Preparing the software and hardware

Now that we have what we want all designed and ready to install we can start the installation of the back end software. Most of the front ends will just work once the server is setup correctly. Software download First things first is to get the software you need...

The software behind the media network

Now that we have the hardware all sorted out it is time to review the software for the media network. There isn’t much to this one so it should be over pretty quickly. You will need software for the back end and the front ends. This one I am going to do in...

The hardware behind the Home Media Network

So we have the plan for the home media network, now we need to get stuck into how we are going to set it up and what we are going to use. One thing that I think is important in these types of setups is to be able to get the most amount of value from your hardware. It...

Setting up a Home Media Network

I have embarked on setting up my very own home media centre. Over the next little while I will cover the setup and maintenance of the system from start to finish. The requirements of the system that I wanted are Must be cheap Must not use pay TV Needs to run on old...