What is Reddit's opinion of Serviio?

From 3.5 billion Reddit comments

I've owned two samsung TV's (a C and D Series) and had great success using Serviio. It uses pre-defined profiles to support all the idiosyncrasies of different devices (which it detects automatically). It can also pull in online video and audio sources such as youtube, and does transcoding. I've tried almost all of them. This one is the best.

Serviio does support Metadata, so you would be able to use XBMC without much issue. Well, you can use any renderer for that fact. It also supports 3rd party plugins.

http://www.serviio.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12

But yeah, transcoding on an already resource restricted machine, generally the leaner the app, the better imo.

I'm actually not using Serviio for video, but audio only. I have an HTPC that I use for video, and that works really well. I'm also only using their free edition. I have streamed video using Serviio to a PS3 I used to have, but that was before I had my 5.1 setup.

It looks like Serviio should do DTS, AC3, and a variety of formats, but you may have to configure it.

I don't believe that the app will do IR. I have a Logitech Harmony hub as well, that I use for anything that is IR only. Even if your projectors don't support CEC, you might still be able to relay controls through RS-232 (though that's a road I've never travelled down, so I'm not the person to ask about that).

I Would recomend getting ServiiGo and then install Serviio on your computer so you can access your videos, audio and image files anywere anyhow.

It's like Dropbox but you stream the content so no waste of space.

I fought with this for a long time trying a lot of different software. The one I ended up settling on was serviio - http://www.serviio.org/

It works great. Even transcodes! Something you will need for most formats going to an Xbox 360. Hope this I couldn't even start to get everything else working. This was on Ubuntu Server so I'm not sure there is a Arch package but it's Java based so it shouldn't be too hard.

I had a few little tweaks if I remember right (that server is back in Texas where I am not) so let me know if you try it and run into any problems because once it's working it's great.

I use Serviio media server on my desktop. My TV can stream from it, along with my Xbox, and Patriot Box Office. Serviio is really great because it has the ability to list movies by genre, actors, directors, producers etc. I forget which player I use on my Touchpad, but any of these should be able to do the job. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UPnP_AV_media_servers_and_clients#Android

Edit: I use UPnPlay. I also remember having to change a quick setting on that client.

Not that I know of. I used a program called Serviio but it didn't always work. Sometimes I would have to restart the program and my little brother couldn't use my computer while I was watching a show (and I have a pretty powerful computer)

For anyone interested, <strong>Serviio</strong> is a free (pro version optional) utility to stream video, it works quite well and is a bit easier IMHO to set up than Windows Homegroup. There's also a [subreddit](/r/serviio).

quick search not on mobile got me this:

http://www.serviio.org/

this looks free*, capable, manageable. the only question would be, when streaming online sources, will it open multiple connections to the source or will it be smart enough to only get one stream, even if multiple receivers are requesting it

edit: correction, there is a pro version which seems to be neccesary to do online streams. but you can test it free for 14 days and the pro version costs 25 bucks. if it is a perfect solution, 25 bucks is not a lot for making 75 people happy

I don't believe it's in the repos no, but it's a very easy install from the tarball. Head to this page, and grab the archive. Then all you have to do is extract it to a directory and run the binary from the <extract location>/bin directory.

No it's not an alternative to XBMC as such. It's designed more as service that's installed on a headless server, providing the server with the ability to stream over DLNA. Whilst XBMC can do this, it is a more complete environment that also gives a pretty user experience, something I don't need as my media box has it's own interface. I don't want to control the server directly through software, I just want to have a service running that exposes the media to my WD TV Play, and Serviio is perfect for that. I can stream full 1080p MKV files without a single problem! If you have a PS3 or XBOX that can recognise DLNA sources, your server will appear to those too.

You can also download a web front end to make things easier to manage. I use this one, which works really well. I have the serviio software running on my old tower, and this enables me to manage the content using safari on my mac. Once the content is there, I can browse it directly on my TV. The WD TV Play has a physical remote, plus there is remote control software for both iOS and Android. This also works flawlessly.

Give me a shout if you can't get it working.

EDIT: I didn't answer the XBMC question.

If you're trying to stream hulu to your tv via PS3, BluRay player, etc: SERVIIO

Pro: It's free. The ads don't play. It runs on Windows, Mac & Linux.

Con: Doesn't work with hulu plus (which means it's free). Requires a little bit of install & config (install the software on your pc, launch it, copy a patch to a program file folder & add RSS feeds of the shows you want to stream).

These other two resources help for getting things onto your TV:

http://savemedia.com/

Note that the HD versions of the mixes when downloaded are nearly 2G, so choose wisely.

If you have a PS3/360/other DLNA client, then: http://www.serviio.org/

Much more reliable than the set-top youtube clients.

I have had nothing but grief from codec packs on customers computers. They are usually full of crap and sometimes even spyware/malware. I would format and start over. The drivers you need are available on the Dell website at Vostro 1400 Drivers and Downloads

I agree with using VLC downloaded directly from Sourceforge with the previously linked package.
For your streaming needs I would suggest Serviio which can be downloaded from Serviio

Anything you find is likely to have pretty limited format support, which is a big pain in the ass. I use my (Sony) Blu-Ray player to stream my videos from my PC using Serviio, a free DLNA media server. It automatically does a high quality real-time transcode for unsupported formats. Been using this for a few months and it works great.

I can verify that PS3 Media Server is far from dead but there are alternatives:

• http://www.ps3mediaserver.org/
• http://www.serviio.org/
• http://tversity.com/

Take a look!

Edit: This software should also be able to talk to your television as it most likely supports DLNA and UPnP things. I got it working on a new Samsung plasma television a couple of weeks ago. There where some limitations thought. I prefer using these programs through a Playstation.

http://www.serviio.org/

This is what I've been using on my media server to stream to all of the devices in my house, including a smart tv and PS3. Have had great results, no real issues, and setup is a breeze.

I don't think it's an opensource application, but serviio runs very well for me in general under Ubuntu 10.10. My 'server' is an Atom-based netbook and I can stream to my PS3 or my DLNA Sony Bravia television from it via an ethernet switch, so I don't even need to turn the PS3 on to watch something. It can get laggy if I run lots of other concurrent processes, but that's more likely because I have the storage only attached via USB.

Hello lowtolerance, I've had luck with serviio (http://www.serviio.org/) it's the only free one I've found so far that seems to work although it's not without its bugs. (If I go to Artist->Album on the xbox it can't find anything but going straight to Album works just fine)

I think I bookmarked a couple of others while I was looking for something to stream my iTunes collection, I'll take another peak when I get home and see if I found any other options.

Try Serviio, I use this program to watch movies on my xbox. It has a few issues (I can't get hi def to stream, although it could be my Wireless-G network speeds) I enjoy using it though although it takes a bit to figure it out

Also, it can transcode your videos so you can watch video files that aren't originally supported by the xbox. This was super nice before .avi was supported.