I have been archiving my Blu-Ray collection (to ISO format) over the last year or so. At the moment, I have the discs backed up to 2x4TB and 2x3TB SATA hard drives. For playback, I have a HTPC in a mid-sized tower case in a theater room in the basement.
Right now, if I want to access movies from the drives, I am using a hot-swap bay in the HTPC to insert the hard drive that has the ISO files on it. Playback is via MPC-HC.
My concern is that I am limited to playback in just the theater room - unless I want to dig out the original discs. I have four additional TV's in the house, all with Roku boxes. I have a wireless network set up using an AC3200 router from Linksys.
What is the easiest/cheapest/simplest way to make the content on the hard drives accessible from the other rooms? I have read some about Plex, and that app seems to be supported by all of the Roku boxes. Also, what is the best method of making all four drives available at once?
I have another older system set up with WHS (V1) for data backups. I know I can do something with it and Windows Media Center, but the original version of WHS is limited to 2TB hard drives. I would prefer a method that can use the existing 3TB and 4TB drives.
Ideas? Suggestions? Guides?
Thanks in advance.
Right now, if I want to access movies from the drives, I am using a hot-swap bay in the HTPC to insert the hard drive that has the ISO files on it. Playback is via MPC-HC.
My concern is that I am limited to playback in just the theater room - unless I want to dig out the original discs. I have four additional TV's in the house, all with Roku boxes. I have a wireless network set up using an AC3200 router from Linksys.
What is the easiest/cheapest/simplest way to make the content on the hard drives accessible from the other rooms? I have read some about Plex, and that app seems to be supported by all of the Roku boxes. Also, what is the best method of making all four drives available at once?
I have another older system set up with WHS (V1) for data backups. I know I can do something with it and Windows Media Center, but the original version of WHS is limited to 2TB hard drives. I would prefer a method that can use the existing 3TB and 4TB drives.
Ideas? Suggestions? Guides?
Thanks in advance.