[ubuntu-us-in] Ubuntu Media Server?

[DJ Gregory]

I've looked into XBMC, but as I have no old Xbox, just the one I use 
from day-to-day playing I ruled that one out.  A DVR would be nice, but 
not necessary.

I appreciate everyone's input into this, and I'll continue my search 
today and if I find any solutions, I'll pass them along here.

Also, has anyone ever taken the CompTIA Linux+ Certification test?  Just 
curious if it's worth getting (I'm trying to urge my company to go to 
linux based servers)  I'm studying for my Servers+ right now and i 
figure if I get that and my Linux+, I'd have a good argument, I just was 
curious if anyone had taken that exam and wondered what the difficulty 
level was and value for the dollar.
Thanks,

DJ

On 11/9/2010 11:09 PM, Phil Buckler wrote:
> I was using mdadm for software raid, samba for file sharing, and xbmc
> on an old xbox for my media center.
>
> I found that mdadm worked well but it made me nervise any time I
> touched it (I'm not an expert).  So now I use a d-link DNS-321,
> network attched storage. It works great.  It has nfs, samba, and FTP.
> It is a custom linux os from d-link. I have found on the Internet
> where people have soft-modded them into full web servers among other
> things.
>
> Xbmc is great they make a windows, and Linux version as well as the
> xbox.
>
> I'm not much of a tv guy and I had streaming issues from my storage to
> my xbox on ether the nas or pc stroage so I think it may have
> something to do with my router.
>
> That my two cents spend it wisely
>
>
> Phil Buckler
>
>
> Sent from my moble device, please excuse any typographical errors.
>
> On Nov 9, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Michael Schultheiss<schultmc at cinlug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> DJ Gregory wrote:
>>> Everyone,
>>>
>>> I've been using Ubuntu for awhile, but really got into it around
>>> Hoary
>>> Hedgehog.  I enjoy any Linux distro on a whole, but I want a media
>>> server, preferably based on Ubuntu Server.  Can anyone recommend some
>>> programs and/or methods to set up something like this?  I have
>>> ideas and
>>> I've seen solutions, but I want to get some of our members opinions
>>> here
>>> as to what is good to actually use.  Forums are fine to search around
>>> in, but not personal enough.  I'd like to get some real life input in
>>> how things work.  Any good ideas?
>> What are you looking to do with your Media Server?
>>
>> I would take a look at Mythbuntu [0] - it utilizes MythTV [1] and
>> does a
>> lot of media related things.
>>
>> [0] http://www.mythbuntu.org
>> [1] http://www.mythtv.org
>>
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