Nice one Larry! I can sit here all smug and say "told ya so". :lol: Glad you're happy with it. Hopefully you now appreciate the point I was trying to make in that other thread about using a proper streamer rather than a wannabe. It "just works", no faffing with DLNA or transcodi...

Got the Boxee Box on Tuesday. Yea! Man! what a difference having a "proper" streamer makes!!!!! I have been ripping my DVD's using MakeMKV and it is working very well! I can navigate easily through each movie and can select chapters. Plus the sound working well, Dolby D and no sync problem...

The MB is probably 3+ yrs old funny how that doesn't seem like much but then Vista was cool...LOL I have installed ubuntu onto a computer with a 5+ yo motherboard and that same drive without issues. However, the bios did recognize it, and everything went smooth. It seems to me that the root of your...

Well, I pulled the string on a Boxee Box today. I ordered it from Amazon and it should be here sometime 1st of next week. I think I will wait for it to get here before I start ripping DVD's. I think my best choice for a ripping tool will be either DVDFab or maybe MakeMKV. I think I would like to rip...

Great! Glad I could help.

Hi thanks for the excellent guide! Everything seems to be working fine except NFS :(, after much struggling I have my drives mounted and can see them from windows, but when I have tried to copy files to it, I get the error message " you need permission to perform this action. " I have fol...

Hi Larry, Thanks for the reply! Yea, but my understanding of VNC (i've never used it before) is that it's used to log onto the server, and from there i can remotely control the server (run applications etc). I take it this is a horrible assumption then!!??haha Thanks Not a bad assumption, you are c...

why not put the server in the same room as the router? That would allow you to connect the server to the router with a short cable. the server has no need for a keyboard or monitor, so it should not take up too much space. you then access it via putty and vnc from another computer. -Have a few appli...

Also that funky shape would be a pain to fit in my AV rack.

Actually it is only about as tall a a Coke can, and will fit into a rack. Also since the remote is RF, it can be hidden behind a door or even behind the TV.

Hi Yes, it would be very nice to have dedicated rederers/streamers throughout the house. Unfortunately (or fortunately I suppose) I am trying to buy a house so the £600 for the 3 Boxee Box's has a better home at the minute. Money wins out I'm afraid. :problem: Were you thinking of a Boxee Box or Bo...