SageTV on Ubuntu in Vmware server 2.0 using a HDHR

[zoop]

Originally Posted by kbyrd

Was this a response to my post? If so, there is only one box, not two. I can't have just a network encoder.

hmm... from your post it looked like you are running a win7 VM in vmware server with the host being a linux box...

run sage as a network encoder on the linux box (host) and sage server in the win7 VM... due to the number of plugins (not the least of which is playon) that are windows based i am likely to switch to this config shortly.

/jer

[kbyrd]

Originally Posted by zoop

hmm... from your post it looked like you are running a win7 VM in vmware server with the host being a linux box...

run sage as a network encoder on the linux box (host) and sage server in the win7 VM... due to the number of plugins (not the least of which is playon) that are windows based i am likely to switch to this config shortly.

/jer

I am an idiot. Thanks for spelling it out. I was confused by the term "linux box" when you meant host, but I jumped the gun and assumed you had not read my post clearly. You did, and making the linux host a network encoder is clever. But, I think I don't understand enough about network encoders. Does the network encoder actually write to disk or does it just pass off the data stream to the Sage server? That is will the data go like this:

HDHR ---> Linux host (as network encoder) --> Disk

or

HD

HR ---> Linux host (as network encoder) --> Win7 VM (as Sage server) --> SMB mounted drive (from Linux host) --> Samba on Linux host --> Disk.

[zoop]

Originally Posted by kbyrd

I am an idiot. Thanks for spelling it out. I was confused by the term "linux box" when you meant host, but I jumped the gun and assumed you had not read my post clearly. You did, and making the linux host a network encoder is clever. But, I think I don't understand enough about network encoders. Does the network encoder actually write to disk or does it just pass off the data stream to the Sage server? That is will the data go like this:

HDHR ---> Linux host (as network encoder) --> Disk

or

HD

HR ---> Linux host (as network encoder) --> Win7 VM (as Sage server) --> SMB mounted drive (from Linux host) --> Samba on Linux host --> Disk.

no worries, to be honest i was hoping someone would try it first if UNC paths are used i was hoping the encoder would do the writing but i haven't set it up yet. if it's the latter (and it may very well be) then i am curious about performance in general. i am waiting for stock of a bundle of a new hd200 and sagetv for windows to try it. the stability of the HDPVR in linux is something i do not wish to give away, along with the ability to use multiple hauppauge IR blasters.

/jer

[kbyrd]

Ok, I don't think using a network encoder buys me anything. Currently I have an HDHomeRun, a Linux host running Samba, and a Win7 VM running Sage v7.

Sage v7 accesses the HDHomeRun over the network, then writes to a UNC path that leads to the Samba server on the Linux host. I did play with the networking config in the VM a bit to dedicate a host-only network to access Samba on the host. So, I don't think a network encoder setup buys me anything.

[zoop]

Originally Posted by zoop

no worries, to be honest i was hoping someone would try it first if UNC paths are used i was hoping the encoder would do the writing but i haven't set it up yet. if it's the latter (and it may very well be) then i am curious about performance in general. i am waiting for stock of a bundle of a new hd200 and sagetv for windows to try it. the stability of the HDPVR in linux is something i do not wish to give away, along with the ability to use multiple hauppauge IR blasters.

/jer

for those browsing the forums this is not a supported configuration according to support... linux can't be a network encoder for windows platforms.

oh well

/jer