I have been a happy LMS/Squeezebox/Ipeng user for 6-7 years. The system has been running on the same Windows 10 64 bit machine all this time.
Since the october 2018 windows update the pc has refused to boot.
I have started thinking about turning the pc into a dedicated media server. I dont really need it for much else anymore. It would be nice if it could also be some kind of network storage for my laptops, ipad and iphone, but running LMS is the most important thing here. It would also be nice to get rid of the problem with windows updates always changing the IP adress of the pc!
I have absolutely no clue about NAS, servers, Linux and similar subjects but I did build the pc myself from recommended parts when it was new. It seems to me that switching from windows to Linux, FreeNAS and/or somethng callez Amahi may extend the life of the pc hardware. I am of course prepared to replace the oldest harddiscs. I am also backing my drives up to a cloud storage provider.
I do hope someone here can help me getting started because I am so NOT ready to turn to Spotify, Apple or other streaming providers since I have. 3000 hours local music library carefully built up over these last 6-7 years with lyrics and translations to classical vocal music easily accessible from the wonderful Ipeng app.
Thanks for taking time to read this
Stein
Since the october 2018 windows update the pc has refused to boot.
I have started thinking about turning the pc into a dedicated media server. I dont really need it for much else anymore. It would be nice if it could also be some kind of network storage for my laptops, ipad and iphone, but running LMS is the most important thing here. It would also be nice to get rid of the problem with windows updates always changing the IP adress of the pc!
I have absolutely no clue about NAS, servers, Linux and similar subjects but I did build the pc myself from recommended parts when it was new. It seems to me that switching from windows to Linux, FreeNAS and/or somethng callez Amahi may extend the life of the pc hardware. I am of course prepared to replace the oldest harddiscs. I am also backing my drives up to a cloud storage provider.
I do hope someone here can help me getting started because I am so NOT ready to turn to Spotify, Apple or other streaming providers since I have. 3000 hours local music library carefully built up over these last 6-7 years with lyrics and translations to classical vocal music easily accessible from the wonderful Ipeng app.
Thanks for taking time to read this
Stein