2013-01-22, 19:40
Didn't know the right place to post this so it the mods need to move it please do.
Hi, I’m attempting and failing badly to set up media streaming system in my home.
Story so far.
I have a huge media PC in my living room it’s based on a Zalman case and I manually load media on to it from another PC. It only serves the main TV via an Onkyo AV Amp. I have a good broadband connection with a gigabit switch serving 3PCs, a Sony bluray player, Sky+HD box, the media PC, and formally a Win7 pc set up as a raid back up (this is now dead). All PCs are Windows 7.
T.V.s Main one is a lovely Samsung 50” plasma jobbie, unfortunately not DLNA enabled, second set is a nice new Panasonic LAN socket DLNA the whole works (when I’ve installed the CAT6), the Sony bluray is also DLNA but a bit slow and awkward to use.
To replace the dead PC I bought a Netgear ReadyNas duo Mk2 with 2 3T HDD, they are not raid set up as I have back up on my own PC and CD and DVD originals in storage. I also bought a PCTV nanostick 290e, as Netgears web site was raving about how it can turn the ReadyNas into a streaming PVR using DVBLogic as a server; this unfortunately had turned out to be complete turd, impossible to set up and destroyed my e-mail connection, not impressed.
OK I hopefully will be able to access the ReadyNas directly via the Sony. The main TV will need a box to go between the ReadyNas and the AV amp, i/p LAN o/p HDMI. With a remote to navigate around the media.
So the big ask.
Can I install XBMC on the ReadyNas, it has I believe a Linux OS (ARM?) and then get it to stream my CD collection, my photos as slide shows (with music), and my DVDs all with a pretty and easy to navigate interface. Ideally the DVDs will be in ISO format and I would like the interface to act like a virtual DVD player menus scene selection play pause FF RW etc. Also what extra hardware would I need and will I be able to access the PCTV stick plugged into the ReadyNas as a PVR.
How easy is the software to set up, I’m not that cleaver.
Hi, I’m attempting and failing badly to set up media streaming system in my home.
Story so far.
I have a huge media PC in my living room it’s based on a Zalman case and I manually load media on to it from another PC. It only serves the main TV via an Onkyo AV Amp. I have a good broadband connection with a gigabit switch serving 3PCs, a Sony bluray player, Sky+HD box, the media PC, and formally a Win7 pc set up as a raid back up (this is now dead). All PCs are Windows 7.
T.V.s Main one is a lovely Samsung 50” plasma jobbie, unfortunately not DLNA enabled, second set is a nice new Panasonic LAN socket DLNA the whole works (when I’ve installed the CAT6), the Sony bluray is also DLNA but a bit slow and awkward to use.
To replace the dead PC I bought a Netgear ReadyNas duo Mk2 with 2 3T HDD, they are not raid set up as I have back up on my own PC and CD and DVD originals in storage. I also bought a PCTV nanostick 290e, as Netgears web site was raving about how it can turn the ReadyNas into a streaming PVR using DVBLogic as a server; this unfortunately had turned out to be complete turd, impossible to set up and destroyed my e-mail connection, not impressed.
OK I hopefully will be able to access the ReadyNas directly via the Sony. The main TV will need a box to go between the ReadyNas and the AV amp, i/p LAN o/p HDMI. With a remote to navigate around the media.
So the big ask.
Can I install XBMC on the ReadyNas, it has I believe a Linux OS (ARM?) and then get it to stream my CD collection, my photos as slide shows (with music), and my DVDs all with a pretty and easy to navigate interface. Ideally the DVDs will be in ISO format and I would like the interface to act like a virtual DVD player menus scene selection play pause FF RW etc. Also what extra hardware would I need and will I be able to access the PCTV stick plugged into the ReadyNas as a PVR.
How easy is the software to set up, I’m not that cleaver.