I am attempting to get VLC streaming working, I want to do movie nights with a friend of mine living in another country, but before I stream to the internet, I ought to be able to stream locally – which is where I hit a brick wall, no matter what streaming medium I use, the … Read more
I currently have an Arch Linux server that is hosting multiple services to include Plex Media Server, multiple websites, owncloud, etc.. Additionally, I am using various Pods/Docker containers and other VMs (through Cockpit). I have the frontend running Steam Big Screen (mostly indie games and older games, nothing competitive). I’d like to use something like … Read more
I am attempting to get VLC streaming working, I want to do movie nights with a friend of mine living in another country, but before I stream to the internet, I ought to be able to stream locally – which is where I hit a brick wall, no matter what streaming medium I use, the … Read more
My wife and I work in different parts of the house, and we frequently listen to the same podcast(s) at the same time – both of us streaming them live from the web, in parallel. At the end of each day, we have double-streamed hours of duplicate content. How can I configure things so that … Read more
I found two groups of software, concerning transmitting video over LAN. Both are often referred to as media servers. But groups are not intersected, although, apparently, both provide similar functionality. My question is: What is the deep distinction between these two groups and why don’t they like each other? Representatives of one group often serves … Read more
Looking to use a Raspberry Pi 4 as a low-power and small form factor replacement for an aging media server. Currently running an i5 4690, 16 GB of RAM, and a 2TB RAID 1 array. Used for movie/tv streaming (with Jellyfin) and torrenting media (Q-Bittorrent) on Ubuntu 18.04. Transcoding performance isn’t the best but it … Read more
I have a laptop. I carry it around to different places and use it. I have nice speakers. I do not carry them around to different places. I have a desktop computer. I do not carry it around to different places, and I rarely sit in front of it and use it. Naturally, I should … Read more
Closed. This question is opinion-based. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it can be answered with facts and citations by editing this post. Closed 8 years ago. Improve this question I have a Synology DS213, which I have recently discovered cannot transcode on the fly. As … Read more
My server running Windows 7 is dying. I currently have a 20gb IDE drive for the OS, two ide 500gb drives striped for data, and two SATA 1tb drives striped for disk images of my other computers. The most demanding thing I use it for is streaming data to my Xbox 360 (videos on Windows … Read more
I have a powerfull router (ASUS RT-N66) with built-in DLNA server (minidlna) with no transcoding functionality. My Philips TV could play about 60-70% files directly from router’s DLNA server. So I would like to find a small and quiet solution for playing the rest of the files. I’m wonering if there is a hardware media … Read more
