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Serviio is a free DLNA media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to any DLNA-certified renderer device (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console) on your home network.
Serviio is based on Java technology and therefore runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac and Linux (incl. embedded systems, e.g. NAS).
Basic features:
Serviio is based on Java technology and therefore runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac and Linux (incl. embedded systems, e.g. NAS).
Basic features:
- DLNA 1.5 compatible UPnP media server
- streams audio, video (SD & HD) and image files in their native format or transcoded in real-time
- automatically udpates the media library when you
What's New
Version 0.6.2:
- Added transcoding definitions for VP8 video codec (like YouTube webm videos)
- Retrieves release date (if present) from XBMC .nfo files
- Improved detection of H264 level and profile
- Improved opening ports in Windows firewall for Windows Vista/7
- Fixed Samsung C/D series profile to enable subtitles / resume / menu integration
- Fixed detection of fps on some videos
- Fixed transcoding of wtv files
- Fixed settings bookmarks (Samsung) to work with local content only
- Fixed browsing live streams on some renderers
- Fixed transcoding with constrained bitrate fixed feeds with encoding different than UTF-8, ticket #488
- Fixed PS3 profile to play online audio streams
Version 0.6.2:
- Added transcoding definitions for VP8 video codec (like YouTube webm videos)
- Retrieves release date (if present) from XBMC .nfo files
- Improved detection of H264 level and profile
- Improved opening ports in Windows firewall for Windows Vista/7
- Fixed Samsung C/D series profile to enable subtitles / resume / menu integration
- Fixed detection of more...
Requirements
- PPC / Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 or later
- Java 6 or later
Serviio User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:7,732 |
| Version Downloads:2,554 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Video |
| License:Free |
| Date:01 Feb 2012 |
| Platform:PPC / Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Serviio is a free DLNA media server. It allows you to stream your media files (music, video or images) to any DLNA-certified renderer device (e.g. a TV set, Bluray player, games console) on your home network.
Serviio is based on Java technology and therefore runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac and Linux (incl. embedded systems, e.g. NAS).
Basic features:
Serviio is based on Java technology and therefore runs on most platforms, including Windows, Mac and Linux (incl. embedded systems, e.g. NAS).
Basic features:
- DLNA 1.5 compatible UPnP media server
- streams audio, video (SD & HD) and image files in their native format or transcoded in real-time
- automatically udpates the media library when you add/update/remove a media file or a metadata file
- wide array of library browsing options
- supports different editable renderer profiles
- supports automatic renderer detection (for certain devices)
- extracts metadata of your media files the way you want it, incl. embedded metadata tags, local metadata files, online metadata sources
- supports video thumbnails, CD covers, DVD posters, etc.
- categorizes video files into movie and/or series and marks last viewed episodes of a series
- available for Windows, Linux and Mac (with the possibility to run the server part one one platform and console on another)
- any DLNA-compliant device should work
- Samsung TVs and Bluray players (supports additional features, e.g. subtitles)
- Sony TVs and Bluray players
- Panasonic TVs
- Playstation 3
- Xbox 360
- LG TVs and Bluray players (supports subtitles)
- WDTV Live
- Oppo BDP-83
- MusicPal
- DirecTV DVR
- ... and many more
- Audio: MP3( .mp3), Windows Media Audio (.wma)
- Video: MPEG-1 (.mpg, .mpeg), MPEG-2 PS (.mpg, .mpeg, vob, mod), MPEG-2 TS (.ts, .m2ts), MPEG-4 (.mp4, m4v, mov), AVI (.avi, .divx), Windows Media Video (.wmv, .asf), Matroska (.mkv)
- Image: JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
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Oldr4ver reviewed on 08 Jan 2011
Granted, there were a few moments when I thought it was not working. But, after waiting a few minutes for it to complete the initial startup, and then adding all of the media folders...a little more waiting for the initial database creation and imports, and Serviio works flawlessly. This server can stream every format I have and just is not slow about doing it.
Features are at 3 stars, only because I think that the Console and Server should be one application, or at least have the Console be able to launch the server in the background without the need for two Application bundles. Added to this, I think the Console should have a Dashboard for statistical viewing, as well as, the current status of the server, ability to start/stop/restart the server daemon. There may be others I have thought of or will think of...but the above really would make this a solid media server capable of all 5's.
As for Value and Stability...they got 5's because, face it, how hard is it to install a Mac application. And with a little patience and understanding, setting Serviio up and getting it on a network capable media player really is very easy. Other settings are very easily understood...in other words, self-explanatory. Stability is easy to explain...5 days uptime since install and initial setup and not one crash or restart needed. I did see the server app icon go un-responsive, though the actual server operation was unaffected and within a few minutes the Icon recovered without human intervention.
In comparison to PS3 Media Server...in my opinion, Serviio is faster, easier to setup, and actually works. My brief experience with PS3 Media Server was painful, as everything I tried to stream or view from my PS3 came across jerky, slow, and took several seconds to minutes for images to clear up. It was not what I expected at all...and it really makes me happy to have found Serviio.
Thanks!
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Kewl reviewed on 16 Dec 2010
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Well, i just tried to launch it and once again the program "doesn't respond" even after having launched it 3 times ...
Maybe i'll have more luck with a next version :( ....
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Dr. X rated on 15 May 2012
Dsqmoore rated on 10 Jan 2012