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Re: media server

blundakat — Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:07 pm

Author: blundakat

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:07 pm

TV is not a must, certainly not just yet anyway.

I would like to be able to torrent on the box as well

Thanks for your help guys!

EDIT: headless deployment is also important

Re: media server

Ram — Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:04 pm

Author: Ram

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:04 pm

AndyBaxman wrote:

Would suggest MediaTomb

Works well for me and streams nicely to iPhone, Android and my LG TV.

Web based management, too, so suitable for headless deployment.

Works well with PS3

Re: media server

AndyBaxman — Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:12 pm

Author: AndyBaxman

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:12 pm

Would suggest MediaTomb

Works well for me and streams nicely to iPhone, Android and my LG TV.

Web based management, too, so suitable for headless deployment.

Re: media server

wyliecoyoteuk — Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:01 pm

Author: wyliecoyoteuk

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:01 pm

Depends what you mean by media server.
Do you want TV, or just music, video and pics?
It is possible to use a headless box, and even power down to S3 sleep mode at set times of day, or use wake on lan, if the box supports it..

If you want TV, MythTV is the best choice, especially Mythbuntu.
If you don't, check out XBMC or subsonic

Re: media server

Dutch_Master — Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:23 am

Author: Dutch_Master

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:23 am

Every modern distro has proper power management these days. But you could run some seti@home or similar project on that machine. On a Pentium D you're not gonna get many points quickly though

media server

blundakat — Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:06 pm

Author: blundakat

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:06 pm

Hello

I am playing with the idea of using an old PC as a media server. The main thing I'm concerned about is power consumption, its an old Pentium D processor. I realize it will be running 24/7 but using up electricity while its not being used seems a little waste of money. I was just wondering if anyone can recommend a distro/package which is particularly good at power management?

Any advise would be much appreciated.