Tuesday, November 22, 2011

iHomeServer for iTunes Runs Apple’s Media Player as a Service

http://www.wegotserved.com/2011/11/22/ihomeserver-itunes-runs-apples-media-player-service/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wegotserved_rss+%28We+Got+Served%29

I get a lot of email from WGS readers seeking to integrate Apple's iTunes media player into their Windows Home Server network - you may remember a walkthrough published last October that helped you do just that. The problem most users face is that iTunes simply doesn't run as a service, so you always need to be logged into your home server to keep the stream available. 2010's answer to that problem was an app called JTunes (which we featured), but that solution had a couple of limitations - it stopped working whenever iTunes put up a dialog box and adding media to your collection required stopping iTunes, adding the media and restarting it again. Better but not ideal. Here's 2011's solution.




from We Got Served http://www.wegotserved.com