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Need a media and ICS solution for my brother in the US

  • 15-11-2011 10:09pm
    #1
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭


    Hi friends,

    Here's an interesting one for you. I got an email from my brother about his media situation and I'm interested in your thoughts. Here's the bones of the email:

    Two things for you!


    A: Ok, so I connect to the internet using a service called "Clearwire". Had a big box router from them, but ended up giving that away. As a result, we have a USB stick that is a 4G modem. Need a router to plug that into so we can share the connection with our two laptops, the Wii and the Bluray player.


    B: Have... I'd say 4 - 5TB of ... data... Some on a 2TB drive, other spread out on 2 1TB and a 500GB drive I guess. I can of course get another 2TB drive and conglomerate some more. Anyway, re: the above. Bluray player plays all sorts of nice formats and can browse USB keys, UBS discs and networks for media files. Need to know the best solution for streaming a media library to the Bluray player (LHB336). It's DNLA certified etc.


    Don't really mind if this means building a cheapo energy efficient PC system and stacking it full of hard discs, but looking for something easy to manage and could possibly use above router. Doesn't have to be wireless, I have easy access to attic, so don't mind dropping a network cable.


    Love to here your opinions on this.


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  • #2
    Carter P Fly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Carter P Fly


    Cheapo Main PC With All the disks running win7 and a copy of TVersity Pro hooked to a Wireless N Gigabit access point/Router.

    You can then connect to stream from the PC using your Bluray player, Ipods/pads/iphones all smartphones and wireless devices etc etc.

    Can run headless in an attic or out of the way and be administered via remote desktop, logmein, vnc etc etc.


  • #3
    danger_mouse_tm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 992 ✭✭✭danger_mouse_tm


    Carter P Fly wrote: »
    Cheapo Main PC With All the disks running win7 and a copy of TVersity Pro hooked to a Wireless N Gigabit access point/Router.

    You can then connect to stream from the PC using your Bluray player, Ipods/pads/iphones all smartphones and wireless devices etc etc.

    Can run headless in an attic or out of the way and be administered via remote desktop, logmein, vnc etc etc.

    I think that's the way forward. I've yet to see a router that will reliably take usb disks. I have a vodafone router that can do it but there's all sorts of problems with limited file size, reliability, speed, etc. I think by plugging in his broadband stick into a windows 7 machine in the attic, he should have no problem sharing the internet over an ethernet cable up into a wifi router. I haven't used this TVersity pro. I wonder is it like PLEX?
    thanks for the reply...


  • #4
    Carter P Fly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Carter P Fly


    danger_mouse_tm wrote: »
    I think that's the way forward. I've yet to see a router that will reliably take usb disks. I have a vodafone router that can do it but there's all sorts of problems with limited file size, reliability, speed, etc. I think by plugging in his broadband stick into a windows 7 machine in the attic, he should have no problem sharing the internet over an ethernet cable up into a wifi router. I haven't used this TVersity pro. I wonder is it like PLEX?
    thanks for the reply...

    Theres a free version also. i bought the pro (less then 30 quid) cos I wanted the ability to connect to the server from a web browser to stream on non upnp and dlna enabled devices.

    Ive not used plex but it look to me to be the same as tversity free version.


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