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Run pyTivo with Windows Home Media Server?

 
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burnside



Joined: 19 Jan 2009
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:06 pm    Post subject: Run pyTivo with Windows Home Media Server? Reply with quote
Hi,

Just wondering if anyone is running pyTivo on a Windows Home Media Server. I'd love to get one of these servers and just leave it on 24/7 instead of one of my computers that is currently running pyTivo.

Thanks,
b
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rdian06



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not doing it myself, but I've heard of others who have. It's essentially Windows Server 2003 under the hood.
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burnside



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks rdian. I see that the HP Mediasmart server running WHS has a 2.0 GHZ Celeron with 2GB of RAM. Would this be enough for pyTivo to run smoothly?
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drogers



Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
burnside wrote:
Thanks rdian. I see that the HP Mediasmart server running WHS has a 2.0 GHZ Celeron with 2GB of RAM. Would this be enough for pyTivo to run smoothly?


I'm a little late to answer this user, but for posterity's sake it works just fine on a 2nd gen HP Mediasmart (specs listed above). It runs about a 2-5 minute lag transcoding a 42 minute show to 720P@20Mb, which isn't bad all things considered (ie, takes about 44-47 minutes). I generally give it a minute or two to get rolling then start watching. By the time I include breaks, replays, and fridge runs, I rarely see the 'please wait' screen.

If i'm smart I'll push a bunch of shows over an hour or a day before I want to watch them, but I'm rarely accused of being too smart.

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