Have a way to bitstream dtsma or use a cable card on your ps3?
Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T -----Original Message----- From: Joshua MacCraw <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:40:57 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] HTPCs and Network Streaming Uhg, I wouldn't touch MS' media related software with a ten foot pole! All I use is PS3 media server to stream to my DLNA devices. Mostly MKV tv shows & dvd/BR ISO. On Oct 22, 2011 11:28 AM, "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have gone nuts over this...it's like the most exciting PC type thing I've > come across in a long time. > > I'm using MyMovies, Windows Media Center, PowerDVD11 Ultra and Windows 7 > homegroup to make this work. > > My old PC with the Q9550 Quad Core Processor is doing server duties. > Currently it has 17 TB of movie/TV series storage with another 3 TB to come > online this weekend and another 3 TB coming. At that point, the old box I > had will be filled to capacity. [I did notice that HD prices started > climbing the other day, so I bought that other 3TB as I found only one place > with a half-way decent price.] Not sure how to expand beyond there...not > even sure I want to. 23TB seems like a lot of storage to me, but I'm sure > some of you folks have way more than that. > > Right now, I have some 356 titles loaded up. Most of them are blu-rays in > ISO format. Some are regular DVDs...I have a few MKVs but I prefer just to > rip straight BD to ISO as it is less effort overall. MyMovies is a very > slick and powerful backend for Windows Media Center. It doesn't "look" as > good as XMBC but I think it is easier to use and more powerful (or just as > powerful). Just about all of my Blu-ray collection resides online but most > of my DVD collection does not. I have a hard time watching DVDs anymore. > > I need a means to catalog what is stored where. If a disc crashes, my play > is just to rebuild that disc from optical media. > > It was totally worth the effect to run that Cat6 cable this summer. Trying > to stream blu-ray any way other than over gigabit is hopeless. > > Funny thing is I don't watch movies has much as you'd think based on having > this setup. I just like having the option has having it dirt simple to get > to my stuff. >
