Recusant Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I'm tired of a mish-mash of technology (PVR, NAS, TVs with inadequate DLNA) and would love a single unit that will play everything. I don't want to have to buy a media player to connect to every TV either. Just one media player to serve all TVs - all file formats... oh my kingdom for universal acceptance of FLAC and MKV! Is this but a dream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
com59841503560232 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I'm tired of a mish-mash of technology (PVR, NAS, TVs with inadequate DLNA) and would love a single unit that will play everything.I don't want to have to buy a media player to connect to every TV either. Just one media player to serve all TVs - all file formats... oh my kingdom for universal acceptance of FLAC and MKV! Is this but a dream? I have qnap nas using twonky and after the initial pia to set it up has been working perfectly with jailbroken apple tv2. All formats covered both audio and video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recusant Posted July 6, 2011 Author Share Posted July 6, 2011 I have qnap nas using twonky and after the initial pia to set it up has been working perfectly with jailbroken apple tv2. All formats covered both audio and video Is that to a TV? My Sony TV won't even see the mkv files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssschen Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I have qnap nas using twonky and after the initial pia to set it up has been working perfectly with jailbroken apple tv2. All formats covered both audio and video Just curious, does the jailbroken apple tv2 also plays rmvb and rm files?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I have qnap nas using twonky and after the initial pia to set it up has been working perfectly with jailbroken apple tv2. All formats covered both audio and video As sold, I believe that ATV only does 720P and does not support HD sound codecs. What are you able to achieve by jail breaking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrantz Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I'm tired of a mish-mash of technology (PVR, NAS, TVs with inadequate DLNA) and would love a single unit that will play everything. MythTV runs Linux, Linux can be setup to be a NAS. MythTV is a PVR and so far seems to do a pretty good/decent DLNA task.. It is a one box solution for recording and serving, and multiple boxes for playing... That's what i do. It can actually be done in a single unit, but I prefer 2+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry42 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 (edited) i read that the next appletv will output 1080p, not 720p like the present one i like my thecus nas, and beyonwiz and wdtv live, but the new appletv could be fun, plus it links the ipad and iphone to the tv for games, etc Edited August 2, 2011 by larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
com59841503560232 Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 i read that the next appletv will do 1080pi like my thecus nas, and beyonwiz and wdtv live, but the new appletv could be fun, plus it links the ipad and iphone to the tv for games, etc Jailbroken atv2 plays 1080p ripped blurays no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewW Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Jailbroken atv2 plays 1080p ripped blurays no worries. Although it only plays them at 720p, this is a hardware limitation of the device. Still looks fantastic on the 58" 1080p plasma. I'm running a Synology NAS, which has sabdnzb, sickbeard and couchpotato running directly on the NAS. I also have a mySQL database running on the NAS so that all my xbmc instances can share a common library. I'm currently running xbmc on a jailbroken ATV2 and also on my macbook pro. Will but another ATV2s once a few teething problems with the xbmc implementation are sorted out. Definitely the closest I've yet come to NAS/Media-streaming nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodge06 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Although it only plays them at 720p, this is a hardware limitation of the device. Still looks fantastic on the 58" 1080p plasma.I'm running a Synology NAS, which has sabdnzb, sickbeard and couchpotato running directly on the NAS. I also have a mySQL database running on the NAS so that all my xbmc instances can share a common library. I'm currently running xbmc on a jailbroken ATV2 and also on my macbook pro. Will but another ATV2s once a few teething problems with the xbmc implementation are sorted out. Definitely the closest I've yet come to NAS/Media-streaming nirvana. +1 for jailbroken atv 2 running xbmc. As mentioned, only outputs at 720p (but still decodes 1080p) but should still look pretty good on full hd panels (mine are 720p anyway so no issue for me). I have this linked back via wired connection to main pc which I still use as nas. In my case I was really looking for replacement for much used xbox1 that was still wife friendly. Since you can run xbmc via jailbroken atv2 the move was seamless once I had the jailbreak sorted. There are still a couple of issues with using for audio etc (music playback) but I dont really use this function and will be corrected going forward with future builds of xbmc anyway. As mentioned above, airplay works with the latest ios version on the atv2 so you can transfer video output from ipod/iphone/ipad to tv if wanting to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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