Wouldn’t we want to access our favorite music whenever we want to? Wouldn’t we want to watch movies from our stored selected folder no matter where we
are? Well, there are solutions for that kind of needs and they are called digital media servers or digital music servers.

There are digital servers that you can create on your own and there are internet servers that enable you to place your files and
access them when you want them. There is also a way to place your favorite music selection and just listen online to your favorite singers on websites like “http://www.jango.com“, where you can log in freely, create your own pleasurable music selection and even divide it to groups of singers, where you can set each group to different music types.

With all that I have mentioned, what is out there that we can use, or create on our own? Well, anyone can create a shared folder from his own computer. You can use that shared folder which will hold all of your kept MP3 music (smaller files which enable larger capacity of music) or your AVI (DIVX) movies, or even your HI-DEF movies in .MKV format (720p, 1080p etc…).

You can also get those folders and share them with the world using the internet. All you need is a constant IP from your ISP provider, set the shared folder to be accessible from the outside, by configuring your firewall accordingly and the folder will be accessible from the outside, either publically or only for authorized people who know your user/password. You can buy a domain name, and attach it to your constant home IP, and create a media server accessible using a browser, that will even be accessible using an internet search engine.

Another thing you might want to do is to place the music files (upload them) into a digital media server that enables you to load music/movies freely (limited capacity) or for large GB capacities for a small fee. Those servers usually have a great bandwidth capacity, and the streaming of your media will be performing well when you want to listen to it (from their hosted place, without downloading them to your computer).

Digital Music servers on the internet:

  1. Grooveshark – This is an online website that enables you to listen to music online. You can create playlists and your favorites. This website streams well.
  2. Jango – This website enables you to listen online to your favorite artists. You can create groups of singers according to your music style. This website knows how to choose other singers who resemble the type of music your chosen artists fit into, and you will be able to get to know other new artists that fit that style of music you love so much.
  3. Jukeboxalive – This is another website that enables us to share, listen and enjoy music online.
  4. Smashitsusa – This is another website, that enables you to choose your music style, listen to online radio, favorite albums and create your own collections.

Digital Movie servers on the internet:

  1. Hulu – This is the most common website to watch full-length high-quality movies online. You can also find TV shows here.
  2. IMDB – This website is known as the Internet movie database and it has added full-length movies that you can watch online. This website includes movie news, movie reviews, movie trailers (even though I love the movie trailers by Apple, movie show time and much more.
  3. Joost – This website is well organized and you can make a movie search, browse channels, or see Joost favorites from the Joost staff picks.
  4. Babelgum – This is a great website for free online movie watching. You can also see independently made videos, music, and films.

How to create your own digital media server:
I have concentrated some links that explained just that, how to create your own digital media server.