History of Media Server
<p>That the original media server is still sitting in a police property store is something of a problem. Trying to get a copy of the forensic report that has had it tagged as 'Can not return' is an ongoing battle and there is a complaint into the ICO over the original '<a class="eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/subject-access-request-procedure/subject-access-request-procedure" rel="noopener" target="_self">Subject Access Request'</a> which effectivly said that there was no property of mine in the hands of the Police. The recent return of that property has now also provided paperwork that this request SHOULD have disclosed but once again failed to include the documents specifically asked for.</p>
<p>That I had devices still in my possession, and some backup of material provided a start to duplicating the missing server, and the recent returns filled in gaps in that material, so while still only a quater of the size of the original, a good start has been made. Is this archive actually needed is a question that some will ask, given that a large section has been created from the stack of DVD's and CD's I have left. The main reason I built the archive goes back long before our vinal collection was decimated by the 2007 flooding around Honeybourne Airfield and for example the original Bond film library was created from the set of VHS tapes I had at that time. Having all of the material accessible in parallel with the additional data that a media server can provide is the main advantage, and searching across that catalogue is a lot easier than trying to find it off the DVD, CD, record or even physical book. My physical collection has been much reduced and I have recatalogued much of that now along with transfering copies to the current media server. The worst affected is the music collection of which only a fraction now remains and 20+ years worth of vinal was destroyed so can't be reloaded from that source.</p>
<p>That I had devices still in my possession, and some backup of material provided a start to duplicating the missing server, and the recent returns filled in gaps in that material, so while still only a quater of the size of the original, a good start has been made. Is this archive actually needed is a question that some will ask, given that a large section has been created from the stack of DVD's and CD's I have left. The main reason I built the archive goes back long before our vinal collection was decimated by the 2007 flooding around Honeybourne Airfield and for example the original Bond film library was created from the set of VHS tapes I had at that time. Having all of the material accessible in parallel with the additional data that a media server can provide is the main advantage, and searching across that catalogue is a lot easier than trying to find it off the DVD, CD, record or even physical book. My physical collection has been much reduced and I have recatalogued much of that now along with transfering copies to the current media server. The worst affected is the music collection of which only a fraction now remains and 20+ years worth of vinal was destroyed so can't be reloaded from that source.</p>