On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Siji Sunny <sijisu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi All, >> >> I am running Linux Mint 13 on my laptop in which I have a collection >> of movies and TV series. My bro an iPhone 5 on which he likes to watch >> them and i watch them on my laptop. Currently I use iTunes on Windows >> (its a shame that i dual-boot for this alone) to transfer to iPhone. >> Since many of formats are unsupported on Iphone, I use Handbrake to >> convert to mp4 and then copy them over which is a tedious process. >> >> One thing that I have in mind is to setup a local media Server that >> will host all this content and probably transcode + stream the content >> and access via wi-fi? >> >> http://alternativeto.net/software/plex/ - Options I have looked at are >> 1) Plex 2) XMBC 3) Subsonic >> >> But some of them do not have an iPhone app that can be installed >> freely. Tried Air Video, it works well in Windows though with limited >> features. >> >> Am looking for FOSS applications that work in Linux env to do the job >> ? Any ideas / prior usage experience, please share? Guidance will be >> much appreciated. >> > > You can try with MediaTomb- Opensource UPnP media server for streaming the > media through WiFi. > http://mediatomb.cc/ > > Am sure you can find lot of players for DLNA/UPnP streaming > Video/Audio.MediaTomb is also providing an web-based interface for playing > Videos. > Am not an Mac Os expert or a regular user of iPhone, the below reference link may help you to get some slolution. http://miniupnp.free.fr/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/clinkobjc/ http://oss.linn.co.uk/trac > > >> -- >> Cheers, >> Anand Radhakrishnan >> When there is a drive, there is a path. [C:\>] >> _______________________________________________ >> ILUGC Mailing List: >> http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc >> ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: >> http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines >> > > > > -- > Siji Sunny > > -- Siji Sunny _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
