Because of some problems with my file server, I’ve decided to buy new hardware and make a fresh install. This is the hardware I am using: CPU: AMD Athlon II X3 415e Mainboard: GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 Rev. 3.1 GPU: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD5450 RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 4 GB DDR3-1333 Power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 W System [...]
Project File Server 2: The Hardware
July 30th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink
DLNA via MiniDLNA
July 29th, 2010 § 2 comments § permalink
I had some issues with Mediatomb: I had to tweek the configuration to make it work with my Samsung TV Adding Truecrypt devices was very laborious My media folders weren’t updated on new files Fast-forward and wind back did not work on most of the videos So I decided to search for an alternative. After [...]
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Project Fileserver: DLNA via Mediatomb
July 19th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink
To watch my videos via DLNA on my Samsung TV, I needed an alternative program, because the Samsung software does not support Linux operating systems. I chose to install Mediatomb. To make it work with Samsung TVs, there were a few additional config tweaks necessary. The config.xml files in /etc/mediatomb/ and in /root/.mediatomb/ have to [...]
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Project Fileserver: Samba + Truecrypt
July 18th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink
After assembling the computer and connecting everything, I had to install the operating system. I chose to install Debian Linux via netinst image, then I installed Samba and Truecrypt. The next step was configuring Samba and mounting the Truecrypt devices. I thought it would be done by that, but then I got 2 issues: 1. [...]
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My name is Andreas, or short Andy. I consider myself a typical computer geek. I am also interested in other things like astronomy and graphic design.
