Best way to setup some type of network for my stored movies ?

nightrider1470 · 27 Jan 2012 at 18:42

this is my setup in my flat

Room 1 lounge
Projector
Onkyo 906 Av receiver
Powerful HTPC
PS3
Drobo hard drive with 8TB of blueray MKV rips

Room 2 Bedroom
Projector
Denon AV receiver
WD HD live
PS3

Now the drobo device in room 1 has all my movies and stuff on and I would like some easy way of being able to play the files off the drobo device without having to move it - Please bare in my 95% of the data is blueray MKV rips, so I am guessing sharing it via Wifi wont work

Any idea on how I can share all my data from the drobo device, I have lots of hardware but unsure whats the best way to go about it, maybe my HTPC can do something.

Begbie · 28 Jan 2012 at 04:58

nightrider1470 said:
this is my setup in my flat

Room 1 lounge
Projector
Onkyo 906 Av receiver
Powerful HTPC
PS3
Drobo hard drive with 8TB of blueray MKV rips

Room 2 Bedroom
Projector
Denon AV receiver
WD HD live
PS3

Now the drobo device in room 1 has all my movies and stuff on and I would like some easy way of being able to play the files off the drobo device without having to move it - Please bare in my 95% of the data is blueray MKV rips, so I am guessing sharing it via Wifi wont work

Any idea on how I can share all my data from the drobo device, I have lots of hardware but unsure whats the best way to go about it, maybe my HTPC can do something.

WiFI can surely handle blueray rips?

You could run Playstation Server (sorry I forget the name) on your HTPC which will transcode them on the fly to work on your PS3.

I would give that a try, but WiFi is plenty quick for that IMO.

sHo0sH · 28 Jan 2012 at 09:16

1x router
1x readynas or similar (with drives)
CABLE - I used some flat cat6e which you can easily pop under carpet or skirting

Readynas is dlna ready and can serve media to htpc and ps3

Streaming a 30gb file over wireless is shaky at best

TripleT · 28 Jan 2012 at 16:27

Begbie said:
WiFI can surely handle blueray rips?

You could run Playstation Server (sorry I forget the name) on your HTPC which will transcode them on the fly to work on your PS3.

I would give that a try, but WiFi is plenty quick for that IMO.

As I said in a previous thread ps3 media server will work a charm as you've got two ps3s

FrankJH · 28 Jan 2012 at 18:22

Begbie said:
WiFI can surely handle blueray rips?

You could run Playstation Server (sorry I forget the name) on your HTPC which will transcode them on the fly to work on your PS3.

I would give that a try, but WiFi is plenty quick for that IMO.

I can promise you that wifi doesnt cater for all BR rips - unless you want to lessen the quality of the rip (which imo is pointless)

Even powerline and such doesnt work brilliantly (although this is more dependant on specific electrical cabling)

Obviously there are a number of BR's out there that arent brilliant quality in the first place - but with top quality BR rips dedicated cabling is the only way to go imo

nightrider1470 · 28 Jan 2012 at 18:33

I can run a cable if needed as its only a small flat and rooms are 15ft apart

TripleT · 28 Jan 2012 at 19:13

As said, if both ps3's are cabled up then PS3 Media Server will work great.

nightrider1470 · 28 Jan 2012 at 23:12

PS3 ms converts the file though so not the same quality or HD sound like TrueHD

Demon · 29 Jan 2012 at 12:26

IS that a WDTV Live? i.e. a network player?

if so, then either get your HTPC to 'share' the Drobo files over a network (use AV Homeplugs is one way, wireless N should be more then upto the job if you have good kit)..

Or if the Drobo can share the files itself, you don't need the HTPC on and just share from the Drobo...
(depends on the Drobo model, some as NAS' , some are SANs)

Personally, I have 2 NAS (both HP Microservers) that serve all my collection to the Front room HTPC, the Playon Mini2 in the bedroom, and all the consoles via a mixture of wireless and wired networks.. all works seemlessly for me..