whats the point of an 'N' router with only 10/100 ports? isn't the wired switch the bottleneck then? i have the gb version 320n, and get speeds from 12-16MB's a sec from my file server
I agree, I was going to get a popcorn hour, but it has limitations, the WD player seems just like the popcorn hour, but without the network ability, I am building an HTPC for the flexability tho
and I will not be doing any recording of tv, if that helps
I have a Hapage PVR 150 w/remote, can I use that to control Mediaportal?
mediaportal looks like what I need, thx guys
I need it to play them over the network, I think I am spoiled by the XBMC for everything but HD movies, the popcorn hour seems to be fussy by what I can tell from their forums, right now I am using Tversity to stream to my PS3, works pretty well I hafta say, but it's still not as good as XBMC...
I was also looking at the Mediagate line, my setup isnt great, but I have a Toshiba 56' DLP
1080i tv, PS3 for BD movies, an XBox running XBMC to play dvd iso's located on a network server and a Kenwood VR-2080 for sound,I want to start ripping BD movies as well, but I know the xbox could not...
I am looking to replace my old XBox running XBMC, it is great for playing DVD iso's, but no hi-def files, I would like an off the shelf solution, any ideas?
I will use it to play music,video files etc on a storage server, no files will be stored on the unit
i had win 2k on it for her, but she gets virus/spyware, so i want to avoid that headache, i just think getting linux running on it is a short term pain, long term relief
any ideas on the best distro for an old laptop, heres specs
Armada 1750
PII 365
128 ram
6.5gb hd
Microsoft MN-520 wireless card
any help is appreciated, I have tried Fedora 7, not enuff ram, PCLinuxOS, too slow on the hardware, and DSL, but I cant get wireless card to work, dam small...
since it is a flat file database you may have file lock problems in linux, if you use SME server you can disable locks, SME will also do user authenticating like a domain controller with logon scripts
can u underclock the PIII 800? my media file server is a lowly PIII 667mhz with 384mb ram, 1TB of video/music and nightly scripted my documents/picture backups, i have over 175 dvd iso's and 40gb music accessed by 2 xbox's running XBMC and 3 client pc's ,never even a hiccup
well I got a QoS add on working on my IPCop now, i get full up/down speed with no disturbance to my VOIP, took a little time, and some learning of the classes/rules, but i have a simple set of classes/rules that seems to be working perfectly :D