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| Thread ID: 95340 | 2008-12-02 22:23:00 | Which OS for a home media server | nofam (9009) | Press F1 |
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| 725256 | 2008-12-02 22:23:00 | Since upgrading to ADSL2, I've decided I want to centralise everything I download. My plan to do this is: 1. Re-purpose my desktop PC (P4 with 1Gb RAM) with a suitable OS that can store music, pics, movies etc. It can be a Linux distro or Microsoft. Something stable, easy to use, and with a nice frontend that SWMBO can use (maybe something like MythTV, but I don't want a PVR). I can add new drives for storage, and will add a gigabit NIC to push all the media out to a Linksys WRT610N router. 2. SWMBO and I have laptops which we use to surf the net - if there's something we'd like to download and keep, my idea was to be able to rdp into the server from our lappies, and download onto there. 3. Get a Logitech Squeezebox connected to my stereo, and stream music to this 4. Stream movies (hopefully!) to either of our laptops anywhere in the house. Its a very small (97sq m) house, so range shouldn't be an issue. I'd also consider adding a NAS device at a later stage to back things up. Thoughts?? :thumbs: |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 725257 | 2008-12-02 22:41:00 | If you aren't wanting PVR capabilities I would recommend you look at XBMC (xbmc.org). Originally made for the 1st Xbox it has now been ported over to the PC, Linux and MAC :thumbs: It has to be the easiest and best looking media player available. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 725258 | 2008-12-02 22:49:00 | If you aren't wanting PVR capabilities I would recommend you look at XBMC (xbmc.org). Originally made for the 1st Xbox it has now been ported over to the PC, Linux and MAC :thumbs: It has to be the easiest and best looking media player available. Is that an O/S?..looks like its just an app to run on top of an O/S? |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 725259 | 2008-12-02 22:51:00 | No just an app and just a front end so would be installed on the laptops. The media server could be anything as long as the files are accessible from the laptops. You could just run some opensource NAS software like FreeNAS (http://www.freenas.org/) on the old PC. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 725260 | 2008-12-02 23:23:00 | Media portal all the way, proven to be WAG freindly. | kersonan (13264) | ||
| 725261 | 2008-12-02 23:28:00 | Nice apps, we OP is after an O/S! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 725262 | 2008-12-02 23:40:00 | There was a thread a short while back regarding Server OS's - one that is free, but came in the Aust PCUSER mag ( october) is called USEROS - Linux based. Edited: Found it (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). IF you decide its for you, and cant get the Mag - I could always copy off the ISO and post it on CD. Its 600Mb |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 725263 | 2008-12-03 00:11:00 | Run any flavor of Linux if its *just* going to be a file-server, or windows, heck it doesnt really matter... If you're going to store all your files on your Media PC though, AND use it to play back through a TV or something, AND stream to laptops etc on the odd occasion, then keep them all XP (Media PC and Laptops), and run XBMC on them. MediaPortal is based off the XBMC code a little, but its become rather bloated, especially with the TV stuff, wanting to install MS SQL etc... XBMC is nice and it "just works"! Also does HD movies considerably well! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 725264 | 2008-12-03 00:29:00 | I would say use the O/S you are most familiar with for administering, be it Windows (server version) or Linux. | dyewitness (9398) | ||
| 725265 | 2008-12-03 01:02:00 | i get pc authority and pc world...bugger... | SolMiester (139) | ||
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