playing movies

**Raylo** · 02-13-2008, 10:40 AM

I am trying to find out what I need to stream and play DVD movie files that live on a NAS connected to my router on a TV. Will any of the game consoles like the X-Box 360 (with wifi adapter, of course) do this? The choices for the NAS are a generic NAS and something like the HP Mediasmart server which is basically a computer (w/o a video card) running MS Windows Home Server operating system.

I don't really understand where the codec that plays the video must live. In the case of a generic NAS it seems this would have to be on the box attached locally to the TV. But in the case of the media server I wonder if the codec lives there and just sends a video stream to the local TV box?

Anyone have a setup that works for this?

ebackhus · 02-13-2008, 12:22 PM

To stream the videos you'll need the files to be on a PC or have the storage device directly connected to the PC.

02-13-2008, 10:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Raylo TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 525 OS: XP Desktop, Vista HP Notebook, XP Notebook	playing movies I am trying to find out what I need to stream and play DVD movie files that live on a NAS connected to my router on a TV. Will any of the game consoles like the X-Box 360 (with wifi adapter, of course) do this? The choices for the NAS are a generic NAS and something like the HP Mediasmart server which is basically a computer (w/o a video card) running MS Windows Home Server operating system. I don't really understand where the codec that plays the video must live. In the case of a generic NAS it seems this would have to be on the box attached locally to the TV. But in the case of the media server I wonder if the codec lives there and just sends a video stream to the local TV box? Anyone have a setup that works for this?

02-13-2008, 12:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,243 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: playing movies To stream the videos you'll need the files to be on a PC or have the storage device directly connected to the PC. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.