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Using MediaShrink

Using MediaShrink

Using MediaShrink to encode and separate TV Show DVDs.

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SageTV Add-In Feature: #2 MediaShrink

Transcoding. The bane of the HTPC users existence.  In my write-up about why I use SageTV on my Windows Home Server box, I talked about how I like to avoid transcoding gymnastics.  One of the reasons I chose SageTV is because I like my content to not have to go through a bunch of transcodes [...]

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Norco 4220 Case Build

Norco 4220 Case Build

Frankenbuilders(home build or self build) have a lot of choices when it comes to Windows Home Server hardware. From tiny ITX cases with an octopus of USB/eSata drives hanging off of the back all the way up to a massive rackmount case holding a ton of drives, the flexibility of WHS can really be shown [...]

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SageTV Add-In Feature: #1 Sage Recording Extender

SageTV Add-In Feature: #1 Sage Recording Extender

An occasional series to give brief write-ups on some of the different add-ins that make SageTV a uniquely powerful PVR. Have you ever set a football game to record on your PVR and hoped that it didn’t go into overtime or that the 1:00 game didn’t extend past 4:00 when your PVR was set to [...]

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Sage TV on the Windows Home Server

Sage TV on the Windows Home Server

The promise of Windows Home Server is to centralize all of your media, files, and important things in your life. Through a huge library of add-ins and other programs, WHS has mostly come through on that promise to make all of your digital life centralized in one location. HTPC users have leveraged the power of [...]

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