- Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:01 pm
#3775005
Most modern players/receivers shouldn't need to transcode much these days.
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smartie wrote:Most modern players/receivers shouldn't need to transcode much these days.Lots don't like mkvs and dts audio
b0t13 wrote:Need a decent media player for my TV, it needs to play movies from my NAS drive via dnla, I've found a cheap one on eBay for £30 or looked at the WDTV live as both do what I want, any other ideas? I'm sick of using my PS3 as it only plays half the files I've downloaded,Rpi or maybe chromecast will be so the trick
Also I want it cheap as possible, it's literally only going to be used for playing downloaded files on my Tv, not too fussed about loads of other features as long as it works and has a remote etc...
Evostance wrote:Already checked them, but they require another device to be run ipad/pc/phone etc, or the RPI was just clunky and began to get expensive with wifi options case keyboard etc..b0t13 wrote:Need a decent media player for my TV, it needs to play movies from my NAS drive via dnla, I've found a cheap one on eBay for £30 or looked at the WDTV live as both do what I want, any other ideas? I'm sick of using my PS3 as it only plays half the files I've downloaded,Rpi or maybe chromecast will be so the trick
Also I want it cheap as possible, it's literally only going to be used for playing downloaded files on my Tv, not too fussed about loads of other features as long as it works and has a remote etc...
b0t13 wrote:Even if you get something like an Apple TV etc, you're still going to need something like a remote to control them, why not use your phone. My advice is not to buy any cheap unbranded crap from eBay, it's crap.Evostance wrote:Already checked them, but they require another device to be run ipad/pc/phone etc, or the RPI was just clunky and began to get expensive with wifi options case keyboard etc..b0t13 wrote:Need a decent media player for my TV, it needs to play movies from my NAS drive via dnla, I've found a cheap one on eBay for £30 or looked at the WDTV live as both do what I want, any other ideas? I'm sick of using my PS3 as it only plays half the files I've downloaded,Rpi or maybe chromecast will be so the trick
Also I want it cheap as possible, it's literally only going to be used for playing downloaded files on my Tv, not too fussed about loads of other features as long as it works and has a remote etc...
I want something independent that I just turn on and it connects to NAS and plays files
smartie wrote:The phone is just a remote to pick what you want to play.So I can run chrome cast and select what film to watch from network/server via iPhone app, then close app/phone and chrome cast will pull and play the file from server without intervention/reliance from phone?
b0t13 wrote:no.... chromecast is just a connector to the device - you need the iPhone to host the media and stream through the castsmartie wrote:The phone is just a remote to pick what you want to play.So I can run chrome cast and select what film to watch from network/server via iPhone app, then close app/phone and chrome cast will pull and play the file from server without intervention/reliance from phone?
Basically can I run chrome cast without having phone app running once it starts?
smartie wrote:Chromecast does that, just need a ui on the phone. most of the above do that too.So the chrome cast can pull the file and play it by itself?, with the phone only being used as a remote, which can be turned off for example once the movie starts?
Though might not handle MKV without a transcoder, that's the general pirated HD format. So perhaps one of the other boxes if you have lots of MKV stuff.