Help!
I need some way to get music (mp3 & wma), quicktime videos (from my Olympus digital camera), avi's, mpg's, internet radio, photos, etc from my computer (XP Pro) upstairs wirelessly downstairs to my TV/stereo.
I just purchased JRiver's Media Center 11 today, which I've been using the trial version of on my computers at home and work and that I love, so I guess I could either go with a UPnP media receiver that Media Center supports, OR, some type of computer next to the TV to actually run Media Center and use their software on the TV and run their Library Server on the computer upstairs.
I have an old computer I could use, I guess (AMD T-Bird 1.4) but I don't have a TV card and this old thing is LOUD...the wife won't like that. I already have a Comcast 2 Tuner HD DVR, so have no interest in recording shows on it.
I like the looks of D-Link's DSM-320, but haven't read the greatest reviews of it. Same with all the other offerings from Netgear, Linksys, etc. The Roku stuff looks great, but it's too expensive for me (>$200) and no video...I definitely need video streamed to the TV. And photo slideshows with music if possible.
I've seen some type of XBox option often mentioned on other AV forums, but I have no idea how I would go about getting such a thing, and I have no interest in modding something myself, and don't know whether it would work with Media Server or not.
So, any ideas? Thanks from a new customer!