Comments on: How To Build A Home Media Server From An Old PC

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:19:21 +0000

Thanks for the article. Sorry for all the hate getting thrown your way, but I didn't know that all tutorials had to be bigger, better and more comprehensive than those that came before it. Really, all you need for this is a dedicated PC and some remote desktop software, though. Nothing could be easier..

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:14:54 +0000

Thanks for this article. Sorry for all the hate getting thrown your way, but I didn't know that all tutorials had to be bigger, better and more comprehensive than those that came before it. Really, all you need for this is a dedicated PC and some remote desktop software, though. Nothing could be easier..

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:48:49 +0000

Sorry, above post wasn’t finished accidentaly hit post…

Personally, I would use an old PC with iTunes on it. Keep iTunes on, obviously. Most people have iTunes on their PCs, right? its a very powerful music tool. My server is an old generic PC with:

80GB master with 30GB OS partition and 50GB setup partition. (stores setup files for many OSs, software, drivers, etc.)

160GB backup drive, all PCs in our home backup to it at 3 a.m. ever sunday.

250GB music server, currently holding over 6,000 songs, 20 movies, 50 audiobooks, 2000 apps (iPod apps), and 40 TV episodes.

I just get this PC in the basement and administer/ add to it via Remote desktop connection. I also have remote access to it via hamachi, so i can listen to all of it via my netbook anywhere.

P.S. all this done by a 13 year old.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:43:24 +0000

Personally, I would use an old PC with iTunes on it. Keep iTunes on, obviously. Most people have iTunes on their PCs, right? its a very powerful music tool. My server is an old generic PC with:

80GB master

By: frivile

frivile — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:14:18 +0000

yea…and? This is like when I built my first PC using instructions from a magazine article cause I was too lazy and impatient to go to school for PC repair….when I was finished I was like, “big deal!what’s so hard about it?” Since then I feel like either I’m some sort of mega-genius or people are making computers/software sound REALLY complicated so they can keep their jobs…..I’m sure the latter is more likely the case.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:40:53 +0000

I, too, thought this might have something to do with an authentic Home Server. Microsoft has come out with an outstanding product that comes with 10 user licenses and makes it very cheap: Build a Home Server

By: I-man

I-man — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:35:50 +0000

There are better tutorials on how to build a media server on other sites. I built my first and so far only media server with instructions from http://hothardware.com/cs/blogs/ta/archive/2009/02/22/high-capacity-low-cost-300-budget-media-server.aspx

By: POTES

POTES — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:55:36 +0000

You just a motherfucker shite man,you should care more bithch of what you write on the titles. Fuck you

By: BDBrun

BDBrun — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:57:49 +0000

DPS9682, do you know what a “Home Media Server” is?
This is actually a very basic “File Server” and it happens to store media files.
We’re posting our discontent because we have grown to look to MUO for advanced ideas and concepts. We want MUO to grow and prosper, this is what brought us here.
If we are constantly mislead and spend the time reading the article, and then re-read it over again because we thought we missed something, this will make your followers look elswhere and not want to waste their time on your website.

By: DPS9682

DPS9682 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:45:59 +0000

If you don’t like the article, then don’t post, Simple.

Anyway, this post tells you how to build a home media server, which it did, and it works, so everyone with a problem just wants to act bigger and more important than they are.