These five self-hosted tools handle playback, requests, organization, subtitles, and scheduled channels across my entire ...

These practical services make a homelab easier to use and share.

The same VLC program that plays media files on your computer can function as a media server. VLC can function as a streaming server that other programs can connect to and view. Media server support is ...

Convenience will cost you with Plex, but the alternatives require more work.

(1) Software that makes audio, video or images discoverable on the local network. See media server. (2) Any source for digital media such as a DVR, file server or personal computer. (4) Hardware that ...

If you’ve been collecting digital media for any amount of time, you may have found it frustrating to catalog or access in a simple way, especially if your media comes from multiple sources or services ...

Possibilities are innumerable when multiple server environments can be deployed without the need for additional hardware and can be centrally maintained. The Test Center found one entertaining way to ...

As high-end customers demand more pixels for their uber-large screen displays, there’s an 8K media server available that can do the job Be they the world’s premier auto shows, giant theme parks, or ...

Plex’s foray into free streaming video appears to be paying off, as that side of the business now has more users than its media server software. The company announced earlier this month that it now ...

2016 saw the rebirth of several older ideas regarding media servers. Whether it was the marriage of multichannel encoders and a media server integrated into the same chassis or a method for legacy ...

The protocols used by media servers for discovering files are typically Bonjour and UPnP. For example, iTunes uses Bonjour to discover and DAAP to share, while Windows Media Player uses UPnP and ...

Modulo Pi's Modulo Kinetic version 4 fully integrated media server solution features a revamped user interface, improved 3D engine and new extensive capabilities dedicated to virtual productions. The ...