Home Media Servers

[itsyoung!!]

So what would this be for ? Watching movies or something ? Ive never done a HTPC or a home media server before

 

[cook]

So what would this be for ? Watching movies or something ? Ive never done a HTPC or a home media server before

personally i plan to use it to store my music and movies. i have a laptop and a desktop and external drives for different media, which isnt the most efficient setup. i just ordered a HTPC so having a home server will allow me to stream to the HTPC as well as all my devices. the server can also run backups so i don't ever have to worry about dataloss.

 

[itsyoung!!]

personally i plan to use it to store my music and movies. i have a laptop and a desktop and external drives for different media, which isnt the most efficient setup. i just ordered a HTPC so having a home server will allow me to stream to the HTPC as well as all my devices. the server can also run backups so i don't ever have to worry about dataloss.

so like your own cloud pretty much

 

[cook]

so like your own cloud pretty much

yeah basically.

 

[duckbutta]

Get you a large case...

Throw as many drives in it as possible...

Buy one of these and hook it up to your TV as an HTPC

Newegg.com - Intel NUC Kit DC53427HYE 2 x 204Pin Black Mini / Booksize Barebone System

install media center on it...

stream from your media server to your HTPC...

Feast...

Or just install Plex on your media server

Get something like a Roku

stream to your Roku

Feast...

 

[Malta]

so like your own cloud pretty much

Yeah, it's dope if you have multiple PCs in different rooms, especially if you're starting to transition away from having cable. You could keep the box in a closet or something and every computer in the house could access it.

I was thinking of building one as well.

 

[Hood Critic]

FreeNAS + plugins(Plex, Firefly, etc.).

 

[newarkhiphop]

@cook


you wanna be the first to test it out

 

[cook]

@cook


you wanna be the first to test it out

price is right

 

[marcuz]

why is this thread in arcadium? shouldn't it be in the film room

edit: nm

 

[cook]

why is this thread in arcadium? shouldn't it be in the film room

edit: nm

film room is for movies and shows. arcadium is for electronics...devices..consoles..pcs...etc

 

[cook]

I got mine a few years ago. Pretty much changed the game for me. I've got the 2 bay DS211+. The current model of that is the DS214+. Its a bit of paper but it's worth every penny. You can even install the Plex app on it.

They dropped the price to $300

 

[edzyy]

In the process of upgrading mine now

Built a freenas box to test a couple months ago with old parts

1 thing I learned about freenas is they are ram hogs

The one above had 10gb and still struggled during read/writes.

Have a couple WD 4tb red's waiting to go in, a new cpu, psu, mobo, and 32gb of ram

Going to turn that POS above into a pfsense firewall & stuff it in the closet.

 

[One4Deuce]

I bought an HP media server, even with it being set-up to have dual back-ups of everything I lost a shyt load of data when that fukker crashed. Still mad about it.

 

[winb83]

http://www.engadget.com/products/synology/ds412-plus/
That damn thing cost $500+ you might as well build your own box yourself.