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Looking for a Mac solution that streams video wirelessly to home network, and also works with Time Machine to backup computer files:

was considering Time Capsule, but understand it isn't really set up for streaming video
on Backup issue, also concerned about complaints of TC failure after 18 months

flag	asked Oct 8 at 14:37 VIDinLA 189●6

lImbus · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-13 13:51:52Z UTC

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There is a very good tutorial how to turn an Ubuntu (or actually every Linux box) into a networked time machine server:

http://www.kremalicious.com/2008/06/ubuntu-as-mac-file-server-and-time-machine-volume/

This should to the trick, additionally to hombrelobos advice on media server for linux.

answered Nov 13 at 13:51

lImbus♦
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	thanks llmbus for this tutorial link. I continue to find hombrelobo's answer helpful, however, I'm switching and choosing your answer as the answer to my question because (while a little complicated for me) it is a Mac solution, which is what i've been looking for. – VIDinLA Nov 13 at 16:22
	still, hombrelobo has the solution for mediaserver, while I only showed you how to make act this same server as time capsule. – lImbus♦ Nov 16 at 19:52

hombrelobo · Answer 2 · 2009-10-08 21:45:15Z UTC

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You can use an old PC with linux for about USD 500 as a media server ..... not sure about the backup ... probably ...

answered Oct 8 at 21:45

hombrelobo
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See kremalicious.com/2008/06/… to turn a linux box into a time machine server. – lImbus♦ Nov 13 at 13:52

Eric Mortensen · Answer 3 · 2009-10-08 20:34:56Z UTC

Time Capsule is a decent backup system, but it's not meant for use as a server. If you plan to regularly access files, you can add additional hard drives to the device's USB port. You're probably better off just buying a network-attached hard drive enclosure and using that.

Alexander Drachmann · Answer 4 · 2009-10-08 22:07:58Z UTC

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Not a genious but I have heard that the audio guys use ICECAST and the video folks use VIDEOLAN by the VLC project. I guess it is worth checking out. It is also cross platform and looks easy to set-up.

answered Oct 8 at 22:07

Alexander Drachmann
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jorel314 · Answer 5 · 2009-11-16 10:48:15Z UTC

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You can setup a cheap $200 dedicated server.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16883103228

answered Nov 16 at 10:48

jorel314
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great price! looks like it makes quite an XBMC media center too: lifehacker.com/5391308/… something like this that would also work with my Mac's Time Machine would be amazing! As for streaming wirelessly, it'd be easy to add wifi, and for extra space, an external drive could easily be added via USB port. – VIDinLA Nov 16 at 15:02

sahilsk · Answer 6 · 2009-12-02 23:32:18Z UTC

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well, why don't you think openly and try opensource RED5 media server, a very good alternative to FMS(adobe flash media server) . try to explore more on RED5, really good thing to try and the biggest thing about it is, it is OPEN-SOURCE. :)

answered Dec 2 at 23:32

sahilsk
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thanks for posting this, open source is always a plus =) – VIDinLA Dec 13 at 1:19

Media Server for <$500 to wirelessly stream / backup videos?

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