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boykster:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on November 16, 2007, 03:06:48 pm ---Good deal.

You're probably actually better off trying streaming - I'm not sure just running something like Media Player with an 800meg file over the network is going to work all that well.  By all means try it out and let us know how it goes but there's very likely a reason all this streaming software is out there rather than people just opening up a DivX movie over the network.

--- End quote ---

Actually, it works pretty well.  I play ripped DVD images across my lan all the time with zero problems.  If the pc you put together has enough horsepower to decode and render the video, then you're good to go.  Heck, over standard 100Mbit I can play a ripped HD-DVD or Bluray movie with no glitches; I have gigE now so I have plenty of headroom.

Mediaplayer should have no problems opening a media title that sits in a file share on another computer.

stace:
I do the same.

I have 2 terabytes of diskspace allocated across 4 HD's connected straight into a switch.  All using standard cat5e.  All hidden under the stairs.

I then have a modded xbox in the family room and a few other media players dotted around the house allowing me to access any of my movie/music/photo collection without having to get off my fat arse  :cheers:

Stace

SirPeale:
I have a wireless router.  Can I use this to connect to my  home PC?

SirPeale:
Now I've done it...I somehow managed to kill the connectivity on my main PC.  Now my 'net access is thru the darn computer I found on the road! 

I don't know how I did it, but I can't get it to reconnect.

SirPeale:
Some kind of weird router problem.  Connected the PC right to my DSL modem and it connected right away.  Working on the router now.

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