On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:19:23PM -0700, King Beowulf wrote: > On 03/11/2016 11:32 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > Plex isn't as open as I'd like. What are your votes for an alternative? > > > > One's I've found so far: > > * emby > > * kodi > > * MediaTomb > > * ReadyMedia > > > > My use case is to feed my local stuff to a Roku. > > > > How about ReadyMedia (minidlna)? > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/minidlna/ > > Roku has a built in DLNA app (Roku Media Player) that can pull video > and audio streams from a DLNA media server. It is CLI only, but simple. > I use it to expose a movie directory on an external USB drive to a Roku > stick. You have to make sure your files are in the right format, and > the interface is a bit dated, but it works. > > > Roku Media Player file types: > > Video — > H.264/AVC (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV), on Roku 4 only: H.265/HEVC (.MKV, .MP4, > .MOV); VP9 (.MKV) > > Audio – > AAC (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV); MP3(.MP3, .MKV); WMA (.ASF, .WMA, .MKV), FLAC > (.FLAC, .MKV), PCM (.WAV, .MKV, .MP4, .MOV), AC3/EAC3 (.MKV,.MP4. .MOV, > .AC3), DTS (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV), ALAC (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV, .M4A) That's an excellent suggestion.
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