2010-01-03, 14:56
Hi
I am setting up xmbc to mainly act as media library between 4 computers in house (all mac). I used a Macbook Pro to do all the filecleaning/adding to library. I then exported the library to individual files (files are stored in folders). The files are on a external firewire.
My question : will it be ok to setup a g4macmin as server with firewire drive shared ? I presume that I have to use smb, and setup the drive as source on all the macs.
I have read about sharing the library in the forums, and it gets complicated with syncing, so I will rather use my mac to add new media, and then copy over to share. Because the nfo files will be in the folders, it will go quick to update other macs libaries.
Added advantage is keeping "safe" files in seperate shared folder for kids.
Is anyone using old macmini for server ?
I am setting up xmbc to mainly act as media library between 4 computers in house (all mac). I used a Macbook Pro to do all the filecleaning/adding to library. I then exported the library to individual files (files are stored in folders). The files are on a external firewire.
My question : will it be ok to setup a g4macmin as server with firewire drive shared ? I presume that I have to use smb, and setup the drive as source on all the macs.
I have read about sharing the library in the forums, and it gets complicated with syncing, so I will rather use my mac to add new media, and then copy over to share. Because the nfo files will be in the folders, it will go quick to update other macs libaries.
Added advantage is keeping "safe" files in seperate shared folder for kids.
Is anyone using old macmini for server ?