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Can I use the LAN Drive to stream media like MP3s or AVI movies over my network?

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Can I use the LAN Drive to stream media like MP3s or AVI movies over my network?

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The LAN Drive can certainly be used to serve MP3’s DIVX movies, and AVI files. The LAN Drive supports Fast Ethernet (100Mbps) and the maximum data read throughput is around 25 Mbps. A compressed MP3 file requires only 200-300 kbps, which is easily achievable A typical 2 hour DivX movie of around 700 – 800 MB in size, requires about 1 Mbps, again easily achieved. A full DVD rip of around 4.7 GB, typically requires around 5 Mbps, again well within the capabilities of the LAN Drive. So in most cases media streaming from the LAN Drive works perfectly well. The LAN Drive provides streaming ability via SMB shared drives, it is not a uPNP server and does NOT contain any streaming media servers (such as SHOUTcast, ICEcast or SlimServer).