- Dec 29, 2012
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This is what is sounds like. I want the cheapest build I can put together to play 1080p movies on my tv. I will only be driving the TV speakers to start. May get a 2.1 system down the line.
Now I have plex media server running on my desktop pc and I have a roku XS right now playing from the desktop. It works ok but the roku for some reason buffers the first 5 mins of the video several times then it will play the rest just fine. I watched 4 TV shows yesterday and it only buffered the first one and the rest played fine without incident. I am using wireless but there is only one wall between the roku and the router.
I am getting this NAS Now please don't get into why I am getting this I just am, that's not the issue here. I figured I would put this to good use as a media storage system.
I don't need much local storage at all as everything can be stored on the NAS. I don't need a TV card in it at this time as I will run off the cable box. Audio is not an issue either as I want to use the TV Speakers. My hearing is so bad I don't need anything good at all.
I could do 2 things for the media service. Move Plex off the desktop onto the HTPC and run that player and all locally. Or I could get XBMC running and use that. The issue here is the NAS and how Plex or XBMC will see it.
I put together a preliminary build here. Again I will do this on the cheap. There is no storage in that system right now as I was toying with the idea of running XBMC off a usb stick running Linux. But drivers came to mind. So I opted to go back to Windows.
Does this sound like a doable project? I do need to add wireless keyboard and mouse to it to get it going. I will be running Win 7 home on it. I understand I can get some sort of IR remote to use with XBMC but haven't researched that yet.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I am getting the NAS for no cost to me (won't go there either. Perfectly legal
)
Now I have plex media server running on my desktop pc and I have a roku XS right now playing from the desktop. It works ok but the roku for some reason buffers the first 5 mins of the video several times then it will play the rest just fine. I watched 4 TV shows yesterday and it only buffered the first one and the rest played fine without incident. I am using wireless but there is only one wall between the roku and the router.
I am getting this NAS Now please don't get into why I am getting this I just am, that's not the issue here. I figured I would put this to good use as a media storage system.
I don't need much local storage at all as everything can be stored on the NAS. I don't need a TV card in it at this time as I will run off the cable box. Audio is not an issue either as I want to use the TV Speakers. My hearing is so bad I don't need anything good at all.
I could do 2 things for the media service. Move Plex off the desktop onto the HTPC and run that player and all locally. Or I could get XBMC running and use that. The issue here is the NAS and how Plex or XBMC will see it.
I put together a preliminary build here. Again I will do this on the cheap. There is no storage in that system right now as I was toying with the idea of running XBMC off a usb stick running Linux. But drivers came to mind. So I opted to go back to Windows.
Does this sound like a doable project? I do need to add wireless keyboard and mouse to it to get it going. I will be running Win 7 home on it. I understand I can get some sort of IR remote to use with XBMC but haven't researched that yet.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I am getting the NAS for no cost to me (won't go there either. Perfectly legal
)
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