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About to Make SageTV Leap
Well, I have used version 4 in the past.
I am proposing a new system and make the jump to SageTV. I have been an avid TiVo user and was very upset when DTV went away from TiVo to their substandard DVR. Decided when moving to new house to go to cable and most likely SageTV. However, when I make a move like this I do not do things half way. Given that, I am proposing a new system that will be mostly a media server. No PC use planned unless I want to look up something on the web. Here is the specs. Asus P5B Deluxe Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 PNY GeForce 8600GT 256MB PCI Express x16 Onboard Audio 2 GB RAM 500 GB HD (x2 ? ) HDHomeRun for HD (2 tuners) Unsure of the other 2 tuners (looking for advice here too; SDTV or should I just use 2 HDHomeRuns?) 4 media extenders (wired) + 1 HDTV connected directly to HTPC Expand later to Blue-Ray when prices come down. Questions: Should I go with a seperate small drive for OS? Vista Home Basic OK? Is it legal to use XP from an old system where I have upgraded to Vista? How do I find out if my cable provider has the channels I am looking for unencrypted digital? Is Premium usually the only ones encrypted (HBO, Cinemax, etc)? Or will I still need set top boxes? Has anyone heard of buying the ones the cable company provides to avoid the monthly fees? Would the media extenders be able to watch a recorded program in HD on a non-HD TV? 1 of my main reason for doing this is my family loves to watch the same shows. Right now we all record the same things in seperate rooms. Very bad for disk space. I thought with the above setup I was going to get MPEG4 (H.264) and reduce the file size but it seems everyone recording HD is MPEG2. Am I missing something? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks for any help you can provide. |
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Thx Mike |
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Last edited by fyodor; 08-09-2007 at 12:45 PM. |
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Do not even consider VISTA if planning to use media extenders. VISTA has a TCP bug where it sometimes takes 30 seconds or longer to retransmit a lost packet. This bug stands out like a sore thumb when using media extenders.
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Server : Intel Core i7 2.8 GHz Processor: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Motherboard: 6 GB Memory : 1 120 GB Intel SSD :3 2 TB WD hard drives:1 Hauppauge PVR 2250: 3 HDHomeRuns:1 HD300 extender;1 HD200 extender;1 HD100 extender 2 MVP Media Extenders: Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium all updates applied, SageTV V7.1.7.254. |
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I know that for my market, users have compiled a list of QAM channels. Tim |
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I do not have Blue Ray or HD DVD right now but plan to get it in the future. Since the server will be connected to the only HDTV in my house, the video card offloading the work will take care of that. Thanks for your help. |
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No direct experience here, but I have read people are prefering the new ATI cards over nvidia. Also, if you want to do it really right I would suggest a separate SageTV server. Most issues will likely arise from the client side of the server setup and that will affect not one but all 5 of your sets. (I learned this the hard way.)
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Yes, I realize that and wish I could do it that way (seperate server) and eventually will. If I had an idea of HD media extender ETA, I would. But I need the HDTV connected to the server to watch recording in HD. No?Unfortunately, I have to spend the extra for the video card to do this. |
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you can watch HD from a client. Make sure you use network paths and that the connection is wired for best performance.
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My server has an Athlon 64x2 4200+ and it can transcode 2 HD streams to 2 MVPs simultaneously with a processor load of about 60%. An E6600 should do just fine.
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As much as you can possibly buy. I'd probably be looking at the Q6600 if I was planning on doing a lot of transcoding to multiple extenders. (that's a best guess, not experience, FYI)
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