Re: [Hampshire] Ultimate Linux Media PC?

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:51:26 +0100, "Rob Malpass" <lug@???>
wrote:
> From: "Samuel Penn" <sam@???>
>> I use a PS3 for the above, including CD, DVD (not sure about region
>> encoding) and Blu-ray. There is a bluetooth remote for video playback.
>> Does web browsing as well (though some sites don't work so well). It's
>> not the quietest thing ever, but I've found it quiet enough.
>
> Coming to this debate rather late - I've been looking for something that
> will simply read files off my NAS and play them. If it can do video
then
> great but I can't find a device anywhere that will read mp3s and play
them
> back through the TV when the mp3s aren't stored on a machine elsewhere
> running itunes or wmp. Are you saying a ps3 can do this?

You'd need a UPNP media server (I use mediatomb, which will stream (and
transcode on the fly if necessary) music, video and images) to do something
like this. The PS3 won't read directly from a network drive, but you don't
need iTunes or WMP.

Sam.