ljames555
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Anyone whose clued up what the differences are? Advantages and disadvantages?
Im basically after a external hard drive to store data but also for films that I download which will be viewed with a ipad(streamed over the wifi)
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noshua
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Can the iPad stream without conversion? I.e xvid and h.264 in Avi and mkv containers?
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ljames555
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Now youve lost me 
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Toby
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well if your ipad can play the above codecs (xvid/h.264) in the above file formats (avi and mkv) then go for a networked hard drive as it will be cheaper than having to use a media server along with storage (i.e. a hard drive). If not then you will need the server to be able to transcode it into a playable format and then stream over the network
[Edited on 20-11-2011 by Toby]
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noshua
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I don't have an iPad myself but I'm sure they can't play any AVI or MKV containers.
You'll need something to transcode them into a format which the iPad can play. Basically, you need something in the middle that will take your downloaded films and convert it and pass it onto the iPad in a format which it can play, in real-time. Unless you're going to sit there for 100's of hours converting the films you download?
The "something in the middle" would be a computer, you can use any computer with the right software, however it'll have to be on and running the software whenever you want to stream to the iPad.
You could use a media server in the place if your desktop/laptop instead of leaving it on all the time - laptops get quite hot!
TVersity will do the job, not sure if it's the best though.
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