knots2 and mediaserv look like they will work once I get around to upgrading the master backend from a 750 MHz Athlon. It handles the 4 PVR-150s without even breaking a sweat. I'm planning to replace it with a 2.6 MHz machine soon so I can transcode on the fly, but trying to do it now on the backend is hopeless. The family web/file-server is also out as it is only a 400 MHz machine. I think it has been reboot 2 times in the last 5 years, and thats just because of power outages.