♫ Episode #10 – Setting Up a Home Media Server

22/07/2016 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

Have you ever wanted to set up your own home media server? Doug and Kirk discuss the pros and cons of doing this, and explain how to set up a Mac mini as a media server.

Show notes:
Discovering new music:

Apple’s Mac mini
OS X Server
I wish there was an iTunes Server
WD My Passport 4 TB portable hard drive
Carbon Copy Cloner
Change Screen Resolution on Headless OS X Server
Sonos
Plex
The Merchant of Venice, by the Royal Shakespeare Company
Apple improves iCloud Music Library matching, ditches copy-protected matched files for Apple Music users
VNC Viewer
The best way to watch media on the new Apple TV: iTunes Home Sharing vs. Plex

Our next tracks:

Doug: Jeff Beck, Loud Hailer
Kirk: Emerson String Quartet – Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon

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