RE: MCE and remote storage

["Stuart McMillan" <stuartmc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It is possible to use another PC as a quasi-extender. In fact any PC with
Media Player will display most of the media on an MCE if it is shared, even
recorded TV.  There is even a Plug-in for XP that will allow it to access
your MyMovies database and ISOs on a shared drive. Look at
http://www.voxu.com/projects/MyMoviesXP/.
The main issue is that it won't
access live TV in the same way as a true Extender can.

Stuart

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Keith Finnett
Sent: 12 October 2005 13:31
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] MCE and remote storage


Stuart,

In answer to your questions:

1) Yes, you can simply add shared folders on remote machines to the
different media sections e.g. pictures, music. Not sure how fast it would
be, but you can do it.

2) You're talking about a Media Centre Extender, talked about a while back.
My understanding is that a PC cannot be an Extender, but the upcoming XBOX
360 is an Extender.

k

-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Poulton [mailto:stuart.poulton@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 October 2005 13:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] MCE and remote storage

Hi All,

I'm looking at getting an MCE box in the near future, however a couple of
questions

1) Is it possible to have MCE use disks on another machine ?
2) Is there any way to have a remote machine with tuner cards in it,
keeping
the requirements for the STB type component small.

Thanks

Stuart