NAS to stream SD video to 6 locations at the same time

[SmootU]

Hi,

I am designing a system to stream SD video to 6 TV's all running Raspberry Pi's. While most of the time only 3 or 4 will be used at the same time it is possible that all 6 could be active at once.

I would like to know what features i should be looking for in a NAS to do this.

Thanks in advance.

 

[stevech]

Hi,

I am designing a system to stream SD video to 6 TV's all running Raspberry Pi's. While most of the time only 3 or 4 will be used at the same time it is possible that all 6 could be active at once.

I would like to know what features i should be looking for in a NAS to do this.

Thanks in advance.

SD video in ??? format. Assume no on-the-fly transcoding.
Most any NAS will do this. Low load.
Synology and QNAP are the leaders/best.

I own a Raspberry Pi. Are you sure you want to do this with RPi's? Rather than Roku or common TVs with Ethernet/WiFi built-in, and able to talk to a DLNA server within the NAS?

 

[smitbret]

I prefer my Raspberry Pi running OpenELEC to the WDTV Live Hub in the living room.

I set it up as an experiment and ended up being pleased enough to stop my search for an HTPC.

 

[stevech]

I prefer my Raspberry Pi running OpenELEC to the WDTV Live Hub in the living room.

I set it up as an experiment and ended up being pleased enough to stop my search for an HTPC.

WDTV Live Hub ... that's a bad comparison and not a rationale for using an RPi.

 

[SmootU]

SD video in ??? format. Assume no on-the-fly transcoding.
Most any NAS will do this. Low load.
Synology and QNAP are the leaders/best.

I own a Raspberry Pi. Are you sure you want to do this with RPi's? Rather than Roku or common TVs with Ethernet/WiFi built-in, and able to talk to a DLNA server within the NAS?

Thanks for that, TV's don't have ethernet and can't get Roku boxes in Australia. RPi's are cheap and CEC means I don't have to worry about 6 more remotes.