On Nov 14, 2011 1:25 AM, "Mark Knecht" <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > Pandu asked a similar question a few days ago about serving up > files, but mostly for distfiles IIRC. It got me thinking about doing > the same sort of thing, but this time to serve up MP4 video files for > my Kindle Fire as well as other computers on _only_ my home network. > Sort of an in-house Mark's Watch Instantly setup. I've now got a few > hundred gigabyte of mp4 files ripped with Grant's suggested app > Handbrake. They look good on my desktop playing in xine. When the > Kindle Fire arrives I'd like to have a web server running on my > private network that Silk (Amazon's KF broswer) could access, possibly > presenting nothing but the alphabetical folders that the video files > are in, and then if I select one it starts streaming that file. > > My main issue isn't really the lightest in terms of memory or CPU > usage, but rather something that's VERY easy to setup the config so > that I don't have to spend much time reading manuals. > > From browsing around a lot of pages on the web it seems that there > are a number of small & light servers (in terms of memory anyway) in > portage. Some names: fnord, thttpd, boa, monkeyd & cherokee. Does > anyone know if one of those would fit my main need of just being > extremely simple to setup and keep running for this one purpose? > > Thanks in advance, > Mark >
Try: python -m SimpleHTTPServer <port number> & (the trailing ampersand detaches the process and makes it run in the background) Or for something that survives a logout, try: nohup python -m SimpleHTTPServer <port number> & Of course, RAM usage will be huge compared to the lightweight HTTP servers, but I can't think of a simpler thing atm. Rgds,
