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Re:Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Se... by pathartl on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @10:31AM (#31908158)
The only plus I can see is a focus on DLNA might make DLNA not _strictly_ garbage. In reality if you don't want to use Plex and don't need to rely on DLNA, there's other options out there like Jellyfin or Emby.
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Re:Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Se... by donkeydoug on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @12:57PM (#31910173)
Jellyfin is great... client apps for roku & ios plus a web interface cover all my devices. Minimal setup, just run it from a docker container. Has been super stable for me for a few years now. https://jellyfin.org/
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Re:Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Se... by deanc on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @04:49PM (#31912829)
Jellyfin has had “coming soon” next to Samsung and LG tvs for over 2-3 years. Not much use without native apps considering how awful the built in browsers are.
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Re:Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Se... by death916 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @07:37PM (#31914503)
Ya this is what keeps me off jellyfin. Not having a good xbox or native tv app means its basically useless unless you use roku or something.
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Re:Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Se... by Eduard on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @01:52PM (#31910793)
DLNA is HTTP-without-S only, by specification. Jellyfin, HTTPS, and DLNA don't work, unfortunately: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/68279#issuecom...
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Re:Universal Media Server. A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(s) Media Se... by raffraffraff on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @04:20PM (#31925245)
I found it awful, on a Raspberry pi 4. Scanning through 2TB of movies on a NAS (gbit nic) took days. No visible indication of progress or where it's stuck. When it's done and there's a load of stuff missing, there's no clear way to find out what it ignored and why, so all you can do it manually go through every movie that it didn't find (easier said than done). I fought with it for 2 weeks and dumped it for Kodi and a direct attached 4tb hdd. Kodi finished the scan super quick and just works.
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