On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 1:21 PM, 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 > > nginx comes to mind, very easy to set up and it should be able to serve your video's w/o issue... > -- > Chris Brennan > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? > http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ > GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------
