<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 August 2014 06:20, Paul Hewlett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phewlett76@gmail.com" target="_blank">phewlett76@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">I have been using a raspberry pi with xbmc with some success. However the interface is very laggy and have been investigating a replacement recently. I also have a shuttle PC but would not recommend it as the wired Ethernet drivers for Linux are problematic.<br>
</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I have used Shuttle computers for several years now and the ethernet ports have never been an issue, I have used several distros and version, including Centos 6 now with no issues, so I don't think Shuttle should put anybody off in general terms.<br>
<br></div><div>The typical box may not be ideal as a media server because they are bulkier than people expect for this function, but that allows to have a couple of disks and a media reader of some denomination (normally DVD reader/writer, but in Jessops I have seen a multi card reader instead), so one can build resilience right there in the box.<br>
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