With the advent of Apple TV, NAS and the various sharing technologies Apple has released I'm wondering if I can now take advantage of all these and come up with a cohesive 'dream' solution for all my home media - lets call it iHome! I've no idea if all of this is possible - I think some of it might be. I'm sure you experts will know how much of this is currently possible.
Here's what I currently have:
iPhone 4
iMac
Macbook x 2
iPad 2(soon!)
Mobileme
Airport Express & speakers
Ethernet and Wireless network
Here's what I want to do:
Music
Store my mp3 collection on a NAS and stream it to an existing Airport Express & speakers controlled via iPhone & iPad using Apple remote app
iMac and Macbook have access to mp3 collection via NAS and local iTunes install
Apple TV has access to mp3 collection via NAS with iTunes support
Photos
One iPhoto library on the NAS - view/update by both iMac and Macbook using local iPhoto installs
Apple TV views iPhoto library on the NAS
iPad views iPhoto library on the NAS
Videos
Apple TV views my saved videos via the NAS
Files
Use the NAS to serve general files to the iMac/Macbooks
Generally I don't want to have a iMac or Macbook switched on for the above to work - ie, the heavy lifting is done by the NAS with iTunes support.
Here's what I think need:
Apple TV
NAS with iTunes support
Patient girlfriend ;-)
Can all of this be done today?
Here's what I currently have:
iPhone 4
iMac
Macbook x 2
iPad 2(soon!)
Mobileme
Airport Express & speakers
Ethernet and Wireless network
Here's what I want to do:
Music
Store my mp3 collection on a NAS and stream it to an existing Airport Express & speakers controlled via iPhone & iPad using Apple remote app
iMac and Macbook have access to mp3 collection via NAS and local iTunes install
Apple TV has access to mp3 collection via NAS with iTunes support
Photos
One iPhoto library on the NAS - view/update by both iMac and Macbook using local iPhoto installs
Apple TV views iPhoto library on the NAS
iPad views iPhoto library on the NAS
Videos
Apple TV views my saved videos via the NAS
Files
Use the NAS to serve general files to the iMac/Macbooks
Generally I don't want to have a iMac or Macbook switched on for the above to work - ie, the heavy lifting is done by the NAS with iTunes support.
Here's what I think need:
Apple TV
NAS with iTunes support
Patient girlfriend ;-)
Can all of this be done today?