Connection to the content library is immediate with 100% success rate - that alone would keep me with Mezzmo. I installed Mezzmo and access the Media-PC from the WD Live-SMP as a media server (DLNA client). Like you, I spent countless hours searching for solutions on the web, configuring the network, changing protections and creating guest accounts - all to no avail. I could reboot the server and the WD Live-SMP and then the simple anonymous access to the Media-PC would work - switch to another network source then back to the Media-PC and I'm locked out. I could always see the Media-PC but Win-7 would frequently lock me out and demand access credentials. I never knew when I turned on a WD Live-SMP if it would connect to the Win-7 shares or not. MS really messed up their simple SMB networking. I converted my Media-PC/server to Win-7 Pro so I could expand the disk farm past the 2TB volume limits at which point my SMB networking to external devices went into the toilet. If Serviio works and you are comfortable with it, by all means stay with it, but judging the transcoder by how many CPU cycles is not going to give you any reasonable evalution.Ĭlick to expand.When my Media-PC/server was running Win-XP I never ever had a problem with my WD Live-SMP's connecting over SMB shares (wired). Like I said earlier, factors like the size of the source file also have a HUGE effect on how much CPU is necessary. If it is a matter of overloading the CPU to transcode to multiple devices then just turn down the quality settings. In fact, once Mezzmo has transcoded a file for a specific device, you will never have to transcode again unless you clear the cache folder or it has to delete transcoded files because of space. The benefit is that once the entire file is transcoded you can FF/Rew through the movie.
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If they can peg the CPU for 45 minutes and transcode a 90 minuted movie then they will. Plex, Mezzmo and I assume any other FFMPEG based transcoder solution should be trying to use every CPU cycle it can.
That really isnt gonna work for me because if I'm viewing content on another television it becomes all jerky and basically unviewable.Īny thoughts on the subject? What doent use Java is what I would prefer, and something that doesnt use every bit of a 6core processor to get the job done?Ĭlick to expand.I think you missed the point since you are somehow convinced that Plex pegging your CPU is a bad thing. When transcoding a movie to a single television it spikes the CPU usage at 100%. So I switched to Plex which does not depend on Java, but I find that it eats up my entire CPU capacity. I used Serviio for a long time but because it depends on Java, well Java can be a pain. The problem I'm having is in finding the best media server for my needs. On my newer televisions I run the cat6 directly to the televisions and depend on DLNA technology to stream content. On my older televisions I run a Boxee Box through cat6 cable. My home is networked I use my PC mostly for audio/video content, and because I have televisions of various ages I have various ways of routing content.
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They've been busy watching movies ever since, with no requests for technical assistance.I have a W7 64 bit PC with an AMD 6 core processor. Chaneru provides a DLNA client plugin for the Roku box, so my parents ordered the Chaneru plugin (a $20 charge one-time only to "purchase" the Chaneru channel) and the Roku immediately saw the Serviio library. I thought they were gonna have to scrap their first-generation Roku for a Western Digital TV box, until I learned about the Chaneru plugin channel for Roku. Unfortunately, Roku is not DLNA compliant, and my parents wanted to duplicate my streaming setup. With the Serviio software running, any DLNA UPnP compliant device will pick up the Serviio broadcast, and you're good to go.
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Allow Serviio to build the database (I have over 600 movies ripped to MP4 and that took several hours.perhaps 3-4 hours if I remember correctly). With Serviio installed, fill in the GUI boxes with the directory path/location of videos/music/photos you want to stream. I believe I'm using version 1.3.x on my Ubuntu machine, FWIW.
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If interested, download and install Serviio using instructions on their website. I acquired this knowledge after much experimentation, unsuccessful configuration, and occasional bouts of extreme cussing.but I'll give it to you for no charge! Serviio is free, it's cross-platform, it transcodes if you need it and it's the best all-around solution for several variables in my world.
Perhaps Plex or Chromecast is a better(?) solution for you, but I can vouch for the Linux/Serviio/Roku setup.
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Are you looking to mirror you Linux computer content on a Roku, or stream content saved on your Linux box to a Roku? If the latter, I stream MP4 movies from my computer/NAS to various Western Digital & Sony set top devices, and Android devices, using Serviio.
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