Comments on: Buffalo LinkStation Pro

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:58:19 +0000

Check this http://forums.buffalotech.com/t5/Storage/how-to-stream-linkstation-pro-to-xbox-360-without-having-a-pc-on/m-p/5062

By: Mykl

Mykl — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:57:52 +0000

Has anyone had success streaming movies directly from LinkStation Pro Duo to PS3 or XBOX 360 via a router/LAN setup?

By: dre

dre — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:13:08 +0000

You can also use ushare on the Terastation. I got it running on mine, and unlike twonky, it’s free. I got it serving up my movies and music to my 360. The 360 in itself is particular with media, it likes mp4 to be renamed m4v.

By: Giorgio

Giorgio — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:32:15 +0000

I want to buy this nas,do you know if the hardware can support amule with high download?

By: Axel

Axel — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:41:43 +0000

Hey guys,

I’ve got a linkstation Pro and my ps3 can read the videos from my linkstation, you just need to install twonkymedia on your nas server :

Go to linkstationwiki.net for how to’s. You can even install a torrent client. add your own script. I love this box.

Axel.

By: Niall

Niall — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:47:08 +0000

Hi there. Also got a linkstation LS-250GL which has worked superbly with my XP laptop and desktop, and 2 additional USB drives. However just got a Vista PC and cannot persuade it (Media Center) to add the folders to the media Library – it just reports it can’t find any shared folders on the network.
It can access the NAS and contents via Explorer fine though.
Any hints?
thanks in advance!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:53:55 +0000

Hey Rob, I’ve got the same Linkstation and am having a hard time getting my network to recognize it…I’ve tried connecting it directly to my wireless ADSL router as well as directly to the NIC on my laptop. I can see the network activity LED flashing on both ends, but can never access the Linkstation. I installed the registry hack that Buffalo has on their support pages, but still no luck.

Setup:
Dell Inspiron 700m & Sony VAIO (can’t see it on either)
Creative 8426 Wireless ADSL Router (not my first choice, by the way)
Buffalo Linkstation Pro
Windows Vista Ultimate

Any ideas as to what could be going on here?

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:31:38 +0000

Hi Tim,

Unfortunately no, I never got this working the way I wanted it to. The way I’m currently doing it is to add the shared folders to the media library on my Vista installation, with the Xbox 360 then connecting to Vista to stream the media from.

Certainly not the most elegant solution but it works.

You might want to wait a few months for Windows Home Server to be released; I’m sure when that comes out there will be a glut of low profile NAS boxes, all of which will offer streaming to the Xbox 360 natively.

By: TimS

TimS — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:53:10 +0000

Hey Rob, just found this post via Google. Did you ever get this working? I was interested in picking up the same box. I don’t expect it’d connect directly to the 360, but I was thinking if I mapped a drive to it and shared it that would work.

Drop me an e-mail, I’d love to hear.