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post #1 of 8
1/3/10 at 10:38pm
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Hello,

I have a strong desire to set up/purchase a home media server so I can start burning and then watching blu ray movies at home. I currently use a squeezebox server for my music and want to do something similar for my movies.

I'm guessing however I will be limited by my bandwith? I have Fios currently at 25mbs theoretical top speed- which of course is just theoretical. I think I'd be fine with SD streaming but I'm worried I'd be out of luck burning and then re-watching Blu Rays over my network. Is there any bright news for me or am I stuck?

I think Fios may be the fastest thing I can get locally and I'm kind of tied to them because everything is bundled together. So are my dreams kind of dead here or do I have other options? I guess a local hard drive attached to my network device?

If my speed somehow is adequate what are my best options? Popcorn or maybe Dune solutions seem promising- any thoughts on these options versus others?

Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 8
1/4/10 at 9:26am
Since you would be accessing your movie server inside a LAN, I'm not sure what type of internet connection you have would make any difference, unless your server would be in a remote location from where you would be watching the media content.
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post #3 of 8
1/4/10 at 6:36pm
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Originally Posted by wrightdawg View Post

Hello,

I have a strong desire to set up/purchase a home media server so I can start burning and then watching blu ray movies at home. I currently use a squeezebox server for my music and want to do something similar for my movies.

I'm guessing however I will be limited by my bandwith? I have Fios currently at 25mbs theoretical top speed- which of course is just theoretical. I think I'd be fine with SD streaming but I'm worried I'd be out of luck burning and then re-watching Blu Rays over my network. Is there any bright news for me or am I stuck?

I think Fios may be the fastest thing I can get locally and I'm kind of tied to them because everything is bundled together. So are my dreams kind of dead here or do I have other options? I guess a local hard drive attached to my network device?

If my speed somehow is adequate what are my best options? Popcorn or maybe Dune solutions seem promising- any thoughts on these options versus others?

Thanks in advance.



This is a killer for me. Speeds with certain adapters are hit or miss. I have several media players.
Ultio
Xtreamer
Dune Prime
WDTV Live

An example is I know the Xtreamer can handle large MKV files because I can play them off the USB on the device, but the same file DOES NOT play via LAN. And then again my Dune can play the same video file over the LAN fine. I think these player's need to get away from the Linux based SMB networking portion and find something more suitable. I'm going to end up selling all my devices because my media player's can'y play my media.
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post #4 of 8
1/5/10 at 6:45am
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This is a killer for me. Speeds with certain adapters are hit or miss. I have several media players.
Ultio
Xtreamer
Dune Prime
WDTV Live

An example is I know the Xtreamer can handle large MKV files because I can play them off the USB on the device, but the same file DOES NOT play via LAN. And then again my Dune can play the same video file over the LAN fine. I think these player's need to get away from the Linux based SMB networking portion and find something more suitable. I'm going to end up selling all my devices because my media player's can'y play my media.

You can try to setup NFS shares or by using HTTP, both have increased transfer rates over SMB. I have to use NFS on my Xtreamer for my 1080p content even though the majority of them worked via SMB on my HDX1000 (but I use NFS on that as well just to have some headroom).

As for the OP, christoofar is right. The transfer rates of your files from server to streamer is not going to be based on your internet speed but rather your LAN network speeds.
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post #5 of 8
1/5/10 at 7:08am
I have somewhat of a strange issue.
I have two PCS, one an AsRock 330, both with fresh installs of WinXPPro.
The AsRock is my media center , with an attached external 1 TB WD Green drive. Both PCs are networked via gigabit ethernet.
My problem is the major difference in transfer speeds between the two PCS. When moving files over from my desktop to the AsRock, the best speed I can hit is around 500 kb/s.
However, moving the same file in the opposite direction (AsRock to desktop PC)
I can hit 14 MEGAbits/s speed.
Can anyone explain why there is such a vast difference in speeds?
Shouldn't they be closer?
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post #6 of 8
1/5/10 at 12:48pm
Thread Starter 
Thanks for the information. How can I do a measure of my LAN speeds versus my base internet speeds? Is there a test?

One thing I can always do is to buy a solution with local storage for my (initial) blu ray collection and stream my SD DVD's and music. That seems to solve my problem at least initially?
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post #7 of 8
1/5/10 at 1:28pm
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Originally Posted by wrightdawg View Post

Thanks for the information. How can I do a measure of my LAN speeds versus my base internet speeds? Is there a test?

you can measure it for yourself using something like this

http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/
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post #8 of 8
1/5/10 at 7:09pm
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Originally Posted by Lemonade727 View Post

You can try to setup NFS shares or by using HTTP, both have increased transfer rates over SMB. I have to use NFS on my Xtreamer for my 1080p content even though the majority of them worked via SMB on my HDX1000 (but I use NFS on that as well just to have some headroom).

As for the OP, christoofar is right. The transfer rates of your files from server to streamer is not going to be based on your internet speed but rather your LAN network speeds.

How do you setup NFS is a player doesn't support it? Or HTTP?
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