Media servers are designed to be an entertainment control center for cataloging, organizing and distributing the family's multimedia collection throughout the house. If the optical drive supports writing, music and movies can be burned onto blank CDs and DVDs. Media servers may include an optical drive for ripping CDs to various digital audio formats, as well as copying DVDs to the server's storage device. When media servers support only audio, they are called "network music players" or "music streamers." The primary difference is that they decode digital audio files and not video.
Media servers typically include the functions of a media hub, which streams content from the Internet as well as from computers in the home network (see digital media hub). Earlier media servers connected to and controlled CD/DVD changers. DVR capability and Internet radio are also features. The media server includes built-in storage to hold music, videos and photos, and, it may connect to external drives. The digital media server plugs into the home theater receiver, stereo receiver or TV and connects to the home network via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. (4) Hardware that stores and serves digital media to a stereo system or home theater. (3) A DLNA-certified device that stores multimedia content. (2) Any source for digital media such as a DVR, file server or personal computer. Digital media server (1) Software that makes audio, video or images discoverable on the local network.
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