I would heavily recommend that you don't use a regular computer to just stream video. Instead I would get a low power ARM based single board computer. The reason being that the full computer will quickly, within a couple of months, use so much power that you could have have purchased the SBC and powered it for years with the same amount of power/money. It will literally cost hundreds to run a computer 24/7 just to steam video. Once you have that, there are a number of programs that will fill your needs, the most popular is XBMC, which has custom images for SBCs such as the Raspberry PI and I believe they also work on the BananaPI which is much more powerful, processor wise, and not that much more expensive. Brian Cluff On 12/28/2014 02:08 PM, Stephen M wrote: > Stephen, the only thing I plan on doing with this computer is streaming > videos over a local LAN and display them on a smartTV. So would I need > it if I wouldn't be using the computer itself? > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Stephen Partington > > wrote: > > If you can getting a cheap graphics card can give you an extended > life on the Pentium dual core, just make sure it supports decoding > functions. something like the nvidia 720 or AMD R5 or R7 low end gpu's. > > Read up on drivers based on the multimedia application or solution > you will be using. > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Stephen M > wrote: > > Hey All, > > I know this as been asked a few times, and I should keep all the > convos but there are so many. I am trying to find a good > solution to start a media center. So I need to know best > hardware and software. Of course I am using a Nix system and > looking for anything inexpensive. > > Although right now I have access to a Compact SR5000, max 2Gb > RAM. It has a pentium dual core system. It has Vista so I need > to get some ideas. The hard drive is around 500Gb but my father > might give me a 1.5Gb. > > So this will take a long time for me to get done because of my > situation. > > Thanks all > > -- > Stephen Melheim > 602-400-7707 > SMelheim85@gmail.com > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you > from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze > button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > Stephen Melheim > 602-400-7707 > SMelheim85@gmail.com > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss