[ubuntu-uk] DLNA Server and media recommendations

[Bruno Girin]

On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 08:29 +0100, Alan Lord (News) wrote:
> On 14/06/10 11:18, Rob Beard wrote:
> > I use PS3 Media Server.  I first tried it with Windows on my XBOX 360
> > and surprisingly enough it worked well.  Now I have a PS3 I tend to use
> > it for that.  It's possibly not the most efficient application out there
> > but it tends to work okay, and it can transcode media on the fly when
> > needed.
> 
> Thanks for the reply Rob,
> 
> The PMS quite interesting although somewhat of a convoluted install on 
> Linux from what I have read so far.
> 
> My home server (headless) is a low power Via C7 device and I wonder if 
> it has enough "grunt" for a JRE app. I'll do a bit more reading first 
> and then perhaps give it a go.

You've got a handy comparison of DLNA servers here:
http://www.rbgrn.net/content/21-how-to-choose-dlna-media-server-windows-mac-os-x-or-linux

You could also have a look at Coherence:
http://coherence.beebits.net/

I haven't tried installing any of those but it should give you some
ideas.

Bruno