Learnaseyego Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I was just wondering if there was something out there that was like VortexBox, but for a Windows machine. Any ideas? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 I was just wondering if there was something out there that was like VortexBox, but for a Windows machine. Any ideas? Thanks! There are a lot of media players that rip cds upon insertion, but none that work as the main OS Functionality. You could always run it in a VM though if you don't want to install it natively. Or get an old, original xbox and put it on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learnaseyego Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions! I never would have even thought about throwing something on the old XBOX haha Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Alternatively you could try one of these: http://wiki.arcadecontrols.com/wiki/Jukebox_Software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learnaseyego Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Wow... Thanks for the link to the comparison table. That will be very helpful. I have a computer just sitting around (more like 7 sitting around haha) and I was thinking about making a little project for myself and turning it into a music server, just for something to do. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DingleBerries Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 You could have a command line ripper set to monitor a cd drive and rip what ever comes its way, however the grabbing of ID3 tags and Alblum art may be a bit difficult. Also, thanks for that distro, Ive never seen it and now i have an idea for my other computer... think dvds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agillis Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 The best way to run VortexBox in widows is in a vmware session. But it's really designed to tun an old PC into a NAS. Run widows on your desktop then turn an old PC into a VortexBox. An old PC is way more powerful than the NAS boxes they are selling now and it's a lot cheaper. You don't need to know Linux to run VortexBox it's sets everything up for you. You can connect to it from your windows machine. As a side note VortexBox does not run on XBOX although it makes a great backend server for XBOX Media Center (XBMC). Hope this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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