Hi to all,
I have my WHS in my livingroom, along with my original PCH A-110. I have noticed that a couple of movies when viewed through the PCH will not play audio, however when I go into the bedroom they play fine through the HTPC via XBMC.

My question is this If I get a 25ft Hdmi cable and a wireless keyboard and mouse, can I connect the whs directly to the
to the tv and view my movies? And has anyone successfully installed XBMC on WHS?

Regards, Don

P.S.
the movies that do not play audio on the PCH now did so in the past

I think you missed an important key in your question. What hardware is your WHS running on?


To give you a general answer. It is not supported.
But, I do have XBMC running on a WHSv1 server.
It is a headless server though so i have never watched the output from it. I have it installed as a UPNP server for my iPad with XBMC on it.

I did have to toss a video card, enable sound, and enable hardware acceleration on my WHS before it worked.


If you PCH can see a UPNP media device, you might try enabling the bedroom XBMC as a UPNP server to test before you purchase and run cables all over your house. you might be able to just piggyback off that HTPC.

If you do a search on the XBMC forums, a few people tell of their experiences with XBMC on WHS. Not all are good.

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