WHS2011 equivilant

paradisiac · 12 Apr 2012 at 14:18

hi, just wondering what the closest thing to WHS2011 linux has to offer.
i want something thats simple to setup, has media streaming over internet (ideally via web browser) and is simple to access via the web for remote desktop etc.

Spooter · 12 Apr 2012 at 14:25

amahi is interesting..

paradisiac · 12 Apr 2012 at 16:16

it looks good, but i cant see anything about media streaming over the internet

vidda · 13 Apr 2012 at 04:16

Well you are able to install ampache as an 'app' using the amahi web interface....

paradisiac · 13 Apr 2012 at 08:43

vidda said:
Well you are able to install ampache as an 'app' using the amahi web interface....

is that not just music? what about pictures and films?

NuclearWinter · 13 Apr 2012 at 10:20

The first page of the tour mentions media streaming: http://www.amahi.org/tour

paradisiac · 13 Apr 2012 at 11:09

NuclearWinter said:
The first page of the tour mentions media streaming: http://www.amahi.org/tour

over a home network, not the internet does it not? or did i miss read it

vidda · 13 Apr 2012 at 14:34

paradisiac said:
is that not just music? what about pictures and films?

Your google-fu is weak

Google ampache:

Ampache is a web based audio/video streaming application and file manager allowing you to access your music & videos from anywhere, using almost any internet enabled device.

You would need to set up port forwarding through your router, but it should work... depending on the upload speed you have at home.

paradisiac · 13 Apr 2012 at 14:45

vidda said:
You would need to set up port forwarding through your router, but it should work... depending on the upload speed you have at home.

well it works via WHS 2011 so i cant see it being any different

i just dont like WHS 2011 too much, so was looking for an alternative.

so basically i need an os, then addons to get it to work, there isnt an out of the box media server?

vidda · 13 Apr 2012 at 17:04

You install amahi on your box, then via the amahi web console, you install ampache... almost like installing an app on your phone.

How do you stream your media anyway? Is it some sort of web based silverlight client? I'm not too familiar with WHS.

paradisiac · 13 Apr 2012 at 20:20

vidda said:
You install amahi on your box, then via the amahi web console, you install ampache... almost like installing an app on your phone.

How do you stream your media anyway? Is it some sort of web based silverlight client? I'm not too familiar with WHS.

yeh is browser based with silverlight. is good, but is also very limited

vidda · 13 Apr 2012 at 22:08

You should give it a go. I haven't tried ampache, however there are plenty of clients for mobile devices too.

phill1978 · 15 Apr 2012 at 12:30

i believe native support for flac streaming is not available in WHS2011 (amazingly?!) so if you favour quality audio then avoid (although with some arseing around its possible)

also windwos software raid is not too good and ive read a few bad reports about whs for when it fails and performance related woes too. Also typically windows doesn't play well streaming to linux units and performance is weak there too which might become apparent in every day if you use wireless and of course if you end up running xbmc as an o/s via openelec or xbmcbuntu then you could run into problems.

for home storage and stream id try freenas 7, or 8 if your going for a big setup and dont mind putting the time in. Amahi looks good too as mentioned. alternatively tvmobli is easy to use and works well, it even allows for playback of flac on ps3 as it realtime transcodes your collections to formats that then end device supports, it works on mac,pc or linux

paradisiac · 15 Apr 2012 at 12:40

tvmobili looks good, but only 10GB a month streaming

phill1978 · 15 Apr 2012 at 15:26

paradisiac said:
tvmobili looks good, but only 10GB a month streaming

true. personally i don't think id reach that amount. but if you do, then its only £20 for your entire life with free updates?

perhaps worth downloading the trial and getting setup? at first it will pull all standard music, documents and pictures into the web interface and then with your sign up you can access it anywhere when you put your password in (ive tried it and its ok but couldnt get FLAC over the external sharing internal was great)

its good ^ because i dont know about anyone else but i get DNLA streaming errors on my PS3 even via lan and they pretty much went away when i installed the service on my pc. you can use a home laptop to play and view music from your local pc. there is a large database of supported devices and its gets updated all the time, so a samsung or sony tv will be able to receive a DNLA stream and even if your file type is not supported it will transcode so they just work without you manually selecting what format to transcode too !

its simple and sweet but only a piece in the puzzle, if you wanted full NAS storage and backup you could mix it with WHS2011 or preferably a linux distro like ubuntu or centos