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<blockquote data-quote="mbuzina" data-source="post: 700401" data-attributes="member: 12382">Nifield: if you want eye candy interface in each room, plan an htpc for each room. Currently you can use centralized media with some tricks (search the forums, there are ways to do this) and there will still be some limitations. But I know of no current solution that will deliver what MP can do (plan to be twiddeling around for a longer time!). MP 2 is planned to ease that. MP 2 will allow centralized database access for all your media, even if the media is decentralized (your doughter has music on her PC, but you can still access it from the living room). MP 2 will also be based on uPNP technology, allowing integration of other devices (then with less eye candy), even if this is not a goal for the initial releases (the DLNA spec costs 50 K$ so it is out of reach for most free SW). There is an active community on MP which provides intersting solutions (e.g. have a look at iPiMP, you can use it to stream TV and other media to smartphones and tablets).As for DLNA NAS boxes: That is quite limiting your capability. No live TV streaming, no recording from a central point, no nifty interface (not many players can access the covers, but some do&nbsp; like WMP), issues with the database (e.g. I have issues with compilation albums showing up as many albums, one for each artist) and so on.So if you want to be on the front line of home media entertainment &amp; sharing: Set up a central server with TV cards and storage, install MP TV server and iPiMP (maybe add a seperate music streaming server for the meantime), set up client machines in each room / connect your ipad using iPiMP / music streaming solution. Than you can migrate to MP 2 later on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mbuzina, post: 700401, member: 12382"] Nifield: if you want eye candy interface in each room, plan an htpc for each room. Currently you can use centralized media with some tricks (search the forums, there are ways to do this) and there will still be some limitations. But I know of no current solution that will deliver what MP can do (plan to be twiddeling around for a longer time!). MP 2 is planned to ease that. MP 2 will allow centralized database access for all your media, even if the media is decentralized (your doughter has music on her PC, but you can still access it from the living room). MP 2 will also be based on uPNP technology, allowing integration of other devices (then with less eye candy), even if this is not a goal for the initial releases (the DLNA spec costs 50 K$ so it is out of reach for most free SW). There is an active community on MP which provides intersting solutions (e.g. have a look at iPiMP, you can use it to stream TV and other media to smartphones and tablets). As for DLNA NAS boxes: That is quite limiting your capability. No live TV streaming, no recording from a central point, no nifty interface (not many players can access the covers, but some do like WMP), issues with the database (e.g. I have issues with compilation albums showing up as many albums, one for each artist) and so on. So if you want to be on the front line of home media entertainment & sharing: Set up a central server with TV cards and storage, install MP TV server and iPiMP (maybe add a seperate music streaming server for the meantime), set up client machines in each room / connect your ipad using iPiMP / music streaming solution. Than you can migrate to MP 2 later on. [/QUOTE]

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