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IT Forum >> Home media server advice
| 7/31/11 10:20 PM | |
carloss1
Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 44 |
Hey guys, just wondering if anyone had any suggestions for my situation below... Currently I have 2 HTPC's, with one of them running windows 7 and storing all of my videos, music, etc. that gets accessed by all other devices on the network. I was thinking of purchasing an apple tv 2, jail breaking it and putting xbmc on it to replace one of the boxes, and turning that box into a dedicated server. I'm just wondering if anyone has an opinion as to whether it would be worth it? like what other cool things can i do with a server running in my home. If it matters, besides those 2 HTPC's, my flatmate and I have other devices and computers that connect to the network and access files, etc. I'm just thinking it would be nice to find a way to organize everything so to speak and keep everything "connected" correctly to the network. Any ideas? |
| 8/1/11 4:20 PM | |
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migwar
Member Since: 7/20/02 Posts: 532 |
I Have a friend who recently bought an Acer Revo which boots into XBMC, VESA mounted to his TV works a charm |
| 8/2/11 2:32 AM | |
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carloss1
Member Since: 1/1/01 Posts: 45 |
thanks for the suggestion migwar, i think it might be cheaper to buy an apple tv2 though, it's only a hundred bucks and really the most i'll have to do is jailbreak it and put xbmc on it. I think i'm going to try and make an ubuntu server using this guide: http://www.havetheknowhow.com/ it seems to check all the boxes of what i want to be able to do with my server. I'm wondering though if attaching my NTFS formatted drives to it internally via SATA will require me to format it first? |
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