Guides

This is part one of a three part series of articles serving as a review and basic install walk-through for the storage server unRAID. It attempts to explain the tradeoffs and install details of the popular storage alternative to Windows Home Server (WHS). This guide is something like “I wish I had known this before […]

The following is a guest article written by forum member Dan “Nomad” Muzenjak. The first generation HP Media Vault enjoyed a small but loyal following of users and in some ways was a precursor to the MediaSmart Server, so it’s nice to see Dan breathe new life into these older devices. Thank you, Dan, for […]

Last year I decided to get a new server in anticipation of Windows Home Server 2011 due to capacity restraints with my existing server.  I’d read a few articles of what people thought it might be, all the rumors, etc.  Everyone anticipated that pretty much everything from WHS v.1 would remain, but with some nice […]

If you record TV shows in Windows Media Center there is a neat little tool called MCEBuddy that will take your recordings, scan/remove commercials, and convert to an alternative format (such as avi or mp4). MCEBuddy has been around for a few years now and with the arrival of WTV/H.264 the developer began work on […]

One of the nice features of Windows Home Server 2011 is that it allows households that have a mixture of Macs and Windows PCs to connect both systems to the Home Server. Once I got my Release Candidate version of WHS 2011 up and running, I immediately started to hook up my Macs to my […]

The following is a guest article written by forum member Dan “Nomad” Muzenjak and is a supplement to his original article on upgrading the HP MediaSmart Server. Upgrading the HP EX485/487 MediaSmart Server: Removing the smoke and mirrors Part 2 – More Performance and a New Operating System You have seen the announcements by HP […]

A few months back I took a look at the My Movies iPad App which built off the popular My Movies Home Entertainment platform. Since then several new features have been added which include full remote control and playback on both Windows Media Center and Dune Media Players. I thought I would take a quick […]

The following is a guest article by forum member “msawyer91″ aka Matt Sawyer, who is passionate about Windows Home Server and also the developer of the popular Home Server SMART Add-In. There has been a fair amount of activity in the forums here, and on other Windows Home Server sites, that talk about Advanced Format […]

I am always on the lookout to test new video jukeboxes for the various media players I have scattered across my house. Nearly six months ago (wow, has it been that long) I took a look at Zappiti, a video jukebox for the Dune players. I have been meaning to look at a newly released […]