Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Off Topic - UPnP servers
On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 3:14 PM Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2024-05-24, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > The unit showed up today and was a breeze to set up and get running > > at a basic level. The device requires an app on my phone. > > That sets of an alarm for me. > > > The app is available for Android and Apple but not available for the > > Amazon Fire tablet. > > Good luck... I avoid products like that. There have been too many > "smart" things in the past that required an app -- then the app > stopped working two or three years later. The purchaser of the thing > now has a useless lump, and has to start shopping for a replacement. Yeah, that's a reasonable point of view and one I hadn't considered. Cheers. Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Off Topic - UPnP servers
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 1:25 PM Tsukasa Mcp_Reznor wrote: > > For what it's worth I've been using gerbera for years, it'll pass-through supported videos/codecs or you can set it up to transcode. Highly recommend it. On my roku TV's I just use the roku media player, it'll see UPnP servers just fine. Thanks. Great info and much appreciated. The unit showed up today and was a breeze to set up and get running at a basic level. The device requires an app on my phone. The app is available for Android and Apple but not available for the Amazon Fire tablet. I was able to stream Internet Radio immediately. I then transferred about 20% of my CD collection FLAC files to a flash drive and they play fine and sound great. I am currently using the audio output on the unit but will be testing my Schitt Modi DAC over the weekend, along with attempting to connect to Plex. One small problem I ran into is the unused flash drive I had in the flash drive box had a default FAT filesystem on it and the FLAC library, ripped mostly with k3b but also a little abcde, has characters in names that aren't supported so I had some complaints getting things copied. I will say that a big flash drive might be a great solution to not having to turn the server on and having media available 24/7. Cheers, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Off Topic - UPnP servers
For what it's worth I've been using gerbera for years, it'll pass-through supported videos/codecs or you can set it up to transcode. Highly recommend it. On my roku TV's I just use the roku media player, it'll see UPnP servers just fine.
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Off Topic - UPnP servers
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 8:26 AM Grant Edwards wrote: > > On 2024-05-24, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > I'm a Plex user for video and have also ripped my CD > > collection. Plex plays audio fine to TVs that have a Plex app but > > apparently sometimes doesn't work well (as of yet untested by me) to > > network streaming players. > > I never got the Plex app for Roku to work in a usable manner (and I > think it eventually got discontinued?). The Plex app in Kodi has > always worked fine for me (though I haven't used it for probably about > a year). Plex also worked with other DLNA clients I've tried (Kodi, VLC). > > > While I don't know if the above will be a problem I've purchased a > > network streaming player and will test it out over the weekend when it > > arrives but if Plex doesn't work, or doesn't work well, > > I'd be interested to hear what player you got and how it works with Plex. > The Cambridge Audio MXN10 which is arriving today. Good reviews but I've never listened to it so that will be interesting. I'll be using an older NAD pre and power amp and a pair of Theil 1.2's. I'll start without my old subwoofer and see what it's like but the 1.2's aren't the greatest at low-end so I'll add the SW if necessary. I'd like to start with my ripped CD content but for about $10/month it will stream from Tidal and a few other sources so if I have any trouble serving content then I'll get a Tidal subscription. I'll report back on the Plex side as it goes as well as any other servers I try out. I'm sorta leaning toward Gerbera for it's simplicity and clean looking interface but it comes down to how the server works with the C.A. StreamMagic app as this streamer has no front panel controls. Thanks for the info. Cheers, Mark
