Media Streamer/device

[Wolfie]

I am looking for a solution to stream the media from my PC to my TV, currently i just run a HDMI cable from the PC to the TV, but i will be moving very soon to a new place and this solution wont work

I know you can get some pretty decent Media Streamers now, for not a lot of money, does anyone have any recommendations or advice on what to get, what to avoid etc? It needs to be a wireless solution and needs to support as many of the media file types as possible.

[quiksilva]

A 360 with a wireless dongle will work, albeit a little restrictive on file types. I prefer a wired setup, I use ethernet, and xvid and h.264 video files both stream flawlessly (albeit wmp11 needs a registry hack to get h.264 working, in vista / xp but its easy to find and simple enough to do, better still no hack needed at all in WMP12 for windows 7)

[Spoonman]

As my Xbox360 got banned (MS disables the wifi and media player) I had to look at alternatives, The WD TV Live looks real good, but as I was not sure on the WiFi dongle for it I ended purchasing an Xtreamer (on recomendation from Friends in AUS) and Wifi Dongle from InvadeIT for 6642b (Delivered) , it works a treat and was easy to set up.

[Wolfie]

I've got an Xbox360 which i used to use as a streaming device, i found the Windows Media center too restrictive on the file types, so i installed TVersity, but that program is a serious resource Hog, so i moved to a direct wired connection from my GFX card to the TV.

Hence i am now looking for an alternative solution

[Spoonman]

Dont use media centre on the Xbox360, I played directly from the shared folders that show up on the dashboard, streamed well over WiFi without the media centre lag.

Where do you live, If you like I can lend my now defuct Xbox360 WiFi adaptor to have a play with as I beleive the Xbox streamed/played just as well as my xtreamer over WiFi.

WiFi is the variable, unless your going to be running a Lan cable the bottleneck will be your connection strength.

Edited February 16, 2010 by Spoonman

[quiksilva]

Mate, I dont use media center either, (although I have tried it ,I didnt like the delay and niothing would work with it), these days I share files via windows media player 11, and it works a treat especially with the registry patch mentioned above (you can google it or hit me up by PM if you want it), for the files that dont work I use transcode 360 and stream via tversity. It doesn't let you do every file type, due to the 360's limitations of course but its not bad.

[Spoonman]

Yeah file types is a pain in the ass on the Xbox which used to shit me.

My new Xtreamer plays em all, straight outta the box, no need for hack/patches/transcodes.

[Rice_King]

Do a search on "Popcorn Hour" in this forum and on the web. Among the PCH's many features, I use my A-110 for streaming content via Wi-Fi from my PC to TV.

[astral]

There is a similar thread running here. http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Networking-T...ml#entry3344627