Vote for Twonky NOW!!

[Edward]

What is the benifits of setting up the thecus box as a media center. I myself left it as a server. I use popcorn hour I have no problems. Plays everything.

[peterfu]

What is the benifits of setting up the thecus box as a media center. I myself left it as a server. I use popcorn hour I have no problems. Plays everything.

That depends on Your personal environment - not all media clients are able to access file shares directly vie CIFS, SMB or NFS - for that clients You need a streaming server.
And some streaming servers offers You more functionalities. With the new version of twonkymedia i.e You can also access You contents on flickr and youtube.
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Peter

[Edward]

Popcorn hour has flickr, youtube etc etc built in

[JDub]

What does popcorn hour run on? Your server?

I think the idea here is to have the Thecus run with self contained services, for those that don't run a separate server. This is certainly what I'd like to achieve for efficiency, etc.

[peterfu]

I know that the popcorn devices are great - thinking at the moment to buy one, but as I said - not all devices have this ability and i.e my NOXON audio only clients need a streaming server.
So it depends very much on everyones environment and needs.

@jDub : popcorn hour is a hardware media client see here : http://www.popcornhour.com

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Peter

[JDub]

Thanks for that Peter, I was getting mixed up with Roxio's Popcorny thing. I see now, interesting hardware client....I guess it is similar to what a lot of people are using the PS3 for, in addition to it's game playing capabilities. Strange name though...

[JDub]

Well it turns out the very helpful Thecus community are now producing Twonky modules for the N3200PRO!

There is already a v4 module available here. Works nicely.

There is also a v5 module being tested at the moment - Hopefully it will be completed soon.

The main thing is that already with v4, there is a huge jump in features/performance. It's a shame Thecus didn't have the foresight to do this themselves...

[Keyser.Soze]

I am a user of the Thecus N3200 not N3200 Pro, and I'd love to have an updated version of a TwonkyMedia server module come out for the N3200. Can anyone help in making this happen? Thanks a lot!

[pgsalmon]

I installed the Twonky mediaserver module for 5200 on my N4100pro and it was instantly recognized on my network.
The Mediabolic only show up once in months after I repeatedly enabled/disabled and rebooted the NAS.
I have both a DVico 6500A and a Mvix Ultio, both of which now see the twonky4100.

Frankly I am frustrated that this type of software (mediabolic) is included with the N4100Pro. As I originally was going after the Dvico support people, and then have to apologize for what is a thecus problem.

Thanks to the twonky people. It's got my vote.

Makes me debate the ReadyNAS which appears to have a much better support group and quality control over their products.

[JDub]

All I can think is that licensing for Mediabolic is a lot cheaper than Twonky. Mediabolic is frankly, a terrible piece of software that is ruining an excellent piece of hardware. I would imagine DLNA support is a prime requirement for someone buying a NAS for a home environment...?

[infogear]

Interesting thread!

Agree that the media server which comes out of the box by Thecus is questionable.

Has anyone tried yet to install Twonky on the N0503? (N5200_TWONKYMEDIA_2.00.18)

Would be interested to hear if there are any users out there which have already tried so and if so what kind of issues they run it too.

And yes, I would definitely vote for a better media server such as Twonky.

[Fridi]

The n5200-TwonkyMedia-Nodul 2.00.18 runs without problems on my n0503.

[rhokahin]

I've got teh thecus n2200. does teh twonky modul wordk on this also?

[MadGstiK]

I want a TwonkyMedia module working with the N2200 too !!!!