[PLUG] Plex alternatives?

[King Beowulf]

On 03/11/2016 11:32 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> Plex isn't as open as I'd like. What are your votes for an alternative?
> 
> One's I've found so far:
>  * emby
>  * kodi
>  * MediaTomb
>  * ReadyMedia
> 
> My use case is to feed my local stuff to a Roku.
> 

How about ReadyMedia (minidlna)?

https://sourceforge.net/projects/minidlna/

Roku has a built in DLNA app (Roku Media Player) that can pull video
and audio streams from a DLNA media server. It is CLI only, but simple.
 I use it to expose a movie directory on an external USB drive to a Roku
stick.  You have to make sure your files are in the right format, and
the interface is a bit dated, but it works.


Roku Media Player file types:

Video —
H.264/AVC (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV), on Roku 4 only: H.265/HEVC (.MKV, .MP4,
.MOV); VP9 (.MKV)

Audio –
AAC (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV); MP3(.MP3, .MKV); WMA (.ASF, .WMA, .MKV), FLAC
(.FLAC, .MKV), PCM (.WAV, .MKV, .MP4, .MOV), AC3/EAC3 (.MKV,.MP4. .MOV,
.AC3), DTS (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV), ALAC (.MKV, .MP4, .MOV, .M4A)

Image —
JPG, PNG, GIF (non-animated)