Help with setting up windows server 2012 R2 as media steaming

razzal · 30 Apr 2016 at 17:40

Hi, all helpers.
can some1 help me?
Ive just installed windows server 2012 r2 datacenter on my old pc with 2 hdd's, 1 for movies and 1 for my music that i'd like to steam them all over my home network to all my devices but not sure as to what to do next in order to achieve this. e.g. dlna, dhcp and create a domain if i need to as at the moment, network is all link by homegroup.
Any info. would be much grateful.
Thanks

BuToNz · 30 Apr 2016 at 17:44

Just install Plex. Didn't really need to install Server to run it though!

razzal · 30 Apr 2016 at 17:49

Hi,
gonna install that for the movies to tv but also want to connect my 2nd pc with windows 10 to sync the music to itunes.

BuToNz · 30 Apr 2016 at 18:26

Install the File and Storage Services role and share out the drive/folder you want. You can set permissions if you like.

Map a drive to the location and then point iTunes at it

razzal · 2 May 2016 at 20:33

ive managed to install the file and storage role but not sure how to select the two hard drives i want as share now.
any sites or clips on youtube that you can point me to, please.

nutcase · 2 May 2016 at 21:40

Just create a share in the file manager part of server manager.

BigBoy · 7 May 2016 at 13:18

I followed this tutorial http://www.cuttingcords.com/home/ultimate-server/getting-started

the only thing I couldn't get working was Headphones for audio downloads but thats not such a big issue.