Re: Movie server

["Jamie Bennett" <jamie.bennett@xxxxxxxxx>]

Care to share any of the software? The front end seems interesting. I
seem
to be forever trying to find the 'right' front end.

On 03/09/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   Depends on what your criteria are for your system ... if I was
starting
> out
> myself and I could afford it I'd go for a Kaleidescape.
>
> As a file server the Mac Mini with a load of firewire drives does
> exceptionally well as a way of holding data on a network in a format
that
> is
> reasonably rugged, reasonably reliable and easy to expand but don't
expect
> to just buy one and have an install-and-go solution. I have a few bits
of
> code that I run on the Mac to make it present stuff to the outside
world
> as
> I want it to and I also have a little front end GUI that I ended up
> writing
> on the PC for the movies because all the ones I tried that I'd
downloaded
> were too complex, too demanding of resources, too slow or some
combination
> thereof.
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:
> ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf
> > Of Chris Hunter
> > Sent: 03 September 2007 10:21
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx <ukha_d%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Movie server
> >
> >
> > Phil -
> >
> > your set-up seems to work pretty well ... if you were starting
out
> > today, what would you go-for, for say 1000 DVDs worth of material
...
> > a 'MiniMac with OSX plus a bank of 1Tb SATA 'drives, I guess ...
or
> > maybe not ... and what juke-box software would you use to drive
the
> > selection process & play the movies ... plus, how would you
route it
> > around the house ... ??? !
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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