Streamline your home media experience
Somebody on reddit requested a Raspberry Pi 2 Media Server image. I have put together a ready to go image so you can test drive a Raspberry Pi 2 NAS media server. It is packed with programs and features made entirely from guides on this site. It is for those … I'm curious
I recently gave away a $40 Amazon voucher so now it is time for another HTPC Guides giveaway. One of the benefits of running this blog is I get to test and benchmark sweet new hardware. I already have an Orange Pi Mini for my collection so I am giving … I'm curious
My previous unRAR and PAR2 benchmarks only included ARM devices. Somebody on reddit requested additional data comparing the devices to more modern and powerful hardware. I have added an old 32-bit machine and a relatively modern 64-bit machine to the tests. Hopefully these tests help you decide if switching to … I'm curious
Plex Media Server can finally run natively on ARMv7 devices. We use the Synology package and make some modifications thanks to uglymagoo on the Plex forum to get it to work. Direct play works beautifully but transcoding is very limited. This guide was tested on the ODROID-C1 but should work … I'm curious
If you haven't heard of the Banana Pi see some benchmarks first. You may have heard you can connect multiple SATA hard drives to your Banana Pi or other ARMv7 device. That currently requires a kernel rebuild for the Allwinner A20 chipset if you are using Bananian so it … I'm curious
OpenMediaVault is an excellent NAS software solution. It sports a beautiful web interface to manage all of your services, hard drives, users and more. There is a great plugin system which allows you to install software for usenet, torrent and media management. For the Raspberry Pi 2 there is even … I'm curious
Plex Media Server, the beloved DLNA software for home media servers is finally on the Banana Pi without a chroot. There was a guide referenced which showed you how to install the Plex Media Server package from the Drobo NAS Server in a chroot jail on the Banana Pi. … I'm curious