On 08/08/18 01:49, August Johansson wrote:
does watching on that that work well if I am away from where the
server is?
Den ons 8 aug. 2018 10:11Marc Espie <es...@nerim.net
<mailto:es...@nerim.net>> skrev:
On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 09:53:12PM -0700, Jordan Geoghegan wrote:
> 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.
>
We got minidlna in the ports tree. It also requires an upnp
server to be
fully functional, but it works just fine.
I know minidlna is in ports, but it doesn't do on the fly media
transcoding/remuxing with FFmpeg nor does it have an integrated HTML5
video player like Serviio does. I tried minidlna, but it unfortunately
doesnt work for me as my devices need the transcoding/remuxing feature
that Serviio offers. For example, my bluray player refuses to playback
most video containers over DLNA (mp4, mkv etc) but will play most video
formats (AVC, Xvid, mpeg2 etc) all it needs is for the video files to be
remuxed into an M2TS or AVI container, which Serviio is able to do on
the fly without transcoding. It's also useful for making my H265 content
available on my older devices that don't natively support the newer
codecs/containers. I also quite enjoy the HTML5 video player, as it
allows me to watch my movies on the go. It's annoying that it's
proprietary, but at least it works well on OpenBSD.
