My gut instinct says you will need more that 512. When I SSH into mine, my "landscape" shows me using ~1.5 gig after 2 days ( minimal usage, no transcoding..etc. ) if you do manage to run with 512, you should probably make sure the Boot disk has plenty of storage for Swap. I'm not saying i...

OK, so i finally got it working ( well I did a while back and now i'm posting) Setup: i have 4 NIC cars and the built in... the built in one doesn't work, so the other 4 do ( they were cheap). In case anyone is Curious.. or Zealous: * I suggest to do these mods on the actual machine, or be sure to h...

2> I have a few of these that i use. One is remote in another state ( after I left college, my friend took his Server with him, but we still collaborate on it and keep it as a central Media place for us). It is handy to have a few things set up: RSA KEY authetication. He actually set it up that when...

LarryJB, As i have worked with the technology... I do still agree with you. While i was watching Avatar in 3D. i was wanting to focus stuff in the background and see what was REALLY being shown, but because the focus is forcing you to see what is immediately present, it was hard to look at the backg...

Great ideas,

This is also something That i'm interested in, I'll put a few hours into the process. this week.

( Just got home from traveling and i would like the added security of using wireless hotspots with a secure connection)

my main computer I use is a Mac( 10.6) and I am using the built in "Screen Sharing" ( /System/Library/CoreServices/Screen Sharing) app to VNC into the Ubuntu server. Few Special things that i found: 1. type the connection as "mediaserver:5901" 2. IF you are using a Mac and it com...

I've been building my media server and it's not a big deal to have to just one network cable coming out of it... but why have one when you can have 2.. or 3. Some members in my house will be doing a lot of Ripping and Transferring of big files, I'd like for it not to tie up my Media server connectio...

http://handbrake.fr/

^^ i've been using this for ~ 6 years. Still fantastic

~Wingsigmortic

I'm no Audiophile .. or even Videophile. I've used Handbrake to convert to a more manageable file sizes. There are limits to how small you can make it, i've found that ~1 Gig files for movies are Very decent. Depends on what codec and size you rip it to, but if you plan on moving over to a Big Scree...

Ian, YES, 3D TV is WELL on it's way. I worked in Taiwan for 6 months on some of the technology for 3D Tvs, and it really is incredible. like the 3DS there is technology that allow you to view the screen in 3D without glasses. There are limitations but you can buy screens currently that do that ( or ...