MKV only needs to be remuxed in most cases since it's the container not the content
that is unsupported. Running PS3MediaServer on a PC handles that issue with ease even
if transcoding is needed.
720P H.264 MKV's of HDTV shows are ~4Mb/sec from what I've seen, decent quality.
Uncompressed bitrate on the other hand seems to calculate as 500Mb/sec for 720P &
1.2Gb/sec for 1080P, while typical compression Blu-Ray is 40~54Mb/sec?
It's working for me so far with the one Ps3 client served DVD ISO's and MKV's from a
Q6600 PC over 1GB ethernet @8Mb/sec peak.
There are some really sweet HTPC solutions out there but @$300 PS3 is great though so
could some of the $150 stuff be less BluRay player.
On 12/13/2009 6:32 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote:
PS3 still needs things to be transcoded and that sucks unless you mean for BD
discs only, then it IS the
best choice. You can build a budget htpc box with an HDMI video card that also
passes surround sound audio.
I don't know about a set top box but a home built could work great. The
downside is it wouldn't offer
BD disc capability at a reasonable price.
Just tested a 720p video via MKV, and it was using 10-20Mbit/sec, avg about 10
bursting to 20+ buffering
or during busy speeds. 802.11G *might* work there but to be sure 802.11n is
your best bet. As for 1080p,
that used about 20 to 35Mbit/sec bursting up to 50Mbit/sec for
seeking/buffering. Keep in mind this is
for a MKV file and can vary depending on the bitrate used as 1080p is just the
resolution. If you want to
play Blu-Ray over wifi, 802.11n would be required. From what I can tell the
spec for bluray states that
audio+video @ 1.5X is 54Mbit/sec. 802.11g won't sustain that and that and
won't even hit that unless using
turbo mode :)
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 06:21:21PM -0800, maccrawj wrote:
Ah, Ps3 is still best bang for the buck AFAIK.
Odds are nothing is going to stream 1080P wifi w/o stuttering.
On 12/4/2009 6:44 PM, Brian Weeden wrote:
I'm running a custom HTPC with XBMC in the home theater room but upstairs we
have an old D-Link DSM-320. It still works, but it won't play the newer HD
codes like x264. All our new disc purchases are Blu-Ray so this means we
can't watch those in that room. So I'm looking to replace it.
What I want is probably a pipe dream - a small, set top box that does the
following:
1) streams any kind of video or audio file from the network shares
2) can play full 1080p HD without stuttering
3) has a DVD (or even better Blu-Ray) drive
4) LAN and 802.11.n capability
5) nice menu
I think I have two main choices. One is to get something like one of the
new Nvidia Ion boxes and put XBMC on it like this:
http://xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=53888
The other is to get a set-top box like this:
http://hd.engadget.com/2009/02/06/sagetv-hd-theater-review/
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011679&prodlist=froogle
Anyone have experience with either method?
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