Splitting the record and playback between two PCs

[Steerpike]

Is there a way to load GB-PVR on a second computer, one that does not have a capture card, and bypass most of the config/setup steps (those that relate to the program guide, teh capture source, etc), then configure this second computer to point to the recording location of the 'main computer' (the one where GB-PVR is already loaded, and does all the capturing, etc)?

My goal is this ... I have configured GB-PVR to capture Closed Captions (with your excellent help!.  And to play back those CC's.  But my computer is down in my 'office', while my TV is in the living room ... and that's where I want to watch the actual recordings.  

I bought the MVP device for this very purpose, but as discussed in other posts, the MVP does not support CCs.  My partner is deaf so I have to get this working with CCs ... so I want to load GB-PVR on a high-end laptop I have, which has a TV-OUT, and which is network-connected to my 'main' computer and which can 'see' the drives on the main computer.  In theory, I should be able to run GB-PVR on the laptop, displayed on the TV, reading recorded shows from the main computer ... but I'm suspecting that GB-PVR will throw a fit during install/config if it doesn't find a source, and/or doesn't have a 'guide'.  

This will be so cool if it will work!

A variation on this would be to copy the recorded files to a removable drive, and then plug the removable drive into the laptop, and play them on my tv. No difference other than reading from a removable USB drive rather than a network drive.

[sub]

Its not a true network client, but you can install GB-PVR on your laptop and set up the video library to point to a shared network drive that is also recorded to by the server. In the config app you can disable the livetv/tvguide/recordings menu buttons. This setup wont let you schedule recordings from the laptop (but you could use the web interface for this).

[Steerpike]

Thanks for your help so far ... this is my last question (off on a trip for several days ...).

On my main computer, I got CC's to display by going into the config module, 'playback' tab, and selecting a video decoder of 'InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder ...' (VMR9 was already selected). I also selected, on the 'Misc' tab, 'show closed captions'.

I first tried the Video Decoder selection of 'InterVideo Video Decoder' - but that didn't work. No problem since the second entry worked.

But ... on my laptop ... I only have the entry of 'InterVideo Video Decoder'; not the 'InterVideo NonCSS Video Decoder...', and CCs DON'T show with that setting on the laptop either.

So my grand plan is foiled at this point, since CCs are not showing (even on the laptop screen, forget the TV Out!.

Is this a limitation of the laptop?

Your earlier note suggested I only needed the 'standard' InterVideo Video Decoder anyway, so what is this 'NonCSS' flavor that I have on my main PC? And can I get that option to show up on my laptop ...? The laptop has an ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 - a pretty fancy card, as best I can tell. I just played a DVD on the laptop, and Closed Captions were displayable (with InterVideo WinDVD).

Thanks!

[sub]

When I say "standard" I mean it requires the "standard Intervideo decoder which is shipped with the PVR250". This of course is the NonCSS one.

I'm sure you could manually copy the files from your server PC and register then on you machine. Sorry I dont know the exact names of the files. Something .ax