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Best player for ts files?

post #1 of 6
1/6/07 at 11:51am
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What device is best for watching *.ts files on my plasma?
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post #2 of 6
1/6/07 at 12:32pm
A full blown HTPC is the absolute best.

If you're just looking for a small media streaming device and not a full computer, 1st tell us........ How would you like to serve the video?
1. from a computer via ethernet for networked HD streaming?
2. from a NAS storage device connected directly to the streaming device?
3. from an internal hardrive built into the streaming unit for standalone HD streaming?
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post #3 of 6
1/8/07 at 8:24am
I disagree, a HTPC is suboptimal for watching ts files (presumably HD mpeg2).
I have both HTPC's and dedicated streamers and the streamers blow the socks off the HTPC for:
(1) Boot time.
(2) Ease of use/It just works.
(3) Quietness
(4) No virus scanning, MS updates, blue screens of death, malware, driver kludging, install this, then install that, then configure the other thing, but make sure you do this before that.
(5) Zero maintenance.
(6) Efficient playback, smoother decoding, less stutters, skips, dropped frames.
(7) No codec hell.

Personally, I just fire up my 5000's and within 14 seconds I am watching what I want. No loging in, then firing up BeyondTV or whatever. I store most of my stuff on several Infrant ReadyNAS's and all streamers & HTPC pull from central storage.

Just my 2 cents.
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post #4 of 6
1/8/07 at 9:27am
There are lots of options but the simplest and maybe the cheapest way is to get the ~150 dollar Dlink DSM-150, plug in the HDMI cable and network cable and access all of your .ts files on a networked PC. It even has an optical audio out for 5.1 sound.
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post #5 of 6
1/8/07 at 10:50am
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Originally Posted by qz3fwd View Post

I disagree, a HTPC is suboptimal for watching ts files (presumably HD mpeg2).
I have both HTPC's and dedicated streamers and the streamers blow the socks off the HTPC for:
(1) Boot time.
(2) Ease of use/It just works.
(3) Quietness
(4) No virus scanning, MS updates, blue screens of death, malware, driver kludging, install this, then install that, then configure the other thing, but make sure you do this before that.
(5) Zero maintenance.
(6) Efficient playback, smoother decoding, less stutters, skips, dropped frames.
(7) No codec hell.

Personally, I just fire up my 5000's and within 14 seconds I am watching what I want. No loging in, then firing up BeyondTV or whatever. I store most of my stuff on several Infrant ReadyNAS's and all streamers & HTPC pull from central storage.

Just my 2 cents.

I completely agree and add;

(8) Your PC can be anywhere is the house...no restrictions for DVI/HDMI cable lengths for example and it can still be used as a PC!
(9) Cheaper in most instances that HTPC...that is if you are really honest about what it cost to buy/build it...not pirating the OS for example...or that you happen to work at a place where you get major computer components for free.

I do not own a 5000 yet but I do run an LP2 that does ts streams quite nicely provided the 1080i bit rate is less than 20mb/s.

I have several friends who are videoholics and run HTPC for ts and they also have trouble with 1080i 20mb/s bitrates. They are constantly messing with the rev of the drivers for their high end video cards.
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post #6 of 6
1/9/07 at 8:32am
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Originally Posted by RTK View Post

There are lots of options but the simplest and maybe the cheapest way is to get the ~150 dollar Dlink DSM-150, plug in the HDMI cable and network cable and access all of your .ts files on a networked PC. It even has an optical audio out for 5.1 sound.

Is that the correct catalog number? Dlink's website only shows a audio player with that catalog number.
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