The “Break it Down” Blog

NETGEAR ReadyNAS RAIDiator 4.1.5 Released

NETGEAR has made available the 4.1.5 release of the RAIDiator firmware (operating system) that their ReadyNAS line of personal NAS devices run. For those that aren’t familiar with the ReadyNAS line, they originally started as personal servers from a company named Infrant that provided more than just dumb network-attached disk space (like the Drobo), they focused [...]

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Streaming Playback of 720p Media to PS3 Stutters or is Jerky

If you are like me, you probably use your PS3 to stream media from a NAS at home or something; either from the NAS directly or via a computer using TVersity. If you have begun to dabble with streaming HD content, either 720p or 1080p, you may have noticed that the PS3’s playback of that media [...]

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PS3 + Infrant ReadyNAS + Xvid Stream

It was reported shortly after the last PS3 Firmware 2.10 release that DivX support was added but Xvid support was only added when the media was played off the PS3’s hard drive. Well for you lucky Infrant ReadyNAS folks out there, it looks like the soon-to-be-released RAIDiator 4 relase of the OS for the ReadyNAS [...]

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ReadyNAS RAIDiator 4 Beta

For the NAS folks out there with a ReadyNAS device, the RAIDiator 4 beta releases are up to Beta 3 now. From the quick scan of the long thread, things seem pretty smooth so far. So the hot item included in RAIDiator 4 for me is: Embedded UPnP AV service now supports streaming to Xbox360 and [...]

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Infrant ReadyNAS + TwonkyVision

Note: For those confused by the names below. ReadyNAS is a line of NASs from Infrant that are very popular. TwonkyVision’s TwonkyMedia is a popular addon to the ReadyNAS NV/+ series that allow it to fully support UPnP A/V and stream pictures, music and media off the device to compliant devices [...]

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PS3 1.80 Firmware Update – AWESOME

Ted Regulski just dropped this gem in my inbox about the PS3 1.80 Firmware update due tommorow! Upscaling Playstation, Playstation 2 and DVDs to 1080p Ability to stream Images, Music, Movies from a DLNA3-enabled (UPnP A/V) device Remote Play on PSP over the Internet (Basically allows you to play anything from PS3, using PSP, from anywhere with a [...]

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Building a Network Attached Storage Device for (XBox 360) Media Streaming

So my current personal project is to build a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. In the most vanilla sense, the purpose of a NAS is to be a little headless (no video card or monitor) network connected device that has a custom operating system on it usually and just holds a ton of hard drives [...]

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