media center project

[flabos82]

Hi
I'm a newbie, sorry for my question that can be stupid.
Is it possibile install a raspberry as media server?
My idea is store every multimedia files (photo, music and video) on a raspberry server.
And watch them in streaming through lan on tv, tablet or nb.
Is it possible?

[fizzman]

Hi flabos.

Yes, it is possible. Check out Raspbmc, it could not be easier to configure a Raspberry Pi as xmbc with this installation.

http://www.raspbmc.com/

Download, install on SD and configure directly on your tv. It's pretty straight forward, there are a lot of good guides out there if you get stuck.
/Fizz

[flabos82]

Hi, ok,i will try this solution.
Thanks
Flavio

[topguy]

XBMC is a great "client" but not a good "server" of media even if it can work that way.

A better option might be to test http://www.squeezeplug.eu/.

[flabos82]

so your suggestion is to install squeezeplug as server and XBMC as client?

Thanks
Flavio

[topguy]

You never said that you want/need a client on the RPi.

XBMC is mostly about playing media and not necessary if the RPi only serves files.