None have a standalone meta data scraper (Popcorn hour uses a meta data scraper that runs on a PC). Most are very plain UI and have a slow UI response because the general purpose CPU is too slow - it also is very buggy and most just freeze and need rebooting (which use the Sigma Chipset). Yes a NMT like the Popcorn Hour is enough for some. Revo and other HTPC requires a remote but have HDMI. Mac Mini with XBMC/Boxee is a great out of the box experience that will handle HD video and has a remote, but lacks HDMI - need DVI to HDMI adapter. Boxee also has Hulu and Netflix built right in (XBMC through plugin). Most would recommend XBMC or Boxee because it is a very full featured rich UI environment that will play anything off a simple NAS with SMB shares because the HTPC does the decoding and the NAS only streams and does not transcode. For standard definition, even a softmodded Xbox 1.0 with XBMC is cheap solution, but difficult to softmod. I you however invest in a HTPC running XBMC/Plex or Boxee, such as a Mac Mini, Nvidia Ion platform like the Acer Revo, you can watch anything off a SMB or FTP server and don't need a NAS with a commercial uPNP server solution. Also, if you are watching a file that needs to be transcoded, there is no NAS powerful enough to do it. Good in theory but overall poor execution as there is no ultimate free or commercial server out there. I know how much you love the PS3, but I hate DLNA uPNP. ![]() I was looking up the NAS chart and while it was great to see relative comparison one question I had in my mind was: how fast is good enough? Is it 20 MB/s, or 30 or 50? What level of performance I should expect at each of these thresholds? The reviews did not seem to cover that aspect or perhaps I missed those guide lines somewhere. For example if you compare QNAP TS-119 vs TS-219 - are they likely to perform on the same level or TS-219 will outperform TS-119 because of the stripping mode (RAID 0)?Īlso, will most current generation NAS solutions cope with feeding the HD video files (leaving aside possible network bottlenecks). What I am trying to figure out is whether for example a 2 disk unit will read and write faster or at the same rate as the one disk solution from the same brand / series. Then my only problem is to find the right NAS solution. Thank you for the response! So, if I understand you correctly, Twonky that is installed on the NAS allows PS3 to stream all files, even those that are not normally recognized by PS3, correct? If so, that is great. which NAS solution would be optimal to work in tandem with PS3?Īs you probably guessed, I am not too experienced in these issues so I will appreciate your advice and suggestions. ![]() will all file formats be supported in this scenario? Ideally this setup will support the same list of media formats as any current NMT. So, ideally, I would like a NAS device to host all media files, and PS3 to be able to stream the files off the NAS. I would like to avoid that as much as possible. The downside is that this requires my PC to be on. Currently I am getting around this by using an open source ps3mediaserver application. Limitations: PS3 does not fully support the most popular audio / video media formats. I have a D-Link DIR-655 router currently. In the setup I am trying to come up, I would like to use PS3 as a streaming device and a NAS unit. ![]() I need help to build an optimal home AV distribution network with my PS3 used as a streaming device. Thank you gentlemen for hosting such a resourceful website.
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