Home Music Server software
javier perez
pepebuho.jp at gmail.com
Sat Dec 25 15:13:35 UTC 2004
On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 09:11:46 -0700, Robin Laing
<Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
> Pepebuho wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I installed a FC3 system to work as my Home Music Server. It is replacing an
> > old 100 CD Mega Changer that is quite full by now.
> >
> > The system uses the TV as monitor and I added a wireless keyboard and a
> > wireless mouse to control it from afar.
> >
> > After some initial problems and Google lookups I had everything up and
> > running reasonably well.
> >
> > My question is, What software is best to work as a multimedia center. I am
> > not doing DVR stuff yet although I might in the future, but it is not a
> > priority yet.
> >
> > I want to digitize my 100+ CDs into the hard disk, play them back, and make
> > it very easy to search the hard disk for music. I want it to be very easy
> > to compile new playlists and save them.
> >
> > If it were up to me, Sound Juicer and Xine would fit the bill, but I am not
> > the only user of the system. There are other, older, people at home who are
> > not as computer-savy as me and I would like this to be their introduction to
> > computing, maybe they will get more interested once they master one activity
> > (creating playlists, playing their favorite music) with the computer to do
> > more. :)
> >
> > Thanks for you recommendations.
> >
> > Javier Perez
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>
> --
> Robin Laing
>
Sorry, I want to play (not serve ) Audio. VideoLan seems to be for
streaming video only.
Javier
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