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Re: Re: Transferring Video between rooms
Take a look at http://www.videolan.org/ for streaming
over ethernet. Seems to run on
everything, including xbox (via XBMC).
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "noel_pilot" <HA@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:52 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Transferring Video between rooms
> Hi Chris,
> File server is the plan with chipped xboxes as frontends running Xbox
> media centre.
> That part is all fine, just having trouble deciding the best way to be
> able to watch the same thing in each room. I guess I may well have to
> send the video output from the lounge xbox back to a distribution amp
> or something and then feed it out whole house from there.
> Always looking for new methods and ideas tho
> Noel
>
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Chris White" <cmw@t...> wrote:
> > Noel,
> >
> > It depends how you want to store your media.
> >
> > The techie route is PC / Hard Drive storage but the simple /
cheaper
> > route would be to still run everything in the analogue domain and
use
> > a Kat5 or AV Nex - Nexus system.
> >
> > At the moment the Kat5 MkII can only offer point to point / multi
> > point and the Nexus offers a full switching matrix. Both transmit
over
> > CAT5e so that will give you a good format to up grade with in the
> future.
> >
> > If you want to go digital storage and transmission from day one
then
> > for reliability you are looking a ethernet switches (see debate
about
> > 10/100 and gigabit) and a RAID of hard drives to provide hardware
> > redundancy.
> >
> > Chris
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