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Devices => PC's and Other Hardware => Topic started by: pahunt on October 17, 2012, 05:05:23 am

Title: NAS drive and blu ray images
Post by: pahunt on October 17, 2012, 05:05:23 am

Hi,

I am looking to expand the storage capacity of my HTPC by purchasing a NAS device but before I take the plunge I wonder if anyone has any real-world experience of streaming blu rays stored in BDMV folders over gigabit ethernet. The NAS I am currently looking at is the Netgear ReadyNAS NV+ v2 which according to the review below has performance of 81MB/sec for reading a video file. Is this fast enough?

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/storage-appliances/372292/netgear-readynas-nv-v2/2

Thanks

Title: Re: NAS drive and blu ray images
Post by: muzicman0 on October 18, 2012, 01:29:13 am

should be plenty.  81MB/s = 648 megabits/s (1MB = 8mb), and bluray is somewhere on average about 35mb/s.

I stream bluray rips over my gig network all the time, as well as recording TV over the same network, and have had no issues with bandwidth at all.  I did a stress test...recorded 4 HD shows, and streamed a bluray, and it held up fine.

mm0

Title: Re: NAS drive and blu ray images
Post by: pahunt on October 18, 2012, 03:26:12 am

Thanks for that, I guessed it would probably be OK but it's nice to get some reassurance before I spend the money.