Re: [PLUG] Plex alternatives?

2016-03-13 Thread Michael Rasmussen 
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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Re: [PLUG] Plex alternatives?

2016-03-13 Thread King Beowulf 
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)

Image —
JPG, PNG, GIF (non-animated)

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Re: [PLUG] Plex alternatives?

2016-03-11 Thread Nat Taylor 
Kodi > MediaTomb , but it doesn't look like you're looking for a media
center application, just a upnp server?
Emby sure looks cool, hadn't seen that before.  I think MediaTomb Setup was
easier than ReadyMedia like 6 years ago (or was it minidlna then?)
I actually used xbmc on an xbox, and it has always worked great for me,
used it on a Raspberry pi for my media for a while...
Bet Kodi would run great on the Pi 3.  All these opinions are based on
really old versions of the apps you mentioned

On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 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.
>
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