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Dec 4, 2007 It copies XBMC in that it uses the triggers to fast forward / rewind It supports Windows Home Server as well. It makes sense to store all your videos on here, since videos are big and WHS has a lot of room. QED.
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Does anyone else use Windows Home Server as (among lots of other things) a way to play your media library over your LAN to your tv(s)?
I do and I'm looking for others in this very small demographic to share tips and ideas... but right now I'm too tired to elaborate.
Post any thoughts if you're interested.
Thanks,
NS
Another one to checkout is unRaid (http://www.lime-technology.com/). Working great here.
Can you confirm whether or not WHS works OK with XBMC? I've been considering getting this for a while but I was concerned that it may not work well with XBMC.
I had a WHS server, and I guess it did some things OK. It is really easy to set up and run so it has that going for it. But the upload speeds are severely throttled by the DE. DE doesn't kick in until you have multiple HDDs.
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I was seeing upload speeds of < 3MBps. It was fast enough to stream to XBMC without problems, but if you are regularly throwing 4-8GB iso's to your media server 3MBps is a PITA. To give you an idea of how slow that is I am using the exact same hardware and network and I am seeing 40-50MBps on my linux server. The final straw for me was when the WHS started creating problems with avi files, to the point where I could not play them on XBMC. So I switched to Linux.
Linux can do everything WHS can do and then a bunch, much faster, much more stable. I can also run LinuXBMC on the server for HD content. Need I also mention that linux is free and doesn't have any of the WPA activation headaches...The only downside is it isn't as easy to set up and manage. It is not rocket science though and anyone who is pulling their xbox apart to add a modchip and then installing xbmc should be able to figure it out. Home Server or NAS ? - Confussion - Novatech Community Forums::
20 posts - 12 authorsI've got Windows Home Server running on a ML115 HP Proliant server bought WHS is a great bit of kit and takes care of backing up all of my precious
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Windows media center is second and XBMC is third. WMC and WHS Together in One Box. Posted on Monday September 29th, 2008 at 22:30 in hardware, Windows Home Server users would love to have Windows Media Center features built in.
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BTW, WHS worked just fine for serving to XBMC, but WHS itself was causing me issues (although I think it was entirely because of the older hardware I installed it on, possibly because of my excessive use of utorrent on it).
I'd like to encourage others to check WHS out though. I think it's a fantastic product with tons of desirable features (especially web interface), and I will probably be a WHS owner in a few years. Server 2003 being free for me will keep me happy for now.
I am working on setting up my WHS now. I have been transferring all my media files from the desktop to the new WHS box. I really don't forsee any issues. If anything the WHS should be a more stable platform for sharing media.
I use unRaid as well. Its great!
I've been using freenas without problems for a long time now.
I seriously doubt I'd ever consider using WHS but I'm still a little interested in how they compare.
BTW, WHS worked just fine for serving to XBMC, but WHS itself was causing me issues (although I think it was entirely because of the older hardware I installed it on, possibly because of my excessive use of utorrent on it).
I'd like to encourage others to check WHS out though. I think it's a fantastic product with tons of desirable features (especially web interface), and I will probably be a WHS owner in a few years. Server 2003 being free for me will keep me happy for now.
WHS was also found to be corrupting or losing data for some users, if I recall correctly. I don't remember the specifics, but I'd be wary of it until you can confirm that it's safe to use again.
I personally recommend FreeNAS, it is free, runs on cheap hardware and is very easy to install/configure/maintain.
PS! Feel free to update the NAS (Network Attached Storage) (http://xbmc.org/wiki/?title=NAS) wiki article.
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Hey, long story short, WHS ended up not being a good solution for me. I got a free copy of Windows Server 2003 through the DreamSpark program, and it's working really well. If you're a student in one of the participating countries, you can get it for free too:
https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/Default.aspx
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WHS (Windows Home Server) + XBMC = Fun