I have to appologize once again, but I continue to have issues with recording. I am working on the issue and will try to have it fixed by the next show.
Microsoft: Out-Of Band Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2008. Released December 17th. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-dec.mspx
Make sure your autoupdate is enabled in Windows XP or Vista.
WindowsXP: Right click on My Computer and select Properties. In there you will see an AutoUpdate Tab. For Vista right click on My Computer and select Windows Update. You will find information about windows update in there.
Joel Helms joined us for this show. He has experience with Media Servers and has one running in his home. He gave us some great tips. Thank you Joel!
- Use a media server to distribute video/movies, music, pictures to multiple machines and TV’s.
- A NAS (Network Attached Storage) device can be used for the storage of a Media Server over the network.
What do you want the Media server for? Are you using mostly music or video? These questions may help you?
If you want hotswappable drives for a media server, your best bet is to pick up a NAS device that has hotswappable drives.
A simple NAS solution: http://www.freenas.org/ This will run on a very old machine with little resources.
DaveAC in the chat room asked about what drive size would be good. I suggested that since drive prices are so low, you couldn’t go wrong getting 1TB drives. Joel added that it depends on what you are using it for. Ripping DVD’s into ISO’s, Music, etc.
In his home, Joel uses a TVIXBOX along with FreeNAS.
Popcorn A100 has received great reviews and is afforable.
