2015-11-15, 20:55
Uhm...not sure where to post. I'm new.
I was wondering if someone could help me build an htpc or nas+htpc to play kodi. I have boxee and its days are numbered, and I have 8 external hard drives full of media. My ex boyfriend used to do all this stuff and I've been reading for a week and am a bit lost.
I want to backup (raid?) maybe 4-6tb of storage. So 8-12tb of hdd would be needed I think. I I've read on Qnap vs Synology, and it's so expensive that I wonder if I could build a nas instead given that I'm such a noob. Or should I not bother and just do an htpc all in one with 2 4tb drives.
Anyhow, I need to know what to build for my huge avi/mkv media collection and mp3s to stream on my hdtv and iPad/iPhone. I'd do a straight hdtv with Kodi on iOS or windows if not for the fact that I have soooo many ext Hdds that I need to consolidate into one and backup.
What's the easiest thing for me to do? Buy a Qnap and just use that? Qnap and htpc? Or are custom nas fairly easy to build. I game too. Forgot to mention that...WOW and COD.
I was wondering if someone could help me build an htpc or nas+htpc to play kodi. I have boxee and its days are numbered, and I have 8 external hard drives full of media. My ex boyfriend used to do all this stuff and I've been reading for a week and am a bit lost.
I want to backup (raid?) maybe 4-6tb of storage. So 8-12tb of hdd would be needed I think. I I've read on Qnap vs Synology, and it's so expensive that I wonder if I could build a nas instead given that I'm such a noob. Or should I not bother and just do an htpc all in one with 2 4tb drives.
Anyhow, I need to know what to build for my huge avi/mkv media collection and mp3s to stream on my hdtv and iPad/iPhone. I'd do a straight hdtv with Kodi on iOS or windows if not for the fact that I have soooo many ext Hdds that I need to consolidate into one and backup.
What's the easiest thing for me to do? Buy a Qnap and just use that? Qnap and htpc? Or are custom nas fairly easy to build. I game too. Forgot to mention that...WOW and COD.