Re: MCE household scenario questions

From: Michael Earls (mearls_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:29:42 -0500

We're having really good luck by sharing the recorded TV folder on the
network and accessing it from our computers using Media Player 10. It
detects that they're TV shows and categorizes them in a TV folder in the
library, complete with sorting and grouping by genre, show title, etc. It's
working pretty well for us. 

-- 
Michael Earls
The Cerebral Kitchen
http://www.cerkit.com/
"Jimbo" <sdhi@please dont spam me.rogers.com> wrote in message 
news:e1hB39iLFHA.1392@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> So, we have our MCE system running very nicely.  My wife actually loves 
> it. Lucky me! Dual tuner config, Nvidia decoder, digital sound passthrough 
> to my home theatre receiver etc... Excellent. Works as hoped.
>
> However, since I am in Canada, the options for "extenders" is rather 
> limited - and from what I have read - they are not perhaps the best 
> solution for my needs.
>
> So, what I would like is 2 more MCE machines in other areas of the house - 
> with their own tuners and DVD players, remote controls, keyboards and 
> such. I will connect one to our home network via cat5 and one will be a 
> wireless laptop.
>
> However, I would like them to share their video, pictures, music and 
> recorded TV folders - perhaps located on a 4th computer somewhere wired in 
> the house.  So MCE A,B, and C, would pull their content from a central 
> location. (much easier for updating family photos, videos and music!) 
> Since they have their own tuners, could I set the save location for 
> recorded TV on a separate network share?  That way, I would effectively be 
> able to record up to 6 shows at one time, utilizing dual tuners on all 
> three MCE computers. And, if someone then wanted to watch a chow recorded 
> on another machine, they could access it from any MCE in the house.
>
> Is this possible?  I know I have options of including network locations 
> for some of the items mentioned, but for all of them?
>
> Finally, we run a SBS 2003 domain in our house (my hobby...).  Might these 
> 3 MCE systems join that domain?  Will this allow the above scenario?  It 
> sure would be nice to actually be able to use these MCE units as part of 
> our home network - you know, access our Exchange sever via Outlook 
> etc...Turning them into much more versatile units for our purposes.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> JS
>

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