I am fixing my old desktop PC, I just loaded Ubuntu 12.04. just a few final touches and it will be done. I have two iPhones, an iPad, jailbroken Apple TV 2, and a MBP. what I want to do is to load all of our media onto the server and stream it to all of our devices. what software should I be getting since I don't think there is an iTunes build for Ubuntu 12.04. I would also like to share the printer from the server to all of our devices if that is possible.
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Ubuntu Home Media Server
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Check out Plex.
It encodes the video on the fly and streams it to your devices (unlike XBMC that uses codecs loaded onto the AppleTV that I find really buggy)
I use this in my house with jailbroken Apple TV 2s, several laptops and desktops and iOS and android devices. Works great. The iOS and Android devices also function as remotes.
I also have the server application loaded on my MacBook so that I can take an AppleTV and an Airport Express when I visit my girlfriend on weekends.
The Linux software is server only and will handle your video and audio needs. Also Plex was the only software I found that worked with 5.1 audio every time.
The only thing that will cost you anything is 4.99 for the iOS app.
It encodes the video on the fly and streams it to your devices (unlike XBMC that uses codecs loaded onto the AppleTV that I find really buggy)
I use this in my house with jailbroken Apple TV 2s, several laptops and desktops and iOS and android devices. Works great. The iOS and Android devices also function as remotes.
I also have the server application loaded on my MacBook so that I can take an AppleTV and an Airport Express when I visit my girlfriend on weekends.
The Linux software is server only and will handle your video and audio needs. Also Plex was the only software I found that worked with 5.1 audio every time.
The only thing that will cost you anything is 4.99 for the iOS app.
Well, I could not get iTunes on Ubuntu as of this morning. Keeps popping up with some errors after installing with PlayOnLinux. I was really hoping this would work. I do have XBMC on my Apple TV 2 though, guess I could just install it on Ubuntu as well.
Any ideas welcome.
Any ideas welcome.