Anyone going down the route of media extenders

andymac

andymac

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I've recently started to encode my DVD library to my PC, at the moment, my photos, MP3s etc live on my PC which in turn lives in an upstairs bedroom. I would like to be able to use a media extender to bring the files from my PC on to my TV in my lounge. It is a lovely 32" HD TV attached to a PS3. I'd like to use the features of MS Media Centre in my lounge. Has anyone done this without using a fully featured Mini PC as a TV server.

I already have sky+ so I wouldn't need the TV features, and I have a PS3 with a 160GB HDD so I can already store music and photos for use in my lounge if I want to. Any opinions, ideas or thoughts?

Andy
 
If you dont have a direct HDTV requirement then an original xbox with XBMC makes for a very versatile (and v cheap!) solution. I've been using this for ages, just a shame it cant cope with HDTV stuff, it dies if you show it a matroska file of 720p for example :(
 
PS3 is nice for this and you have the bonus of blue ray and a console.

DivX support was added this week with the latest system update
 
Sorry just reread your post - you already have a PS3???

Just add your media servers to this and it will play everything on your PC's via wifi assumming you have a wifi router
 
Just to explain -
I have my router downstairs next to the TV - I plug the ethernet connection cable to the PS3 from the wifi router. All of my PCs and laptop are setup on wifi - I can then power on any of my PC's and wath films / play music from any of them on my HD TV through my PS3 - is this what you want to do or do you have an alternate setup?
 
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