Experience Level: Standard

Asset is a free media server which improves the audio streaming capabilities of Windows Home Server.

Typically audio files are stored on a server and multiple audio devices around the network can play audio from the server (devices such as Linn DS, XBox 360, PS3, etc).

Asset features:

• Designed from the ground up as an audio UPnP server,
• Album Art support,
• Customizable browse tree with advanced search facilities (Album by Release, Style, Composer, Conductor…),
• Configurable Wave / LPCM decoding (no quality loss) for devices which cannot play specific audio types,
• ReplayGain can be applied to Wave / LPCM stream, volume matching across tracks for devices which have no support,
• Extensive tagging ’standards’ compatibility,
• Wide-ranging audio support: mp3, FLAC, Apple Lossless, WMA (inc Lossless), m4a, AIFF, Wave
• Windows Home Server (WHS) specific install, with WHS Connector configuration,
• Windows 2000 / XP / Vista compatible,
• Runs efficiently in the background detecting new & changed tracks (as service),
• Free

Developer: Illustrate

More Info: Download | Support Forums

Release History

v2.1 (8th January 2010)

• Streaming Fix, compatible with Reciva line of devices
• Registered install able to register on installs where default install path was not used.

v2 (Beta) 27th May 2009

• Added Internet Radio (in Asset Configuration >> Advanced >> Edit >> Restore the browse tree to add internet radio).
• compatible with denon systems
• keeps a static port address, this allows items in a play list to be kept through restarts of Asset
• When updating tags keeps the track ID the same (allows an item stored in playlist to remain)
• album art handled much more efficiently – only one saved per album, also single art url given out for control points (will speed up a track listing where all album arts are the same)
• Internal Tag reader will self quit when main program terminated
• Automatic ‘drilling down’ to next level, for example have tree as Artist (no listing) >> A to Z >> D, previously A to Z would have to be selected, no it does not
• added mp3 encoding option
• bug fix: ps3 and streaming would play the track too short: bitrates were off (and PS3 uses these)
• bug fix: would close asset when a user was logged off (even though asset was running as a service)
• bug fix: tag reader could leave the file open
• bug fix: could return restricted for metadata browse on an item

v1.1

• Windows media audio (inc lossless) added to WHS install
• Bug fix for where tracks could appear multiple times (do ‘Rescan (Refresh all)’ if have duplicated tracks)
• Bug fix compilation ‘0′ tag was being picked up as a compilation

V1.0

• Inital release

Experience Level: Standard

WHS Port Forward is an Add-In for the Microsoft Windows Home Server
operating system. It allows the user to utilize the UPnP feature of Windows Home Server to open forwarded ports from your router to your Home Server.

This is useful if you have installed a 3rd party application that requires incoming access from the internet. This Add-In removes the need to assign a static IP address to your server or manually forward ports on your router. Simply configure the port you would like forwarded, and let Windows Home Server handle it for you.

WHS Port Forward requires no setup or configuration, it will list all known port forwards that are actively set up by Windows Home Server. To create a new port forward, simply click the “Add” button and enter the appropriate values for the port you wish to forward. The Remove button will stop the port from being forwarded by Windows Home Server and will remove it from the list.

Developer: Alex Kuretz

More Info: Download | Support

Release History

v 1.0.0.9 Beta (30th July 2009)

• Initial release

Experience Level: Advanced

The Router Control add-in for Windows Home Server enables the user to get more control over his/her UPnP internet gateway (e.g. see and modify dynamic port forwarding).

Developer: Felix Kollmann

More Info: Download | Support Forum

Release History

v1.1 (25th July 2009)

• NEW: Port forwarding can now be monitored and edited (default: on)
• NEW: Hijacking Detection for router
• Traffic Stats are now gathered by default
• Online status changes of router are now tracked (no UI, yet)
• Diagnostic Tool is now wizard style and no separate EXE anymore
• .NET 3.5 required
• Traffic history + background monitoring
• Semi-automatic online update + notification of new versions
• Complete rewrite of client/WHS Add-in GUI
• Automatic error reporting
• Based on Windows Service
• Fixed Windows Home Server console hanging (rarely) on uninstalling (conflict with update check); The Windows Home Server Console has to be killed manually on uninstall

v1.0.0.11

• Added Schema DB link to Router Control Settings tab
• Fixed service implementation path on some Home Servers

v1.0.0.10

• device DOM max-spec (base for service implementations) is now retrieved by web service during build (which enables user without database access to build RouterControl.IO.Services)
• Diagnostic Tool now checks for updates on Router Control
• CommonInternetGateway did not handle missing services correctly
• Diagnostic Tool now contains version number in title bar

For more, see developer’s website.

Experience Level: Advanced

PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant uPnP Media Server for the PlayStation 3, written in Java, with the purpose of streaming or transcoding any kind of media files, with minimum configuration. It’s backed up by the powerful Mplayer/ FFmpeg packages.

The PS3 Media Server For WHS Add-in allows you to access your PS3 Media Server through the Window Home Server Console. This will allow you configure the media streaming settings and restart the service if you have any issues without logging on via remote desktop.

Installation Instructions

- Download PS3 Media Server from http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/
- Install PS3 Media Server to your Windows Home Server by remote desktop
- Install PS3 Media Server For WHS via Windows Home Server Console

Upgrade Instructions

- Uninstall the PS3 Media Server For WHS Add-in
- Install PS3 Media Server For WHS via Windows Home Server Console

Developer: Nabeday

More Info: Download | Support Forum

Release History

v1.0.2 (25.04.09)

• IMPORTANT BUG FIX to prevent WHS Console Showing Green Screen and crashing.

v1.0.1 (20.04.09)

• Corrected Open PS3 Media Server Restore when moving between console tabs.
• Fixed failure with Restart Service if service is stopped.
• Modified Restart Service Error Message.
• Correct Status Issue When PS3 Media Server is open in the console.

v1.0 (18.04.2009)

• Initial release