Hi,
I want to purchase a NAS, and run twonky.
Would any one share their views on a stable NAS\twonky unit. i.e which would you recommend?
NAS advice needed
- mgillespie
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I would point out. The big limitation on buying a NAS, is the amount of resouces it has (CPU/Memory). If you plan to have all your content in the format all your clients support fine. NAS is an excellent low power choice.
HOWEVER, if you think you many need to transcode files (FLAC > WAV, DIVX > MP4 etc etc), then your out of luck on a NAS, as it simply does not have the resources to pull of suchy CPU/Memory intensive operations... A MiniITX/NanoITX PC might be a better choice, as they can be very low power (6W), but still able to transcode to a acceptable degree...
HOWEVER, if you think you many need to transcode files (FLAC > WAV, DIVX > MP4 etc etc), then your out of luck on a NAS, as it simply does not have the resources to pull of suchy CPU/Memory intensive operations... A MiniITX/NanoITX PC might be a better choice, as they can be very low power (6W), but still able to transcode to a acceptable degree...
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I am looking to get a NAS also but I plan to stream to my PS3 you say that the files have to be transcoded it isnt a good choice my files will be MP4 but if the PS3 supports this format nativly would it still have to transcode? Also would I have to keep my main computer running in order to stream files to my PS3 or just leave the NAS on and it does not need any interaction from my main computer?mgillespie wrote:I would point out. The big limitation on buying a NAS, is the amount of resouces it has (CPU/Memory). If you plan to have all your content in the format all your clients support fine. NAS is an excellent low power choice.
HOWEVER, if you think you many need to transcode files (FLAC > WAV, DIVX > MP4 etc etc), then your out of luck on a NAS, as it simply does not have the resources to pull of suchy CPU/Memory intensive operations...
Thanks for the help.
- mgillespie
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- AV Hardware:TwonkyMedia AV UPnP Mediaserver (Marvell Kirkwood ARM Sheevaplug with Debian Squeeze).
2x Noxon V2 audio client
1x PS3 Slim 500GB Audio/Video UPnP client.
1x Sony VGF-CP1 Wireless Photoframe. - Location:UK
In this situation, as long as the correct MP4 settings are used, then Twonly won't have to transcode to play on the PS3. However, NAS devices have other limitations, many people suffer issues, as the size of their media library reaches a cetain size, and they have to limit navigation tree's etc.DiRTDOGGYDOG wrote:I am looking to get a NAS also but I plan to stream to my PS3 you say that the files have to be transcoded it isnt a good choice my files will be MP4 but if the PS3 supports this format nativly would it still have to transcode? Also would I have to keep my main computer running in order to stream files to my PS3 or just leave the NAS on and it does not need any interaction from my main computer?mgillespie wrote:I would point out. The big limitation on buying a NAS, is the amount of resouces it has (CPU/Memory). If you plan to have all your content in the format all your clients support fine. NAS is an excellent low power choice.
HOWEVER, if you think you many need to transcode files (FLAC > WAV, DIVX > MP4 etc etc), then your out of luck on a NAS, as it simply does not have the resources to pull of suchy CPU/Memory intensive operations...
Thanks for the help.
If you have a small to medium library, that does not need transcoding, then NAS will be fine, but I still firmly believe a MiniITX/NanoITX pc is a better bet, with upgradable components, and more resources.
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