Kodi MySQL setup allows you to share your media library, its meta data, and watched status, with other Kodi / XBMC boxes in your network. This allows you to pause on one device and continue on another. Kodi device includes any device that runs a media center OS with Kodi, … read more
I have some kind of Kodi client in my living room, and also in every bedroom of my house, mostly running with OpenELEC. My kids have been enjoying this wonderful service in their own rooms all streaming nicely from my Amahi Home Server. One of my kids recently decided to … read more
Home Servers are becoming more common and it is very easy for a newbie to get lost while finding the best home server software. We have described what a HTPC is and what it is used for. A home server on the other hand takes care of file serving, downloading, … read more
Let us look at some of the most common network attached storage server or home server uses for the sake of people wondering why have a home server? Recently, we described what is HTPC and what it is used for? We also presented an energy efficient HTPC Home Server combo … read more
I’ve been trying various Home Server and HTPC solutions for some time now and in this post I will review Amahi Home Server. Originally I had an all-in-one HTPC NAS combo machine connected to my TV, running Windows. When I discovered the awesomeness of Kodi (previously XBMC) a couple of … read more
Let’s start the party and burn the couches, the all new Raspberry Pi 2 is now on sale for $35. Three years after the Raspberry Pi model B was launched in 2012, the Raspberry Pi foundation announced today that the release of highly anticipated next version of the credit card … read more
Few days back, I presented my choice for the low-power budget HTPC NAS Combo for the total cost of $380. The other system I strongly considered was the Zotac ZBOX-BI320-U. While it does not have the same level of flexibility as as full-blown HTPC / NAS combo, it may be … read more
In this post, I present my choice for Low-power HTPC build 2014, which can function as a HTPC NAS combo. The objective will be to make this home theater PC build function as a media center PC attached to the TV as well as be ON 24×7 working as a … read more
College Football season almost upon us and finding ways to watch College Football online for free is a big challenge. Few months back I wrote about how to watch ESPN on XBMC (soon to be Kodi) and a fix for the infamous script failed error for the ESPN XBMC addon. … read more