Movie/Music Management

Media Servers

What is a Media Server and why do you need one?

The question really is how have you managed your digital media collection for so long without one?

Basically a Media Server stores and manages your digital media, providing easy retrieval from virtually anywhere in your home. Media Servers can often supply different streams of music simultaneously, making them ideal for use in a multiroom audio system. Most Media Servers have an interface that displays the artist, album, and song information to a keypad or touchscreen display.

Today's Media Servers come with massive gigabyte drives that will store thousands of hours of digital music for nearly endless, uninterrupted enjoyment.

Typically you can load music from your CDs into the Media Server through a built-in CD-ROM reader or transfer music files from your computer. Using easy-to-navigate screens on your TV or computer, you can then organize the songs into themes by genre or artist for random playback or create playlists to play them back in any order you want.

With a Media Server connected to the Internet, you can even enjoy Internet radio throughout your home. Some models allow you to store and organizes digital photos, which you can show on your TV individually or as slide shows.

Foss-AVI can show you a line of Media Servers from our trusted partners. Even better, visit our Design Center and play with one for yourself. Click on the links below to learn more.