Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/12 15:47I'm currently updating some of the entries in the FAQ (and adding a lot of new ones) and I was wondering what is the lowest spec machine that anyone has SwissCenter running on? Also, what operating system versions are you using, and what network players?
Please could everyone take the time to post a quick reply with your system details.. something along the lines of:
Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter Server: Linux SuSE 9.3 running on Athlon XP 2200, 512 Mb RAM, 800 Gb storage.
thanks! Swiss Player : Pinnacle Showcenter 200 (wired ethernet) Server : HP MediaSmart EX470 NAS (Windows Home Server / Sempron CPU / 2Gb RAM / 2.0 Tb Storage).
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/12 21:26Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter 200 Server: Windows XP SP2 running on Intel P2.4Ghz, 1,5 Gb RAM, 300 Gb Maxtor Share Storage Drive.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/12 22:53Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter 200 Server: IBM Thinkpad T41 Windows XP SP2 running on Intel P1.7Ghz, 0,5 Gb RAM, 60 Gb & 250 Gb Lacie ext on the USB.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/13 14:32Pinnacle Showcenter P4 2.8 SP2 512 ram 250 gig hard drive
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/13 15:33Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter Server: IBM laptop, Windows XP SP2 running on Intel P4 1.6Ghz 512MB, 40GB local, 300GB network share Media Server: Mac Mini, 512 MB RAM, 360GB storageHardware: Helios X5000(HD)(Ethernet), Pinnacle Showcenter 1000 (SD)(Wired Ethernet) Media Server: P4 Desktop MS XP, Simese, 1024 MB RAM, 800GB storage,
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/13 22:24I'm Running SwissCenter on a: Intel P4 3Ghz Windows 2003 Server SP1 (Web Edition) 2 Gig Ram 37GB (Raid1) boot Drive 3TB (Raid5) Media Drive
My Media Players: Pinnacle Showcenter 200 Avel Linkplayer
BTW THe ABC Buttons dont work on the Showcenter 200
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/14 00:32Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter Server: Windows 2000 Pro, Intel PII 300 Mhz, 256 MB, 270 GB
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/16 04:16Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter Server: Apple Mac Mini 1.42Ghz, 512 MB RAM, 360GB storageHardware: Helios X5000(HD)(Ethernet), Pinnacle Showcenter 1000 (SD)(Wired Ethernet) Media Server: P4 Desktop MS XP, Simese, 1024 MB RAM, 800GB storage,
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/18 17:04Hardware: IO-Data LinkPlayer Computer/OS: Windows XP SP2; Compaq 2.4Ghz CPU, 1G MemeoryPlayer: IO-Data LinkPlayer 2 Server: Windows XP SP2, Simese
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/19 22:54Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter 1000 Server: Windows XP SP1 running on AMD XP2800+, 1 Gb RAM, 250 Gb WD 8mb cache Storage Drive (dedicted). Webserver: Simese server
--- Moots ...voted best packed-up Quake corpse three years running
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/07/20 13:05Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter 200 Server: WinXP SP2 running on Celeron 2200, 512Mb RAM, 75Gb storage
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/02 23:18Showcenter 1000 XP SP2 running on AMD 1600 512 RAM 300 GB ATA100 36MB's wireless Siemese Server
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/03 11:13Hardware Pinnacle Showcenter (old version) Server XP2 running on 2xXeon 2.4 Ghz, 2Gb RAM + 400Gb Server SuSE 9.3 running on Celeron 2.4, 2Gb RAM + 400GbUbuntu 5.10/Pinnacle ShowCenter
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/04 18:17I am using a Athlon 1200 + with 512 RAM and a 80GB Hard Drive and a 54g Wireless setup - sitting on top of SuSE 9.3 - Runs fine.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/07 19:54With your Help !!!
Neuston MC-500 running 100mb ethernet via switch to Buffalo NAS Linkstation (hack to KuroBox).
Im also using Homeplug 14Mb mains network to link the kuro and Neuston to my Apple Imac and the internet.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/14 12:27Hardware Pinnacle ShowCenter (OLD) Server: Fedora Core 4 running on a Compaq DeskPro P3 450Mhz with 640MB RAM and 700GB of diskspace
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/22 17:49Hardware: Pinnacle Showcenter 1000 connected to a JVC 69cm Television and JVC TH-S1 surround set.
Server: AMD Athlon 550MHz with 192MB RAM and a 40 + 80GB Harddrive running Gentoo Linux 1.4 (kernel 2.4.26 at the moment), Apache2, PHP4.3 and MySQL 4.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/26 18:47Hardware --> Pinnacle ShowCenter 1000 Server --> Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary, Athlon 64 2800+, 512MB and 80GB Hard disk
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bneaves
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/26 22:38Buffalo LinkTheatre UK PAL
P4 520 2.8gHz + HT, 1Gb DDR2 RAM, 2x 250Gb Maxtor SATA 150s Win XP SP2
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/08/31 23:16Showcenter 1000g P3 650/256MB RAM with 2 USB HD Wired ethernet to a Linksys router and switch
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/09/02 11:27Hardware: Transgear DVX 500E with NAS Linksys NSLU2 and attached Lacie HDD Software: Unslung 5.5, PHP5, Thttpd and Apache2
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/09/02 18:09Media Player: Pinnacle ShowCenter 200 via WLAN Storage: a) Linksys NSLU2 with attached OneTouch II 200GB b) Buffalo Linkstation 250GB (MIPSel) c) Acer Travelmate Notebook Currently I'm using my Centrino Notebook with Simese for serving media, but I will change that once I've managed to install MySql and Apache on the Linkstation.Player : Pinnacle Showcenter 200 (via wireless-g) Server : Buffalo LinkStation NAS Appliance running Apache 2, php4, gdlib
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/09/20 14:45Hardware Liteon LDV 2010 netplayer + Liteon 310a 54g wireless dongle Netgear DG834G wireless router
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/09/22 03:08linkplayer2 Duron 1.1Ghz 384M ram running ubuntu breeezy
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/09/24 18:45Hardware: Buffalo Linktheater Server: WinXP SP2 running on Athlon 64 3000, 1 Gb RAM, 400 Gb Storage
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/10/12 02:59Hardware: Pinnacle Show Center 100g Server : Epia 1GHz, 256Mb RAM, 250Gb HDD running clark connect
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/10/15 02:02working on PIII 733 ghz , 392 mo ramsdr ata 100 ide
For those how having the nslu2, there 's a big hack !!! (google to find it)
after hacking it you cant installl every service you want (nfs etc ...) hope u enjoy
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/10/20 16:56Hardware: Pinnacle Show Center 200 Server : AMD Semperon 2.4GHz, 512Mb RAM, >1TB HDD (6 drives in total)
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/10/20 20:04Buffalo linkTheatre with extra antenna x 2
Windows XP Pro, 3.2Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 250Gb internal, 3 NAS drives (Linkstation 250Gb, and a nslu2 supporting 500Gb and 160Gb drives)
Netgear MIMO AP
Roku M1000 x 2 (served by iTunes)
I get everything streaming at the same times beautiful!
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/10/27 23:22Avel Linkplayer 2 VLC - running this on the bedroom PCs hooked up to 1280x720 LCD tvs. I have it setup so that it automatically plays the movie in VLC when you click the link in the your web browser.
Running Swisscenter & Simese (windows self install package) P4 3.2E, 2gig RAM, Internal 160gig IDE, 80gig SATA & USB enclosure with various 120gig IDE drives, Windows XP Pro.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/11/16 12:18Hardware: Showcenter 1000 HP vectra: Pentium III 733 MHz Physical Memory: 512MB Discs: 3*200GB (=549.98 G
Software: Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) Running Swisscenter 1.13 and Apache 2 PHP 4.4 and Mysql 4.1
Mikael Players :1*Popcorn Hour A-100 (FW 01-17-080812-15-POP-402), 1*Pinnacle Showcenter 200 (wifi) and 1000 (wired ethernet) Squeezebox 3 Server : WIN XP Pentium Dualcore E4500@2,20GHz, 4Gb RAM, plenty of storage. ~30.000 MP3's
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/11/16 14:18Hardware: Showcenter 1000 HP vectra: Pentium III 733 MHz Physical Memory: 512MB Discs: 3*200GB (=549.98 G
Software: Fedora Core release 4 (Stentz) Running Swisscenter 1.13 and Apache 2 PHP 4.4 and Mysql 4.1
Mikael Players :1*Popcorn Hour A-100 (FW 01-17-080812-15-POP-402), 1*Pinnacle Showcenter 200 (wifi) and 1000 (wired ethernet) Squeezebox 3 Server : WIN XP Pentium Dualcore E4500@2,20GHz, 4Gb RAM, plenty of storage. ~30.000 MP3's
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2005/11/20 19:53Hardware: Showcenter 1000G Server: AMD Thunderbird 1200 1024mb 1300gb (raid5)
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2006/01/05 19:58Hardware: Showcenter 1000g configured with wireless Belkin router over a 802.11g network. Server Machine: Dell PowerEdge, 2.4 GHz P4, 1gb RAM, 320 gb HD.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2006/01/20 06:51Showcenter 1000 AMD Sempron 3000+ (2,2 Ghz), 1 GB Ram, Windows XP prof, SP2 Netgear RP614GR
I'm also running Pinnacle Media Server and Oxylbox on the same machine.
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2006/01/23 03:21Hardware: Showcenter 1000G Server: Mac Mini running Tiger Server
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Everything is wired.Popcorn Hour connected to Panny TH-50PX77U Buffalo BLT connected to Sharp LCD Snazio NetCinema 1310 - not connected
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2006/02/21 11:41I am running:
Hardware : Pinnacle ShowCenter 200, full firmware update as of Feb. 19, 2006 ( and man do they need another soon [can you say flac] )
Software : I run the Pinnacle Server on port 8000. ( it is up to date as of Feb. 2006 ) I run Nero MediaHome on port 8001 ( when needed ) I run Simese on port 8002. ( SwiissCenter runs on top of Simese )
CPU : Windows 2000, SP4 fully patched always, ( ok laugh and sluur MS about patch response ) 2GB DDR 400, 3.2Ghz CPU Hyperthreaded, Intel 478 Multiple HDDs, inculding IDE(ATA100, ATA133) and SATA, and external USB 2.0 Most media files are on the external USB 2.0 drive ( 250GB ) OnBoard RealTek NIC is WAN only, PCI IntelPRO 1000 is LAN only.
Network : Currently all hardwired, but a Toshiba Wireless server/hub/access-point is available to visiting laptops. Yes I am a geek, Yes I have Geek friends, Yes it is stupid to whip out a CAT5 each time one visits. The Pinnacle is hardwired ( what am I stupid ). My wife has an Apple 1GHz Titanium laptop she's scared to boot ( techno phobe ), her company gave it her anyway. It connects if ever booted at home via the wireless.
What else is there to tell, The Pinnacle server is ''''OK'''', well honestly it doesn't suck, it was the best thing going after spending fruitless days searching the web for compatible servers. Well, what I mean to say is : UNTIL I FOUND SWISSCENTER.
Probablly not minimum specs, as the topic suggests, but I dont hold a lot of hope that Windows 2000 will be around much longer. Be assured tho, I will never adopt Windows XtraPower(drain). So if there is anything you need tested on Win2K send it my way.
-Dejunai----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player : Pinnacle ShowCenter 200 ( Hard Wired ) Server : Simple Media Server ( Simese ) on Windows 2000
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2006/07/30 23:11Hardware: AVeL Linkplayer, Intel Duo Core with 1Tb LVM storage Server: Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 LTS server, PHP5, Apache2, MySQL, Swsscenter 1.14.3 (Trying to run beta)
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Re:Minimum spec that people are using? - 2006/09/13 13:15Hardware: AVeL Linkplayer 2 via 100MB Ethernet Server: Compaq 5010US [866Mhz Intel Pentium III, 512MB] Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 LTS server, PHP5, Apache2, MySQL, Swisscenter 1.15 Beta 3
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/04 05:03Pinnacle Showcenter 1000g bought 2nd hand for £28, Compaq Evo N600c laptop 1.2Ghz, 768Mb RAM bought 2nd hand for £50 and repaired by me, with 30Gb internal HDD, 80Gb WD Passport external HDD bought new in sale for £60, Ubuntu Feisty free, Apache2 free, MySQL free, PHP 5 free, Swisscenter 1.18 free.
Bang per buck, it doesn't get better than this does it?! Total spend, £138-00. Big thanks to swisscenter
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/04 12:11Well, not that cheap but quite powerful: Clients: 2x Showcenter 200
Server: Case Silverstone LC16 silver 2 GB RAM AMD x2 4200 2x 500 GB Samsung SATA harddisks Win XP Pro Asus M2A-VM HDMI
SW: Swisscenter, WizD, oxyl.box (first one is my favourite)2x SC200 (wired), SwissCenter latest SVN, Simese 1.40 http://www.knecht-ruprecht.info
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/06 15:54Here is mineCamaroTX ------------------------------- Buffalo Linktheater PC-PL3WG/DVD Windows Home Server Beta / Simese HP Pavilian 7915 1.10 GHz, 512 MB, 2 TB HD
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/08 10:26/PeterPlayer: Showcenter 200, LAN Connected Server: Fedora C6, Celeron 2Ghz, 2GB RAM, 620GByte HD, Twinhan DVB-T, MythTV Backend.
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/08 10:29Most of you are throwing way too much hardware at this thing Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100 Netgear HDX101 Powerline Adapters Windows XP Simese 2.07 running latest SVN NAS Server IBM NetVista 900Mhz/256RAM
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/08 10:45Most of you are throwing way too much hardware at this thing
Maybe, but no-one says whether it's being used as a dedicated media server or their general multi-media/games PC. Also they may use other servers such as TVersity which requires more power for transcoding.
Just a commentPlayer : Netgear EVA700 & Popcorn A-100 (081224) Server : Vista SP1 Home Premium (Simese 2.06, SwissCenter current SVN) Spec : Intel C2Q Q6600, 2GB RAM, 2Tb storage.
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/08 16:38No offense intended
I just found it rather amusing that the title of this was "minimum spec" and some of these machines are far from minimum.
Someday I may have to abandon my Frankenmachine, but not yet Showcenters 1000g/200/250HD Popcorn Hour A-100 Netgear HDX101 Powerline Adapters Windows XP Simese 2.07 running latest SVN NAS Server IBM NetVista 900Mhz/256RAM
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/08 16:40Stu2j wrote: Most of you are throwing way too much hardware at this thing It really depends. I use my "HTPC" (it's not really one because there's not yet a DVB card) for ripping DVDs and encoding them into XviD. In addition it acts as fileserver, P2P client and VPN gateway (okay , not much power needed ). But all those tasks need a bit so I'm quite happy with my set-up. Even if it's over-powered ...2x SC200 (wired), SwissCenter latest SVN, Simese 1.40 http://www.knecht-ruprecht.info
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Re: Minimum spec that people are using? - 2007/06/18 17:41Hiho,
Forums 
Big thanks to swisscenter 
