ATI's Multimedia Center 8.8 - The Home Multimedia Server
by Andrew Ku on December 16, 2003 10:49 AM EST- Posted in
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EazyShare — Installation
The installation process for Multimedia Center 8.8 is the same as previous versions, but there are a few small distinct features for users to set up EazyShare. ATI tells us that only one All-in-Wonder system may be set up as a server, and only one server per network is supported in this release of Multimedia Center. We expect later versions of Multimedia Center to provide multiple server support.EazyShare is easy enough to set up, as both the client and server must have the software installed for functionality. The TV box will be simply unchecked for non All-in-Wonder clients, as there is no TV capture source in those systems.
All-in-Wonder based systems can function as either a server or a client, which is why an additional window pops up for the users to specify the mode of the All-in-Wonder system. If an All-in-Wonder functions as a client, it can view shared TV as well as view TV from its own dedicated TV tuner.
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jman037 - Sunday, January 18, 2004 - link
I have an ATI AIW 9700 Pro on the server with Catalyst 3.10 and Multimedia Center 8.8..and none of my clients can find any servers running on my wired 100base-T network.I've totally uninstalled and reinstalled ALL ATI software on all machines several times. I've un-shared and reshared drives. I've tried every different setting I could find. I tried running the client after turning on TV on the server and switching to TV on Demand..(TV on Demand just stutters BTW).
I'm running an AMD barton 2800+ with 1.5GBof DDR ram. Frankly I've spent over 8 hours on this issue and am at my wit's end.
Zoomer - Saturday, December 27, 2003 - link
#4, it should be the same except you would need something else to change channels.I would like to see the AIW component of ati's cards be seperated from the video card. I can't justify paying hundreds more every year or so when I upgrade graphics cards just to have the tuner.
It would be great if it could be split into 2 components. Perhaps with the AIW part as a daughterboard that's connected internally?
belboz - Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - link
Sorry if I missed this in the article, but how does this all work if you use an external tuner like a cable box or satellite tuner?belboz - Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - link
Vanners - Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - link
But does 8.8 solve my audio synch problem when capturing to DivX?vailr - Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - link
Any info on the ATI "E-Home Wonder" TV tuner card?Will it be released, either retail or OEM, for sale to end users, without the necessity of also having WinXP MCE? (In case you weren't aware of this card, this PCI card includes a hardware MPG2 encoder, as well as analog TV tuner.
http://www.ati.com/products/ehome/index.html ). Would seem to enable EasyShare at much lower CPU usage, if it were available as a retail product. And, if it worked with MMC 8.8.