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General => Users => Topic started by: victorbrca on April 09, 2007, 04:59:18 am
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Hi all,
I've just found Linux MCE and found it very interesting. I've been looking for something like this for a while...
I read the main topics on "User's Manual" and "Getting Started". It looks pretty straight forward and I'm somewhat anxious on installing it at home. However I have some questions I wanted to get through before spending the money on a core, and experience is usually better than manuals, your experience that is!! :)
My network at home is a little crowded as you can see on my diagram at the end. What I'm looking for is to simply watch TV on the PCs and access data (Video & Music) from my NAS or core so I can watch on the TV.
Questions are:
1- Would a standard 100Mb network be enough for video/audio streaming? (I'm aware the User's Manual advise 1G. Low budget)
2- Can I place core and media director on separate subnet than my PCs and use static routing? I do not want to use MCE as DHCP server.
3- Would a P4 with 512 RAM be enough for a core?
Thanks a lot for any input!!!
Vic.
(http://wazem.dyndns.org/temp/wazem-present-public.png)
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1- Would a standard 100Mb network be enough for video/audio streaming? (I'm aware the User's Manual advise 1G. Low budget)
2- Can I place core and media director on separate subnet than my PCs and use static routing? I do not want to use MCE as DHCP server.
3- Would a P4 with 512 RAM be enough for a core?
1. I would say that 100mb network would be fine.
2. I'm not sure about the routing as i'm having troubles with that at current.
3. Pretty sure the P4 & 512 ram would do the job. i'm using an amd athlon 2.08Ghz and 512 of DDR333
and seems to do ok.
how fast is the cpu? & what ram are you using?
Not sure yet. I'm going to be shopping for a used one, this is why I wanted to investigate before I start spengding money...
Vic.
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I have another question... :)
In case I have digital cable with a box at home, would LinuxMCE allow me to change the channels from any of the Media Directors or PCs?
If so, would I need to connect the core or a media director to that cable connection?
And, would I need to connect it before the cable box or after the cable box (between TV and cable box)?
Thanks a lot,
Vic.
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Yes you can do that using Linux MCE and yes you can connect it to the core or media director and you need to connect it after the cable box.
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victorbrca, on a side note, could you tell me what software you used to create that network map? It's very slick.
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looks like visio professional 2 me. excellent detail vic.
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victorbrca, on a side note, could you tell me what software you used to create that network map? It's very slick.
Sorry for the delay... Yes it was visio. I could not find anything similar for Linux... However, I do use a neat free on-line tool at work for when client's don't have any diagram software. Check it out here (http://www.gliffy.com/)
Vic.