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FYI, we are actually getting a new system as we are building a new Senior Library...
i can't remember the brand name, but pretty much it records every channel, all day, everyday and stores it for ~1-2 weeks.
Which is really good because it makes it so that they don't have to set things to record, a teacher can see something that night come into school the next day and ask for it.
Its a pre-build system, comes in a CoolerMaster Stacker Case (same that i have for my gaming rig )
If you'd like, i can find out the brand of it for u? we are still keeping out websceduler machine for backup purposes...
Is that ClickView 24/7 by any chance? Looks pretty good, just wondering how they manage to record that much on 3TB? I don't suppose you happen to know how much it's costing exactly - what about everything, all together?
And does WebScheduler have the ability to record by series, subject, etc?
Oh, we also have to record Austar (I read the guide(s) on how to do it). So that'll probably mean we can only have one DVB-T and one analog tuner for Austar, right? Or has anybody managed multiple FTA digital tuners?
Oh okay. Thanks for that.
Do you know anything about PayTV recording (I'll ask this in the appropriate section otherwise)? Just one thing I wanted to know. Do you actually have to use the Microsoft remote if your using the IR blaster from it, or does the computer just send signals to it?
Quick question before we buy it. The 'pre-approved' place we have to buy it from doesn't have any Hauppauge HVR2200's, I'm going to ask them if they can order them in - but it might not be possible. Would a DVico Fusion HDTV DUAL EXPRESS work fine? And for the analog, if I get a hybrid digital and analog (like the COMPRO Video Mate T750F) would that work? I'll have to check if we get all of the FTA channels through Austar here - I might not need the DVico then.
Thanks.
I have just set up a similar system to that that you describe in my school.
Used Vista MC with 2 TB of storage in a raid 5 setup. only installed one tuner with a foxtel feed going into it.
Purchased a linksys DMA2200 as the extender, hooked up to a lcd in the library, though looks like i might have to replace it with an xbox360 as the linksys doesn't seem to play well with our school network(it keeps freezing up) Works fine over my network at home though. Took my xbox into school at it works flawlessly over the school network.
Problem i hve encounted today is i installed webguide planning on using it to allow teachers to log on and schedule recording(works fine, no issues), then students could log on in our labs and stream the recorded TV to individual terminals. Problem is webguide seems to only allow one stream at a time as it transcodes on the fly. So multiple terminals can view the same stream but if someone logs on and tries to view another stream, the current stream on all machines stops and starts playing the new stream. Also if you log on and view the same stream as everyone else your stream does'nt start at the start of the recording but from where everyone else is up to.
This is a real pain in the backside, so if anyone knows a workaround or tweak in either webguide or the cassinni server it would be greatly appreciated.
Quick question before we buy it. The 'pre-approved' place we have to buy it from doesn't have any Hauppauge HVR2200's, I'm going to ask them if they can order them in - but it might not be possible. Would a DVico Fusion HDTV DUAL EXPRESS work fine? And for the analog, if I get a hybrid digital and analog (like the COMPRO Video Mate T750F) would that work? I'll have to check if we get all of the FTA channels through Austar here - I might not need the DVico then.
Thanks.
Any choices for digital other than the Dvico. I've used Dvico before and am not a blind Dvico basher, but I would suggest cheking what else is available from your supplier.
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Any choices for digital other than the Dvico. I've used Dvico before and am not a blind Dvico basher, but I would suggest cheking what else is available from your supplier.
Ok. I will try and see if I can get some Hauppauge things.
Hi There, Im new to this forum and just need to get an answer to our problem ASAP.
We have built a Digital Free-To-Air Recording system with 4 Dvico Dual Express cards in it. The problem we are having is that only 1 card seems to activate in Webscheduler (so we can record 2 programs at once, but need all 8 running). If anyone has had any experience using 2 (or more) Dvico Dual Express cards in webscheduler please answer and share any solutions you can think of. And no i dont want to be told to buy something else.
Cheers guys.
Shaun Baude
Specialist Technician
Wodonga Senior Secondary College
Hi There, Im new to this forum and just need to get an answer to our problem ASAP.
We have built a Digital Free-To-Air Recording system with 4 Dvico Dual Express cards in it. The problem we are having is that only 1 card seems to activate in Webscheduler (so we can record 2 programs at once, but need all 8 running). If anyone has had any experience using 2 (or more) Dvico Dual Express cards in webscheduler please answer and share any solutions you can think of. And no i dont want to be told to buy something else.
Cheers guys.
Shaun Baude
Specialist Technician
Wodonga Senior Secondary College
Shaun
Just as a note for future reference, for a new question its best to start a new thread.
Webscheduler will let you schedule what ever programs you want, provided you have the tuners configured. So the real question is can you record 8 programs at once in MCE simply by watching then pressing record, changing channel, pressing record, etc, etc? In short do you actually have 8 tuners functional in Media Centre.
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Too many toys is still not enough.
4 HD Tuners (Which ones? Two, dual tuners right? What ones work best/easiest in doing that hack to get them all working?)
At least 4TB of HDD space (4x1TB) - Samsung, right?
A decent processor, I'm thinking an E8500?
A working TV guide - so no x64 (I can't get my TV guide to work on my 64-bit system, I've given up)
3GB RAM (not going x64, so can't have more)
And everything else. But I really need help with the tuners, they MUST work and I HAVE to have a TV guide working properly too.
Ok. Thanks all.
Nicko,
tv guide works perfectly on x64, ram is no limitation
check to make sure you motherboard supports that amount of SATA devices
hauppage hvr 2200 * 2 work well
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