DVI/HDMI + Optical Wireless Transfering... Advice Needed

[TackleburyUk]

Hello everyone...

I currently have a PC in my lounge connected to my Samsung TV. It has a dual header graphics card, one output to a 22' LCD and the other to the Samsung TV. I use Optical SPDIF audio into a switcher which is connected to my surround sound system. This allows me to watch HD/BluRay content on the Samsung TV through my PC and get 5.1 sound.

I'm looking to relocate my PC to a room upstairs where i will have a desk. Does anyone have any suggestions on how i can get the video from my PC, downstairs to the Surround sound system? I'm also wanting 5.1 Dolby Sound.

I have thought about a HDMI sender that goes into a HDMI switcher as I've limited HDMI inputs into my surround system. My concerns is with the bandwidth required to send a 12-14GB BluRay video, will a sender cope with that amount of data? Also, the PC is DVI x 2 output and i don't think DVI carries audio., hence the SPDIF i use currently.

The content that I watch is downloaded so has to be viewed via the PC. I'm not looking to load files to a USB stick or HDD as i have over 500gb of content and wish to be able to access all content at once.

I have an apple TV but iTunes won't play all the files and encoding would take too much time.

I need to be able to send DVI video & SPDIF Audio to the surround system.

Any advice of suggestion would be gratefully welcomed!

Tack.

[TheHeretic]

Do you have an ios device? If so, airvideo. It will transcode on the fly.

[TackleburyUk]

I do have ISO, Ipad3 and iPhone5.

Will Airplay send Dolby digital @ 1080p?

[TheHeretic]

It will send if H.264. I think it transcodes to 720p due to the heavy lifting to transcode 1080p on the fly. Not sure about 5.1. I suspect not.

[TackleburyUk]

Thanks for your quick reply mate.

I'm pondering a small media center pc or similar, i could always transfer via wifi but it'd take a few mins to send a BluRay....

[Bullett]

XBMC running on a RaspberryPi (I use Raspbmc)
Content stays on the PC, client runs on the RaspberryPi. Then use your network to stream the file over.
Bandwidth will be your main issue what codec is your content encoded in?

[TheHeretic]

The issue is blu-ray. Can you fine a blu-ray player, with media server in one unit?

[Zod]

HDMI over ethernet through baluns.

Alternatively, buy a BluRay player. They start at £40 now.

[Bullett]

TackleburyUk said:

The content that I watch is downloaded so has to be viewed via the PC

Not blu-ray but HD files. It's all dependant on the codec.

I'm pretty sure you can stream from a disc on a remote server though. Max bandwidth is around 40Mbit to stream from a disc.