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mwillems:
Ok, so definitely don't do the library backup and restore.  

The good news is if he tries the client/server setup and doesn't like it, it's very easy to switch back.

The wiki on this was recently updated, so it's worth a read:

http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Media_Server

RoderickGI:

--- Quote from: ldoodle on August 11, 2015, 09:30:20 am ---1) Is it possible for both server and client to have their own TV cards so they have independent broadcast capabilities.

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--- Quote from: mwillems on August 11, 2015, 09:59:57 am ---I don't think so, but Yaobing can confirm, however

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Yaobing answered that question recently. If the client has its own TV cards, they can only be used when the client is connected to a local library. That is, the client would be operating as an independent stand alone installation of MC, and not a client of the server. The client TV cards can't be shared with the server, and the client can't use the server's TV cards and its own TV cards at the same time.

So, the client would need to disconnect from the server library, and connect to its local library to use its own TV cards. It would also need to be connected to its local library at any time that it was supposed to be recording TV locally.

So not a good configuration to use.

PS: I never did a server backup and restore to the client. I just connected up the client to the server and it sync'd the library. Works fine.

mwillems:

--- Quote from: RoderickGI on August 12, 2015, 05:56:43 am ---PS: I never did a server backup and restore to the client. I just connected up the client to the server and it sync'd the library. Works fine.

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It's definitely not necessary; I was just responding to his expressed desire to have "all" the settings the same which can't happen without a library backup and restore.  I've never done it either, it's not necessary (or even recommended).

ldoodle:

--- Quote from: mwillems on August 12, 2015, 09:42:29 am ---the settings the same which can't happen without a library backup and restore.

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I was just coming back to check if a library backup/restore does include the settings I mentioned, which it does from the sounds of it.

I'm doing a clean install of Windows 10 soon.  Does it do madVr settings, as I've customized mine.  If not, can madVr settings be backed up?

mwillems:

--- Quote from: ldoodle on August 17, 2015, 09:24:39 am ---I'm doing a clean install of Windows 10 soon.  Does it do madVr settings, as I've customized mine.  If not, can madVr settings be backed up?

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Mine came across, but I didn't do a "full" uninstall of MC20 before installing MC21, so I'm not sure if it came across with the library backup, or through auto-migration.

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