I also PS3MediaServer (though admittedly, it's on my Windows box). I run it on significantly less-powerful hardware:<div> 2 GB of RAM</div><div> AMD Athlon II X2 250</div><div><br></div><div>I have found that the biggest influence on how well *any* DLNA server works comes down to network. I've streamed DVD rips (I was using the PS3 and a projector hooked up through component cables, so it won't upscale DVDs) from a puny black Macbook (1GB RAM, Intel Core Duo underclocked to 1GHz, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS). I had zero issues streaming over an 802.11g network.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Nick<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:43 AM, Jeff Chapin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chapinjeff@gmail.com">chapinjeff@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Less than you would think...<br>
<br>
3 something GB of ram (4GB on the mobo, only 3.25 can be used for
some reason) and Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz.<br>
<br>
I also run Vuze (a java bit torrent client) on the same box, watch
videos at the same time my wife is watching on the dlna client,
browse the web, and IRC. It's not usually overtaxed. The encoding is
done by mencoder. I do hit swap harder than I would like, but that
is because I tweaked the java parameters for the DLNA server up to
have much more RAM than the default.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Jeff</font></span><div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 01/10/2012 11:35 AM, David Champion wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">Jeff, what kind of hardware is required to run that?
I'm assuming it needs some decent horsepower, since you used the
magic words "java based" and "transcoding on the fly". :)<br>
<br>
-dc<br>
<br>
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On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Jeff Chapin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chapinjeff@gmail.com" target="_blank">chapinjeff@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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I use the PS3MediaServer on linux. It's a java based DLNA
server tweaked towards the PS3 and xBox as clients. It runs
well headless, was simple to install, and handles just about
every media type I throw at it (the hardest part was figuring
out I needed to open iptables to allow multicast packets in).
It even does transcoding on the fly for formats that the PS3
does not natively support -- and it was the first (and still,
only) DNLA client that could tell the difference between
various flavors of DIVX (some supported by PS3, some not). It
also has a neat feature where it sets up fake folders and fake
video files -- when you access them, they can change the
settings on the server, such as transcoding options, or
restart the service.<br>
<br>
I'm a fan, my wife is a fan.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Jeff</font></span>
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On 01/10/2012 11:17 AM, Claus wrote:<br>
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I'm in the process of going with time with my TV and
most likely dvd (aka blu-ray) player. We don't spend
much time watching stuff on it but it's about time to
get rid of the CRT.<br>
<br>
Anyway, I came across "DLNA compliant" with some of the
feature. I don't know anything about that but
apparently it allows one to watch videos from a DLNA
server that resides at home.<br>
<br>
Are there *nix DLNA servers and are they simple to
deploy? Also are there any kind of content restrictions
(i.e. some digital rights management)?<br>
<br>
Currently I have a smb server where I store mp3 that I
have ripped from CD and a variety of home videos in
various formats (avi, mpeg-2, etc) that I watch on the
computer on occasions. I could see it being nice to
view them on the TV as well. But I don't have time for
a major tinkering project.<br>
<br>
Claus<br>
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