Media servers?

[modey]

Anyone on here use a media server for all their films music etc?

I usually just put my films and tv shows onto a usb stick and play via my ps3 but i'm looking at ordering an acer revo 3700 and intend to put xmbc on it as the interface looks fantastic

Has anyne got one of these or anything similar they would recommend?

[Paul ™]

Naw I just stream my media wireless from my 1TB Linkstation Live NAS box.. works perfectly

[modey]

Naw I just stream my media wireless from my 1TB Linkstation Live NAS box.. works perfectly

[Paul ™]

But how much is the Acer Revo 3700? Is it not over £250?

Yeah it looks good, but to be honest it is just a fancy dash, not worth it IMO

Will probably be getting the Virgin Media TIVO box when it's out, and should be possible to stream from external drives through that anyway.

[modey]

But how much is the Acer Revo 3700? Is it not over £250?

Yeah it looks good, but to be honest it is just a fancy dash, not worth it IMO

Will probably be getting the Virgin Media TIVO box when it's out, and should be possible to stream from external drives through that anyway.

[pehaw]

I just use PS3 media server to stream from my PC

It handles everything I throw at it no bother

[markeee]

I sometimes use tiversity and stream from my netbook - my 360 and then watch trhrough the tv

other times sometimes just plug a USB portable HDD into my 360 and watch through 360..plays quite a lot of files, xvid, divx, 720p..but no mkv

I also have a Sumvision Cyclone mini media player - small device only cost me about 20 quid, connects via HDMi , plug a USB drive in and boom watch your favourite files

xbmc is nice though

Western digital do a media centre which sounds quite good, WD Live or something--saw it on hotukdeals the other day

[Gre]

I've had a wdtv live for a little over a year. Great little box. Interface isn't flashy, but if you're just using it to films etc on a tv it's great. There's custom firmware out there too if you want it (eg for HD YouTube)

[Gre]

Plays pretty much you can throw at it too

[markeee]

I've had a wdtv live for a little over a year. Great little box. Interface isn't flashy, but if you're just using it to films etc on a tv it's great. There's custom firmware out there too if you want it (eg for HD YouTube)

[t8yman]

I normally stream to my xbox using tversity. just bought a Playon HD for my inlaws for chrimbo, its very good, and handles mkvs etc. its a bit cheaper than the one you mention modey, but the interface isnt as impressive.

[markeee]

t8yman, that Playon might have been the one I was reading about the other day - couldnt remember the name

tversity works well , wicked little app , apparently you can use that vuze torrenmt application to stream too!

[Gre]

i was going to get one, had a good deal on them i saw on hotukdeals , all sold out now though

you got the one with ethernet port?

[The Nal]

We’ve got live streaming via the original xbox,, haven’t really used it mind. Also got XBMC, don’t use it, its pointless, all show. We’re using networking over electricity though which is pretty cool.

[dakyras]

I've got XBMC on my Mac, but I only use it for the rare occasions VLC fails to play something. Just a load of GUI w*nkery.

[markeee]

Yeah, we're a house of nerds so our house is all wired-up Not a fan of streaming over wireless!

There's a WDTV Live Plus out now that has a harddrive built in, so you might be able to get the original for cheap.

[modey]

We’ve got live streaming via the original xbox,, haven’t really used it mind. Also got XBMC, don’t use it, its pointless, all show. We’re using networking over electricity though which is pretty cool.

[markeee]

as in homeplugs? They work great.... i use them on my dreambox's but i'm going to get some more to connect my acer revo up to my pc which has all my music and films on it

[modey]

id never heard of the acer revo, looks pretty neat..uses the same CPU as netbooks the atom

dreambox as in the satellite system?!

[markeee]

yeah i've got a couple of dreambox 800hd's, one on my sky dish, the other on a motorised one

[modey]

You can only really pick up what's on 28e sat with a sky dish, mainly all the sky channels but the motorised dish picks up multiple sats and so virtually every channel available

[markeee]

You can only really pick up what's on 28e sat with a sky dish, mainly all the sky channels but the motorised dish picks up multiple sats and so virtually every channel available

[modey]

Yeah very straight forward if you are connecting it to a sky dish, you just need to do a bit of work by FTP to sort out the card sharing side but other than that it's easy

[markeee]

Yeah very straight forward if you are connecting it to a sky dish, you just need to do a bit of work by FTP to sort out the card sharing side but other than that it's easy

[modey]

Yep, just a matter of connecting the cable from your sky dish, you'll pick up all the fta straight away

Edited January 1, 2011 by modey