I use Serviio DLNA server to stream all my media, as it supports on the
fly transcoding, meaning hassle free DLNA media streaming. It is
proprietary, but is written in Java, and runs flawlessly on OpenBSD.
They even have a simple install guide on the Serviio website. I am
currently writing a more in depth install guide that runs Serviio with a
dedicated user, rather than as root.
I highly recommend Serviio for easy media streaming. Works with my
families smart TV, iPads, Bluray players, VLC etc.
On 08/07/18 14:54, Johan Huldtgren wrote:
hello,
I am thinking of migrating my main hom server from Linux to OpenBSD or
NetBSD sometime. But if I were going to do that, I would want som home
media solution like Plex for Linux. Could Emby or Plex get a port in
OpenBSD? If I learned more about BSD stuff, I would be willing to maintain
a port but I dont know enough about it right now.
I've been using Plex for a long time and would love to see it on OpenBSD
however it's closed source proprietary so don't hold your breath. I
currently have an older mac that runs Plex media server but NFS mounts
my OpenBSD server where all the media resides. Eventually my plan
is to get a vmm guest spun up where I run the Plex media server either
under Linux or FreeBSD.
If you want something which can be made to run natively perhaps the best
option is to look at porting something like xbmc/kodi which from the few
minutes I spent on github looks open source so you'd "just" need to write
a port around it :)
.jh
