System Requirements
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Hardware
Basic Machine
The base requirements for your PC vary greatly depending on what you want to do. A basic server only machine running ARGUS TV Recorder will run on an Intel Atom 330 with 2GB of RAM.
Client and Single Seat machines are a far more complex matter. Requirements can vary greatly based on which Operating system you run, which client front end you run, the type of TV (SD or HD) you will watch, and what other tasks the machine will perform. In this instance, the best guide we can give is to use the minimum specs of the client software.
Other Hardware
In order to watch and record TV on your computer, you will need a TV Tuner card. A TV Tuner card is not the same as a graphics or video card.
Tuner cards come in many variations for signal type and features. You will need to decide which available signal type or types you want to receive and acquire a suitable card or cards to receive it. If the signal is encrypted, you will need a CAM module and a tuner card that supports it.
As a basic guide, Satellite broadcasts DVB-S/DVB-S2, Cable broadcasts DVB-C, Terrestrial (Over the air) broadcasts DVB-T/DVB-T2/ATSC/and Analog. See Supported DVB/ATSC cards for a list of known working tuner cards.
Information: You need to be sure that the Tuner card is compatible with the signal type broadcast. A DVB-S tuner will not be sufficient if your provider only broadcasts DVB-S2. |
Standard Operating Systems
Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista
No special extra requirements
Windows XP
If you have more than one DVB card, Windows XP may need a dvb-fix.
See MediaPortal
These instructions are copied from the MediaPortal forum in case it dies:
- download the dvb-hotfix
- unzip the archive to c:\ (this will create c:\dvbfix)
- enter the "dvbfix" folder on c:\
- Note: please just place it on c:\ because thats the safe way.
- doubleckick the "runme.bat" which will unregister the broken files in "windows\system32" and register the new files in "c:\dvbfix"
- restart your PC
Server Operating Systems
Windows Server 2012
- Windows Server 2012 Essentials: runs "out of the box", no additional software or drivers required.
- Windows Server 2012 Enterprise et al. (except Essentials): required to install BDA drivers (same as Windows Server 2008)
- Download from Win2008 Workstation Forum or
- Download from bdaforserver patch
- Shares may need to be created manually. See ARGUS TV on Windows Server for more information.
Encounter problems with Start-up of ARGUS TV? If your ARGUS TV services seem to not always start up properly, change your ARGUS TV services' startup behavior from "Automatic" to "Automatic (delayed)". |
Windows Home Server WHS 2011
No special extra requirements
See ARGUS TV on Windows Server for more information.
Windows Server 2008
Required to install BDA drivers.
- Download from Win2008 Workstation Forum or
- Download from bdaforserver patch
Software
You will need the following software to run ARGUS TV
.NET Framework 4.0 - download it here Database server software, one of:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008/2012 (recommended) - download it here
- MySQL 5.x - download it here