Streamline your home media experience
Install AsusWRT-Merlin custom firmware to extend the functionality of your Asus wireless router. RMerl provides the source code on github so you know there is nothing shady going on. The Asus routers are a fantastic choice for any user looking to get more power and convenience out of their home … I'm curious
Linux systems make solid home media servers. Like all servers, services can stop or crash for one reason or another. If you use Monit to monitor your Linux Home Media Server you can have these services restarted automatically when there is a small kink in your system. You can get … I'm curious
Install latest ReadyMedia miniDLNA on Ubuntu home server to stream your media to any DLNA clients. Some DLNA clients are: Bluray players, XBOX 360, XBOX One, PS3, PS4 and some Smart TVs. ReadyMedia miniDLNA has a low memory footprint too which makes it popular on ARMv7 processor devices. The latest … I'm curious
Monitoring Linux systems securely is important for home media server management. Use Monit to monitor your media server services and send email alerts if things have gone wrong. I personally use secure Monit on my web servers and media servers with https so nobody can sniff my password. Monit has … I'm curious
NTFS-3G allows you to read NTFS formatted hard drives on Linux systems. This is a huge convenience for users who wish to use their hard drives on both Windows and Linux systems. There are ext4 wrappers for Windows that allow you to read hard drives formatted with ext4. There is … I'm curious
Jackett lets you use additional torrent providers to Sonarr and CouchPotato. Jackets transforms your home media server into a Torznab API server. This Torznab API server interfaces with Sonarr to enable additional torrent providers on this list. This tutorial will walk you through installing and autostarting Jackett with … I'm curious
NZBGet – the lightweight, easy to use usenet downloader. With a beautiful and easy to use user interface downloading NZBs will now be easy. Using the pre-made bash-script from the official NZBGet website your installation will be simple to install and even simpler to update from within the NZBGet web … I'm curious