I wouldn't call DLNA exactly a file sharing protocol. It is specially
designed to browse and then stream multimedia collections. I haven't
used it, but IIRC, the "backend" (server) part of MythTV is already a
DLNA server, that should work with those media boxes. But, yes, you
would be tying you music availability to the uppedness of your Linux box.
If you don't want to do that, there is another storage compromise. You
Via box could wirelessly (or wiredly) connect to a NAS device in another
room, that contains a traditional (large/cheap hard drive). I've seen
such NAS boxes for ~$60 on ThingFling.com (but that is a periodic deal
site, you'll have to look elsewhere to buy on demand). But with that
cheap NAS device, you won't need a full computer to be up.
--ronan
>
>> OOps, that should have been DLNA (*Digital Living Network Alliance*),
>> not
>> DNLP.
>
> What is DNLA, some kind of stripped-down file sharing protocol? Is a
> server available for Linux? I'd rather not make the CD player depend
> on the uppedness of my machine and the wireless router...
>
> I was looking at solid state drives. Yeah, they're expensive, crazily
> so. So if I want local storage, I'll probably go with a bunch of thumb
> drives, a USB hub, and software RAID 5 (? N drives + parity). Looks
> like smaller drives are cheaper overall, but I haven't included the
> cost of the hub(s). Yeah it's slow, but it's fast enough for this.
> Don't know how to boot yet.
>
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