2011-10-01, 17:52
Parents want to repurpose an old pc Dad got from work as a HTPC/Server.
Ideally I want something running XBMC, with Wake On Lan (have't played with the box yet so that one's a fingers crossed) that will act as a server too so they can watch movies on other computers/tvs.
Being able to access the media from outside the house would also score me major brownie points. And if I could remotely add media while I'm at home well...
XBMS seems like a perfect solution from the wiki:
Just wondering if this is as simple as I'm reading it to be: Wipe computer, install new OS, install XBMC & XBMS, configure et voilà?
Also, what operating system (XP or Linux (Ubuntu)), would be the easiest to set up, considering there'll be machines of different OSes (XP, Vista and 7) trying to access the media?
Ideally I want something running XBMC, with Wake On Lan (have't played with the box yet so that one's a fingers crossed) that will act as a server too so they can watch movies on other computers/tvs.
Being able to access the media from outside the house would also score me major brownie points. And if I could remotely add media while I'm at home well...
XBMS seems like a perfect solution from the wiki:
Quote:It is capable of streaming all types of media and gives the option of sharing individual folders or entire drives. It can be configured through an easy-to-use GUI program installed on your PC. XBMS is very bandwidth efficient and it is a routable network-protocol which means that it is also ideal if you which to stream over the internet, (just make sure you open the TCP/IP network-port 1400 in you firewalls on both the server-side and the client side)
Just wondering if this is as simple as I'm reading it to be: Wipe computer, install new OS, install XBMC & XBMS, configure et voilà?
Also, what operating system (XP or Linux (Ubuntu)), would be the easiest to set up, considering there'll be machines of different OSes (XP, Vista and 7) trying to access the media?