well i had a go with orb & tvesity but had big problems reading mkv without using mkv2vob.so i used
ps3 media server & works a treat,thanks for recomending it.i have over 3.5 tb of hd movies & 1.5 tb ov divx/avi files.i have randomly picked a few to test & all work fine with no los of quality through my lan.
still not as good as the real blu-ray but my kids are over the moon they can watch a movie without me having to but it on pen drive or hard drive for them.
top software
thanks again digital forums