RE: Movie server

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fraid not - it looks like a piece of sh*t but it's basic and it's
functional
and hard coded to the layout of my server and the MCE machine downstairs.

:-D

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Jamie Bennett
> Sent: 03 September 2007 19:38
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Movie server
>
> 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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