[ubuntu-uk] Query about connecting a Ubuntu pc and an xbox

[Rob Beard]

On 12/03/2009 11:13, Michael Holloway wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-03-12 at 11:02 +0000, javadayaz wrote:
>    
>> cables are a strict no as my evil has striclty instructed that she is
>> sick of the cables.
>>
>>      
>
> I had that problem, the solution was 2 part.
> 1. Get trunking and do the cable properly so that they are hidden.
> 2. Make sure there is lots of goodies on the media centre for her :)
>    
That's what I'm planning on doing, I have cables running down the walls 
but we're going to redecorate the house this year and my dad being a 
decorator is helping (in return for me fixing his PC :-).  I like the 
idea that putting in cabling will at least future proof me for when I 
eventually upgrade my network to Gigabit.  With regards to goodies that 
my other half likes, well I'm working on that, she likes Ultrastar and I 
see there is a Linux version so that's one of the killer apps that the 
Media Centre PC will have on it when I get it built up.
> I currently has a Netgear EVA8000 media centre, connected over 100MBit
> lan cable. It streams the data from my NAS box in another room. On HD
> video it struggles. This could be anything from the processing power of
> the Netgear, to the disk read speed of the NAS, to the limit of the LAN
> connection. I suspect the LAN is the problem.
>
>    
What sort of HD content is it?

I stream HD content from my server over a 100Mbit connection via Samba 
and it tends to work fine (although it's only 720p as that is all my TV 
supports).
> I would therefore suggest that you look at making the best connections
> to avoid this problem. Fixed cable first, then AC network, and then only
> resort to wireless.
>    
Agreed.  From experience I have found wireless to be fine for standard 
definition content and audio but no use for HD video and at least going 
down the cabling option, once it's done it should in theory support 
Gigabit ethernet and possibly faster in the future?

Rob