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[djxkape]

but can you use the older version of WHS in x64 system? i guess you anwser my question about how many drives you can have because im planing on using 5 2tb on the new build . so basically what your saying is that if my bro have placeshiffter set up in his home plus an extender he can access my server and watch everything on it? if thats the case then your right really cool stuff

[SprDtyF350]

Originally Posted by djxkape

but can you use the older version of WHS in x64 system? i guess you anwser my question about how many drives you can have because im planing on using 5 2tb on the new build . so basically what your saying is that if my bro have placeshiffter set up in his home plus an extender he can access my server and watch everything on it? if thats the case then your right really cool stuff

WHS is a standalone operating system all by itself. It is a 32 bit operating system based on Windows Server 2003 but you can install it on a 64 bit capable system.

And yes, with placeshifter you can watch stuff from your house in his house. The quality is pretty good. Probably not real good on a big screen, but pretty nice on a smaller one.

[djxkape]

one more quick question, is it possible to run sage media center with the use of tune cards or hdpvr?

[SprDtyF350]

Originally Posted by djxkape

one more quick question, is it possible to run sage media center with the use of tune cards or hdpvr?

I don't know anything about the HDPVR because I have never used one.

But you can use all sorts of combinations of tuners. Analog tuners, Digital tuners, HDPVR, and some people even use firewire to get the tv into Sage from there cable box.

I don't have any HD programming except what I get through my cable without a box. I use my HD Homeruns with that to get the major networks in HD. My Directv boxes are older analog boxes that I have going to a Hauppauge PVR-500 analog tuner card by using S-Video and audio cables. That gives me all the rest of my stuff in SD.

Pretty much if you want to do it, Sage can. Some easier to setup than others, but it's pretty good...

[djxkape]

oh im sorry i mis typed the question i knew you could use all kinds of tuners and such , what i was trying to ask was if you can use the sage software without the tuners?

[bcjenkins]

Take a read here: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15871

If you don't set this up it will continually prompt you for a tuner.

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[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by bcjenkins

Take a read here: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15871

If you don't set this up it will continually prompt you for a tuner.

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Actually, I don't believe that is the case anymore. It no longer nags you about installing a tuner source if you don't have one. So the fake network encoder is unnecessary.

[bcjenkins]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

Actually, I don't believe that is the case anymore. It no longer nags you about installing a tuner source if you don't have one. So the fake network encoder is unnecessary.

Great, now I feel old and antiquated! B