Hey guys
It's been a loong time
I'm looking for suggestions on how to build my home storage and media center system.
Let me start by saying what I currently have:
My content consists of:
All the video stuff is in different formats (mpeg, mp4, avi, mkv, mov, but mostly MP4, AVI and MKV)
It's neatly stored in different USB external drives at the moment (which are kept on a drawer and connected only on demand to the computer (for updating stuff) or directly to the TV for watching).
My needs:
It's been a loong time
I'm looking for suggestions on how to build my home storage and media center system.
Let me start by saying what I currently have:
1) a local gigabit network.
2) a Sammy Smart TV FHD (2014 model with smart hub 2.0), with a LAN port.
2) a Sammy Smart TV FHD (2014 model with smart hub 2.0), with a LAN port.
My content consists of:
1) SD and HD video content (movies, tv shows, my own videos, travels, family stuff etc)
2) SD and HD documentaries (full featured movies and short clips).
3) Photos (personal stuff)
4) Video Tutorials (computer courses, etc).
2) SD and HD documentaries (full featured movies and short clips).
3) Photos (personal stuff)
4) Video Tutorials (computer courses, etc).
All the video stuff is in different formats (mpeg, mp4, avi, mkv, mov, but mostly MP4, AVI and MKV)
It's neatly stored in different USB external drives at the moment (which are kept on a drawer and connected only on demand to the computer (for updating stuff) or directly to the TV for watching).
My needs:
1) Make all the Video and Photo content available at once on the network. That means move away from the USB drives into a NAS.
3) Subtitle support is a MUST. Basically all the movie stuff has at least one SRT file alongside. I need this to work perfectly (it currently does, when connecting directly via USB port on the TV)
3) No need for internet (remote) access. I don't need to watch my content on the move, at all.
4) No phone-home software (i would prefer if my database was NOT saved on anyone's internet server). The less online accounts i have to create, the better.
5) Internet connectivity for updating the software platform and for metadata aggregation and updating is OK.
6) The NAS will also be used as a destination for Windows Backups from 2 laptops (running Windows 7).
3) Subtitle support is a MUST. Basically all the movie stuff has at least one SRT file alongside. I need this to work perfectly (it currently does, when connecting directly via USB port on the TV)
3) No need for internet (remote) access. I don't need to watch my content on the move, at all.
4) No phone-home software (i would prefer if my database was NOT saved on anyone's internet server). The less online accounts i have to create, the better.
5) Internet connectivity for updating the software platform and for metadata aggregation and updating is OK.
6) The NAS will also be used as a destination for Windows Backups from 2 laptops (running Windows 7).
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