renegadechic
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After a small conversation in the Firmware Suggestions thread on this subject I wanted to start a more searchable thread on this subject as I had some trouble finding much with great focus.
To quote my post in that thread:
The tl;dr is that, as an average windows user and a new linux user, I found networking on the Pandora quite difficult to set up and I expect that other users are in a similar situation.
It would be great to be able to share any individual process and experiences in one place so others can find the best solution for their needs.
In my case I would like to try and find the best way to stream video and music and access roms (and possible run ISOs) from a central NAS rather than using removable media.
All these tests were carried out using an Edimax EW-7811UN wifi dongle, so better results may be achieved over a wired connection, but that isn't really what I was trying to achieve.
XBMC detects UPNP AV devices, however I tested this and though I was able find the devices, it would not play any videos.
I tried DJMount, which also detects UPNP AV devices. This one was very slow to load the directories and though it opened videos, they did not play smoothly.
I managed to set up Gigolo to detect my NAS on an SMB Windows Share, and so far this has had the most promising results. The video ran with less stutter though it ran better in mplayer using -cache 8192 to buffer at the start, but after a minute went back to stuttering.
In all cases the videos were ultimately not very watchable, even when close to the router to receive ideal signal
NFS is the only option I have not had the chance to explore yet and apparently could be a better option than the ones listed above.
It would be great if we could come closer to being able to do some of this and incorporate the Pandora into our home media suites!
Hopefully other people have useful things to contribute!
p.s. If anyone wants details of how I set up any of the above let me know, I just expect that other people are going to have far better suggestions!
To quote my post in that thread:
The tl;dr is that, as an average windows user and a new linux user, I found networking on the Pandora quite difficult to set up and I expect that other users are in a similar situation.
It would be great to be able to share any individual process and experiences in one place so others can find the best solution for their needs.
In my case I would like to try and find the best way to stream video and music and access roms (and possible run ISOs) from a central NAS rather than using removable media.
All these tests were carried out using an Edimax EW-7811UN wifi dongle, so better results may be achieved over a wired connection, but that isn't really what I was trying to achieve.
XBMC detects UPNP AV devices, however I tested this and though I was able find the devices, it would not play any videos.
I tried DJMount, which also detects UPNP AV devices. This one was very slow to load the directories and though it opened videos, they did not play smoothly.
I managed to set up Gigolo to detect my NAS on an SMB Windows Share, and so far this has had the most promising results. The video ran with less stutter though it ran better in mplayer using -cache 8192 to buffer at the start, but after a minute went back to stuttering.
In all cases the videos were ultimately not very watchable, even when close to the router to receive ideal signal
NFS is the only option I have not had the chance to explore yet and apparently could be a better option than the ones listed above.
It would be great if we could come closer to being able to do some of this and incorporate the Pandora into our home media suites!
Hopefully other people have useful things to contribute!
p.s. If anyone wants details of how I set up any of the above let me know, I just expect that other people are going to have far better suggestions!
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