Hi all,

Out of curiosity, how do most of you get media onto your server (e.g. ripping etc.)? What are your preferred applications for this and what are your preferred file formats for audio/video/other?

Sorry about the delay in replying. Work was crazy for a while around year-end and then the holidays happened. Specs are as follows: CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V Pro RAM: Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8GB Power Supply: Seasonic X-650 OS Drive: OCZ Agility 3 120 GB SSD Storage Drives: S...

Hi all,

I took a look at a few posts in the forum and it seems at least a few people have used SSDs for their system drive. I am going down that route as well. Is there anything special/different to keep in mind when installing Linux on an SSD (i.e. in terms of configuration options etc.)?

Thanks both. Looking forward to getting this project started!

I have read that XBMC is very particular but I need to organize my media collection anyway. So at least now I have a reason to do so

Hi, First off, thanks for building this guide . It's one of the few detailed step-by-step guides out there on how to build a media server. This will save me hours and hours! A few questions (Caveat: still a newbie so let me know if the following questions make some assumptions I shouldn't be making)...