Best file-sharing / remote connection solution for me?

[LS20]

I have a home Vista PC, sitting behind a NAT, with about 100gb+ of mp3s

I want to browse this music collection remotely (mostly from work). Since I have erratic listening tastes, I might start/stop songs often, etc... so setting up an FTP server, downloading songs, and then later deleting them from the remote computer isnt convenient


Is there a good, FREE, SIMPLE solution for this problem?

 

[mooglemania85]

Originally posted by: LS20
I have a home Vista PC, sitting behind a NAT, with about 1Tb+ of p0rn

I want to browse this p0rn collection remotely (mostly from work). Since I have erratic viewing tastes, I might start/stop vids often, etc... so setting up an FTP server, downloading vids, and then later deleting them from the remote computer isnt convenient


Is there a good, FREE, SIMPLE solution for this problem?

We're all family here. /fixed for the truth

 

[aphex]

orb?

 

[keeleysam]

iTunes + VPN

 

[indamixx99]

Ya iTunes will work, how bout TVersity? Or, I think Winamp has a music sharing service

 

[d33pt]

shoutcast.

 

[SpanishFry]

orb or vibe streamer for listening to your home collection through a web browser

 

[RossMAN]

Another vote for Orb :thumbsup:

 

[danzigrules]

I dunno anything about orb, but I like : http://ajaxamp.com/

 

[LS20]

thanx for suggestions so far

ajaxamp looks nice (i like winamp), but i think it requires a direct connection to the host PC (or atleast to the designated port)... unfortunately, the home router im using is fubar'ed in that forwarding a port screws up the router's wan connection???

orb seems nice and easy. i think it encodes/reprocesses and compresses the stream feed, which i dont prefer, but i think its acceptable for listening solution (chepa headphones on laptop)

 

[Pepsi90919]

ORB

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I use Logmein Hamachi.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/vpn.asp

 

[n7]

Wow, thanx for the Orb suggestions guys.

I'd never heard of it till now...testing it out & it seems awesome

 

[Pepsi90919]

also orb

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Shoutcast. I'm old school.

 

[vshah]

used to be a program called slim server from the guys who made slingbox i think. it was pretty sweet.

 

[doze]

Also why not set up your own ftp server http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

fast and easy to use and will also work with whatever you decide to use for your streaming deal

 

[bluestrobe]

How much bandwidth does orb use? Is the interface anything like or better than "Vibe Streamer?"

 

[Brazen]

libapache2-mod-musicindex

 

[Mojoed]

I'm quite familiar with logmein, but never heard of Orb. Anyone have experience with both? What are the differences?

Thanks!

 

[bluestrobe]

Sorry, I don't touch Linux. This would be going on a WinXP ir Win2K3 server box.

 

[Tarrant64]

I've used Vibe. It works, slow as hell though. Plus, no search feature by default. You can go to their forums and people have a bunch of add-ins you can do to get features like that.

7/10 overall for that software, but it works.

 

[bluestrobe]

How does it compare to orb? My friend uses Vibe and I do notice how it seems a little slower.