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Hi i'm wanting help on getting a HTPC built.
It will only be used to Play/store all my movies.
I have cat6 ports installed in 3 rooms,i want to stream and access the content on the HTPC from those other rooms.
I am new to this HTPC stuff and don't know a hell of alot about computers, I will be getting someone to build this for me, just don't know what parts etc.
Here's what i'm wanting to do.
Windows with XBMC
HDTV possess HDMI ports
play SD movies (DivX, XviD)
DVD movies
play 720P movies
play 1080P movies
stream 1080P content
stream 1080P online movies
play Steam Big Picture
Bluray Burner/ripper
I plan to have this in my theatre room connected to my Home theatre Amp, not sure what the best way to access and stream content to the other rooms?? (not WIFI)
Would really appreciate any help,
thanks Jimmy
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Hi i'm wanting help on getting a HTPC built.
It will only be used to Play/store all my movies.
I have cat6 ports installed in 3 rooms,i want to stream and access the content on the HTPC from those other rooms.
I am new to this HTPC stuff and don't know a hell of alot about computers, I will be getting someone to build this for me, just don't know what parts etc.
Here's what i'm wanting to do.
Windows with XBMC
HDTV possess HDMI ports
play SD movies (DivX, XviD)
DVD movies
play 720P movies
play 1080P movies
stream 1080P content
stream 1080P online movies
play Steam Big Picture
Bluray Burner/ripper
I plan to have this in my theatre room connected to my Home theatre Amp, not sure what the best way to access and stream content to the other rooms?? (not WIFI)
Would really appreciate any help,
thanks Jimmy
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Hi i'm wanting help on getting a HTPC built.
It will only be used to Play/store all my movies.
I have cat6 ports installed in 3 rooms,i want to stream and access the content on the HTPC from those other rooms.
I am new to this HTPC stuff and don't know a hell of alot about computers, I will be getting someone to build this for me, just don't know what parts etc.
Here's what i'm wanting to do.
Windows with XBMC
HDTV possess HDMI ports
play SD movies (DivX, XviD)
DVD movies
play 720P movies
play 1080P movies
stream 1080P content
stream 1080P online movies
play Steam Big Picture
Bluray Burner/ripper
I plan to have this in my theatre room connected to my Home theatre Amp, not sure what the best way to access and stream content to the other rooms?? (not WIFI)
Would really appreciate any help,
thanks Jimmy
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2013-04-27, 05:34
(This post was last modified: 2013-04-27, 05:34 by nickr.)
What you are looking for is a server with all your media on and an HTPC in each of your 3 rooms. Each HTPC will run XBMC and will connect to the TV via HDMI and the server via the cat6 ethernet.
The server can run any server OS you like, but linux or freenas are both cheaper than windows. It can also double as an XBMC machine.
The XBMC machines can run windows or linux or OSX or can be android machines, but again windows costs money that you can otherwise spend on the system.
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Are you looking for someone to build it or are you asking for the parts so you can tell someone you already know to build it for you?