Request to make client licenses server-based

[Cayars]

The other advantage to this also would be to allow someone to use a cheap PC for capture only with a crumby video card and hook up an MVP player to it. The MVP option would cost less then a good video card.

This is more or less what can be done now using Matt's MVP support.

[lotusvball]

AYE!!

[SprDtyF350]

Originally Posted by Cayars

It would be worth the flexibility of not having to have more licenses then needed for "normal" use. I hate when I need to test something on another computer and don't have a license available. It would be sweet to just shut down the client on another machine to free up a license and NOT HAVE TO RESTART THE SERVER.

This is basically the way Beyond TV is doing it. Works good since I can watch where I want. But they also charge to license more than 2 tuners which is bad.. Maybe someday we will get the best of both in one product..

Randy

[CollinR]

BTT, I like this idea.

Basically if PC clients were dealt with as MVP clients are, everything on the server. Much easier to maintain and manage.

[GTwannabe]

Yes, server-based client licenses are a great idea.

Placeshifter licenses are handled this way already, I don't see why Sage can't make the client licenses work the same way.

With the current licensing scheme, if a client dies, I have to dig for the correct license for that machine. Then I have to restart SageTV on the server when I reinstall that client software, or it can't talk.

[GKusnick]

Yes, it would be nice, but Narflex is on record saying it's not going to change:

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...8&postcount=16

[Khristopher]

I'd cough up a couple extra bucks per license as well for this functionality!!

There's two people in my household, but we have 5 possible locations where Sage can be watched from. This would make it so much easier!

[Khristopher]

Originally Posted by SprDtyF350

This is basically the way Beyond TV is doing it.

Actually BTV Link license info is to be entered on the PC you install the Link software on. You CAN install one license on more than one machine, but the server will only accept one connection from each license.

Originally Posted by SprDtyF350

But they also charge to license more than 2 tuners which is bad.

As soon as BTV 4 was released, users were allowed as many tuners as you wanted. Only BTV 3 allows two tuners before additional tuner licenses were needed.

[Khristopher]

Originally Posted by GKusnick

Yes, it would be nice, but Narflex is on record saying it's not going to change:

http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/show...8&postcount=16

That was also a year and a half ago. You never know how things might change!

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by Khristopher

That was also a year and a half ago.

And this thread is almost three years old. Narflex was well aware of all the arguments presented here when he said that a year and a half ago.

[Khristopher]

Unless you personally work for Sage, you can not honestly say one way or another as to whether or not that decision will ever change.

A lot of things change in a year and a half and I'd rather be optimistic about the possibility.

[GKusnick]

Narflex is the one who said it wasn't going to change, and he does work for Sage.

Be that as it may, I'm not looking to get into a fight over it. I'm just pointing out, for those who may have missed the other thread, that this question has been answered already, long after this thread was originally created. I doubt that will stop people from adding their "me too" votes, but they should at least know the history before doing so.

[Khristopher]

I understand that Narflex said it, and I understand that he works for Sage, but again, that does not mean the answer is set in stone. You don't have to agree with me, but acknowledge that it is a possibility.

It's been a year and a half, things change. I said I'd never use SageTV.....guess what!

It's fine to "point things out", but understand that my opinion is just as important as yours, and neither are necessarily correct. I'm not trying to discredit your opinion, please offer me the same courtesy.

[heffe2001]

Never thought I'd see this old post dredged back up . Although I'd like the client licenses to be like Placeshifter/MVP licenses, with the new HD Extender coming out, I'll be moving to those boxes on our TV's (except maybe one or 2 SD TV's we have around the house, they'll use MVP's until such a time as they die, or I get around to putting HD extenders/TV's there ). I'm going to have to assume the licenses for those will work the same as MVP licenses, and I would HOPE they do as they did with client licenses when the MVP came out, and let us trade in the client licenses we have for more extender licenses (although I'm going to guess as this is a Sage-only piece of hardware, it'll come with the license, but it'd be nice if they let us trade in our client licenses for maybe a 15-20$ discount on the HD boxes, hint, hint)....