Hello All,
Here is what Im trying to accomplish. Like everyone else Im trying to get a central place where I can keep all of my movies/music/photos. I have looked into streaming via gigabit ethernet, but the codec and trans coding issues have steered me away from that. Im fairly technically savvy, but I don't think im up to dealing with some of the issues that go along with streaming.
So what I would like to do is hook my HTPC directly to my TV via HDMI. That way I can run VLC or some other media player and forget about it. This machine also needs to be big enough for multiple hard drives, so I plan on putting it in a closet and remoting into it from my laptop to control it. I don't plan on doing a lot of transcoding, mostly 1:1 Bluray rips to mkv.
So would is a good motherboard / processor / video card setup for what I am trying to accomplish? The budget is as little as I can spend and still accomplish my goal.
Here is what Im trying to accomplish. Like everyone else Im trying to get a central place where I can keep all of my movies/music/photos. I have looked into streaming via gigabit ethernet, but the codec and trans coding issues have steered me away from that. Im fairly technically savvy, but I don't think im up to dealing with some of the issues that go along with streaming.
So what I would like to do is hook my HTPC directly to my TV via HDMI. That way I can run VLC or some other media player and forget about it. This machine also needs to be big enough for multiple hard drives, so I plan on putting it in a closet and remoting into it from my laptop to control it. I don't plan on doing a lot of transcoding, mostly 1:1 Bluray rips to mkv.
So would is a good motherboard / processor / video card setup for what I am trying to accomplish? The budget is as little as I can spend and still accomplish my goal.