media servers for home
media servers for home
DLNA – A Great Way To Enjoy Streaming Movies At Home
Streaming media has seen an explosion of popularity recently. While many have found ways to put videos onto their computers; siting in front of a keyboard might not be the ideal situation. Being in the comfort of your living room watching videos on your large HDTV screen would definitely be preferable to most people. This has been made easier with the development of the technology called DLNA. Making streaming movies in the home simple and convenient.
With out much setup or configuration, DLNA can transfers movies, photos and other media from one device to another. It stands for Digital Living Network Alliance. All you would need to do is connect the DLNA Certified devices to your home Network – wired or wireless. Once connected the DLNA devices discover and communicate with one another over your Home Network. DLNA servers, that store your media, stream to DLNA compliant players. It provides a very convenient way for you to transfer media from one device to another.
The first step with DLNA is to designate a server on your network. Most computers with Windows Media Center will act as your server. You can use external storage devices such as the Buffalo Technology LinkStation Live 1.0TB, as your NAS or Network Attached Storage. You connect this NAS device directly to your network, so computers or other DLNA capable devices can access the stored media within. Therefore, your computer would not always have to be powered on when you want to watch movies on your TV. But for most people using Windows Media Center, or software such as Nero MediaHome or Tversity will turn their computer into an efficient DMS – Digital Media Server.
Additional hardware will be required, regardless if you use a hardware server or software server. You will need a DLNA certified device such as Sony’s PlayStation 3, Mircosoft’s Xbox or certain Blu-ray Players. They have DLNA capabilities that transform them into Digital Media Players or DMP. Allowing them to locate the media on your Digital Media Server and play the media back on your TV. Certain HDTV’s can also have DLNA capabilities, eliminating the need for that third hardware device.
While DLNA is becoming more mainstream it is still not in every media device. So you have to look for the DLNA logo when purchasing Blu-ray Players or HDTVs. Other DLNA Certified devices include DVR’s, Mobile Phones, Personal Digital Assistants, Printers, Digital Media Adapters and many more. If you have a large collection of videos, music and photos, it maybe worth it to purchase DLNA products which will make distributing your media around your home a breeze.
Home Network Devices
Digital Media Sever – Devices which store data and make it available to networked digital media players (DMP) and digital media renderers (DMR). Examples: PC’s and Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.
Digital Media Player – Devices which find data on digital media servers (DMS) and produce playback. Examples: TV’s, Blu-ray Players, stereos, home theaters, wireless monitors and gaming consoles
Digital Media Renderer - Devices which will play data received from a digital media controller (DMC) and found on a digital media server (DMS). Examples: TVs, A/V receivers, video displays and remote speakers for music.
Digital Media Controller – Devices which find data on digital media servers (DMS) and then play it back on digital media renderers (DMR). Examples: Internet Tablets, Wi-Fi enabled digital cameras and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA).
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Universal remote / Mouse?
I’m am looking for a universal remote control that will also act as a wireless mouse. I have a flat screen LCD tv hooked up to my computer and I am have a receiver for audio and a dvd player and I want one device to control them all. home media servers like my set up are getting more common there has to be something out the like this? help I wants it!
I have a receiver that is only for my home theater speakers (5.1) my computer is connected to my receiver via spdif
my dvd player is connected to the receiver via an optical audio cable
my dvd player and my computers video card are connected to the TV via separate HDMI inputs
dvd player id hdmi / hdmi
computer is dvi / hdmi
I am picturing something that looks like a universal remote that has a little track ball thingy like my black berry that has a sensor that plugs into my pc via a usb and then also will operate as a standard remote
I’m not sure about a device made for this, but if you have an iPhone or iPod touch (or would invest in one) there are apps for things like that. One I use is a trackpad/airmouse, it’s called Air Mouse Pro, but there are apps that control media as well, however I haven’t come across anything that will control your DVD player as a normal remote would, only if you normally have access to your DVD player’s functions via your computer, then you could control it with the mouse..
That setup sounds really jumbled to me, you have a receiver that’s ONLY for speakers, or does it also include the DVD player? Do you use an optical/coaxial cable(s) to connect your DVD player’s audio out to the receiver’s audio in? Sounds like a lot of hassle, if you have your computer connected then I don’t see the purpose of having a DVD player in that setup at all – (unless of course it’s part of your receiver), because you can just play the dvd’s from your computers optical drive and control everything THROUGH your computer, where these apps would be able to do what you want.
Look into it, good luck, but I’ve never seen a remote with a trackball, if they do exist, then they’d be really cumbersome. However if you got a remote + a mouse app and wanted to keep your setup it wouldn’t be too bad because an iPhone is something I always have with me.. because it’s my phone!
Also, if you looked into apple tv, an ipod/iphone can control that no problem, just like a remote, and another app for your mouse.
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