{"id":2994,"date":"2012-05-28T09:02:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T08:02:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-03-06T21:34:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:34:02","slug":"make-a-home-media-server-with-old-pc-open-source-vortexbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/av-distribution\/make-a-home-media-server-with-old-pc-open-source-vortexbox.html","title":{"rendered":"Make a Home Media Server With Old PC &#038; Open Source VortexBox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While VortexBox has been around since 2008, it had a major update late last year and it&#8217;s now based on Fedora 16. Just download the free open source disk image and turn any old Intel based PC (at least a P4 with 1GB memory) into a media server for your home.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sj-gblock\">\n<script language=\"javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5598479065369258\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300; \ngoogle_ad_height = 250; \ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\"; \ngoogle_ad_channel = \"7058025304\"; \ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\"; \ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_link = \"52a79f\"; \ngoogle_color_url = \"CFFFDF\"; \ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\"; \n\/\/--> \n<\/script>\n<script language=\"javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>With the right hardware you can even configure it for multiple audio streams and it supports Plex, Sonos, Squeezebox, DLNA and UPnP too&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;VortexBox is a free, open source (GPL v3), quick-install ISO that turns your unused computer into an easy-to-use music server\/jukebox. Once VortexBox has been loaded on an unused PC, it will automatically rip CDs to FLAC and MP3 files, ID3 tag the files , and download the cover art. Vortexbox will then serve the files to network media players such as Logitech Squeezebox, Sonos, or Linn. The music files can also be streamed to a Windows or Mac OSX system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automatic ripping of CDs and DVDs<\/li>\n<li>Based on Fedora so it\u2019s easy to modify.<\/li>\n<li>Automatically tags all files from online music database.<\/li>\n<li>Automatically downloads the cover art.<\/li>\n<li>Automatic sharing of file to SMB (Microsoft) file shares.<\/li>\n<li>Automatic re-indexing Squeezebox Server after every CD is ripped.<\/li>\n<li>AppleTalk \u2013 for OSX or Bonjour for Windows.<\/li>\n<li>NFS \u2013 For Linux boxes and almost anything else, Solaris etc.<\/li>\n<li>DLNA support \u2013 Play music and video DLNA enabled players, XBOX 360,PS3, Windows 7 etc.<\/li>\n<li>Easy installation of mplayer for AlienBBC support.<\/li>\n<li>Good support for Sonos.<\/li>\n<li>Works well as a back end server for XBMC (XBOX Media Center) running on XBOX, Windows, OSX, AppleTV, or Linux.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/offer-listing\/B006AADOMK\/?ie=UTF8&amp;redirect=true&amp;tag=ah4-21&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;condition=all\">Pre-built VortexBox Server<\/a> \u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/vortexbox.org\" target=\"_blank\">vortexbox.org<\/a> \u00a0\u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/info.vortexbox.org\/tiki-index.php?page=Begin\" target=\"_blank\">Installation Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want More?<\/strong> &#8211; You should <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottomate\">follow us<\/a> on Twitter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutomatedHomeUK\" target=\"_blank\">Like us<\/a> on Facebook, or subscribe to our <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/automatedhome\">RSS feed<\/a>. 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