2012-09-13, 17:29
Hi guys, I've been lurking around the forums here trying to find the best solution for my situation. I have tried to find a media steaming solution for some time now and have failed miserable for a number of reasons. My early attempts at streaming my movies over my network were Using things like the xbox 360, but I got sick of the file restrictions and transcoding everything for the finicky system. I then moved on to a Blu-Ray player using DLNA, which played more file types but lacked any kind of nice looking ui. Last year I bought 2 Sony SMPN 100's and they were a step up but would play any mp4's or mkv's over ethernet only if plugged directly into the USB. So I bought another Blu-Ray to at least gain the play back of those files over the network. But now the audio files are being blocked on some of my rips by a copyright protection and it's still an ugly ui. So I saw all the info on the Raspberry Pi and got really excited because I love everything about xbmc and this small, cheap, computer seemed like the answer! But after researching, it seems it may not be the answer to be my solution. I already have my entire library scraped and just how I like it and Eden recognizes out perfectly! The RPi setup seems like it would not accept the artwork I already set up and the file restrictions seem to be the wrong direction I'm trying to go.
So my question is this, I want to build a htpc for the bedroom that is capable of utilizing the most recent Eden build, the plugins, skins, etc. This will not be the htpc for my theater room, that will be a top notch setup down the road. This will be for playback of all my movie files, streaming movies all in full 1080p. I've never built a pc from scratch but I'm confidant I can do this as I've changed out just about every component in them before. My main concern is full usage of Eden, a pleasant looking case as it will be out in the open, and budget conscience, since if this works, I'd like to be able to build a few more for other bedrooms. What are your thoughts? Anyone have a similar setup? Thank you!
So my question is this, I want to build a htpc for the bedroom that is capable of utilizing the most recent Eden build, the plugins, skins, etc. This will not be the htpc for my theater room, that will be a top notch setup down the road. This will be for playback of all my movie files, streaming movies all in full 1080p. I've never built a pc from scratch but I'm confidant I can do this as I've changed out just about every component in them before. My main concern is full usage of Eden, a pleasant looking case as it will be out in the open, and budget conscience, since if this works, I'd like to be able to build a few more for other bedrooms. What are your thoughts? Anyone have a similar setup? Thank you!