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Wanna Stream? (updated).

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Traditionally if you wanted to use multimedia content, you would download the media and then play it with a local program. That is all fine and well, but what if you have several systems such as the ps3, xbox360, Roku, and a host of other devices. Instead of copying the files all over the place, we can use a server and keep the media all in one place. One way to serve the media is to use what is known as upnp. This protocol now comes pretty standard on most servers. Think that Roku uses something called Plex, Plex can also be installed on traditional servers last I looked. What usually happens you point your device to the upnp server and the server will list the media files for access. Pretty nifty! Don't usually have much video to store, but lately I have been downloading quite a few files. Wanted a way to take advantage of upnp. We use XBMC to view or listen to media. Xmbc will even go to the internet to allow you to view video. We also make our own videos that we wo...

Arm, it's whats for dinner (I mean computing.)

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Actually Arm is the newer CPU (Central Processing Unit aka the brain)  on the block to power computers so to speak. Lots of devices use the Arm CPU. One such device is the Cisco Linksys Nslu2. The NSLU2 is  a front end for hard drives so the combination can be used as a NAS (networked addressed storage). Some very talented people have figured out a way to install computer operating systems on it. Now you can actually do this on quite a few units such as the Pogo Plug. Microsoft who disdained the Arm based units for a long time is now trying to get a foothold. It will be interesting. Linux has been around quite a few years supporting the Arm units. A lot of what is known as embedded  computing for industrial and other applications has used the Arm for years. We have an NSLU2  and have just reinstalled Debian 6 Linux. We installed Linux on the unit several years back, but reinstalled the original firmware  on the unit so it could still be used as a noobie NA...

LInux is everywhere.

You are probably using Linux without even knowing it. http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/03/invisible-linux/