M3AL Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 All this Media Server stuff confuses me. So please correct me if I'm wrong: In order to have movies, music and pictures stored on a hard drive and be able to watch a movie on any tv I need to have: Netgear 9150 & a NAS hard drive orC4 Media Player, Netgear 9150 and a NAS hard drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 C4 media player and 9150 are essentially the same thing, you wouldn't need both those. You will need a NAS with either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NkySpike65 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 NAS = Network-Attached Storagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storageJust some info on what a NAS is....Here are some store bought 'types' of NAS, or also known as Home Severs... These are just of couple there is a lot more out there...HP Home and office servershttp://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/can.do?landing=notebook&storeName=accessories&category=notebook_hp&subcat1=home_servers&catLevel=1Acer Aspire Easystore H340http://us.acer.com/acer/productv.do?LanguageISOCtxParam=en&kcond61e.c2att101=54825&sp=page16e&ctx2.c2att1=25&link=ln438e&CountryISOCtxParam=US&ctx1g.c2att92=450&ctx1.att21k=1&CRC=936243954Hope that helps....------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3AL Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 C4 media player and 9150 are essentially the same thing, you wouldn't need both those. You will need a NAS with either.thanks. That clears it up, now come my other questions: if I am watching a movie in my bedroom from the hard drive and my wife is in the family room can she watch a different movie from the same hard drive? Or do I need to have seperate media controllers? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 C4 media player and 9150 are essentially the same thing' date=' you wouldn't need both those. You will need a NAS with either.[/quote']thanks. That clears it up, now come my other questions: if I am watching a movie in my bedroom from the hard drive and my wife is in the family room can she watch a different movie from the same hard drive? Or do I need to have seperate media controllers? Thanks in advance.She can watch it from the same hard drive. You need one media playback device for each independent, simultaneous stream of video. (meaning Toy Story in the bedroom, True Lies in the theater requires one NAS, and two Netgear 9100s as example.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Yeah, like thecodeman said each stream will require a media player (EVA9150, C4 Media Player, etc...), but they can both stream from the same NAS. In my home I have two media players and one NAS. It works great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3AL Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Sounds good. Thanks for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Sounds good. Thanks for the information.It took me a minute to get my head around it as well. Don't feel bad =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3AL Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Sounds good. Thanks for the information.It took me a minute to get my head around it as well. Don't feel bad =)I didn't feel bad till now. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamagixxer Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Just bought a 9150, is anyone using DVD Fab to store their media? If yes, what format are you using?THX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted February 1, 2010 Share Posted February 1, 2010 Just bought a 9150, is anyone using DVD Fab to store their media? If yes, what format are you using?THXI use AnyDVD...sorry. I just rip mine as straight .VOB's, I figured that would give me the most flexibility down the road should I want to change anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akg4y Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I used to use DVDFab, great program... just stored things as ISOs, but I use XBMC to play the files so I dont know if the 9150 can handle them or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamagixxer Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 I used to use DVDFab, great program... just stored things as ISOs, but I use XBMC to play the files so I dont know if the 9150 can handle them or not.Thanks - the unit is delivered tomorrow and I am going to play with it in my office on a 42" before installing it into C4. I am converting the same movie a few different ways to see if I can tell a difference when I play them back on the 42". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Automation1tmai Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Just for the record I am using a Netgear 8000 and never had a movie glitch even for a second due to buffering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Just a comment here- Media Player was removed last week and 9150 brought in yesterday. Awesome. Does everything on my to-do list. Same price, same hook-up, no problems getting up & running. High WAF for this move baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Just a comment here- Media Player was removed last week and 9150 brought in yesterday. Awesome. Does everything on my to-do list. Same price, same hook-up, no problems getting up & running. High WAF for this move baby!You're going to love it. The one and only complaint I have is that every 6 - 10 weeks I lose control of the device via SR-250 and have to power cycle it. Other than that, perfect. Maybe the latest firmware fixed that as well, I haven't had it happen in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamagixxer Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 My 9150 gets installed next Wednesday. Can't wait!!!!Anyone need a 777? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 My 9150 gets installed next Wednesday. Can't wait!!!!Anyone need a 777?I kept mine and use it along side the EVA9150. It would take forever to ripp all 300+ of my DVD's to the NAS, so I just ripped the ones my kids watch all the time to the NAS. I left all my old DVD's in the changer.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panamagixxer Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 My 9150 gets installed next Wednesday. Can't wait!!!!Anyone need a 777?I kept mine and use it along side the EVA9150. It would take forever to ripp all 300+ of my DVD's to the NAS' date=' so I just ripped the ones my kids watch all the time to the NAS. I left all my old DVD's in the changer....[/quote']I plan on doing the same, but I currently have two 777's in my system (1 to many now) :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveC4 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 My 9150 gets installed next Wednesday. Can't wait!!!!Anyone need a 777?I kept mine and use it along side the EVA9150. It would take forever to ripp all 300+ of my DVD's to the NAS' date=' so I just ripped the ones my kids watch all the time to the NAS. I left all my old DVD's in the changer....[/quote']I plan on doing the same, but I currently have two 777's in my system (1 to many now) :-)Ah, I see. How much for the 777?Just curious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wappinghigh Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Just a comment here- Media Player was removed last week and 9150 brought in yesterday. Awesome. Does everything on my to-do list. Same price, same hook-up, no problems getting up & running. High WAF for this move baby!...you talking about the C4 media player being removed, or some other player? :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Correct, C4-MP1-E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_brew Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I just hooked up my C4 Media Player and have had some time to get used to it.I think it works pretty well but with some pretty big misses - DVD menu's (or at least a bookmark function), Blu-ray ISO support and no Digital Coax output.That said, one of the reasons I bought it is that my understanding is that the hardware is just as good, or better, than what's in the Netgear. They just need to update the firmware to really "unleash" it. Hopefully they see fit to do that...soon. For now I'm just streaming DVD (replacing the 777) so no big deal, but they really need to get the HD stuff nailed if they want this to take off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 It is interesting to think that the MP even has a learning curve. It is almost transparent with the exception of the default screen for the player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CFUG Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I removed the C4MP before I had a chance to check this but can anyone tell me if the Page Up/Down (resolution selector) can stretch a 4:3 shot home movie to fit a 16:9 panel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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