Browse Forums Home Theatre & Automation Re: Movies and Music 2Jan 31, 2014 11:35 pm Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Movies and Music 4Feb 01, 2014 9:41 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Movies and Music 6Feb 01, 2014 11:24 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Movies and Music 8Feb 01, 2014 11:58 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Movies and Music 10Feb 01, 2014 1:53 pm Pretty much yeah, they're a bit like a double adapter, although a bit more involved If they don't have a ethernet port (RJ45 socket in the back), then you won't need a port for them. As like the rest of us, I'm sure you'll update TV's every few years, whilst you don't have one at the moment, your next TV will be a smart tv, so cabling up your house is not a bad idea, and will be cheaper to do the whole lot in one hit, rather than a bit now, a bit later if you get a professional in to do it. I assume the xbox will let you stream stuff from the NAS to the TV it is connected to. Otherwise you'll have to stick with USB HD as you do now. I'd still look for a NAS that supports at least RAID5, so you can safely have your important family photos in a moderately safe location. Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Movies and Music 11Feb 01, 2014 2:28 pm Yeah the xbox has an RJ45 so should work. With the remaining tv's, can I get around it by having a WD Live or similar? Re: Movies and Music 12Feb 06, 2014 1:00 pm bpratt I'll have to take a look at this JRiver setup, as I'm considering building up a HTPC for my new HT room in the future. Why? Most TV will now stream directly from the NAS, and most NAS will also have streaming apps. Some NAS, with an add-on USB DTV dongle, will also record TV shows for you if your TV will not do that. I feel that HTPCs are becoming redundant. Re: Movies and Music 13Feb 06, 2014 2:01 pm bpratt Way too many people have all their important photos on their computers without any form of real backup. At least with a NAS with redundant storage (i.e. RAID5 or better), as least they would then have a far safer storage media for their valuable family photos. Once they have something like that to protect their valuable memories, a HTPC would then become a very good idea. Just be sure to build one up that uses minimal power, as chances are is that it will be running 24/7 hidden in a cupboard somewhere. Just going to comment on this - don't confuse RAID as "backup". It's not. A RAID array can just as easily lose all your data if it fails. The benefits of RAID (or specifically RAID 5 in this case) is that a single drive can fail and the device can still serve data without interruption. (There are other benefits of course in various configurations with having data spread across multiple drives and read/write speeds but I digress..) You need to back up your RAID storage just as frequently as you need to back up any single drive storage. The only reliable form of backup is backup itself - multiple copies of your data so that the loss of one source can be recoverable. Sorry for going a bit off topic but many people think that having a NAS in RAID 5 means that they never need to back up data again and that their data is somehow immune from loss. Completed a knock down and rebuild in northern Melbourne. Handover completed 27/09/2013 and now moved in. Re: Movies and Music 14Feb 06, 2014 2:22 pm I think htpc is still relevant if you want lossless. I don't think streaming is at the highest rate. Plus not Internet dependent. I wanted the highest possible quality. Cost and setup wise the htpc is pretty good. Backups wise I did not go for nas or raid because they still required backup. I simply do a complete duplicate of my library and store. Re: Movies and Music 15Feb 06, 2014 9:02 pm Bluesuede You need to back up your RAID storage just as frequently as you need to back up any single drive storage. The only reliable form of backup is backup itself - multiple copies of your data so that the loss of one source can be recoverable. Sorry for going a bit off topic but many people think that having a NAS in RAID 5 means that they never need to back up data again and that their data is somehow immune from loss. No problems, very relevant if my posts on NAS are relevant. I didn't mean to say that a NAS should be relied upon as the only copy of everything, it was more along the lines of don't leave all your family photos on your PC, get a NAS and put them on there as well, although I do admit I never explicitly said that (I did mean to, but didn't). Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Movies and Music 16Feb 07, 2014 7:24 am AussieMark I think htpc is still relevant if you want lossless. I don't think streaming is at the highest rate. Plus not Internet dependent. NAS streaming, over Gigabit Ethernet, is very fast, depending on your setup of course. It is possible to store your movies losslessly, and stream it in HD. I was just testing out my NAS last night, admittedly from an SSD to the NAS, and it was copying (sequential, as large files) at 108MB/sec. Admittedly the fasted I've achieved with 3 simultaneous stream is 40MB/sec, but I don't think movies, even in HD, need a stream that's more than 320Mb/sec, as I gather even BluRay does a maximum of 54Mb/sec. Admittedly I was using 802.3ad in a 5 disk RAID 5 array, but was only using 2 ports. Re: Movies and Music 17Feb 07, 2014 9:31 am Sorry I do not really see the difference whether the storage is on a NAS drive and streamed via ethernet or the discs are contained within my htpc enclosure which is connected direct to my amp. I have full backup of all drives. Am I missing something. My 16TB storage capacity is more than adequate for movies and all is backup so I have copies. Beyond this I am not a computer tech type person so I really don't know if I am missing anything but my set up presently works flawlessly. I may investigate NAS but do not see the need at the moment..... Re: Movies and Music 18Feb 08, 2014 8:17 am Generally with a NAS, you get lower power consumption (so you can leave it on all the time) with a faster file server performance due to the OS being optimised for file serving, and usually also have multiple ethernet ports so you will not get the bandwidth problem you are worried about. I guess if you are only playing on one screen, that's not a problem, but as I store just about everything on the NAS, it can be a problem, as potentially I have to run 7 music streams and 3 video streams, excluding any that runs on notebooks, iPads and desktop. I'm only running 12Tb, so back up to another NAS (besides the disc, but it would take a long time to recreate). Re: Movies and Music 19Feb 21, 2014 8:23 am AussieMark Sorry I do not really see the difference whether the storage is on a NAS drive and streamed via ethernet or the discs are contained within my htpc enclosure which is connected direct to my amp. I have full backup of all drives. Am I missing something. My 16TB storage capacity is more than adequate for movies and all is backup so I have copies. Beyond this I am not a computer tech type person so I really don't know if I am missing anything but my set up presently works flawlessly. I may investigate NAS but do not see the need at the moment..... I agree (as long as your HTPC is connected to the network), a HTPC can act as a NAS plus much more. With a stand alone NAS device, you can run into trouble transcoding 1080p files (especially multiple streams) as most consumer NAS devices simply don't have enough grunt (CPU, memory). IMO better off with a custom built HTPC however you will be sacrificing power consumption (ie: HTPC would use more power). Depends what your needs are I guess. My Hamptons build (completed): viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63370 Moved in Wednesday 11th Dec 2013 Front landscaping completed June 2016 Re: Movies and Music 20Feb 21, 2014 8:51 am @ Cinder, that is what I am thinking. My HTPC is a low noise set up that can be in the Theatre. Powerwise not concerned about the consumption as I only turn it on when I use it. If I wanted to stream files then I would need to switch it on of course and then as you say it would be a NAS. For me the Streaming from a NAS is a solution to a problem I dont have..... Very happy with my JRiver HTPC setup for both music and movies. Because I am not a Techie type computer person I have gone for the simple solution that deliver the closest experience to Kaleidescape (spelling). Cheers Mark I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 12054 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 8771 |