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Doug

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19th Apr 09 at 10:05

I currently have a Xbox crystal which I have XBMC on. I use it everynight to stream media shares over SMB from my main computer to a 19" Samsung in the bedroom.

I am looking for a new streaming solution that ideally will have XBMC on it. My criteria are as follows:

MUST:
Stream divx, .avi and maybe HD content
Have a sleep timer
Be QUIET

It would be nice if... :
it had WiFi built in
could stream iplayer, 4od etc
was cheap

I don't need storage in it. I am not planning on saving media too it. All the media will come from my shared folders on the network.

The solutions I can think of would be:

Apple TV with XBMC on it (I like the idea of this, does it have a sleep timer? wifi built in? Pretty quiet?)

or

Popcorn hour (I know NOTHING about these gadgets)

So what would people recommend for me?

Russ

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19th Apr 09 at 10:09

360 now streams everything including divx not sure about hd, can pick them up for around 100, cant stream iplayer, wifi isnt built in though.

its quiet when the dvd drive isnt spinning

ash_corsa

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19th Apr 09 at 11:08

PS3 wil stream iplayer, hd content etc..

Doug

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19th Apr 09 at 12:15

Both the Xbox and the PS3 are far too loud for a bedroom imo.

Ideally I want a device without a hard drive in it as that will help to keep the noise down alot.

Thats why I was looking towards the likes of popcornhour and Apple TV

Russ

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19th Apr 09 at 12:33

they aren't loud unless the drives are working

Doug

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19th Apr 09 at 13:05

I have one of the very first xboxes and I have to say thats pretty damn loud even when its playing a game thats been installed to the hard drive. Have they really improved now?

Russ

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19th Apr 09 at 13:23

ps3 would be a better option, and they are ery quiet while not using drive

drunkenfool

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19th Apr 09 at 15:06

Cant you save a bit of money by carefully placing some mirrors and turning the volume up a bit?

Doug

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19th Apr 09 at 16:33

GTF Matt

ash_corsa

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19th Apr 09 at 22:44

Im not keen on appleTV, installed one in a system we did not long ago and i didnt like it.

My xbox 360 was noisey as fuck but you didnt notice when playing a game!
My PS3 is silent, ive played it for hours and never heard the fan kick-in, but its very well ventilated.

Toby

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20th Apr 09 at 15:50

Get a networked media tank - google them
I have a Popcorn hour A110 (i think bart on here has one also)Me brilliant. there are a few media players in the NMT market place but the Popcorn hour is market leader - so much it can do and most importantly it is silent.
Have a look here
www.networkedmediatank.com to see all they are capable of
http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=catalog&task=info&item_id=6
they are a bit of a pain to get hold of becuase they are so popular.
I got mine becuase of its HD (video and auido) capabilities and the fact its silent.
Also for a hardware media player they are very capable as well as regular firmware updates. Have a look at the network media tanks on offer (about 8 or 9 of them) go on the nmt forum and you will see pretty quickly what they can and cant do.

[Edited on 20-04-2009 by CorsaB4ever]

TheCrow

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22nd Apr 09 at 12:12

Why dont you just replace the cooling fan in the xbox and get a newer model hard drive for it. check out xbox scene forums, they have loads of info on how to do it!

Rob_Quads

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22nd Apr 09 at 13:11

xbox is not up to HD so if you looking for do that don't bother with that avenue

drunkenfool

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22nd Apr 09 at 17:27

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaB4ever
Get a networked media tank - google them
I have a Popcorn hour A110 (i think bart on here has one also)Me brilliant. there are a few media players in the NMT market place but the Popcorn hour is market leader - so much it can do and most importantly it is silent.
Have a look here
www.networkedmediatank.com to see all they are capable of
http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=catalog&task=info&item_id=6
they are a bit of a pain to get hold of becuase they are so popular.
I got mine becuase of its HD (video and auido) capabilities and the fact its silent.
Also for a hardware media player they are very capable as well as regular firmware updates. Have a look at the network media tanks on offer (about 8 or 9 of them) go on the nmt forum and you will see pretty quickly what they can and cant do.

[Edited on 20-04-2009 by CorsaB4ever]

I hope they are good cos I just bought one!

Bart

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22nd Apr 09 at 18:49

DrunkenFool / Doug, the PCH is amazing... well worth every penny.

When it arrives drop me an email barteh_@_gmail_dot_com (without the _ ) and I will give you some good pointers / tips.

The PCH will play every file format known to man.
The PS3 is a reasonable device, but its alot more expensive and will not play the commonly decoded HD files (only a small portion of MKV files, they have to be specifically encoded with the PS3 in mind, google it).

If you own or thinking of buying a PCH then check out the network media tank forums http://www.networkedmediatank.com/ this site is dedicated to the PCH community.
It contains hundreds of apps, skins, programs, addons etc and its updated every day.

The essiental program to get is: YAMJ (Yet Another Movie Jukebox and TV Meta Data Finder (more applicable for series films).

Below is some screenshots from my YAMJ:

It will index and find all cover art, information about each film without any input from yourself.

[Edited on 22-04-2009 by Bart]

drunkenfool

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23rd Apr 09 at 00:10

quote:
Originally posted by Bart]

It will index and find all cover art, information about each film without any input from yourself.

OMG that sounds wicked!

Thanks for the info mate, it should be delivered on friday. I put the network cable in through the wall this evening too going through the ceiling and back down into the cupboard where the router is so I shoulod be able to get it set up pretty quickly

Toby

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23rd Apr 09 at 13:16

quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool

quote:
Originally posted by Bart]

It will index and find all cover art, information about each film without any input from yourself.

OMG that sounds wicked! Thanks for the info mate, it should be delivered on friday. I put the network cable in through the wall this evening too going through the ceiling and back down into the cupboard where the router is so I shoulod be able to get it set up pretty quickly

One to do is read this - http://www.networkedmediatank.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Have a look here - www.networkedmediatank.com

and make sure you read this for YAMJ - http://code.google.com/p/moviejukebox/

the networked media tank forum is the best soruce of info and everything there is covered. And there are many more skins available for YAMJ i use a purely fanart based skin so take a look at the different ones there

[Edited on 23-04-2009 by CorsaB4ever]

Doug

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23rd Apr 09 at 21:55

Can you set a sleep timer up on it?

I know in XBMC you can assign the numerical keys on the remote to perform certain tasks. So I have the '0' key set to start a 60 min sleep timer. Is this possible on the PCH?

drunkenfool

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24th Apr 09 at 18:48

Right, this got delivered today and got it all set up working fine with standard settings, works great! Ive also been through the step by step guide for the YAMJ ap and got that installed, I can open the index.html file from the box in the lounge and scroll through the films but none of them open. Also, there are quite a few random films shown on there that I dont have and have never had, any idea what the problem is? I'll check out the forums later if theres no luck on here! I just edited the xml file too to try and fix the problem of them not opening, but I still dont get where the random ones have come from!

ashleh

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24th Apr 09 at 19:45

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaB4ever
Get a networked media tank - google them
I have a Popcorn hour A110 (i think bart on here has one also)Me brilliant. there are a few media players in the NMT market place but the Popcorn hour is market leader - so much it can do and most importantly it is silent.
Have a look here
www.networkedmediatank.com to see all they are capable of
http://www.popcornhour.com/onlinestore/index.php?pluginoption=catalog&task=info&item_id=6
they are a bit of a pain to get hold of becuase they are so popular.
I got mine becuase of its HD (video and auido) capabilities and the fact its silent.
Also for a hardware media player they are very capable as well as regular firmware updates. Have a look at the network media tanks on offer (about 8 or 9 of them) go on the nmt forum and you will see pretty quickly what they can and cant do.

[Edited on 20-04-2009 by CorsaB4ever]

Was going to suggest this

drunkenfool

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24th Apr 09 at 21:51

Bart, could you post a screenshot of your library xml file please? I cant seem to get the YAMJ GUI to work properly, it keeps saying an incorrect path name when I select the shared folder over the network. Ive tried manually editing the link too and just doing \\DrunkenfoolFilms, as well as replacing Drunkenfool with the IP address of my computer, and tried both those combos with and without the "file://" in front of it too

drunkenfool

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25th Apr 09 at 10:10

Sorted it

Bart

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25th Apr 09 at 14:51

one of the current limitations to the linux OS is the ability to only work when you have just one share mounted.
i.e you create two shares but it simply wont play the videos. Its a memory issue in the OS I believe.

Bart

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25th Apr 09 at 14:52

Also, if you want to fit more films in the view, like mine, go into skins\skin_name\skin.properties and set these settings:

quote:

# Maximum number of thumbnails per index page
mjb.nbThumbnailsPerPage=24

# Maximum number of thumbnails per line in the index page
mjb.nbThumbnailsPerLine=8