2012-04-18, 22:18
First of all, sorry if this is in the wrong area but until 2 days ago I had never heard of xbmc - now I am very interest!
Some time ago I created a windows home server which holds all my DVD ISO images,music,photos, sd home movies (mpg 2) and hd home movies (m2ts with 5.1 Dolby sound track
In the rooms there are Netgear Eva 8000 units connected via cat5 cabling to the home server. The Eva units are great for playing DVD ISO images and the photos but can't deal with hd content as the processor in the units are not up to the job.
So I am looking to replace the Eva units with something else. I know it is early days to talk about xbmc on the rPi so have some questions about the general versions on xbmc which run on a Linux platform. These are as follows:
1) will it play DVD ISo. Images from a windows SMB share? I think from what I have read this is yes
2) will it play m2ts fies which contain avchd content with a 5.1 DD audio stream?
3) can it play photos on a windows share ? Again I think this is a yes
4) can it be controlled from another device (such as a web bowser on a tablet or through an api on a windows app)
Apologies for all te questions - before I embark on a steep learning curve I want to understand what the project being successful are
Thanks
Dave
Some time ago I created a windows home server which holds all my DVD ISO images,music,photos, sd home movies (mpg 2) and hd home movies (m2ts with 5.1 Dolby sound track
In the rooms there are Netgear Eva 8000 units connected via cat5 cabling to the home server. The Eva units are great for playing DVD ISO images and the photos but can't deal with hd content as the processor in the units are not up to the job.
So I am looking to replace the Eva units with something else. I know it is early days to talk about xbmc on the rPi so have some questions about the general versions on xbmc which run on a Linux platform. These are as follows:
1) will it play DVD ISo. Images from a windows SMB share? I think from what I have read this is yes
2) will it play m2ts fies which contain avchd content with a 5.1 DD audio stream?
3) can it play photos on a windows share ? Again I think this is a yes
4) can it be controlled from another device (such as a web bowser on a tablet or through an api on a windows app)
Apologies for all te questions - before I embark on a steep learning curve I want to understand what the project being successful are
Thanks
Dave