[SFS] Free Software for Music Server?

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:14:38 -0600 (MDT)

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I'm trying to solve what I think is an interesting problem. Since I love interesting problems, I figure you might, too, and maybe one of you already knows a good solution or a part of it. 

Mrs. Willson and I have a pretty large collection of music files (mp3, ogg, and flac) . 

We'd like to add to it from our CD collection. That's pretty easy. 

We'd also like to use the collection from any old computer, iPhone, or Android. Less easy. 

And wouldn't it be great if we could enjoy our videos the same way, and easily add any of our DVD's or Blu-Ray's to that collection. Yeah, not so easy, as far as I can tell. 

And then, wouldn't it be especially great if we could do our own "Internet Radio" station, queuing (and maybe uploading) tracks for each other to listen to, like turntable.fm used to? 

I've played with Kodi (f.k.a. XBMC) and it does a few of these things, but not all. The other day, someone mentioned Plex, but I have no idea what that does. I *finally* got time to load OwnCloud, which I thought would be perfect for this, but it's really not, or I haven't figured it out yet. 

Does anything do it all? Is there anything you've used, that is great for this sort of thing? 

-- 
David L. Willson 
Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist 
RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA 
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267) 
http://sofree.us 

This is a good time for a r3VOLution. 

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lson and I have a pretty large collection of music files (mp3, ogg, and fla=
c).<br><br>We'd like to add to it from our CD collection. That's pretty eas=
y.<br><br>We'd also like to use the collection from any old computer, iPhon=
e, or Android. Less easy.<br><br>And wouldn't it be great if we could enjoy=
 our videos the same way, and easily add any of our DVD's or Blu-Ray's to t=
hat collection. Yeah, not so easy, as far as I can tell.<br><br>And then, w=
ouldn't it be especially great if we could do our own "Internet Radio" stat=
ion, queuing (and maybe uploading) tracks for each other to listen to, like=
 turntable.fm used to?<br><br>I've played with Kodi (f.k.a. XBMC) and it do=
es a few of these things, but not all. The other day, someone mentioned Ple=
x, but I have no idea what that does. I *finally* got time to load OwnCloud=
, which I thought would be perfect for this, but it's really not, or I have=
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Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-3=
33-LANS(5267)<br>http://sofree.us<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLuti=
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