Use cases:
- Dan has several computers for his family. He wants to have a central server for common things like music, movies, and photos, but he doesn't want to spend a bunch of time configuring the server and clients only to teach his family how to use the services. Everything should just work and be mind-blowingly simple.
- Gail wants to use her PS3 or XBox 360 to play videos on the TV and have the same videos available on other computers in the house.
- John wants an easy backup solution and caches of updates to keep his bandwidth down.
- Julio wants to use his smart phone or computer to control a central jukebox for the apartment.
- File sharing broadcasted by ZeroConf so that no configuration is necessary on the client.
- Music is published so that DAAP-aware players like Rhythmbox and iTunes can have immediate and automatic access to it with no configuration.
- Music can be played on the server using MPD, controlled by either clients or the server with as little configuration as possible.
- Videos are published so that uPnP-aware hardware players like the PS3, XBox 360, and Netgear models and software players like Elisa, XMBC, and Boxee can play the content with no configuration.
- Videos can be played from the server and controlled by either clients or the server with as little configuration as possible. This may require VLC and a web interface. I need to look into it.
- There needs to be a backup solution which get as little configuration as possible.
- There needs to be a package-sharing solution. Should this be a cache or ZeroConf?
It's been four months now... any updates?
ReplyDeleteI lost that vacation time and didn't update the project. The current files (DEBs and ISOs) are hosted on Google Pages, which is set to be shut down in July, so I have to move them and the pages somewhere else, probably to Launchpad.
ReplyDeleteOnce I migrate, I'll post the new DEBs.
Thanks for checking up on me and keeping me honest.