Streamline your home media experience
NZBGet has grown in popularity due its low memory footprint and considerable power. Previously NZBGet had to be built from source and each time a new version was released you had to rebuild NZBGet. Using this method to install NZBGet you will easily be able to update to newer versions … I'm curious
VMPlayer is a powerful virtual machine software that runs on Windows. It will let you run Ubuntu on your Windows machine without have to mess with disk partitions or dual booting and is useful for testing different software. I use VMPlayer and VMWorkstation for resizing SD card partitions in Ubuntu … I'm curious
SickRage is a popular fork of the classic Sickbeard for periodic media shows. It uses multiple databases like TVRage and TVDB to resolve scene naming issues which can trouble the classic Sickbeard. You can use torrents and usenet to download your media and it is quite customizable. It can be … I'm curious
VMPlayer is a great alternative to VirtualBox to test out new software. Virtual Machines are your digital playground for evaluating new software to avoid messing with your production environment (likely your home media server) and breaking something. In the last post I showed you how easy it is to install … I'm curious
Test environments are incredibly useful for anyone who wants to tinker with new software. Virtual Machines lets you have a playground environment where you can test software before you install it on your actual home media server. I would bet most people do testing on their production environments. Your production … I'm curious
On Windows machines hard drives automatically sleep and spin down when they are not in use. This theoretically extends the life of your USB or SATA hard drive. On Linux systems you often have to configure power saving parameters for your hard drive manually.
For the little Raspberry Pi and … I'm curious
A reverse proxy is a secure method of remotely accessing services on your home media server. Using nginx on any Linux based system (Ubuntu, Debian, Raspbian) you can access Headphones without having to remember the port number inside your home network. With a free dynamic dns address (guides: Linux) … I'm curious