I have been looking into setting up a media center for a while now, and finally decided upon an iMac and made the plunge when the refurbs had the $100 off. I know have a 2.4 GHz 24 incher, along with a few external drives and an EyeTV 250+. I also already have the iMac hooked up to my tv through HDMI, but im looking for tips as to how make this more media centric both hardware and software wise.
On the software side i was wondering how you guys organize your movies. Do you put them into iTunes? I have tried some TV Shows but even tagging with MetaX i have found the itunes organization to be a little flakey. I think i will probably start using Video_TS files and just organize through the movies folder.
Which brings me to the hardware side of things. As i said i have 2 250Gb drives filled already and im just unsure of how i should go about more storage. I have briefly looked at UnRAID servers but im not sure if thats what i want. That seems almost as if i would be setting up another computer, and i got the iMac to be the one doing the serving. Im just wondering if there are any options other than just adding more external hard drives.
Thanks in advance for any tips.
On the software side i was wondering how you guys organize your movies. Do you put them into iTunes? I have tried some TV Shows but even tagging with MetaX i have found the itunes organization to be a little flakey. I think i will probably start using Video_TS files and just organize through the movies folder.
Which brings me to the hardware side of things. As i said i have 2 250Gb drives filled already and im just unsure of how i should go about more storage. I have briefly looked at UnRAID servers but im not sure if thats what i want. That seems almost as if i would be setting up another computer, and i got the iMac to be the one doing the serving. Im just wondering if there are any options other than just adding more external hard drives.
Thanks in advance for any tips.
