I'm wondering what the best way to set up a media server for my home network. My wife and I most commonly use our own individual laptops for browsings and normal usage. I however, have a fairly powerful desktop that I would like to sometimes use for gaming/video processing, however I find that it mostly collects dust. Since it also has the largest hard drive of my 3 PCs (all Windows based), I was wondering if I could use it to store all my downloaded files (media and other) and use it as a media server for streaming. I am potentially interested in Plex, however I have been using "PS3 Media Server) from my laptop in the past in order to stream via ps3. (I also have a PS4).
If I can get this set up, I would most likely purchase either a Roku or Chromecast.
Lastly, I'm also looking for the most ideal way of remotely downloading files to that desktop/media server, as in, initiating them from my laptop however saving the files to a folder on the desktop/media server PC
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I have, and am using a Linksys E2500 router, which has usb storage capability, however it is unable to discover my Toshiba USB 3.0 Ext HDD due to only limited device support (it works with my Kingston 4GB flash drive).
Apologies for the mess of the post. I just wanted to include as much info as possible.
If I can get this set up, I would most likely purchase either a Roku or Chromecast.
Lastly, I'm also looking for the most ideal way of remotely downloading files to that desktop/media server, as in, initiating them from my laptop however saving the files to a folder on the desktop/media server PC
.
I have, and am using a Linksys E2500 router, which has usb storage capability, however it is unable to discover my Toshiba USB 3.0 Ext HDD due to only limited device support (it works with my Kingston 4GB flash drive).
Apologies for the mess of the post. I just wanted to include as much info as possible.
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