What do you folks use for as an iTunes server for your media? It's been a real thorn in my side as it seems there is no NAS solution to share your media on an ATV or ATV2. You need a PC or Mac running iTunes or am I missing something...
What do you folks use for as an iTunes server for your media? It's been a real thorn in my side as it seems there is no NAS solution to share your media on an ATV or ATV2. You need a PC or Mac running iTunes or am I missing something...
You're not missing anything. I wish there was an iTunes server, but no such thing exists and it doesn't appear to be on the horizon either.
What does an 'iTunes Server' do that a Mac mini with iTunes installed doesn't do?
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What does an 'iTunes Server' do that a Mac mini with iTunes installed doesn't do?
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I have a server with 4TB of space that is running Raid0 with WHS as the OS. It is in a closet with all my videos, songs etc in the itunes folder. I built it for next to nothing.
I just stream everything to two ATVs one new one old, and they are streamed from my Macbook pro.
Works fine, I was using the home server for all our storage, so when i Outgrew the ATV HD, it was just natural to point the mac to itunes folder on the server.
Someone told me that the upcoming WHS was going to have something inti to make the WHS be an Itunes server. I know nothing about that.
What does an 'iTunes Server' do that a Mac mini with iTunes installed doesn't do?
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Same thing that using an ATV instead of a Mac Mini does. Consume less power, take up less space, and yes, cost less.What does an 'iTunes Server' do that a Mac mini with iTunes installed doesn't do?
How is it no one has gotten iTunes running on Linux...
If a Mac Mini or old G4 could wake up from sleep whenever something tried to access it that would be great. Even an old PC could be tasked to the job but I doubt it would wake up. My NAS draws 20W when running, 8W idle and 2W sleeping (2am till 8am) a Windows PC could only dream of this sort of power consumption.
Not even a Mac can get that kind of consumption. Look at Apple's figures for the Mac Mini:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3468
Careful when you make assumptions. ATV1 required the use of a PIN to "see" other iTunes libraries and ATV2 requires home sharing which is not supported by any third party server.Therefore ATV should see it as well.
But I'm thinking about upgrading to a new NAS (likely the Synology DS211j) - and I'm wondering if I should try this experiment all over again, or if I should just stick to using the iMac's internal drive (or a connected USB HDD) for storing, managing, and sharing my music.
This Foxconn nettop is $99 from Newegg today with promo code http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...11111-Index-_-BareboneSystems-_-56119025-L05BThe combination of Atom CPU, small SSD and having the screen off for most of the time should keep the power down.
Based on some of the comments above it sounds like this might not be a solution to stream directly to the new AppleTV, is this correct?
Thanks for the clarification! Looks like I'll be forced to run a cable to my PM G5 and use the Wake On LAN option. Can the PM G5 dual 2 handle 2TB drives with RAID 1?
My money is on a new NAS server enabling Home Sharing. Think of it as the replacement for the current 'iTunes server' found on most NAS units.
This is probably a dumb question, but if I use a NAS to store my MP3 files, what's the benefit of using an iTunes server on the NAS to make the MP3s visible as a shared music library for my Macs vs. just setting iTunes on my Macs to use a folder on the NAS as the main iTunes music library?