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More => Old Versions => Media Center 11 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: zxsix on March 02, 2005, 09:29:44 pm
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I have the main "theater room" all set up already.
I'm considering also setting up a 2nd room for DVD and music playback, keeping in mind that both rooms may be wanting to play 2 different movies simultaneously.
Current computer with MC on it has Soundblaster Audigy 2 soundcard. The digital out sends sound via spdif passthru to a receiver that handles the DD5.1 and DTS decoding.
It sends video to the TV's component video inputs via one of the 2 vga cables of an ATI all-in-wonder 9600 video card. The other VGA out goes to the pc monitor.
Which of these methods would be the best implementation for adding the 2nd room?
1) Add a second Soundblaster Audigy 2 audio card and send it's digital output to the receiver in the 2nd room. Add a second video card (no idea what kind since the only AGP slot is already full) and send it's output to the other receiver via component video or s-video.
2) Purchase a second computer for room 2, with similar sound card and video card setup as pc 1. Connect to pc 1 via library server for the source music and movies.
3) something else I haven't considered.