Experience Level: Advanced

FirePlay for Windows Home Server is a remote media streaming add-in that allows you to play music through a web browser directly from your home server – whether you’re at home or out and about.

FirePlay for Windows Home Server builds on Bo Mellberg’s original Fireplay flash client, and requires Firefly Media Server to be installed on the home server (the HP MediaSmart Server already has this installed out of the box). The add-in automatically configures your firewall and uPnP router to allow you to access your music through a browser session.

As the client is Flash based, only MP3 files can be streamed – this is a limitation of Flash, unfortunately. As the Fireplay client is developed further, the add-in will continue to support new features.

Developer: Nigel Wilks

More Info: Download | Support Forum

Release History

v0.9.2.0.1 (31st March 2010)

• Updated FirePlay code to 0.92.
• Installer searches for FireFly.exe and will fail if not found.
• Installer updated to improve on IIS install for “unusual” setups.
• By popular demand, the “Prevent Downloads” setting is now enabled by default (stops people “leeching” your music).

0.90.06 (7th July 2009)

• Added a favicon
• Improved the FirePlay Service to resolve Remote Access detection issues
• Resolves bug where Remote Access status is switched after install caused upnp issue
• Now generates a health alert if it can’t find FireFly

0.90.05 (14.04.2009)

• Work around for router loopback issues
• You can now choose local or remote (i.e. http://server/FirePlay or http://my.homeserver.com/FirePlay) rather than the fixed external name in 0.90.03

0.90.03

• Initial release

Experience Level: Expert

FTP Manager allows you to install and configure the IIS FTP component for Windows Home Server – this allows you to set-up an FTP Server on your Home Server.

Developer: Compugeek Software

More Info: Download | Support Forum

Release History

v0.0.1.2

• Fixes giant security hole that allowed anonymous users.
• Switched to a faster method for Starting and Stopping sites.