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Old 28-06-2008, 9:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Best Media Streamer for WiFi to FreeNAS

I have a lot of stored video, copied off my Humax on a RAID Server in my study that is running FreeNAS. I also have loads of photos, and audio ripped from my CD collection.

It would be good to be able to stream this to my AV system in the lounge.

Is there a device that fits the bill (with FreeNAS support i.e. not dependant on Windows Media Server) and can do this successfully at the moment ?

My router supports 802.11a/b/g.

Has 802.11g got enough throughput to support SD Digital video feeds ?
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Old 29-06-2008, 7:45 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Best Media Streamer for WiFi to FreeNAS

There are.
I have a Philips Streamium SL400i which has wireless, although I have not turned that on, it is wired to the router.
I have tried FreeNAS in a virtual machine on wy WinXP PC and decided I would be happy to use that, once I have a separate box to run it on. It can be configured for UPnP, which many media devices support.
SD video by Wi-Fi should be possible, it depends on the quality/bitrate of the particular file. DVD is bandwidth hungry, Freeview .ts files are typically half the bitrate of DVD (and therefore .MPG files converted from them are too), and divx/xvid are about half again so those should play without hiccup.
If you converted to divx during the transfer to the NAS unit, you would effectively double its capacity.
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