Ah...thanks for the info.
I have this thing
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/iMito-MX2-Android-4-1-Jelly-Bean-Dual-Core-TV-BOX-RK3066-1-6Ghz-Cortex-A9-1GB-RAM-8G-ROM-HDMI-Blue-312721.html
which I'm testing out. Not sure if I will try to turn it into a movie
player, though. But it is the ultimate in small.
My HTPCs seem to need maintenance. One of them recently started making
more fan noise...so I'm going to have to open it up and quiet it back down.
On 3/5/2013 7:59 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:
It buys you lower overhead in the file transfer process, which means you
can use lower-end machines as front-ends. I'm looking to use a Raspberry
Pi running Raspbmc. It can handle the 1080p video decode just fine, but
chokes on the file transfer part with files bigger than a GB or so. The
advantage is a much simpler box, no fan/noise, and lower power consumption.
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Brian
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 7:43 AM, Anthony Q. Martin <amar...@charter.net>wrote:
So that does it buy you...faster speeds to access files? I'm using Win7
home staring on mine...and have 40TB of shares.
On 3/5/2013 7:29 AM, Brian Weeden wrote:
NFS is a much more efficient protocol for serving network files compared
to
SMB.
I'd need a server module for NFS, not a client one. There are a couple of
NFS server apps for Windows out there (FreeNFS and Hanewin) but people
have
had mixed results using them for my application.
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Brian
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Anthony Q. Martin <amar...@charter.net
wrote:
Why do you need NFS? I'm just curious.
From what I have read. if you are running Win7 Ultimate, there is a
client
for NFS that you have to install, because it does not come pre-installed.
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On 3/4/2013 4:03 PM, Brian Weeden wrote:
Need some advice on OS for my media server. I've been using Win7 for a
while, but need to move to something that supports NFS. From what I've
read, Win7 doesn't and won't.
While I'm aware of the *nix world out there that might be an option,
nearly
all of my experience is with Windows and given that I really don't have
time to learn a new OS I will need to stick with Windows.
With the demise of Windows Home Server, I think my options are Windows
Server 2008 or the new Server 2012 Essentials. What are the pros/cons
of
each?
My media server does triple duty: it hosts the 20 TB of files for
network
clients (using FlexRAID), it acts as a HTPC frontend for the downstairs
theater (using XBMC), and it serves as a ripping/converting machine
(through RDP access to a second client session).
I guess another option would be to separate out the fileserver from the
frontend/ripping duties, but that would involve some major system
reconfig
and additional hardware that I would really not prefer to do.
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Brian
