Comments on: Network Media Players: DLink DSM-320

By: donny

donny — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:00:38 +0000

i use mediatomb on my linux fileserver for use with my dsm-320rd (same thing as dsm-320 it just has a dvd player and flash card reader) i prefer ethernet over 802.11 b/c it has better throughput.

By: eas

eas — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 20:14:05 +0000

In other news, I found two potential alternatives to Twonkyvision:
uShare which is a an opensource adjunct to GeekBoxX, a linux media player package.
Also, gmediaserver, from which uShare is derived, and which seems to be under active development.

By: eas

eas — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:57:21 +0000

Ralph, I never bought a DSM-320, largely due to the issues with fast forward and reverse that Pete notes (and the fact that the price went up). However, from my understanding there is no reason you couldn’t use two DSM-320s on the same network with the same server, provided you had enough bandwidth, which shouldn’t be an issue for music, even if you are using 802.11b.

You will run into issues if you want to sync audio playback between multiple devices.

If your intended use is audio, you might consider one of the network audio players from Roku or Slim Devices. They can’t do video, or drive a video display, but the flip side is that you can use them without relying on a TV to display the UI.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:38:41 +0000

Has anyone tried using two DSM-320’s on the same network? I want to play different music in different rooms in the house. This could be wireless or Ethernet cable, from one server. Does it work?

Thanks!

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 05:04:16 +0000

For what it’s worth, I’ve had a DSM-320 for about a year now, and I like it. It’s not perfect – for example, fast-forward and reverse in videos don’t work – but it gets the job done. I’ve run it both wired and wireless with no visible differences. I am streaming from an XP box and have used both Dlink’s product as well as Windows Media Connect, and both work fine. I’m in the process of converting my PVR over to Linux, so I need to find a Linux capable media server. Gonna check out Twonkyvision as well.

Good luck!

By: eas

eas — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:51:24 +0000

I’m not sure if that’ll work or not. I think they need to support some other standards so the player hardware can discover the device with the media library and the media on it. I did find a couple of open source UPnP media servers that should work though.

I’m pretty tempted to to buy the device and see how well I can get it to work…