[PLUG] set-top streaming media devices

[Tyrell Jentink]

I'm currently using Plex with my Chromecast. Yes, it bothers me that Plex
Server is proprietary - but I figure, eventually the XBMC and the MythTV
people will add Casting support, especially now that Google has finally
released the SDK for public consumption (although, I'm not following the
issue very closely). On my wish-list is Chromecast support for VNC. I'm
pretty sure that would cover all my needs.

I don't have a Roku (but my roommate does)... so I don't know first hand.
It's KINDA cool that Plex supports Roku and Chromecast equally. I am
holding out hope that XBMC gains the same ability with Chromecast this
year... but reading a few comments on the Roku, I'm not very encouraged...
I suspect Big Media has enough influence over Roku development that they
will never allow massive development of an open source "channel."

I know none of this is really want to hear... but I'm largely in the same
boat.  I WANT to run open source solutions... but Plex was the only thing I
found that filled the need.
On Mar 8, 2014 3:07 PM, "Rigel Hope" <gnu at rigelhope.org> wrote:

> I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
> potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
> because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
> streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
> ones with all the DRM nonsense.
>
> Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
> my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
> nonsense ("Plex Media Server" -- the clients are GPL, but the server
> is not, yecch).
>
> There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
> called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
> coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
> available time, or ability.
>
> Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
> find one using the googles.
>
> Thanks in advance.
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