the SageTV Media Server for Windows Home Server works. Is it:
1. Install tuner card in the WHS and attach you cable/antenna to the card.
2. Install the add-in on the WHS.
3. Install an unnamed client on another PC hooked up to your TV so that you can control SageTV and watch recorded content?
You got it exactly right

Dirk
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Old 11-14-2007, 03:53 PM
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Will we need a SageTV Client as well as the Media Server software? I assume we will. I don't think RDP is going to give you enough enough power to watch video on a client machine.

What if we already own MediaCenter. Will we be able to do somesort of license swap? In other words, I don't want to have to shell out another $80 when I build a WHS box and want to make it a SageServer as well. (I only want 1 box on 24/7).
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Old 11-14-2007, 04:02 PM
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Will we need a SageTV Client as well as the Media Server software? I assume we will.
Yes you will, SageTV for WHS is really meant to be the center of a "whole house" or multi-room media system. At least that's how I view it.

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What if we already own MediaCenter. Will we be able to do somesort of license swap? In other words, I don't want to have to shell out another $80 when I build a WHS box and want to make it a SageServer as well. (I only want 1 box on 24/7).
You'll probably want to email SageTV about that. I don't recall if the SageTV Media Center and SageTV WHS licenses are interchangeable or not.
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Old 11-14-2007, 08:02 PM
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I just got my WHS box setup this week and plan on migrating Sage from my livingroom box to my WHS box.

What do I need to backup on my existing box and copy over to my WHS box so I don't lose all of my Favorites?

I'm thinking wiz.bin or something like that, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Old 11-14-2007, 09:59 PM
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What if we already own MediaCenter. Will we be able to do somesort of license swap? In other words, I don't want to have to shell out another $80 when I build a WHS box and want to make it a SageServer as well. (I only want 1 box on 24/7).
That's a question I'd like answered too.

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What do I need to backup on my existing box and copy over to my WHS box so I don't lose all of my Favorites?
As for what to copy the wiz.bin is the biggest one. Probably don't want to move the properties file as some of the entries may not play well with the new system.
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Old 11-14-2007, 11:54 PM
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Regarding the licenses, you CAN swap the licenses around between Sage Windows, and SageWHS - as long as it isn't an 'upgrade' license. If you have an older license (pre version 6.x) you'd normally be presented with the screen to enter your license and then be prompted for the upgrade key. Well, SageWHS doesn't have the mechanism to prompt for the upgrade key (It will tell you that your pre-v6 key is invalid and never give you the chance to enter the upgrade key.

I emailed Sage support and was told that WHS doesn't currently support an upgrade install. I had to buy a new license, but it works for either version.

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Old 11-16-2007, 01:46 PM
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What do I need to backup on my existing box and copy over to my WHS box so I don't lose all of my Favorites?

I'm thinking wiz.bin or something like that, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
You are right. Look up the Sage FAQ on how to move to another machine for the details to follow to avoid messing up your database. Wiz.bin is the only file you need to copy into the new install on the WHS - in addition to moving all recordings, of course.
I expect that you plan to keep your old PC, the recordings can be copied from this to the new WHS box. If you consider to reuse the HDs in the WHS, add them after you've successfully migrated SageTV (WHS formats drives when you add them).
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Regarding the licenses, you CAN swap the licenses around between Sage Windows, and SageWHS - as long as it isn't an 'upgrade' license. ... I emailed Sage support and was told that WHS doesn't currently support an upgrade install. I had to buy a new license, but it works for either version.
-PGPfan
Well - I succeeded. SageTV on the WHS console complained when I first added my ver 2.x license, but when I then added the upgrade right afterwards I succeeded. I've actually done that twice since I've already managed to mess my WHS server up pretty badly - decided to reinstall after having performance issues and done a disk check with the Toolkit plugin for WHS. The report had a massive amount of error messages, and by searching for the message I found this:Windows Home Server Drive Extender. Do read some good advice in the WHS documentation like this PDF - things you are used to (like scheduling defrag and on) may not be that clever with WHS. Anyway: I think PGPfan should ask for a refund - I may of course have been lucky, but since I managed to succeed twice ...
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