The Next Track

♫ Episode #10 – Setting Up a Home Media Server

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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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