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Hi,
I'm not very technical so appologies if some of this doesnt make sense.
Recently bought a Windows Home Server box to use as a music server, only to find that the only DBpoweamp software I can use is RIPNAS essentials which doesnt support accuraterip or C2 error pointers. Or at least I dont think it does ?
Can anyone suggest what my best options would be ?
The options I think I have are:
1) sell it and buy a windows 7 PC and use that.
2) use a windows 7 PC to do the ripping part and hold or transfer the data onto my WHS box.
3) format the HDD's in the WHS box and install windows 7. I imagin there may be problems with the OS/hardware incompatibility as it only has 4 USB connections and an ESATA, no connections for keyboard/screen unless I could use USB variants ? By the way it's an Acer Easystore H340.
4) is it possible to maybe run a windows 7 OS on a flash drive and use the HDD's in the WHS to write to ? or make it into a dual boot machine ??
Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using a windows 7 PC as a music server ? I went for WHS because the RIPNAS box uses it so assumed it was the best OS to have but it seems only the RIPNAS complete box solution can do accuraterip/C2 pointers with WHS (which isnt blatantly obvious
Any help or suggestions appreciated. I havent started ripping my collection yet as I want to get it setup properly first do I'm not wasting my time.
Thanks
Bob
I'm not very technical so appologies if some of this doesnt make sense.
Recently bought a Windows Home Server box to use as a music server, only to find that the only DBpoweamp software I can use is RIPNAS essentials which doesnt support accuraterip or C2 error pointers. Or at least I dont think it does ?
Can anyone suggest what my best options would be ?
The options I think I have are:
1) sell it and buy a windows 7 PC and use that.
2) use a windows 7 PC to do the ripping part and hold or transfer the data onto my WHS box.
3) format the HDD's in the WHS box and install windows 7. I imagin there may be problems with the OS/hardware incompatibility as it only has 4 USB connections and an ESATA, no connections for keyboard/screen unless I could use USB variants ? By the way it's an Acer Easystore H340.
4) is it possible to maybe run a windows 7 OS on a flash drive and use the HDD's in the WHS to write to ? or make it into a dual boot machine ??
Is there any advantage/disadvantage to using a windows 7 PC as a music server ? I went for WHS because the RIPNAS box uses it so assumed it was the best OS to have but it seems only the RIPNAS complete box solution can do accuraterip/C2 pointers with WHS (which isnt blatantly obvious
Any help or suggestions appreciated. I havent started ripping my collection yet as I want to get it setup properly first do I'm not wasting my time.
Thanks
Bob
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