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Media streaming solution options

  • 06-12-2010 3:24pm
    #1
    wexfordman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 490 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Looking for some advice re which is the best bang for buck for christmas pressy!

    At the moment, I have mainly sonos and xbox360 with a nas as my main audio/video servers (bass is buffaloe linkstation 250g hard drive and full!!), so it is in need of some updating.

    Here is a wish list of what I want to be able to do

    1) Stream media from storage to my main tv.
    2) Add additional devices later to allow me to stream to other tv's
    3) Control devices remotely via iphone etc

    At the moment, I can use xbox360 to stream media from NAS, but need to turn on my windows pc to do so.

    Here are a couple of options/solutions that I was thinking of

    1) Windows home server. Will allow me to store and stream to xbox360 and other devices as I add them to the network.
    2) A higher spec NAS box that will allow me stream from it to the xbox
    3) A htpc such as the acer revo3610 or dell zino!


    Option 3 i think may be preferrable as it is maybe more flexible an optiion ? I als have comfort with cwm, so was thinking that a htpc could host an easier home control solution with comfort etc.


    For iphone control, was looking at one of the keene electornins ethernet/ir devices in addition to one of the 3 options above!

    My budget is preferrably around 500 euro (which puts the zino out of reach )

    or I could get an ipad :-)

    Really appreciate some assitance/advice/pros/cons etc


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  • #2
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    A Home server doesn't need to be state of the art, an old Pentium 4 is fine, just upgrade an old pc to 1Gb ram. Hard drives are dirt cheap, You can get a 2TB sata for about 90 quid these days.


  • #3
    ste_burn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8 ✭ste_burn


    you can build your own server with old parts and software from
    http://www.lime-technology.com/

    Build your own home media server article:
    http://www.macworld.com/article/146120/2010/02/unraid_server.html


  • #4
    Jakmeehan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 773 ✭✭✭Jakmeehan


    If you go down the HTPC route, and your iPhone is jailbroken, I *highly* recommend you purchase "Notify Pro" from cydia.

    Basically, it outputs any event that takes place on your iPhone to EventGhost. I.e., if you get a call/text/email/push notification etc on your iPhone it will show up in EventGhost. You can then tell eventghost what to do with it. The possibilities are endless!!

    E.g. I have mine set up so that if I'm watching a video thru XBMC on my HTPC and I get a phonecall, the video automatically pauses and when the call ends the video resumes. Similar with music, but I have it set to lower the volume rather than muting altogether, and returning to the volume it was at before the call when it finishes.

    Check it out here


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