Current setup:
My main personal download and gaming PC has all the TV shows and movies in AVI or some MKV formats. Some are starting to be in H.264 lately. I copy the files to a memory stick and plug them into the Samsung TV. The TV is basically the media player and works quite well. Shows full file name, plays back cleanly and best of all bookmarks each file where I stopped watching and lets me go back instantly. This is a big plus.
Proposed setup:
Eliminate the "SneakerNet" of USB keys between PC and TV with a media player that works as good as or better than the media player built into the TV. Basically something that will pull files from shared folders off of my Win7 PC and play them on the TV through HDMI. While remembering where I stopped watching in each file.
I had thought of Boxee but just read that stopped support of their desktop app?
Thought of getting an old Xbox to server media but was told it can't do MKV and HD movies have to be converted to WMV format. Blah!
Is a homemade HTPC the only way to get what I want?
Thx
J
My main personal download and gaming PC has all the TV shows and movies in AVI or some MKV formats. Some are starting to be in H.264 lately. I copy the files to a memory stick and plug them into the Samsung TV. The TV is basically the media player and works quite well. Shows full file name, plays back cleanly and best of all bookmarks each file where I stopped watching and lets me go back instantly. This is a big plus.
Proposed setup:
Eliminate the "SneakerNet" of USB keys between PC and TV with a media player that works as good as or better than the media player built into the TV. Basically something that will pull files from shared folders off of my Win7 PC and play them on the TV through HDMI. While remembering where I stopped watching in each file.
I had thought of Boxee but just read that stopped support of their desktop app?
Thought of getting an old Xbox to server media but was told it can't do MKV and HD movies have to be converted to WMV format. Blah!
Is a homemade HTPC the only way to get what I want?
Thx
J