Hi everybody,
I was wondering if any of you has any experience or information on how to integrate a Network Media Player (NMP) using centrally stored Video information.
I currently have a 500GB Lacie Multimedia Harddisk but the interface is too "computer like", all with little folders.
I know of Kaleidascape but too expensive. Therefore my idea is to rip my existing DVD collection (+-200 dvd's) once and store there on Network Accesible Storage (NAS-disk) together with other Dvix & Xvid movies and tv-shows.
At each tv I would need a NMP to acces this information. Prefarably with a user friendly Graphic Interface (GI) (see also attachment for an overview and view of pretty looking GI's.
What do you recommend in terms of hardware ?
* Pop Corn Hour ?
* QNAP NMP1000?
* DVICO 6xxx?
* Apple Mac Mini
* Apple TV with the Atv- flash software
Of course this hardware piece should be hidden out of sight and therefore PUC-controllable (Beo5)
What kind of software do you recommend ?
*Tvixie
* Atv flash
* other ?
Does anyone have any experience and how easy and userfriendly is this software for not to experienced person? One finds lots of view on the internet on pretty GI but how easy is it really ? and how timeconsuming ?
As attachment you will find the setup in which this should be integrated, I had (also based on the stringent advice of my B&O dealer) put Cat5e cables in place to each tv-set. Do they know more about a possible B&O video library ???
Many thanks for the advice, looking forward to getting our new project going (all cables are in place including the Lutron graphic eye).