Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
tern;583999 Wrote: I'm still looking for something as good and easy as a 'Video Squeezebox'. Really? Looking back on this very thread, I see that I've been using my Xtreamer for a year. It gets used every day, and is very popular in my household! It's totally changed our TV watching habits, and is about as close as you can get (the way I use it) to a video Squeezebox. Quite a lot cheaper than SBs too... -- adamslim Touch, Caiman, 845 SET, Lowther monsters SB3, Charlize 2, One Thing Quad ESLs Boom x 2, Radio adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Yeah, despite some iffy early feedback on the forums my Xtreamer is pretty good. Not found anything it won't play yet. Picture quality is excellent on a HD TV. -- MillmoorRon MillmoorRon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I'm still looking for something as good and easy as a 'Video Squeezebox'. Robin. -- tern tern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
bdcook01;560279 Wrote: Not yet, at least. I looked into this after posting and the consensus seems to be that someone will likely write an app to stream from ur hard drive. If u have another source i am definitely interested in reading. Im excited about this after reading that it'll integrate harmony and squeezebox tech and hopefully a killer hard drive streaming app that supports all codecs. OIC. That I don't know. You asked if the Revue would enable video streaming which is the whole point of the Revue. It streams video from the internet, you are asking if it can stream from your computer. My bad, I did not understand your question. :) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
autopilot;484506 Wrote: Does anyone know which, if any, video streamers do Wake-On-LAN and support DVD .iso menus? WD Live boxes will play iso's as will the Asus O!Play. Both are kind of inexpensive and work quite well for streaming video. The box boots in a few seconds and navigation is fairly simple. I don't think either supports WOL though. I have all my video ripped to iso or mpg and stored on a NAS. The only thing that bothers me is that the O!Play lacks a Menu button for going to the menu of the ISO. It won't be long though until someone fixes that - the box runs linux and thus the firmware is subject to public licence. Alternate firmware is already showing up -- tedfroop Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement. -- Fred Brooks tedfroop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3011 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
toby10;560362 Wrote: OIC. That I don't know. You asked if the Revue would enable video streaming which is the whole point of the Revue. It streams video from the internet, you are asking if it can stream from your computer. My bad, I did not understand your question. :) No worries. My question wasnt clear At all. -- bdcook01 bdcook01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Any new products for Video streaming to my television? Robin. -- tern tern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
boxee expects to have its video streaming box (in partnership with d-link) ready for the market at the end of this year. Boxee is a fantastic software program that's already available in beta form for free and I think their box will be a good choice in the soon to be very crowded video streaming box marketplace. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Any word on whether the revue will enable video streaming as well? -- bdcook01 bdcook01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
bdcook01;560245 Wrote: Any word on whether the revue will enable video streaming as well? Ummmthat's what the Revue is, a video streaming device. ;) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
toby10;560263 Wrote: Ummmthat's what the Revue is, a video streaming device. ;) Not yet, at least. I looked into this after posting and the consensus seems to be that someone will likely write an app to stream from ur hard drive. If u have another source i am definitely interested in reading. Im excited about this after reading that it'll integrate harmony and squeezebox tech and hopefully a killer hard drive streaming app that supports all codecs. -- bdcook01 bdcook01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
bdcook01;560279 Wrote: Not yet, at least. I looked into this after posting and the consensus seems to be that someone will likely write an app to stream from ur hard drive. If u have another source i am definitely interested in reading. Im excited about this after reading that it'll integrate harmony and squeezebox tech and hopefully a killer hard drive streaming app that supports all codecs. Has there been any promise it will integrate Squeezebox tech? I thought only harmony had been confirmed so far. To me the major question for any video device at this point is where you will be getting your videos. There seem to be two flavors Roku type subscription boxes and video playback boxes for people who have acquired videos by other means. That looks to be the fork in the road to me. -- sander sander's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I think this statement confirms squeeze tech: Logitech Revue does everything were known for and more. So it couldnt just be the Harmony Box or Squeezebox TV or, even worse, the Logitech TV Hub (although believe me, weve discussed them all). http://blog.logitech.com/2010/06/16/logitech-revue-with-google-tv/ -- bdcook01 bdcook01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Personally I use my Playstation 3 for all my video streaming. It plays most formats natively and for those it doesn't (mainly MKV) I use Playstation Media Server (http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/) running on my PC along to transcode on the fly. My PC is on all the time (well it powers down with WOL) for Squeezecenter (SBS) so I find they all compliment each other. -- Blisteringblue 'What am I listening to?' (http://www.last.fm/user/blisteringblue) Blisteringblue's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22946 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Hi all try the Slingbox. http://www.slingbox.com/ cheers jimbo -- jimbo45 jimbo45's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20276 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
apn;505541 Wrote: Boxee looks interesting if one can muster up the courage to buy D-Link hardware. Just got an ASRock ION 330 which comes with blu ray drive, remote and Win 7 (Home Premium which includes media centre). Working quite well. Running it with audio over spdif out as my HT receiver is not HDMI capable and it works very well. TV is connected via HDMI. Audio over HDMI also works (tested on tv). Downloaded Boxee and XMBC to compare with MC. Think I'll probably end up using Boxee most often as it seems most intuitive and also links up with internet services etc. However it is beta. Seems to crash a bit. Think it doesn't like some of my older files. It does play flac music though. But the interface is not great. Haven't tried the blu ray yet as I have not discs yet. -- lrossouw Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Nice little boxes for playing video. ROKU is primarily for Netflix or Amazon steaming. Very easy to set up and use. WD TV Live is great for playing content off of a USB hard drive or your network. Supports most audio and video formats. Has HDMI, ethernet, optical audio, component and composite connections. Also works fairly well for Netflix or Hulu if you use Playon on a PC on the network. John Cowling Duets, Boom, Speakercraft BB2125, Arcam A65, Rotel RCD-855, Usher S-520s; Thorens TD 166 MKII, Linkwitz Plutos; Onkyo AV Receiver, Sanyo Projector, DA-Lite Cinema Contour screen, and Paradigms speakers for HT. -- jcowling jcowling's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9345 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I've got an egreat which is a network media tank (from the syabas family) Others are the Popcorn hour C-200, the BD-Prime etc You can add plugins etc much like you can with the squeezebox. I use one of the movie jukebox menu systems with it to give very nice cover art menus with info from the internet on movies. These all are well reviewed in a site a use mpcclub.com -- trotsky10 trotsky10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11242 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
For the moment i do not care much for any Syabas products or that mpcclub does have some private dissonations with the xtreamer company. But the Squeezeboxserver is running on the Xtreamer NAS eTRAYz was done with help of Flip and he gave this project the name SSOEZ. And we have some success to get squeezeslave running directly on the Xtreamer. For the moment it works and its testet with a USB Soundcard. Not all codecs are working. For example ORG is not working. But FLAC and MP3 we got to work on this 99.-$ Unit. Will see what brings the future. :-) -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
jbraveman;505546 Wrote: If it works I'd get this: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426722-269.html Hmm its a demo and also its known now it have some DRM restrictions inside, will work only for the US market and needs a monthly service for 9.- $ each month to work. This they hide a litle bit this all. Anyways i think this is more a good advertisement threat for any Multimediaplayer what gomes to the market -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I picked up a WDTV-live from Amazon ($119) back in November. It's the 2nd generation device (1st had no networking). It's on wired ethernet and I had some challenges getting it to see XP shares. It seems a lot better w/ WHS, and plays everything I can throw at it; Audio, Video, Photo formats. Won't be replacing my SB's though ;) My father in law just got the Asus O!Play, so I'll be checking that out, but I wasn't overly impressed with a friends' Patriot Box Office. Boxee looks interesting if one can muster up the courage to buy D-Link hardware. -- apn apn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35030 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
If it works I'd get this: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426722-269.html [image: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20100106/popbox.jpg] -- jbraveman jbraveman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16943 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Stumbled upon an interesting device that D-link will bring to market this year, the Boxee Box, rumors say for less than 200$. It is based on the Nvidia Tegra2 platform and will do 1080p and Flash. The interesting thing is that it should be able to run a full browser and that the UI should be much, much better than what other NMT offer atm. Expandability should also be very good. http://www.boxee.tv/box -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I currently use Boxee on a mac mini and it's quite a brilliant interface so the dedicated box should be quite slick as well. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
exile;486788 Wrote: Fo those contemplating what to buy...I would steer anyone and everyone away from any bluray player. Bluray is already a dying medium that will very quickly go the way of the regular dvd. Where has the regular DVD gone? I can't comment about the US but over here DVD's are still going strong! -- dave77 Boom - Classic - Controller - Touch (on order) dave77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26269 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
lrossouw;486326 Wrote: Does XMBC do BluRay playback (i.e. off the disc directly)? Cheers Louis No. It does play Blue Rays ripped to the hard drive, though. Btw, the (streaming) media player capabilities of Blue Ray players like the BD-P3600 or the LG-390 seem still to fall far behind the capabilities of dedicated devices like the Xtreamer, O!Play or WD TV Live. signorRossi. -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Fo those contemplating what to buy...I would steer anyone and everyone away from any bluray player. Bluray is already a dying medium that will very quickly go the way of the regular dvd. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
exile;486788 Wrote: Fo those contemplating what to buy...I would steer anyone and everyone away from any bluray player. Bluray is already a dying medium that will very quickly go the way of the regular dvd. What will be the next media then? Will we get super fast and cheap downloads from satellite within 1 year? I don't see any other way I could get enough bandwidth for HD video streaming for the location I live... ;) -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
exile;486788 Wrote: Fo those contemplating what to buy...I would steer anyone and everyone away from any bluray player. Bluray is already a dying medium that will very quickly go the way of the regular dvd.Don't see it happening that quickly on a worldwide scale, honestly. And to those asking, XBMC is capable of playing .m2ts files off a Bluray drive if you have AnyDVD HD installed. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
on a worldwide scale, yes, it'll take awhile to get rid of discs. I would much rather spend money on a fast pc that can be used as a media server and also as a fully functional computer than on a device that does very little other than spin a disc. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
signor_rossi;486742 Wrote: No. It does play Blue Rays ripped to the hard drive, though. XBMC looked good to be used with the ASRock with the Blu Ray drive. Will have to put Windows instead as Windows seems to be the best for playing directly off the disc. I'm not really in the mood for ripping movies which I watch only once or twice. -- lrossouw 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Wirrunna;485289 Wrote: Here's another how to build using the Asrock Ion330 and XBMC http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/2810841 Does XMBC do BluRay playback (i.e. off the disc directly)? Cheers Louis -- lrossouw 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
pjzzz;485022 Wrote: Xtreamer does support DVD iso menu and will play BR iso as well but no WOL yet but according to Xtreamer RD it will. They will also try to get Squeezecenter running on the Xtreamer and/or etrayz NAS. God, I hate coming on these forums, this is going to be an expensive year of gadgets in my household if they do this, as I quite fancy the xtreamer. -- sheppy124 sheppy124's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Here's another how to build using the Asrock Ion330 and XBMC http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/2810841 -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Rather than a fully featured streamer, is there any product on the market that would act as a basic Wifi video/audio sender to my TV's HDMI port, which would display whatever was on my laptop screen (with audio)? Kind of like using my TV as a secondary monitor for my laptop? -- autopilot Cheers, auto. *lounge:* squeezebox 3, squeezebox controller, cambridge audio 640a, mission 701's *kitchen:* squeezebox touch, trends ta-10.1, kef cresta 1's. *bedroom:* squeezebox boom *bathroom/garden:* squeezebox radio *car:* ipod classic 80gb *portable:* iphone 3gs 32gb (+ipeng) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I have seen that Blue Ray players are going to become networked media players too, does anyone already have first hand experience with models like the Samsung BD-P3600 and playback of computer media files (mkv, h264, xvid)? -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11941 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
autopilot;484506 Wrote: Does anyone know which, if any, video streamers do Wake-On-LAN and support DVD .iso menus? Xtreamer does support DVD iso menu and will play BR iso as well but no WOL yet but according to Xtreamer RD it will. They will also try to get Squeezecenter running on the Xtreamer and/or etrayz NAS. -- pjzzz pjzzz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18885 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Does anyone know which, if any, video streamers do Wake-On-LAN and support DVD .iso menus? -- autopilot Cheers, auto. *lounge:* squeezebox 3, squeezebox controller, cambridge audio 640a, mission 701's *kitchen:* squeezebox touch, trends ta-10.1, kef cresta 1's. *bedroom:* squeezebox boom *bathroom/garden:* squeezebox radio *car:* ipod classic 80gb *portable:* iphone 3gs 32gb (+ipeng) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
lrossouw;483993 Wrote: Ordering mine soon! Follow this guide, it's all you need and everything works perfectly out of the box http://a8t8.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2518DD508BB713E8!804.entry -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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MelonMonkey;483578 Wrote: I was talking about the front end, that's why I said decode - analog capture cards or tuner sticks that don't have built-in MPEG2 or H.264 encoders should not be considered by anyone at any price for any reason. For digital there's no encoding necessary as the cards are just recording what they're receiving (clear-QAM, ATSC, DVB, etc..) $500 is a ton of cash to spend on a front end, especially when you may want 3 or 4 of them. The ION platform was promising this for under $200 and that's what all the Myth fans were raving about. Solutions using a SoC offer sub $200 completely fanless ability today. The free solutions (Myth) actually cost more than the commercial in many setups. As long as your not fussed about live TV, it is possible to integrate your MythTV backend server with the Sigma chip layers acting as frontends via the likes of Samba, NFS and UPNP. You get the best of both worlds then: the flexibility of MythTV, with cheap, low power and reliable frontends. The Hauppauge MVP is another option for a very cheap frontend for SDTV, but a bit more challenging to set up and more limiting with video formats. -- david_f1976 Living Room: SB3 - Musical Fidelity X-DAC V3 - Marantz PM-66SE -- Tannoy Profile 631SE Bedroom: Boom Dave www.last.fm/user/david_f1976 david_f1976's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15354 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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bossanova808;482292 Wrote: The ASRock Ion 330 + XBMC Live is the squeezebox for video. It's not far being the squeezebox for audio for that matter. Totally awesome and if anything easier to set up than a SB. It rocks, plays damn near anything, and is very very very pretty. Ordering mine soon! -- lrossouw 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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With Myth you are either running the server in place of a client or you're running another PC as a client. Both solutions require a PC capable of decoding the streams you're sending to it. A decent spec CPU for HD unless you have a chipset of GPU capable of offloading the decode or assist. NVIDIA's ION platform has a lot of promise, but it's over-priced and all solutions with it in a small form factor are currently extremely costly, completely obliterating the promise it has as a viable extender platform earlier this year (it was easy to predict). The most cost effective and highest performance will come from dedicated silicon with built-in decoders such as those from Sigma Designs. These Systems on a Chip can do pretty much everything you need for your TV-based video playback. SageTV and Sage's HD Theater (HD200) have been mentioned earlier in the thread. They're currently not only the best solution for video streaming, they're the only solution with an integrated PVR server. This is the direction MythTV has supposedly been moving in, but there's currently no stand-alone SoC (absolutely quiet) extenders for Myth. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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MelonMonkey;483483 Wrote: With Myth you are either running the server in place of a client or you're running another PC as a client. Both solutions require a PC capable of decoding the streams you're sending to it. A lot of the capture cards do MPEG encoding, so the backend just has to be capable of dumping the stream to disk, doing commercial flagging, and running the database. Just about any PC with a lot of storage would work. NVIDIA's ION platform has a lot of promise, but it's (currently) over-priced and all solutions with it in a small form factor are currently extremely costly, completely obliterating the promise it has as a viable extender platform earlier this year (it was easy to predict). Newegg has a fanless ION mobo/Atom CPU combo for less than $120. You could put together a near-silent (or possibly even totally silent) front-end for well under $500. -- cooppw02 cooppw02's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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cooppw02;483521 Wrote: A lot of the capture cards do MPEG encoding, so the backend just has to be capable of dumping the stream to disk, doing commercial flagging, and running the database. Just about any PC with a lot of storage would work. I was talking about the front end, that's why I said decode - analog capture cards or tuner sticks that don't have built-in MPEG2 or H.264 encoders should not be considered by anyone at any price for any reason. For digital there's no encoding necessary as the cards are just recording what they're receiving (clear-QAM, ATSC, DVB, etc..) Newegg has a fanless ION mobo/Atom CPU combo for less than $120. You could put together a near-silent (or possibly even totally silent) front-end for well under $500. $500 is a ton of cash to spend on a front end, especially when you may want 3 or 4 of them. The ION platform was promising this for under $200 and that's what all the Myth fans were raving about. Solutions using a SoC offer sub $200 completely fanless ability today. The free solutions (Myth) actually cost more than the commercial in many setups. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com)* MelonMonkey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8466 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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peter;246192 Wrote: For software I use MythTV as well as mplayer and vlc. To control the MythTV/mplayer/vlc software I use my own slimserver lirc plugin. That way any squeezebox remotes keypresses are sent to the MythTV/mplayer application (whenever the SqueezeBox itself is in standby). Since I have a SqueezeBox near every TV, that completes the puzzle. This seems like a good thread to ask about MythTV, rather than starting a brand new thread. I've started looking into the idea of using MythTV, to set up a PVR, and I'm wondering whether I could run the back end on my music server (to avoid running an extra server). I'm currently running VortexBox, on a Tranquil PC, with a 1.6 Ghz Dual Core Intel Atom processor, 1Gb RAM 1Tb Hard drive. I'd obviously have to use USB tuner modules, but I can't see that being a major problem. The question would be how to get VortexBox and MythTV running on the same machine. As far as I understand VortexBox runs on top of Fedora (version 11), and MythTV can also run on Fedora. So would it be possible to simply add the mythTV application to Fedora, so that it runs alongside Vortexbox. Hopefully somebody here may have some idea about whether this is possible and how to go about it. Thanks for any help. Richard. -- RichardEvans RichardEvans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8275 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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queequeg99;326728 Wrote: I would add the SageTV HD Extender to the list. You need the SageTV server running on your PC but Sage offers a bundle for $250 The newest extender (hd200?) can run standalone and pull video from anywhere. -- davidh davidh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30028 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Not sure how this would work as an HTPC and PVR but this looks interesting. http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=41924vpn=PT.SCA0X.073manufacture=Acer Fits behind an flat screen TV with wall mounting bracket Wireless mouse and keyboard wifi Win 7 upgrade available etc -- SlimChances SlimChances's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=165 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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ModelCitizen;453296 Wrote: http://redirectingat.com/?id=223X354url=http%3A//www.xtreamer.net/ This looks very interesting and so very cheap. Currently I connect my laptop to my tv via the vdu and headphone socket. I also transfer movie files from my main machine to the laptop before viewing as I don't trust that a movie will stream smoothly over my wireless network. If this xstreamer works and I can connect it to my tv via the hdmi socket and movies (even blu-ray?) stream successfuly then it's a steal. I'd very much appreciate it if you'd report back Adam. Also am I right to think that 5.1 sound is not supported? Cheers, MC. Hi there Simon (and all) This arrived yesterday. The purchase process was easy; they sent an email saying they would despatch on the 15th, but then I got a tracking email saying it had been sent, and it arrived yesterday. It came from Germany, so no problems with customs. I currently comes with a free wifi antenna; this is just stuffed into the outer box. The general feel of the product is really good - it's solid and seems well built. Setup is dead easy - plug into TV, reasonable on-screen system that is easy to navigate, tell it my wifi settings and it was running in seconds. Go onto network and it browses my windows network and happily plays the video files therefrom. Considering that my alternative is to have a 10m VGA cable from the computer and use Windows' multiple monitor settings, and take a split from the audio out again with a 10m cable - or get a little PC, this is a much nicer solution and a real keeper for me. It does exactly what I wanted. Downsides: No HDMI cable; currently using composite and the menus are blurry a bit. Will report back when I have the HDMA cable Wifi is fine for SD stuff but HD is jerky. So I will have a cable from the computer to the TV after all! My wifi is G and not the greatest; the Xtreamer is N, so if you have N then you may be able to stream HD, unsure. I'll check if these are overcome with the extra cables I need. Quality seems fine, but again I'll report more when I've tried more files. BTW it appears to pass through 5.1, so if you're HDMI to the AV amp you should be fine. Not tried as I'm not 5.1. I think this is a great bargain and I'm really happy. Seems to do what it says it does. -- adamslim You can't have too much music, but I do have too much hifi SB+, Audion Pre, 6B4G death traps, Lowther Big Fun Horns, REL Stentor SB+, Audio Innovations L1, Chi-Fi OTL monoblocks, Heybrook Sextets Boom x 2 adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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FredFredrickson;453722 Wrote: I have to add to the discussion- network video players are only useful if they also play web content. My favorite so far has been the xbox 360 media center, since you can play your own files, but also netflix. If you buy playon media server (for like $40ish), you can also stream hulu to your tv. Pretty sweet. *I do not work for xbox or playon. I use playon daily, however. hulu and netflix are not availible where i live :(. Silly us only stuf. xbmc also have a windows, linux, and mac version ;) -- EowynCarter EowynCarter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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SoftPhill;366923 Wrote: I have 2 of these and was on the beta forum, they did tonnes on the firmware over the last year and it plays loads of formats. The updates dried up about 2 months ago because the EVA9000 is coming out. I have high hopes for this machine when it comes to market. I have attached a jpeg with the formats it states it can do. Basically, the shortfall of the 8000 is that the memory was too small and the processor too slow. This should improve that situation as it updates the tech. Hope this helps I have one of these and I use it for pretty much all of my recorded media now. Mainly 720p video but some 1080p as well. I'm not sure I'd have paid the full price when new but at the price I bought mine for (GB £150 from play.com) I think it's pretty good value. The interface isn't perfect but it's quite useable and it will play most things that are thrown at it. Mine is cabled as I had problem running 1080p wireless. The main issue is that it can't downmix DTS to stereo (codec licencing issues I believe) like it can with AC3 so depending on the file you are playing you may need to convert the audio. There are utils to do this so it's no big deal. A good solution if you already have a server for your Squeezecenter (or a ReadyNAS or similar) -- nolan nolan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7440 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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epoch1970;454147 Wrote: In case you want to decode about any format in high-def, you'll need to use software decoders in the CPU. I think a Core 2 is ok for anything 720p and a big quad is necessary for 1080p @ very high bitrates as found on a blu ray movie. (A big quad won't do for a nice htpc, imho: power = heat = noise.) Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't video playback single-threaded, making a big quad a little bit of overkill? Dollar for dollar, I think you're probably better off getting a dual core with a fast clock than a quad, especially when you also consider power consumption. I built a MythTV box about a year ago with a e8400 (3GHz C2D) and it's more than fast enough to handle all of the high-bitrate, hi-res video that I've thrown at it. -- cooppw02 cooppw02's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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micah;453992 Wrote: Since the small form factor (SFF) PC has been mentioned a couple of times in this thread, I was wondering what all the other ~$150-$250 units have in terms of hardware. Does anyone have an idea what the processor requirements would be for a linux based SFF MythTV solution? How much $$$ are we talking? I'm sure the MythTV forums have countless threads on this topic and I have lots of reading to do if I decide to go this route. I'd like to be able to run SC and Squeezeplay, the MythTV frontend and backend, play AVCHD files blu-ray movies and attach it directly to my TV/stereo. Would an atom processor (e.g. msi wind=$300) cut it? I've been looking at the ASRock Ion 330BD. Atom based, with blu-ray drive small pc. Thinking about getting this for the lounge. It gets good reviews on HD playback, has HDMI out (and optical audio). Handles 1080. The only setback is that it isn't 100% on flash based (i.e. youtube) HD content, because the flash players aren't (yet?) using GPU hardware. -- lrossouw 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Pale Blue Ego;453756 Wrote: Yeah, because a 320 x 240 pixel web video looks so great on my HDTV. My My! You've missed a lot. The internet's changed a bit since 1999. -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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micah;453992 Wrote: ... blu-ray movies ... Would an atom processor (e.g. msi wind=$300) cut it? No way. Normally you'd look at the GPU power instead of the CPU. Since hardware acceleration is not always available under linux, you'll have to check carefully for the brand/type of graphics card to buy for a linux based mythtv box. Then again hardware acceleration will work with some limitations in terms of formats (mpeg2, mpeg4) and bandwidth. In case you want to decode about any format in high-def, you'll need to use software decoders in the CPU. I think a Core 2 is ok for anything 720p and a big quad is necessary for 1080p @ very high bitrates as found on a blu ray movie. (A big quad won't do for a nice htpc, imho: power = heat = noise.) -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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I have to add to the discussion- network video players are only useful if they also play web content. My favorite so far has been the xbox 360 media center, since you can play your own files, but also netflix. If you buy playon media server (for like $40ish), you can also stream hulu to your tv. Pretty sweet. *I do not work for xbox or playon. I use playon daily, however. -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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FredFredrickson;453722 Wrote: I have to add to the discussion- network video players are only useful if they also play web content. Yeah, because a 320 x 240 pixel web video looks so great on my HDTV. -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Web content isn't limited to 320x240. Streaming Netflix HD content from the Samsung BD-P4600 to HDTV isn't so bad, even over DSL. Unfortunately it's limited to stereo - surround sound. Cheers, Jeff -- JeffHart SBRx5, 1 Boom, 1 Controller JeffHart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23791 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Since the small form factor (SFF) PC has been mentioned a couple of times in this thread, I was wondering what all the other ~$150-$250 units have in terms of hardware. Does anyone have an idea what the processor requirements would be for a linux based SFF MythTV solution? How much $$$ are we talking? I'm sure the MythTV forums have countless threads on this topic and I have lots of reading to do if I decide to go this route. I'd like to be able to run SC and Squeezeplay, the MythTV frontend and backend, play AVCHD files blu-ray movies and attach it directly to my TV/stereo. Would an atom processor (e.g. msi wind=$300) cut it? -- micah micah's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19345 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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adamslim;453195 Wrote: Cool, just ordered one of those. I shall blame you if anything bad happens :) http://redirectingat.com/?id=223X354url=http%3A//www.xtreamer.net/ This looks very interesting and so very cheap. Currently I connect my laptop tp my tv via the vdu and headphone socket. I also transfer movie files from my main machine to the laptop before viewing as I don. Trust that a movie will stream smoothly over my wireless network. If this xstreamer works and I can connect it to my tv via the hdmi socket and movies (even blu-ray?) stream successfuly then it's a steal. I'd very much appreciate it if you'd report back Adam. Also am I right to think that 5.1 sound is not supported? Cheers, MC. -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Second the call on PS3 with PS3 Media Server. If you've got a decent computer you can get anything you want up on the big screen - anything your PC supports inc. IPTV - for $300. Pretty reliable solution too, at least for me. There are a million options and a lot of them are great. But the part I was worred about is that there is so much focus on this space now - and the rewards so huge for the company that nails it - that I reckon in four or five years there could be only 2 or 3 players that are head and shoulders above everyone else with options we haven't even heard about. So i think cost is important when buying something now. The other key factor is reliability - I love tweaking stuff but I've decided that one thing I never, ever want to have to optimise or fix is a media unit that goes funny when sitting down to watch a movie. -- Archer_11 Archer_11's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18515 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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ModelCitizen;453296 Wrote: I'd very much appreciate it if you'd report back Adam. Also am I right to think that 5.1 sound is not supported? Cheers, MC. Hey MC. From the spec sheet it says it has digital optical (Toslink) which supports Stereo, 5.1 Dolby, and DTS. And of course it has HDMI which is going to cover a bunch more formats. So basically no analog 5.1 as it only has stereo RCAs. From the Spec Sheet: The HDMI has been configured to the 1.3a spec, allowing full support of HD Audio pass-through for DTS HD-HR, DTS HD-MA, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD. The ports on the device have also been configured, with a USB port placed at the rear panel,next to the optical S/PDIF. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: SB3, GFR-700HD, Thiel 2.3, Second Boom Home Office: SB3, NAD C370, two VSM-1 Home Gym: SB3, Parasound Vamp v.3, Thiel PowerPoint 1.2 House Portable: SB3, Audioengine A5 Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB3, ToughBook iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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This thread is EXACTLY what I'm looking for. I just got a V3 and now really want the same type of control for video. I'm looking at the Popcorn Hour but would love to have the ability to record. Is there any type of work around for that? -- Lewis Moon Lewis Moon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32497 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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I'm using a Samsung BD-P4600 Blu-Ray player that has built in DivX support. It's not quite ready for prime time - it has a habit of forgetting the server information. When I take the time to set it up it streams DVD quality over wireless fine, will need to go wired to stream HD; unfortunately my server and blu-ray player are on different circuits so homeplug doesn't work. The UI is basically a folder browser, pretty low tech and not great for large collections. Hoping that future firmware releases will at least fix the server information retention if not provide a better UI. I do like the approach of supporting streaming from a Blu-Ray player and would hazard a guess that this will be the way the market goes over the next few years, until the market goes streaming entirely and we stop buying and renting discs. Cheers, Jeff -- JeffHart SBRx5, 1 Boom, 1 Controller JeffHart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23791 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Lewis Moon;453417 Wrote: This thread is EXACTLY what I'm looking for. I just got a V3 and now really want the same type of control for video. I'm looking at the Popcorn Hour but would love to have the ability to record. Is there any type of work around for that? Popcorn Hour with record function would have been my exact purchase if it was available. Considering the great reviews it gets there's definitely an opportunity for them here imo. -- Archer_11 Archer_11's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18515 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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autopilot;434440 Wrote: This might be worth a look - http://redirectingat.com/?id=223X354url=http%3A//www.xtreamer.net/ Cool, just ordered one of those. I shall blame you if anything bad happens :) -- adamslim You can't have too much music, but I do have too much hifi SB+, Audion Pre, 6B4G death traps, Lowther Big Fun Horns, REL Stentor SB+, 300B SETs, Audio Note AN-E/Ds SB3, First Watt F3, Heybrook Sextets Boom x 2 adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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jaysung;246287 Wrote: Anyone tried the Eva 8000 of Netgear? From what I read it has good interfaces and plays videos and stuff just using smb/cifs indexing the library itself. That looks like a good solution if you already have a server box sitting somewhere remote. Yeah, I have one of these. I bought it specifically for video playback (.avi mostly in my case ;-)) It handles loads of video codecs and also audio and photos. I picked up a Euro version very cheaply (140) at www.pixmania.com. I'm very happy with it, it does what it's supposed to do and co-exists very happily with my (mainly) Linux setup... -- MikeWynneDub Ubuntu 8.10 SC 7.3.2 SB3 (Classic) Cambridge Audio DacMagic PrimaLuna DiaLogue Two Mission Elegante E83 MikeWynneDub's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7230 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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I use the same PC that's running SC to play video (from one of the Buffalo TeraStation Pro's that also contain my music.) The PC has an inexpensive ATI card (2600XT) with HDMI out. CyberLink PowerDVD8 (not cheap) plays ISO's mounted with Virtual CloneDrive (free.) This software has library functions (that I don't use.) Because the 2600XT won't use HW acceleration while driving two monitors, I have used ATI Catalyst Control to make two desktop icons that switch from the PC's regular monitor to the Samsung DLP TV. Of course, you can use the DLP TV to browse and play. (I use Adesso wkb-4000us keyboard with touch-pad. It works up to 30 or so feet away from the CPU.) P -- pski pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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I use a popcornhour and it is one of the best items i have purchased,Great for movies. I have fitted a internal hardrive and it takes only around 15 watts and plays back nearly all video formats, so good i shall buy the new one when it comes out in a few weeks. -- stevecross stevecross's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29599 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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shake-the-disease;434509 Wrote: QNAP have just released a NMT: http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=117 It's got some nice extra features like gigabit ethernet and BT downloader and the ability to be a NAS (not a huge surprise considering it's put out by a NAS company). Following QNAP tradition, I suspect it will be a very nice product that carries a decent price premium. Is it realy a NMT (Networked Media Tank) or is it a new product? -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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stevecross;450314 Wrote: I use a popcornhour and it is one of the best items i have purchased,Great for movies. I have also a Popcorn hour but its one of the worst solutions i have purchased in my live. Additional quality and prize is not in a good relation by this company. Maybee was ok some years ago. But the behaviour (also in Service) of the company let me keep in a big distance before to buy again a product of them. I do not see any important change in their new product they try to push on the market. The products go as beta (or alpha) on the market and it takes a lot of time consumption to read in the forums how to solve problems. If you compare just usability with a Squeezebox than you know what i mean. Ok maybee not the topic exact but the worse audio section was the reason to find the squeezebox at least. :-) Reasonable is the HDI Dune Center. I suggest to wait some time. Maybee Squueze start a slowly movie solution. Maybee with a partnership somehow. Otherwise the market is full in move. If there is a waiting possability its good to wait, what happen in one year. -- arztde arztde's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=29528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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They dropped the price of the PS3 to $299US and PMS (PS3mediaserver) is free. I find it works pretty good IF you rip your content in acceptable formats. PMS will transcode on the fly, you need to have a decent server to do a good job but now days that is not hard to come by. I use the same server to run SqueezeCenter and PMS and they seem to work fine together. If you are going to stream 1080P movies you need to run it wired at 1GB and not wireless. I have 40 movies ripped in .mkv files along with MPeg4 files. It works great and looks good. It also streams FLAC and transcodes it albeit not as well as my Transporter, but it does support DTS and other 5.1/6.1/7.1 audio streams. It is early in the development phase but at this point I could not be happier for the cost. -- Ozz 2 Channel listening Room: Transporter, Arcam C31 and Arcam P1 Mono Blocks feeding ATC SCM19s Cable and interconnects are both Kimber. HP media server with 4TB of storage connected to the whole house GB network. (in media closet) Media Room:Sony 70 SXRD, 4 NHT VT-2 Biamped (running all 4 subs) 4 NHT VS-2. Outlaw 990 6 Yamaha MX-2000 amps 4 NHT SA-2 amps (Sub amps) PS3 with 500GB onboard and 4TB external storage. Master BR: Sony 56 XBR4 and Yamaha YSP-4000 sound bar fed from media closet. Ozz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31687 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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I recently discovered a new Java app called PS3 Media Server. This software is fantastic I can throw anything at this software in any format and it'll recognize it and stream it to my PS3 including FLAC music files and even DVD ISO's. It runs perfectly on my media server with no problems, was easy to setup and it is FREE. It is so good that I am considering just getting a Sony PSP to use as a controller without needing to have the TV on all the time and would replace my long term plan on having a Squeeze Box Duet or Touch (once released). The software can even stream to multiple PS3's within your network. -- crooksy crooksy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31776 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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This might be worth a look - http://redirectingat.com/?id=223X354url=http%3A//www.xtreamer.net/ -- autopilot Cheers, auto. -don't call me Shirley.- autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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QNAP have just released a NMT: http://www.qnap.com/pro_detail_feature.asp?p_id=117 It's got some nice extra features like gigabit ethernet and BT downloader. Following QNAP tradition, I suspect it will be a very nice product that carries a decent price premium. -- shake-the-disease SB1, QNAP TS-239 w/ SSOTS 3.15, SS 7.3.2, MusicIP 1.8 (formally running SS 6.3.1 on a QNAP TS-101) shake-the-disease's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=698 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Any updates on the 'Video Squeezebox' situation? Is Popcorn Hour still the best product out there? Anything that supports 802.11-N wireless? Robin. -- tern tern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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Hi, long term SB user here. Like many others I love what it does for your lifestyle and wanted to do the same for video. After lots of research and watching the video streamer scene slowly develop, I recently bought the EGreat EG-M34A: http://www.egreatworld.com/en/ProductShow.asp?ID=168 It's a Popcorn Hour look alike except cheaper and possibly better built. After a bit of fun getting it working with my existing kit (I run a Mac household, most in the PH scene are PC oriented) I'd have to say that for the price it's fantastic. Very basic user interface compared to SB, but because video tends to be select one and watch for ages rather than the extensive browsing, playlist building, etc that SB encourages, I don't need a fancy interface. What it does excel at is streaming almost any video format over the network and playing it beautifully. It also allows streaming direct from youtube which is lots of fun. Highly recommended. grum -- grum grum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17720 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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This looks interesting, a $120 NON-NETWORKED media player that plays all kinds of files up to 1080p HD. I don't really like the idea of having a spinning hard drive in the media room, but this might be useful for a kind of sneaker-net using USB thumb drives. A 16GB drive could hold a whole season of divx shows or several full-length movies. It can also play captured HD streams (.ts and .tp) from the HD tuner in my PC. This would save me a LOT of time and trouble because I currently have to encode the HD files to standard-def DVD format and burn them to DVD-R in order to watch them on the big HDTV in the media room. With this I could just move the raw files onto a thumb drive and play them on the WD. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-WD-Media-Player/dp/B001JZFQU4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1231695212sr=1-8 -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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nicktf;377380 Wrote: I bought a Popcorn Hour A110 which I just point to my NAS - after a few months, it's played pretty much everything that I've thrown at it ISO, MKV, AVI and etc. I'm really impressed with it, though I only use a fraction of its functionality. Don't expect fancy menus, unless you use one of the jukebox skins (http://www.networkedmediatank.com/). The key selling point for me was that it wasn't another PC cluttering up a room and consuming unnecessary power. You can put a hard drive in it if you want, I haven't bothered. I would recommend you keep track of your ripped media with a sensible naming scheme that reflects resolution and fps, though. And don't use it for music playback, but why would you, with a Squeezebox :-) .. functionality of Popcorn Hour A110? .. hm, there's only little problem with functionality - wireless wont work thru walls, I guess that piece of hardware is out-of-date, cables arround my flat, on two-three places .. I dont think so .. people, do you have any (other) suggestion how to easy transfer PC files (divx,xvid,mp3,progdvb-sat.program,internet radio) without cables? thanks! -- fango fango's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22641 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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After years of people asking for a simple way to play video content on their TV the consumer electronics industry is finally listening. The DLNA protocol is supposed to allow you play any content on any device over a network without any configuration. There are a few TVs that came out last summer that support DLNA. This means you can simply click play content on your remote and your content on your PC or media server will show up. No external box for your TV required. Not all devices support DLNA yet. If fact most don't for now you still need a media server like VortexBox that supports many different protocols. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I bought a Popcorn Hour A110 which I just point to my NAS - after a few months, it's played pretty much everything that I've thrown at it ISO, MKV, AVI and etc. I'm really impressed with it, though I only use a fraction of its functionality. Don't expect fancy menus, unless you use one of the jukebox skins (http://www.networkedmediatank.com/). The key selling point for me was that it wasn't another PC cluttering up a room and consuming unnecessary power. You can put a hard drive in it if you want, I haven't bothered. I would recommend you keep track of your ripped media with a sensible naming scheme that reflects resolution and fps, though. And don't use it for music playback, but why would you, with a Squeezebox :-) -- nicktf nicktf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=329 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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This TVIX looks interesting: http://www.digitalconnection.com/products/video/tvixM6500A.asp -- Pale Blue Ego Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Just ordered a Vudu box for $150. $100 for the box and $50 worth of content ($50 credit). Does not require a local server and it's not an open-source solution, but I could not pass up the bargain. I needed something to play with during the holidays. Hopefully Vudu will still be around after the new year. The video specs looked impressive... anyone in the community using one of these? Care comment. Happy Holidays! -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I use a PS3 with Twonkmedia (http://www.twonkyvision.de) as the DNLA server, I use Ubuntu as the server (an old 1.8Ghz Compaq Evo), which is also the Squeezecenter. Windows works well too. It supports most video formats (I haven't had a problem with any recently) and streams HD video very reliably over 802.11g WIFI! I have been using this solution for over a year with no problems. And of course the PS3 makes a great games box and blu-ray player. This replaced my MVIX-760HD, which is a capable little box and is now used in the kids room to stream movies. And slightly off topic, but then you can play Little Big Planet too, which is the most addictive game I have ever played :D -- claypole claypole's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6695 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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You want a TVIX, Popcorn or HDX... Or run XBMC on a machine of your choice... -- BiT SB FTW BiT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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86atc250r wrote: I've been running GBPVR for 3 years now - excellent software great WAF. The commercial skip abilities alone are worth the price of admission. We have two MVP's running MVPMC for distribution to other TVs in the house (in fact, one of them is getting ready to be a client bridge off a SB2 to see how well that works). The MVP does great with SD playback - it's got a hardware MPEG2 decoder. The menus with GBPVR are a touch laggy, but it's mostly related to the server PC because w/GBPVR the menus are actually an MPEG stream from the server. For whoever was saying formats were a problem, I believe GBPVR can transcode, but I've never done it, all my video is either recorded or live TV from my hardware encoder. There's a pretty active community of GBPVR users with Popcorn Hour devices - may be worth checking out the forum if you're needing more than the MVP will do. I've heard that MythTV is a bear to get keep working, even for seasoned *nix guys - be aware of that if you decide to try that route. It was quite a hassle when I last did it. That's why I'm still running that original installation. I also bought a Popcorn Hour (actually a HDX-1000) recently and that's my favourite. It plays MythTV recordings, so I don't really need the Myth frontend anymore. I hardly watch live TV anyway. I keep thinking a HDX-1000 with a built in Squeeze-client (SoftSqueeze?) would be a killer device. Plays al your video's and music from one small box. Use the controller for the music. I would reduce my living room setup to three devices. TV, active speakers and HDX-1000. As simple as can be. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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agillis;367969 Wrote: Some of the new TVs coming out now are DLNA complaint. Having a little fun here, Agillis will excuse me. Personally I have a lot to complain over DNLA-compliant stuff. (Well, I didn't try too hard. But let's say that over the 1 or 2 yrs this standard was out I tried connecting various software servers to software or hardware client to see how the transport protocol was working. I still don't know: I've never succeeded making a connection. Sometimes, discovery worked.) I'd suggest using caution when DLNA compliance is advertised. -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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ceejay;246354 Wrote: As it happens, I'm in the market for such a device (video equivalent to SB) at the moment. I'm planning to build a new media server which, as well as storing my music library and running slimserver, will contain my DVD collection and a bunch of other video material. This is of course only feasible now that 750GB+ discs are a reasonable price. The impetus for doing this was that - having cleared my living room of CDs some time ago - I'm getting annoyed by having a pile of DVDs build up instead! Candidate devices include: Netgear EVA8000 Linksys KISS 1600 (also includes DVD player) DViCO TViX M5100SH/M4100SH Popcornhour Network Media Tank Ceejay I'm planning to get a Popcorn Hour A-110 early in the new year. CNET Review here: http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/accessories/0,39100115,49298605,00.htm -- ShutterShock ShutterShock's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3602 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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I'm using an XBMC enabled HTPC, which is what I would suggest if money was not a problem. Otherwise, my friend's Popcorn Hour does a great job. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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The equivalent for me is the SlingBox... I love it... I can stream the content from my 3 DVRs to any wired or wireless client in my local area network, and can also access the content from anywhere in the world (I love watching my local newscasts while on international travel)... Not an apples-to-apples equivalent...I know... -- MikeekiM 1 SqueezeBox Duet 3 SqueezeBox Booms MikeekiM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19937 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Some of the new TVs coming out now are DLNA complaint. That means you can stream video or audio from your network without any additional boxes. This seems to be the best solution. No extra boxes to buy, extra power, or extra remotes. This is an example. http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=televisionstype=televisionssubtype=lcdtvmodel_cd=LN46A750R1FXZA I have been working on making VortexBox DLNA complaint for use with xbox 360 or windows media center. I should work with a DLNA TV as well but I haven't tested it yet. -- agillis rip, tag, get cover art All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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sgmlaw;366997 Wrote: The MediaMVP running GBPVR costs next to nothing (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116008Tpk=mediamvp)(GBPVR is FREE) and can play standard resolution video over LAN with no problems whatsoever. With a decent tuner/capture card, you've got a solid PVR. The trick is having a strong server system. I run ours through a modulator into our TV distribution system. With an RF remote kit (http://www.nextgenerationhomeproducts.com/), we have a private HDD-based video library that you access and watch on every TV in the house over Ch 123. I've been running GBPVR for 3 years now - excellent software great WAF. The commercial skip abilities alone are worth the price of admission. We have two MVP's running MVPMC for distribution to other TVs in the house (in fact, one of them is getting ready to be a client bridge off a SB2 to see how well that works). The MVP does great with SD playback - it's got a hardware MPEG2 decoder. The menus with GBPVR are a touch laggy, but it's mostly related to the server PC because w/GBPVR the menus are actually an MPEG stream from the server. For whoever was saying formats were a problem, I believe GBPVR can transcode, but I've never done it, all my video is either recorded or live TV from my hardware encoder. There's a pretty active community of GBPVR users with Popcorn Hour devices - may be worth checking out the forum if you're needing more than the MVP will do. I've heard that MythTV is a bear to get keep working, even for seasoned *nix guys - be aware of that if you decide to try that route. -- 86atc250r 86atc250r's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15476 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Musketeer;246181 Wrote: After a couple of months with it I can say I am extremely satisfied with my Squeezebox 3. Probably more so than with any other piece of electronics I have bought for a long time. It does what it does really well. What is the best video equivalent to the squeezebox? I mean one that is not in beta version 0.9, one that is second or third gen and stable. I want one that streams most common video files (like divx) from network storage and does it really well. AppleTV, but don't look for an equivalent of SqueezeCenter or its dev community. You'll need to cope with hacking and unofficial plugins if you want to avoid synching with iTunes, or keeping a computer with iTunes up. I wish Apple had created an SDK for ATV plugins but it has not happened. Over the years, I've used pcs single and client/server, a dvico box and today I have 2 apple TVs. For ripped DVDs/720p it is matchless. Mine are rigged with an NFS automounter and a background WOL service. Don't try this on DVico-class hardware. Generally speaking I'd say PC frontends are just too noisy and messy; unless you have extensive budget and outstanding hardware integration skills. -- epoch1970 epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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Anyone in the community using a Neuros OSD? I'd like to hear your comments about it. Thanks... http://wiki.neurostechnology.com/index.php/Neuros_OSD http://www.neurostechnology.com/ -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4620 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
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jaysung;246287 Wrote: Anyone tried the Eva 8000 of Netgear? From what I read it has good interfaces and plays videos and stuff just using smb/cifs indexing the library itself. That looks like a good solution if you already have a server box sitting somewhere remote. I have 2 of these and was on the beta forum, they did tonnes on the firmware over the last year and it plays loads of formats. The updates dried up about 2 months ago because the EVA9000 is coming out. I have high hopes for this machine when it comes to market. I have attached a jpeg with the formats it states it can do. Basically, the shortfall of the 8000 is that the memory was too small and the processor too slow. This should improve that situation as it updates the tech. Hope this helps +---+ |Filename: 9463-netgeardeefilesupport.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=6352| +---+ -- SoftPhill SoftPhill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13979 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
The MediaMVP running GBPVR costs next to nothing (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116008Tpk=mediamvp)(GBPVR is FREE) and can play standard resolution video over LAN with no problems whatsoever. With a decent tuner/capture card, you've got a solid PVR. The trick is having a strong server system. I run ours through a modulator into our TV distribution system. With an RF remote kit (http://www.nextgenerationhomeproducts.com/), we have a private HDD-based video library that you access and watch on every TV in the house over Ch 123. -- sgmlaw sgmlaw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13995 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
I would add the SageTV HD Extender to the list. You need the SageTV server running on your PC but Sage offers a bundle for $250. The advantages I see over some of the other HD extenders I see is that you get full PVR functionality as well as a GUI that can be easily reskinned (I have read terrible things about the GUIs for some other extenders). I personally hate the default SageTV GUI but the SageMC skin (free download) is excellent. I have an HD extender and it is perfect for viewing ripped dvds. PVR functionality is also excellent. I never use it to listen to music. I have a fundamental problem with having to have my television on in order to listen to music so no video extender will work for me in this regard until someone decides to make one that includes its own VFC display like the SB3. -- queequeg99 queequeg99's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8616 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
The new DivX Connected devices have a great UI with customizable themes, plays more than the DivX video format, supports user community generated plugins (sound familiar?), and is now finally available in the USA. I've had a pre-release version for about 6 months, and it is the closest thing to a video Squeezebox I've found yet (and I've tried plenty). It also supports viewing pictures, plays music (but I use my Squeezeboxes for that), and has some plugins for accessing Web content. It has a server component similar to SqueezeCenter, but requires a little heftier hardware platform if you're planning on streaming HD video, or on the fly trans-coding from other formats. http://www.divx.com/connected/explore/ (I think the DivX Connected web site assumes you have the DivX web browser plug in installed to be able to see the videos of the UI in action. Might be worth the install.) http://labs.divx.com/Connected This is the community site with a forum, and downloads for the latest version of the server (not open source), plugins, and themes. DLink has currently the only device available, but there is a promise of more to come. http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Connected-Media-Player-DSM-330/dp/B000X4F7RO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1218060527sr=8-1 http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=1pid=653 The device works very well for my purposes, and has a very easy to navigate UI which the family loves. -- PRGeno PRGeno's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=718 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
tern;323199 Wrote: What is the latest situation with regard to video streaming? There must be some new and improved products out since the discussion above. Apple TV, or the Roku player for NetFlix -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
Apple TV is a very very poor choice if you want to play the different video formats available. You can hack it but that shouldnt be the way to go... -- music_addict squeezecenter: 7.2 architecture: SlimNAS @ FreeNAS platform: shuttle slimdevices: none atm music_addict's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18747 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
What the latest situation with regard to video streaming as discussed above? There must be some new and improved products out since the discussion above. Hurry up and come out with something Slim Devices, the market is crying out for it! Robin. -- tern tern's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
