Why isn't the media center and client teated as different products?

[carlgar]

I have valid licences for 2 copies of media center V6 one of which was upgraded to version 7 which I run on my primary server. I now have a tablet which I want to run media center V6 on, just to be able to play local files. But I also want to run the V7 client which I also have a valid license for. I had the media center v6 installed and running. Then when I installed the V7 client it removed the media center v6. I would expect issues if I tried to use a V7 client to connect to a v6 media center, but I don't. I want to my tablet to use media center V6 to view local files and v7 client to view the primary server files. Why can't these programs work on same system?

[sleonard]

They can. Just choose a different install folder during setup.

S

[carlgar]

Originally Posted by sleonard

They can. Just choose a different install folder during setup.

S

Installed media center 6 in a directory named ../SageTV/v6. Then installed v7 client in directory named ../SageTV/v7. The ../SageTV/v6 directory was then removed as was the media center v6. I then decided ro reinstall media center v6 since it should not know about v7. That appeared to work but I am not sure. The client v7 is still there but does not appear to be working properly. It goes away while I am trying to configure the playback settings. I suspect I will end up just installing the one I want to use at the time I need it.