#DNS323 TWONKY 720P#
720p (and 1080p) video end up streaming fine after that. The version of Twonky that I use doesn't support mkv. She also uses it to backup her important data (instead of burning it to DVD). The DNS-323 works very well for us at home - the fiance is using a laptop over wireless and it's fast enough to watch dvd quality movies. This can be set-up fairly easily with fun_plug. Instead I use two 1TBs and set-up an rsync to do a daily backup. Honestly though, RAID's nice, but not really needed. You can use >1TB drives without RAID (I had a 1.5TB drive in there once). It also does RAID, but only up to 1TB drives if I remember correctly. Mojojj13 wrote: ↑The DNS-323 would be able to provide more than 1TB of storage based on the HDDs you buy. What are the downsides to the Iomega NAS versus the DLink NAS? Something I didn't consider but I'll look more into it. Thanks for the link to the Iomega Home Media Network Drive 1TB NAS. I really want something connected to the network versus having to have a laptop stay online for the Rosewill solution. Lead, here is the information on the Twonky I'm leaning towards a NAS and the DNS-323 will be linked to this router. Yes the laptops are wireless and I am using a Linksys WRT310N with DD-WRT firmwares. However this is probably the cheapest 1tb nas if it'll suit your needs The hp media server was a great buy from staples if you could locate one. Downside wdtv live networking isn't the most reliable. If you enable wol it'll turn the computer on when you need it.These could also be jacked into a wdtv live which currently supports external usb devices that can front as a nas on your network. The downside is it'll have to remain connected to your computer to work. Cannot transcode like ps3media server for mkv files though.ģ) the cheapest route is a rosewill dual bay usb storage unit(36 bucks at newegg this weekend, and 2 of the cheapest 1tb's you'll find which i believe was 69.99 seagates at ncix. Portability is about the same as an external HDD.ġ)no, the usb is probably 1.1 even if its 2.0 it'll have horribale transfer rates.Ģ) is good, its aregueably the most energy efficient standalone you'll find without losing transfer speed. You can turn the DNS-323 into an external USB HDD too. The USB port at the back is supposed to be used for a printer, but the kernel can be hacked. I have Twonky on mine to stream/transcode video to my xbox. With a little bit of Linux knowledge, you can pretty much turn this thing into whatever you need.
#DNS323 TWONKY DOWNLOAD#
I'm assuming that you're running your laptops wirelessly, so having a wired DNS-323 to download BT could be a huge benefit.