Best way to stream Bluray? Connectivity questions

[fergus]

I'm looking to invest in some new hardware to both stream DVD/BR and act as a music server.

The plan is to get the following:
- vortexbox server (probably DBM) to hold FLAC and DVD/BR
- new 802.11n router (recommendations?)

What's the best way to connect this all?

I was planning on having the server hardwired via SPDIF to my DAC, then an ethernet cable into the nearest powerline adapter (devolo DLAN 1200+) back to a new router (i'll have to stick with 802.11n rather than ac, as all my devices are currently only able to operate on n (at best). The media server would then supply the TV via another powerline adapter via the router.

Are powerline adapters good for streaming HD video? I don't want to rewire the house with CAT6 cable, etc.

Any other suggestions?

[TEKNOPUG]

fergus said:

I'm looking to invest in some new hardware to both stream DVD/BR and act as a music server.

The plan is to get the following:
- vortexbox server (probably DBM) to hold FLAC and DVD/BR
- new 802.11n router (recommendations?)

What's the best way to connect this all?

I was planning on having the server hardwired via SPDIF to my DAC, then an ethernet cable into the nearest powerline adapter (devolo DLAN 1200+) back to a new router (i'll have to stick with 802.11n rather than ac, as all my devices are currently only able to operate on n (at best). The media server would then supply the TV via another powerline adapter via the router.

Are powerline adapters good for streaming HD video? I don't want to rewire the house with CAT6 cable, etc.

Any other suggestions?

Only way to know whether powerlines will work is to test. I have a set of Delovo adapters that happily streamed HD all over my Victorian house (which I doubt had seen an electrician since the 50's). However, the same adapters on my new property seem to struggle with SD content. It's all down to the quality and architecture of the mains circuit that you are trying to stream through. All other parts of your network (hardware, configuration etc) are largely irrelevant if your mains are a bottle-neck.

[clockworks]

I couldn't get HD video to work over powerline adaptors, had to use cat5. This was for video streamed from the internet to a BT TV Youview box.

I'm using an HP microserver (with 8tb of storage) running Windows Home Server, and a variety of devices mostly connected by cat5: Dune HD media player, WD TV Live, couple of smart TVs, and three Airport Expresses for music.
Running Serviio for the smart TVs, SMP for the media players, and iTunes for the Apple stuff.

[marctwo]

If they are compressed Blu-ray rips then you will have no issues (works fine on my AV500 network). I would imagine 1:1 rips should also work on the 1200+ but there's only one way to find out.

[probedb]

I've streamed full BD rips over powerlines without any issues. The only time I've had issues are when trying to do other stuff over the network at the same time.

If you connect your server to your DAC then your server needs to play the music, also it's of no use for BR audio but I assume you knew that