On 11/26/07, Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The attached message has been automatically discarded. > > Oops.
I kept forgetting which email I subscribed to the list as. I've figured it out now though. :) > First, SMP is a red herring. Your NAS should support AFS, NFS, or > DMAP, or you shoud get one that does. I already got one. The D-Link DNS-323. It does FTP, SMB/CIFS, and can serve up media with an "iTunes server" or uPNP AV server. I haven't found details on whether that is DMAP or not. > First, the good. FrontRow is exactly the interface you want when > you're zoning in front of the TV, or when you're not a geek but you > live with one. (-: Yes, I've connect my MacBook to my TV and tested this out. I've been encrypting some DVDs we own using Handbrake and it works very well. I like it. > FireflyMediaServer is the open source DMAP server. I've gotten it > working for music, which is what it did first. I haven't successfully > served any video yet, and it doesn't support photos. I intend to poke > at it some more, but it promises to be a lot of work. The FMS > developers claim it works for video, even transcoding on the fly. But > I'm not there yet. I like to use MacPorts for installed open source software. I just looked and it has mt-daapd but no firefly. Thanks for the info. -Rob _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
