mp3 server

[bernieh]

I want to turn one of my computers to a mp3 server

Can someone help me out


pc specs

win 2k
pentium 4 3.0

memory-512

 

[lee101]

If you want to turn it into just a server you could use something like maslite (http://www.serverelements.com/) it runs of a floppy disk/cd/usb pen drive (depending on whiuch version you get) and would allow you to access files directly on your hdd via ftp or http, although the downside to this is that it runs outside of windows, so you would have to remove windows. If you wanted to keep windows you could simple share the folder with all your mp3's in, as that is what i currentyl do.

 

[bernieh]

Anyone have another way

 

[apj101]

what exactly do you want this server to do, what functionality do you want. How are you to be accessing it etc....

 

[bernieh]

For know i would just like to only have mp3's on it and friends and family could have access

 

[apj101]

How are they to have access, are they on you network or do you want them to access via the web

 

[bernieh]

The web

 

[apj101]

then whatyou actaully need to set up is a web server
you can look into apache
http://www.apache.org/

As an easier solution maybe looking it setting up a ftp server
http://www.bpftpserver.com/