[PLUG] Plex alternatives?

Michael Rasmussen michael at jamhome.us
Sun Mar 13 20:33:06 UTC 2016


On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 12:19:23PM -0700, King Beowulf wrote:
> 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)
 
That's an excellent suggestion. 

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