On Dec 5, 2007 8:36 PM, Stephen Rowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This isn't really to do with freevo, but related.... :) > > I have most of my media on a central file server (linux + samba), so > all my DVD's, Photos and Music are all shared from a big central disk. > I also share out the local tv recording directory from my freevo box > via samba. > > My freevo system uses DVB-T and just dumps MPEG-TS streams straight to > disk, and then I play them back with xine or mplayer either on the TV, > or on my PC over the network. > > I am looking at the idea of one of these "media players" that are now > available that allow you to play video and music over the network with > a small solid state (no fans) device. There are several of these, but > I am looking at either the Freecom MediaPlayer 350, or the Xyxel > DMA-1000 as they are both sensibly priced. > > I will be using a wire ethernet connection, and want something "future > proof" that will play h.264 HD content once I start recording that, > and will also play my DVD iso images, mp3's and browse my photos (all > jpeg). The aim being to set this up in the bedroom with a small LCD > screen. > > Does anyone on the list have any experience with the 2 devices I have > mentioned, how well they work etc? I have read some stuff on the web > that that the MediaPlayer 350 100% reliable TS support, which is > essential for me as all my TV is just a TS dump from DVB, but I have > not found anything concrete on either of them to do with TS files > recorded from DVB (especially in the UK). > PS3 will play DNLA or RPNP served streams. It has natice H.264 support and i *think* it plays TS streams.
You can also install linux on it, then it can play your iso dumps. divx, mp4, mks, ogg and so on. If you do a search on "spu media lib" you'll find that hardware accelerated videio is coming along quite nicely, *but* I'm not sure if linux H.264 support is their yet on the PS3. I do know that spu-media lib team are planning to make their own implementation but it's early days on that front. Might be little bit more that what you were thinking of (and a little bit bigger) but you get the added benefit of having a ps3 which is also going to be agreat gaming machine one of these days. Mick ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
